The Loves & Lives of 5 Happy Badaks......

ORGANIC steak partee at Victoria Station, PJ.....

2009-07-30T02:30:00.000-07:00

my lobster bisque

this so-not-fresh oyster that I had tummy ache like gillssss..........

my lame T-Bone........so dry........

my T-bone

Kekanak's fish and chips - ok lor............

Sirloin steak

Chicken and beef whatever......

AND...this is da only ORGANIC steak...ha ha ha......

Jija's and mine - banana split

-Che Dak Laura Ashley's outing with sibblings & kekanak-

..and the BADAKS live on...happily..intelligently....

2009-07-30T02:25:00.000-07:00

adalah dimaklumkan bahawa blog ini tidak dihuni pada sekiang lama bukang berikutang adanya badak yang expire tetapi badaks semua kalut bekerja dengan gigih untuk kaya (that's the official statement) tetapi hakikatnya badaks sudah ada new lurrveeeee : FB! But we shall be back...................

Dan ku BERSENYUM dalam tangisan......

2009-05-12T05:37:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, we (as in my Pusat Pengajian) had interviews for calon2 yang memohon untuk mengikuti our pengajian. This is the first that we conducted such interview. The reason being : we cannot tahan lagi mendapat students yang dapat brilliant STPM/Matrikulasi & Diploma results but sangat lah "bong" lagi "tong" lagi *******&%%#$^&))tooooooot)(**(%%#%^^*********

After the first round of interviews (Monday till today had some more), we sujud syukur and thanked God that we made the right decision to interview walaupun persiapan untuk interview (the kaedah, soalang bla bla bla) was gilaness and we perang2 to finally decided on something.

We had a few ultra brilliant ones that we doa cinta mereka tidak beralih arah and we had many "bongs" and "tongs" ones......

The grand dean put me in his panel so that he can keep his eye on me as in 'control' me supaya I tidak sama ada jatuh kerusi gelak golek2 or I sergah the calon to death. He did the right decision.

Okay - these are some of the potential university's students answers (am saying potential sebab kami tidak akan mengambil mereka but other pusat pengajian di USM or the many other IPTAs akan mengambil mereka sebab result mereka sangat brilliant HA HA HA HA HA :) Good luck people.......:)

Siapakah PM Malaysia?
Tun Razak bin Tun Hussein Onn!!!! (swear to God I almost jatuh kerusi and tutup mulut sepaara pengsan to avoid from gelak golek2!!!)

Siapakah PM Malaysia?
Pak Lah
Nama penuh PM Pak Lah ka?
Bukan. Nama penuh dia TUN DR ABDULLAH BADAWI
Betulka?
Ya- dia diberi Tun dan Dr selepas bersara. Betul kan? (the calon asked us......ha ha ha)

Who is the most popular world leader, currently?
OSAMA!

Kenapa anda mahu mengambil bidang ini?
Sebab saya suka bercakap :)

Ohhhh......many, many more kelakar seram...........

And on Friday I will be going to Kelantan to interview candidates from Pantai Timur.....imagine...imagine....imagine...am so looking forward to be injected with more humor :)

-CD Laura Ashley-

Kids say the sweetest & most thoughtful things......

2009-05-11T02:25:00.000-07:00

Scenario : A family of three eating pizza, celebrating mom's day in the most modest way (and cepatest way, neber mind the cheapest way......:)

Conversation :

Mom : "Sorry kids, I am very tired today so we have to do with just pizza instead of going out for good dinner, on my day,".

Daughter (12yrs old) : "It is okay mummy as long as we get to celebrate mom's day with you".

Son (1o yrs old) : "Kesian Auntie A**** kan, dia tak sempat lagi jadi ibu,".

Mom : -jaw dropped la -........

Kannnnnn.......:)

Happy Mom's Day

2009-05-10T08:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Mom's Day to all my awesome frengs - never mind if you are a mom or otherwise as I know for a fact that all my badaks frengs and frengs of badak pernah membela kekanak dalam bentuk anak sedara, anak orang, anak ikang atau anak kucing. As long as you pernah bela some kind of living souls, you have mothered someone and hence, you can be legally considered as a "mom".

Labels are just labels. And we know that for a fact.

I am myself not a mom, will never be a mom and probably not fit to be one.

Kanak2 Kak Long once asked me "ngah, how come there is no auntie day?" to which I answered "I donno,". And they said, "never mind, we shall have one and we will draw you a card, ok". I was so touched because they do think of my wellbeing - and coming from kanak2.........

I never expect people to wish me Happy Mom's Day as again, I am not one. But today, I did receive one. From a total stranger and that left me stunned.

We had our admission entry interviews today. After one session, one of the female candidate walked to me, flashed a sweet smile and said "Selamat Hari Ibu, Puan". I was dumbfounded. I must have looked like a mother to her. Never mind. The sweet and thoughtful gestures left a big mark in my little heart. When you least expect, a stranger comes along and touch your heart in a very big way. And that really meant a lot when you are beginning to lose faith in the human race.....God knows best. Ameen

-CD Laura Ashley-

How To HATE a person - Part II

2009-04-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

Kill all the memories that you have with him

Memories are just for beautiful things - to be cherished and treasured.......

But if it is otherwise, kill them all

We don't keep memories that kill our souls, our hopes, our dreams, our everything

Did I mention "him"?.......opppssss......crap!

How To HATE a person - Part I

2009-04-01T10:47:00.000-07:00

He never exist in your universe.

If he ever did, he was just a speck of dust that you can easily brush off because dust serves no purpose.

Brush him off

Get him out of your system

Kill everything that you have for him

Anything. Everything

Kill them all, just like you brush off the dust.

Kill them right with all your might

Dead?

Did I say "he"......opppsssss.....crap!

How to face uncertainty...Part IV

2009-02-25T18:37:00.001-08:00

How?

How to face uncertainty..............Part III

2009-02-25T06:52:00.000-08:00

I am fully aware that the day will come

sooner

or

later

I am fully aware that it will take place

sooner

or

later

I am fully aware of the pain that it will bring

sooner

or

later

I am fully aware that it will leave a scar - for the rest of my life

sooner

or

later

I am fully aware of the tears that will move the mountain

sooner

or

later

I am fully aware that life will never be the same again once you are left in the ditch

sooner

or

later

I am fully aware that life is uncertain

why take the chances then?

because uncertainties never say hello

before it drops on your footstep.

I am fully aware that when the day finally arrives

I won't be there

I will be else where

Busy leading my life

As life is uncertain

How to face uncertainty...Part II

2009-02-24T21:44:00.001-08:00

At times, we are lost for everything - words, faith, feel....
Many a times, we are uncertain of many things - life, work, friends, family...............
Time and again, we are uncertain about - the happenings, the past, the future, tomorrow....

Uncertainty is never a good feeling
It leaves bad taste in our mouth
Unsettled feeling in our heart
Unfinished business in our soul

We need reaffirmation
We need reconsolation
We need reassurance

And when I received this in my mail box today, I do understand that uncertainty at times can be the catalyst for better things in life....

"Dear Dr........., Greetings...I take this opportunity to let you know that I have a very clear understanding about effective communication and thank you very much. I have learnt a lot from yesterday's workshop. Now I have a vivid view........."

In the final analyses, it doesn't take much to touch a human soul but why is it so complicated?

Mayhaps, because life is never certain............

How to face uncertainty......Part 1

2009-02-24T18:50:00.000-08:00

Life, to begin with is uncertain.
We may be laughing away today and drown in sorrow the next day
We may have our love ones today and not with us tomorrow
We may have our comfy job today and jobless the next day
We may have the health today and cripple tomorrow

We may be breathing happily today and down in grave tomorrow

Hence, how do we face uncertainty?
There is no hard and fast rules on how best to deal, cope and manage uncertainty.

So,
Smile
Smile
Smile
Smile
Smile

You may not be on a candid camera
But you are always on a borrowed time
Until it is taken away from you
By the giver

Until then,
Smile
Smile
Smile
Smie
Smile

Life is uncertain, indeed .....................

But, there is definitely once certainty in life : death
We live until we die. We makeup the rest.

Quotes of the month........mine, but of course....

2009-02-23T03:10:00.000-08:00

Besday cake yang dishare dengan seorang mahkluk lagi tapi bukan "mahkluk Tuhan yang paling seksi....:)

Shepard Pie yang menjadi "isu" hakmilik..........:)

Steam Fish ala Sintoq/Danoq oleh chef import.........

Bostong Butter Prawn oleh chef Bostong......

My family - CRAB.........

Jemput lah makang kekawang.....jangang stressssssssssssssssss......:) apa2pung, kita tatap freng....he he he...this is the second parteeee....many more to come...got one year what...:)

Credit pixs to Budak Kopi. Thank You (sesiapa mau hire dia untuk gambaq kahwin, bercerai, mati....also kan.......:)

Karyna aka Nana already complained - lamanya tak update blog Happy Badak ni....dah tak happy ka....what to do ma...semua badak terlampau happy and sibuk ber-happening elsewhere......

Hence, I decided - after one day ber-potpet about Communication to a group of receptive and active Kanita's clan and rushed back to a meeting at the school which ended at half six, I just need to rejuvenate. Nak pi masat pun tak larat...nampak sofa cung ku sahaja di rumah.....However, in order to reach the sofa, I need to drive and so penat now.......so sehingga menantikan masuk waktu untuk berconversation with God, I shall update this blog first.......

Sempena besday ku yang ke 23 two weeks ago,- diulangi ke 23 - I received many "kelakar seram" cards yang memang menghiburkan and left me in stiches. Okay - those cards were created by some money making companies but what is more significant and touched my dear lame heart are the words written by the sender. It truly reflects how much the sender knows me...........

And to me, ini adalah yang paling I gelak golek2 sebab for a 12 years old girl (Iman anak Ms.Ponti), she is really, really sensitive to my needs and wants la.....
"Happy Birthday. Wishing you lots of happiness and FOOD"...ha ha ha...
Food, indeed...she could have had written health, wealth or other stuff however she is well aware of my priority in life........:)

Another card from someone close to my heart has a fire engine blinking with the siren blasting away and the msg written was :
"Jika berlaku kebakarang, tak kira lah DALAM HATI ka....betul-betul ka.....ingatlah pesanang ai....". That's because I selalu terbakaq hati dengan dia....:0
From another person close to my heart : Ada dilekatkan stamp 50sen by Lat gambar a student lukis wajah gurunya and kat bawah written "Guru Sekolah Yang Garang"......with a msg "Check out the stamp! Wa simpan punya lama...tak nampak, pakai spek...."..........chessssss.......
A card from my another anak sedara, Adam yang sangat adore I and pulun tunggu I pulang KL and tidor dengan dia sebab nak share "personal stories" yang "only Ngah can know"....
"When are you coming back?" - that was the msg, never mind the wish...ha ha ha..........

A card from a newly found good friend yang ada 8 ucapang spesifik but what I like best was : "Che Wang....Saya berharap you tidak akan berkahwin demi kebahagiaan dan kepentingan I"....can ????ha ha ha.......(and you said I am self-centered????????? :)

Of course I also received cards from my sober & primp & proper friends yang cute-muit and ucapang yang short but very meaningful and straight to the point like "Only ONE number matters. Number ONE!". Get ittttttttttt!!!!!

And today was a real pleasant surprise.......I received a cung vase (sebab I suka beli fresh flowers and letak kat rumah) "Also supaya ikang2 you boleh diletakkan dalam vase yang lebih besaq so dapat bernyawa and vase ini letak bunga" - begitulah pesanang penaja pemberi........

When I came back to the office , a bouquet of awesome orangy roses (yes-my favourite colour), purple carnation (yes...purple) daisies, baby showers with a card stated "We LAP U" was waiting for me...........so happy I am........

Ohhhh...I also received a PINK badak ok from my badak freng yang comel banget.....(badak yang comel...bukan kawang I tu....but if u insist....ha ha ha.......jangan mare my freng.....)

And another tersentuh jiwa quote (altho tak relevan dengan besday) was from my student. I was telling him how my friends are waiting for me to die so that they can ambik my handbags and shoes......and terus muka dia sedih and cakap "Dr jangan la mati dulu. Saya nak mati sebelum Dr. Saya tak nak Dr tak ada, baik saya yang mati dulu"..........can you beat that?????? tak....dia tak bodek sebab dia memang A student............ishk...ishk...ishk......

And the bestest besday gift would be the fact that I still have people around me who still lurvveeee me despite the fact that I am garang, cruel, cranky and self-centered........ha ha ha....

I lurrrrveeeeee you all........mwahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Thank you all for "staying" in my life...............

-Che Dak Laura Ashley-

In the name of luurrrveeeeee..........................

2009-01-06T00:23:00.001-08:00

I am blessed to have awesome friends that can cook and bake very well. These are cooked and baked with lurrrrveee by an awesome couple who strongly believe in kenyang badaks are happy badaks....HA HA HA.........

Sapa2 yang dok jauh like KL tu, droooollllll je lah.........

-Che Dak LA-

A sad Monday...............

2009-01-05T01:17:00.000-08:00

It has been a sad Monday morning for me. Two of my students came with their stories - a sad one indeed.

The first, a cheerful looking girl came to ask if she should resit for my Human Communication course. She has gotten a C- and would like to improve on her grade. I like students with this kind of attitude. Hence, I explained all the procedures and after that she told me that she missed the whole of last semester. And I asked why to which she answered "I was involved in an accident". I figured that out as I can see raw scars on her fair face.

She said that a car did U turn in front of them and collided with their car. "My father died, my stepmom broke her legs and the rest were badly injured,". I said sorry to hear that. And the story did not stop there.

"I was in coma for 4 days. When I woke up, I lost my memory and could not remember anything. Only a month after that I regained my memory and started asking questions. My mom kept on telling people that I "sakit otak". I was so pissed off so I told her that everytime she said that, that's a doa for me from a mother,".

So I told her that "probably your mom did not know how to explain to people your condition which could be "a temporary unstable mind". To make it easier and to avoid answering too many complicated questions, she reduced to such simple answer which may not be totally true but that's how she thought it was best at that point. She meant well, am sure".

And I asked her about her stepmom. Her quick two words answer left me dumbfounded. "Dah berambus". Not knowing how to react I quickly said "oh, not a good relationship I guess,". And she went on and on and on - venting out her frustration over her family's situation.

I told her, as cliche as it may sounds, that everything happens for the best. Only God knows what is best for us. So stay strong for her mom and do well in her studies so that she can enjoy a good life with her mom.

She also managed to tell me how her so-called-bestfriends (four of them) ignored her after she got back from her one semester leave just because she decided to change some aspects of her life. "I have changed for the better because I wanted to,". "And that's not all, my boyfriend broke off with me as well,".

I asked her age and she said 20. "Never mind. There are 29millions people in Malaysia and you will definitely gain better friends and obviously, better man in your life. Don't worry about them because they did not deserve you after all. You deserve better people in your life. Just enjoy your studies, get good grades and take good care of your mom,". Ohhh.....she worries about the economic downturn and job opportunites as well. "Get your degree first and then we worry about that. If you don't get your degree, what's the point of worrying world issues," I said.

She left with a big smile on her face. She just needed someone to talk to and listen to her. Am glad that she came to me. Such hugh emotional roller coaster ride for her at that age and I hope that she is able to cope well.

Another third year student came after that with a letter. "I want to take leave for a month and the dean has given his approval,". And I asked why."My mom passed away on Christmas Day" and I saw the death cert attached to the letter.

I casually asked the cause of death and she said "A bike hit her while she was doing morning walk with her friends. She fell on the road and her head hit on the road and she never regained conscious. The doctor said that all her system went dead immediately after,". And she started to cry.

"The sad thing is that we sort of know who did that to her and it happened nearby our house. Everyday we have to pass by that road in order to go back home. My father is now very unwell and very shocked of her sudden departure. One of her walking friend is loosing her mind now because she could not cope with the fact that mom is gone forever. So, I have to take leave to take care of my father who is now living alone and very unstable," she said between sobs.

I hugged her and told her that at least her mom did not suffer, if that is of any consolation to her. And she agreed. I told her that I can emphatize with her and she needs to be strong for her father and for herself.

I almost broke into tears when she said "before she went off, she told me that she wanted to attend my graduation which is in August,". I told her that her mom will always be with her - graduation or otherwise - and yes, she will definitely be with her on the graduation day - in her mind, spirit, heart and soul. She will be watching her proudly receiving her scroll.

I felt sad for both of them. At that age, they have to deal with such heart-breaking situation. At that age, I was crying outloud because I did not have the so-called proper attire to wear to certain places, did not have the matching shoes, did not have this and that and thought that was real world issues. And others have to deal with matters of life and death. An sad but awakening Monday morning for me.......There must be a reason why God send the two students with their share of stories to me.............

-Che Dak LA-

HAPPY 1430 HIJRAH......

2008-12-29T06:36:00.000-08:00

May the new year brings loads of awesome deals on our plates

May the new year makes us better humans who still strongly believe in basic human rights

May the new year brings more happiness, joy and peace of mind to all of us, our families and people that matters to us

May the new year makes us better academician

May the new year turns us into better Muslim

May the new year strengthens our relationships

May the new year transforms the little evil thoughts about people that we would like to kill into "doa" for them

May the new year I will not kill any soul

AMEEN

-Che Dak LA-

Life is full of surprises...................

2008-12-20T22:00:00.001-08:00

Ms.Ponti and I went to the APEX Coffee two nites ago to chill out..........I was on my sober and could-not-be-bothered-with-idiots-mode. So, kira manusia2 di Apex Coffee selamat la......:) As we entered, a young waiter greeted us and asked "Smoking or non smoking section?" And I answered "Smoking please as I would like to start smoking tonite". So there we were seated next to the water feature yang menyamankan mata and tiada orang lain di situ.Bliss......but not for long as after a while, people started to walk in.....hmmmpphhhh...

The same waiter came and asked "would you like the ashtray now?" To which I answered "I don't think so because I forgot to bring the cigar along...." And we laughed like two evil witches except that Ms.Ponti was less evil-ish......

The menus were handed to us and he stood attentively in front of me. I sangat pantang bila I nak baca menu, waiter tercangak depan I like "cepat la order...baca novel ke.....". So, hati sudah sedikit hangat. "We shall call you when we are ready..." Still standing there ma.....tak paham nampaknya tapi I maafkan dia sebab mungkin dia pernah ditrain dalam camp tentera di Spangar Bay supaya attentive at all time........

I wanted the fish and chips, so did Ms.Ponti. So we asked about the coating- breadcrumbs or batter or what.....he seemed lost.....I guess, just like many Malaysian - who cares about the coating......fish & chips is fish & chips la.....hey...I wanna know things that go thru my throat and stay in my cute tummy before depositing it back to the nature as part of it will stick in me for the rest of my happening life........

It took a while for him to comprehend in fact he did not at all so I told Ms.Ponti "neber mind...I have the fish & chips, you eat something else....." I also ordered cheese toast (makanan wajib). After we ordered, he kept on standing close by our table and I felt uneasy as in "tak dak kerja lain ke budak ni"...but neber mind, maybe dia tak pernah jumpa pompuan cunggg macam kami.....:)

When my toast came, it was cheese sandwich instead so I asked and he checked and that was correct. I was unhappy as the last time I was there, it was in a "toast" form and not "sandwich" form........grrrrrrrrr........so, teka....I makan or not???????? and he kept on standing next to our table - like waiting for the sign for me to call him...and every opportunity he had, he would be saying or commenting something to us - in a pleasant way la.......so there I was thinking, budak ni mesti ada education and sedikit cultured la..........just my kind of people........so tak kisah lah dia dok berdiri dekat2 and looking at our table mostly. Ms.Ponti said "maybe waiter kat sini memang attentive or dia takut kat you...ha ha ha...". But I discounted Ms.Ponti's opinion as she is known as "mereng".......ha ha ha......

When the food arrived, it was lovely. So minus the pseudo-toast, it was a great meal after all...ohhh...Ms.Ponti had rice with chicken curry yang reasonably awesome......al-maklumlah, mai dari Yan - kena makan nasi...HA HA HA...........during meal, we talked about stuff - personal issues mainly like whether I should I get married or buy a new car instead, should I travel to New York again and get all the desired designer handbags/shoes or go umrah instead, should I bela more ikan or bela more orang......HA HA HA.......notice: all conversation began with "I".......he he he.......and notice the range of variables.........he he he.........

And all those conversation was with him STILL standing next to our table.......grrrrrr......mat ni pasai apa....suka sangat ke kat kami........again since I was in the "ignore-the-idiots-mode" maka apa-apa je lah labu................

When the cheque came, paid and he came back with the balance and he said this straight to my face...."THANK YOU DR A****". I jumped out of my skin (tapi disebabkan ketebalan kulit ku di tahap dewata, maka tak nampaklah sangat...:) I was dumbfounded, speechless and ternganga - literally........My first thought was, mungkinkah nama ku listed as the first customer but hey I did not give out my name or adakah chain of restaurant in Penang sudah ada list wajah & nama pelanggan GARANG......hehehe........And then it occurred to me that he could be....."Are you my student?" "Yes Dr....Surprise! I took your paper last year and got a C-. Life is full of surprises....But I have moved to the School of Mathematic as Communication is not my interest but I find Maths equally challenging......Life is full of surprises....." Voila!!! Did he spit in my coffee??????? Did he poke my chips with his finger after using the toilet? Did he??? he he he....Patut la sangat attentive dan tidak berganjak dari table ku..................

As we went off with me ternganga and him waving frantically at us from the restaurant, I thanked God that I did not smoke my life away that nite (yeah sure......), was not in my one-of -those-evil-mode and was very considerate about the whole ordering process......Had it not, I might still be ternganga till today......

The morale to be learned is : in Penang, I am always the lecturer, first. The lecturer, second. The lecturer, third. The lecturer - all the time. In Bali, I am the Balinese Queen - forever........ha ha ha.....life is full of surprises indeed - you donno who u gonna bump into or who will be looking at you as their role model or who gonna spit in your coffee ha ha ha............it is not for you to decide..........surprise!!!

-Che Dak Laura Ashley-

Bye bye YB...he he he.....

2008-12-20T04:36:00.001-08:00

I was going thru the Astro channel this morning when perkahwinan Mawi was on and I went..."urrghhhh....grossss......" but at the same time something caught my attention. Mawi was saying some stuff to his bride and apparently that was the vow from him to her. What make my eyes glued to the idiot box was when he said these magical words "Adinda ku, sebagai isteri mestilah SENTIASA TAAT dan MENGIKUT KATA SUAMI selagi tidak melanggar hukum Allah dan menyalahi undang-undang negara...bla..bla..bla...".

That part of the sentence scares the C*** out of me ma!!!! Horrorrrrrrr.....Bye bye YB.......sorry frengs......no baju merlit for now...:) he he he.........

-Che Dak Laura Ashley-

APEX UNIVERSITY'S NEWEST BRANCH - APEX COFFEE....:)

2008-12-04T20:35:00.001-08:00

TARRRRRRAAAAA...welcome to APEX University's first branch actually, APEX COFFEE. I now proclaimed myself as the FIRST and FOREVER VICE CHANCELLOR of Apex Coffee (by the virtue that I gila kosa....) You wanna have awesome kopi and toast? Do reach me..........:)

So long Kopitiam................:)

ohhhhh...BTW, am Badak VP/Badak Laura Ashley/Badak Gila Kosa.....

The lurrveee of my life...BALI (2)

2008-11-11T07:24:00.000-08:00

My prove to my sponsors......ha ha ha!
Yes indeed!
Hopefully this will just be history............
As you can tell, I am quite IT-challenge................ha ha ha.....sila sengetkan kepala anda! :)

And this too! he he he

The lurrveee of my life...BALI (1)

2008-11-11T06:50:00.001-08:00

Sanur Beach Hotel at Sanur - awesome!
Too bad-I did not get to swim as I was religiously busy attending the conference.......:)
However, I managed to spread myself thin on this almost white sandy beach.....:) pure bliss....
Ampun buk ampun....gue janji nggak ganggu tidor buk lagi...gue cuma mau ngikut pulangin ke Malaysia buk...he he he.......
Oh.....my wonderful king-sized bed and marvellous room..................
My first dinner - a basket of glorious bread and rolls and ultra juicy pineapple juice......simply stunning!.............
Followed by this Succulent Tiger Prawn in Balinese Sauce....need I say more?.......:)
Ain't my pineapple juice simply sweeet......
"Ikan bumbu Bali" - ohhhhhh....enak banget........ohhhhhhh

Selamat Sore dari KUTA, Bali............

2008-11-06T06:38:00.000-08:00

Kekawang......gue sudah slamt tiba Kuta pada jam 2 petang setelah menaiki kenderaan yang sama dengan Maznah Mohamad yang telah tanya awat tak habaq gue nak lepak kat Kuta...otherwise dia boleh join sama.....phewwwwwwwwwww......:) BTW, gue meninggalkan hotel Sanur tepat pada masanya sebab bermula hari ini, ada "Regional Forum on TERRORIST using internet" . Can? Malam tadi ber-bonding dengan satu Chim Chimerry yang work as First Secretary at Singapore Embassy di Jakarta - he is attending the conference...so gue telah menakut-nakutkan dia...ha ha ha....Anyway, jika mahu ke Jakarta selepas ini, suda ada cowok untuk bersukaria...:) ha ha ha.....

Ohhh......I just came back from pusing2 sekitaran just now and my hotel ada live band kat open air cafe. Nampaknya the same band two years ago tapi yang paling penting nampaknya, Mak cik Ostolia yang ala2 umuq Tok Lebaq yang gue bersukaria as in ber-dancing with 2 years ago, masih ada!!!! And masih pulun ber-dancing and kekal pakai baju merlit!! Dia nampak je gue, terus terjun dari dance floor and datang hug gue macam telah jumpa long lost anak! I thought she would have been dead by now..:) And pulun suruh I join menari....I said that I need to go and take shower and will come down which I did but masuk internet cafe instead...ha ha ha.....

And now I want to go dancing.......he he he.......boieee

Lurrrveee from Kuta

Selamat siang dari Sanur, BALI..............

2008-11-05T19:34:00.000-08:00

Kekawang ku.......the good news is, I am still very much alive in Sanur !! Yipppppeee...The bad news is I am leaving for Kuta in while - the popular spot for bombers :) Doakan lah I sempat minum teh Sorso and sun bathing in my skimpy polka dot bathing suit at Kuta beach......(you wish!!!:) ha ha ha

Conference is still going on today but just for the Indonesian delegates. The international delegates ended last night. It was really, really good. Am glad that I dare to submit my abstract and came :) Oh......my presentation was a blast (that is what I would really like to think :) People came to congratulate me and pulun nak network with me and of course I menjual KANITA all the way...........best banget! And I have invitation to do a project from Netherlands and Korea :) Yang paling penting, gue telah menyanyi at the end of the presentation and I told the audiences that in Malaysia my friends never allow me to sing and since they are not here today, am gonna croak my heart away....lagunya - nanti diberitahuin - sosuai dengan Gender Studies......yang pasti bukang lagu Abang Jamal :)

All I have to say is : I came as a Media Studies Scholar and I am going back as a FEMINIST! How's that ? :)

Will write more from Kuta - the supir is coming in a bit.

Da..........Kapain

Lurrrveee from Sanur, Badak VP

BALI - here I come................

2008-10-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

Ini story Badak self-centered. Am going to Bali on Sunday for a conference (that's the official and legitimate story that I tell everyone) tetapi hakikatnya, adalah untuk bersukaria (itu adalah the main agenda..:) However since the grand varsity will be paying for the trip maka terpaksalah berpura2 bekerja.....sambil bersukaria...which ever come first la......when I go I decide la...ha ha ha

Badak self-centered is so excited about going because Bali is her second home (and Christchurch is her third and but of coz Boston is forever her first home). Tho she just came back from Bali three weeks ago, she is still elated. She will always be excited about Bali.

Bali calms my nerves. Bali makes me think nothing about the evilness in the world. Bale creates the inner peace in me. BTW, Badak4 just reminded me to enjoy myself and find my inner peace in Bali which I believe is so easy to do as I will be all alone -totally alone unless I pick up some Aussie hunks but I am not into Aussie - only into Pierce Brosnon after watching Mamma Mia the movie...ha ha ha...but I am still loyal to Abang John and Monk la.......errr....can have many at one go what...if you don't believe, ask Badak Prest - she taught me just that :)

Anyway, conference (now I can pronounce NeoLiberalism in one go - so can attend the conference la :) will be held in Sanur - about 30mins from Kuta. I stayed there 3 weeks ago and I lurrveee the place- just right for soul searching but I am not gonna do any soul searching just MEN searching...wakakakakakakakak....not kecoh like Kuta and not too laidback and sepi like Ubud. Just in-between. Will go back and eat the glorious bakso sapi at Pasar Malam Sinddhu (lu orang tak akan percaya lah yang gue can sit and eat there :) and drink teh Sorso while munching fried banana with ice cream yang maha awesome by the beach with angin laut sepoi-sepoi bahasa melayangkan pareo ku....ohhhhhhhhhhh...and I get to meet up with Pushpa again - the 15years old waitress at Sanur Beach Restaurant........

After Sanur, will go back to Kuta and hopefully get to stay at my favourite Melasti Bungalow. Not a grand hotel but good enough for pensyarah yang gaji kecil seperti ku.....Yang penting, I feel safe there and it is right smack downtown Kuta wherby if I turn left, it will lead me to the beach and other shopping malls and awesome restaurants and if I turn right, it will bring me to my favourite Discovery Mall where I have my favourite shoes store, departmental store, book store, A & W, music store and the awesome ice coffee at Black Canyon, not to forget lepak-tion session golek2 at Celcius Cafe yang duduk atas ala2 katil, sipping hot Serai Wangi tea while looking at the blue, blue sea and but of coz thinking how nice it is if all my Badaks frengs can also enjoy the moments....Insyallah, soon to come....at least Badak4 is already seriously thinking about it sambil mengira ongkosnya buk....:)

What do I really want to do after cracking my pretty brain at the Feminism conference? I just want to lepak, lepak, lepak and more lepak. I don't even want to think. I don't even want to use my brain for anything except to figure out what to eat next. I want to just do that.

I also want to write my will there......the right place to write my will as I will not be influenced by anything or the environment.....Of coz some of my good frengs already know the content of my will (yang ada my house keys dah excited tak cukup tanah :) but I need to document it and legalize it if God send me back to Malaysia.......of course I am not planning to die in Bali but it would be nice if that happens as my tombstone will say something like this "She left the world where her heart resides - Bali". BTW, contrary to popular belief (like "dia mesti tidoq atas duit kan", "pitih dia mesti berlanar", "apa lah dia buat dengan duit yang banyak tu") - semua itu adalah persepsi yang sangat pelsu seperti senyumang ku yang sentiasa pelsu :) - my will will just be stuff that I adore and lurrveee - which does not include geran tanah, geran rumah, duit berkepok di bank or emas berkepok bawah tilam (itu will Kak Eshah :) Ohhhh...geran kereta buruk ada......:) Important to me, nevertheless........Like I said to Badak4 today "I think am gonna die soon so I will do anything that you guys want me to do or help with". Badak4 sudah excited sebab dia akan ada khadam percuma and never in her mind that "this" auspicious day will come whereby Badak Self-Centered mahu buat kerja untuk orang lain...ha ha ha.....

Why am I talking about death? Because Badak4 just told me that her brother mentioned to her that "semakin ramai orang mati sekarang" and I told her "dulu pun ramai orang mati tapi kita tak kenai and bukan contemp kita..." ha ha ha......

Well - it is good to remind myself about death so that it will remind me to appreciate life and its works.....Therefore, am gonna have a blast in Bali - regardless.......am gonna savour the moments for I might not be given the opportunity again.....am gonna be thankful for everything that take place for I might not be able to turn back with smile again......am gonna just enjoy Bali..........God Willing.......

BADAK's openg house....

2008-10-29T08:58:00.000-07:00

It was a very enjoyable and berjaya day because we got to eat glorious food yang dimasak dengan penuh kasih sayang by all badaks. Too bad - Badak President missed the day and too bad she missed Abang Hammm who finally came :) And too bad - Abang Hensem yang pulun goreng mee dengan penuh kasih sayang tidak dapat menghadirikan diri kerana penat goreng mee...:)

All expected tetamu came except for Marina and VC and Dekans. Marina was away in Shah Alam. VC and Dekans - we intentionally did not invite...wakakakakakakakakkak :)

Me want to upload the pixs but the systems so lombab so Badak4 said tunggu system stabilize so that tak hangat hati trying to upload.

Ohhhh...we ended the day or rather the night to be exact, the morning (as we went home at 3am...he he he) with a blast and terbuktilah ramai yang "gila kosa" tahap dewata...HA HA HA.....

Errrr...siapa kawan kita?

2008-10-23T02:49:00.000-07:00

A conversation took place between two badaks in preparation to our Badaks Raya Openg House.

Badak 1 : Siapa lagi kita nak ajak?

Badak 2 : Entah lah, gue hanya ada 4 sahaja kawan di opis dan itu semua telah diajak

Badak 1 : Gue ramai kawang tapi gue tak mau lah orang yang bukang close frengs and considered family members datang rumah gue.

Badak 2 : Sebenarnya kawan kita banyak ni saja kat Penang ni. Kawang lu kat KL ramai ke?

Badak 1 : Kawang gue kat KL pung 5 orang je (both of us counted the names :) Gue ramai kekawang lain tapi gue dah tak consider them as my close frengs so gue tak nak socialize dengan mereka. Malas dah. Sakit otak je.

Badak 2 : So memang sengaja lah lu tak mau ramai frengs?

Badak 1 : Oh yess....reramai pung kasi gue pening sahaja. I would rather have this little group of frengs but very meaningful to me - no reservations, no hangups, no nothing. I am very comfy with them and I can talk and do anything with them. They make me feel good but I donno la whether I make them feel good but I hope I do.

Badak 2 : So it is not about quantity but quality, right?
Badak 1 : Oh yes.....baik lah ada sedikit kawan yang bermakna dari ramai kawang yang menyesakkan hati dan fikirang.........

Badak 2 : Hmmph...so kita tak yah lah cari kawang baru?

Badak 1 ; Not for me. I rather have the existing ones and perfectly happy with them and all of you.

Badak 2 : Ok.

Badak 1 : Mungkin gue akan cari suami je sebab gue perlukan dreba...wakakakakkak...(yang ni tak sempat cakap kat Badak 2 tapi dia dah tahu lama dah....)

SUNYI & SEPI.....

2008-10-23T02:37:00.000-07:00

Blog ini amat lah sunyi sepi berikutan situasi badaks seperti berikut:

i. The rajinest badak mempunyai blog sendiri. Maka daya usaha dan penat lelah menulis dicurahkan ke blognya yang kami semua enjoy membaca.

ii. Badak ke 2 rajinest sedang sibuk menulis paper untuk ke Bali Conference dan sebelum itu sibuk demam, batuk dan flu dan sebelum itu sibuk di Bali.

iii. Badak ke 3 rajinest sedang sibuk menyiapsediakan diri untuk ke Phuket atas urusan kerajaan, katanya.

iv. Badak ke 4 rajinest sedang sibuk menghadiri mesyuarat di sana sini bagi menggantikan boss nya yang jua sibuk ke sana sini di samping sibuk bergaduh dengan Ah Seng & Abg Sahak yang belum siap2 lagi menyiapkan istananya.

v. Badak ke 5 rajinest aka paling tiada masa menulis sedang sibuk mengikut ke mana sahaja DSJ pergi bagi memastikan suaminya (suami DSJ dan bukan Badak) masih kekal berkuasa di negara ini bagi tempoh terdekat ini. Di samping itu, badak ini juga sibuk membela anak di samping perut dan kecantikan.

Hatta, sunyi sepi lah blog ini buat beberapa purnama. Errrr.....speaking of purnama, kome2 tahu tak lagu Purnama Merindu by Siti Nurhaliza. Walaupung wa tatau menyanyi apatah lagi lyrics, tapi wa ingat part ini :
"siapa tahu rindu di hati ku...aku meminta pada yang ada...aku merindu pada yang sudi......." Lagu ini ditujukan pada diriku sendiri. Sekiang.

Selamat Hari Raya..............

2008-10-06T21:50:00.000-07:00

If I were to live my life again.......Part 1

2008-09-22T10:36:00.000-07:00

Ta Ra.......If I were to live my life again, would I have it differently and what changes would I make???? Entry ini hanya untuk tujuan berangan and suka2 and tiada kaitan dengan manusia yang masih hidup atau masih mati.........also bertujuan untuk cheap thrill as we all do know that we lurrrveee our happening lives........So hit it on frengs.......

Me....the self-centered Badak VP....
I lurrrvvve my life to death - meaning I would like to die with my current life in tow but if I were given the chance, these are the stuff that I would like to add on or to make changes or to have or to make it happeng...........

1. I would like to be married off to my Boston's boypreng - he is the only "real guy" that I can get connected to and take me the way I am - no reservations, no demand, no expectations, no problemo. "I am happy to be with you as you make my life complete. We shall travel everywhere together and see the world and grow old together"........ohhhh...so he said.....how could you ever forget a person who put a smile on your face every minute of your life and knows how to treat you well - despite your weaknesses and "kerapah-tion".........If ever I have a regret, that is one - to let him go for stupid reason.......stupid....stupid....stupid.......neber mind..had it meant to be, it would had and God knows best........

2. I would like NOT to know my ex-tunang yang telah berjaya memasukkan banyak unsur negatives dalam jiwa ku sehingga ke hari ini.......................

3. I would like to do a PhD in Psychology....surprise! surprise! surprise!...Yes- I would like to learn a lot deal about humans behaviours...............(don't even wonder, don't even think and don't even say anything Tang!!!!....:)

4. I would like to save more (should have listen to Kak Eshah from day one) so that I can go travelling to all parts of the world every year.......

5. I would like to be able to cook and bake well like Kak Eshah and Kak Long.....then tak perlu lah hari2 makan ayam/ikang goreng, kicap and spinach......uwarghhhhhhh

6. I would like to own a little cottage surrounded by olive trees and sunflowers fields and little stream in Tuscany.......

7. I would like to own a bookstore........

8. I would like to have a loyal driver and a loyal maid who wash their hands everytime they touch my stuff.......

9. I would like to dance well.......

10. I would like to be more intelligent and wordy so that I can contribute more to the society.....

11. I would like to be less self-centered, to emphatize more and to understand better......

12. I would like to be more sabaq, sabaq, sabaq and sabaq...........

13. I would like to be cool, calm and collected.......

14. I would like to be wiser and make better decisions about many things.......

15. Finally, I would like to be reincarnated as a pub singer....and my first song would be......SWAY.........wakakakakakakakakkak!!!!

And you????

The Amazing Race(r).....................

2008-09-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hmmmphhhhh...where did that come from? Badak5=The Amazing Race(r)??? Ontah la labu...but Badak5 fits into my profile of that category as she is one brilliant racer......in many positive ways - not that the rest of the badaks are not.................

I first met Badak5 at Badak3's place when both of them were residing at the grand Rumah Transit Desa Aman (did we all not.....) She came out from her apartment when she heard my LOUD voice talking to Badak3. She immediately came to me and said "I know you. I have been to your house at East Ham. The minute I heard your voice, I knew that was you - from the East Ham years...."Hmmphhhhhh....she is not the first and will not be the last to notice the voice before the person......

Anyway, I was impressed that she could recognized me while I cracked my pretty brain to locate her....."You sure tak ingat sebab masa tu you kalut keluar masuk dengan your NST friends," so she emphasized, probably to make me feel better (Badak5 kan very diplomatic and tactful - al-maklum la lawyer....:)

And after that, we kept on talking about people that we knew and the East Ham communities and the cute brainy real guys around East Ham - JOKE!!! mana ada daaa species itu.....We got some connection allright.........

After which, we started to become friends and Badak5 was introduced to Badak Prest and was included in the circle - partee, sopping, parteee, sopping, partee, sopping, more partees and more soppings and in between, but of course - stuffing our faces sessions...........

I still remember her first car - Daihatsu Charade and her driving...ha ha ha...never mind the car, mind the driving...:) Badak3 will always offer to drive whenever we go out - for her life's sake...:) Me? I donch care as long as I don't have to drive. I am perfectly happy as a passenger - and fully equipped with all sorts of doas before I put my life into Badak5's hand......ha ha ha.....

Badak5 lurrrrrrvvveee to jahit menjahit and I am the lucky one to always be given awesome shorts, amongst other stuff. And she also enjoyed cooking and baking and she "used" to cook us really good food and ever willing to do so - until she got herself hitched to DG - hmmmmppphhhhhhhhhhh!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! And now, not only that I don't get checked or floral shorts no more, I also seldom get to taste her yummy cooking.....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! (shift of priorities in life....:) Neber mind - her being happy is more important than any shorts or chocolate cake or pasta or ikan goreng bodo or soup ayam bodo or chocolate cake (diulangi!!) or ayam goreng bodo - of the world.........................

To me, Badak5 is one "sabaq" and "calm"person that I have ever met in my life......I am always amazed at how sabaq she is with everything - almost everything. She could absorbed stuff just like that and always try to be positive about it. I am sure that most of the time I managed to annoy or irritate her but she being her natural calm person, just smiled away..........But again,come to think of it - all Badaks with the exception of me, are very "sabaq" and "calm" people......hmmmppphhhh.....where did I go wrong?????? :) oh yeah......I am the self-centered one.......:)

And jodoh pertemuan di tangan Tuhan. God make me introduced DG to Badak5. Am glad that they got hooked and realized that they belong together and God Willing, forever. Well, Badak Prest introduced Badak4 to her husband so who gonna introduce me to my Mr.Monk?????? And who gonna introduce Badak3 to the Pak Haji Kecut?? oopppssss...sowi....Pak Haji Kecut pung dah diambil orang....ha ha ha.....:) And who gonnna introduce Badak Prest to her Mr.58???No need.....already found.....:)

In the final analyses, am glad that all us Badaks got to know each other as each one of us contributes to the richness of each other's lives........We all do have our own "peculiarities" - some more than others - (no need to guesss......) and "specialities" - however we manage to put aside the differences and stay good together. We may not be in touch everyday (with the exception of us on this little island as we got no other frengs...by default la...ha ha ha) but everytime we are in touch, we can take off from where we last met/spoke........That's how special our "bondings" are..........We may not share every single details about our lives but we do know that whenever we need to speak up or to cry our hearts out - there will always be a badak or badaks to lend her ear, eye and heart............In that, we know who we are in each other's lives.........We are there for each other - in good, sad, trial, challenging, joyful, heartbreak, heartburn, heartache and all sort of moments........We may not be materially rich (at least not me!!!) but we are spiritually and soully (ada ke word ni???) because we have each other.......

In the end, thats all that matters......

And where did the name "badak" emerged from? One fine day, my brother said this to me "Apa khabaq kawan2 you Ngah?" "Kawan mana?" "Kawan Persatuan Badak Sekawan......." :) Nice? I thought so......

The Weirdo Indiana Jones........

2008-09-17T09:05:00.000-07:00

This entry will be a bit mild due to the writer's somber and melancholic mood right now but write I must.......as thru writing I am able to forget that there are cruel human beings in this world......

Me and Badak4 whom I refer to as the Weirdo Indiana Jones started off on a definitely wrong footing. We hated each others sights...neber mind our guts......She could not comprehend my way of living neither did I......We were introduced by Badak Prest. She and Badak Prest are the bestest of frengs. Badak Prest decided to include me into her circle of friends as I was all alone and hence the introduction to Badak4.....

Why the weirdo Indiana Jones? Weirdo because I thought that she had a weird characteristics - weird for a loud person like me (probably I was the weird one, nyeah......not probably...:) Indiana Jones? ha ha ha...initially I thought that she was a "cerah" version of an Indian lady - probably a Cindian - and furthermore, Badak Prest intoduced her as "Saraswathy" to me and kept calling her by that name (mayhaps a private joke between them)......only after a while that I knew her real name......Indiana, minus Jones also refers to her alma mater - Indiana University at Bloomington (same2 alma mater with Kak Long).

Anyways, during the earlier part of our "friend"ship, we were kind of nice to each other but tried to not sort of being too close for comfort. To her, I am the weird one - ya loooo...who bonding with shoes one...talk2 to shoes one...only weirdo.........I was being my usual loud self with no cares in the world. Badak4 being the soft spoken person she was and she still is and I believe will always be, could not stand my loud-ness. I,on the other hand, could not stand her "soft-ness".....eeekkkkkkkk......"selowwwwwww nya dia ni bercakap".......he he he...

When we became closer, I make her life miserable. I make her felt "stressful" all the time. Everything she said, I will be questioning and make her felt "i-want-to-strangle-this-capui-pompuan".....But Badak4 being the nice person she was and still is, just smiled and gave back to me in her own "soft" ways - which make me want to aggravate her further....ha ha ha.......lagi I kasi dia stress.......:)

I could not understand her life's principles and philosophy. She make a point to understand mine, although disagreed with manys. But, I did not make a point to understand hers (don't forget....ms.self-centered)....I just totally disagreed with most of the things that she believes in........

Again, like with Badak3, there was an incident which broke the camel's back........From that incident, I vowed that I will try my level best to understand her world as she did with mine. I may disgree with so many principles of hers, but at least I will try to understand and not being ""prejudice about it." It is her life after all.......

Time passed by and things happened and friendship bloomed further.......we put our differences aside and concentrate on our friendship......that is more meaningful...and today, the weirdo Indiana Jones is one of the greatest person in my life......although she still could not , for the life of her, understand the need for a conversation with my shoes.........:)

Next - The Amazing Race (r).....................

Let's berdoa for...............

2008-09-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

In general, sempena Ramadhan diberkati ini, marilah kita berdoa supaya semua kita dan keluarga dan kekawang dan umat Islam di mana sahaja sentiasa dipelihara dan dilindungi ALLAH......

Specifically, let's berdoa that MAK Badak5 sembuh segera dan dimudahkan ALLAH segala urusan supaya dapat menjalani kehidupang bahagia bersama keluarga dan merayakan Aidil Fitri bersama-sama........

And please do say a prayer for MARINA as well who will be undergoing her major operation on this Nuzul Quran day to remove whatever is still there........Semoga ALLAH memudahkan jua urusan Marina...If I could replace her, I would...........

Badak3 : My Sleeping Enemy to My Besfreng's (Wedding....:)

2008-09-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Saje je...mau kasi tajuk woyang yang glamer....

Me and Badak3 started off on a very wrong footing for no apparent reason at all but in life sometimes, we must pick on someone in order to glorify our pathetic life....:) Badak3 was my Senior at ITM. She was one year ahead of me (dia cerdik, masuk ITM dulu from me...tapi gue pi Bostong & England dulu...wakakakkakak.....:)

I guess, the reasons why she and her ultra-besfrengs (especially one particular besfreng yang ultra *&^&$%$@%^&*()) hated the freak out of me bacause 1) I was very vocal and out-spoken (still am la -before you guys say it...) - zaman tu junior mana boleh cakap banyak2 and tunjuk terra especially kalau cakap omputih pufff peehhh pufff peeehhh....surely la akan diboikot sebeb twerbukti lebih terra dari senior...ha ha ha 2) I was with a car - zzomm here and there - meaning...... gue spoilt brat la....perception : anak orang kaya berlagak la....(it was said to me :) 3) gue tak peduli kepada apa2 sahaja as in kome2 nak rag gue, buat je.....as in, gue memang kebal and donch care attitude la (lagi la geram senior2 yang gila kosa tahap dewata tu...he he he)

So, everytime gue lalu lalang dengan kereta, mereka semua yang berkumpul di tangga hostel akan memberikan "jelingan manja" sambil senget2 mulut pot-pet-pot-pet......lagi laju gue drive...he he he....kalau terserempak di hallway School, gue akan jalan tanpa memperdulikan mereka dan kata2 *&*^$@#$&())()(%&&$ mereka.......ishkkkkk...lagi la depa hangat hati.......he he he.......

And the exciting moments continued till we graduated. When they left ITM, I was the happiest person on earth sebab tak perlu ternampak wajah2 mereka lagi........In short, we never bonded, we were never cordial to each other, we ignored each other and continued hating each other's sight. However, I survived because as early as those years, they were already the "parking meters" of my happening life........ha ha ha......

But the turn and twist of fate can never be expected. One fine day in Boston, I received a card from Badak3 stating that she will be coming over for her MA and could she stay at my place for a bit. The minute I saw her name, I knew whom she was but I kept on telling myself - please let it not be her...please God...please do not test me again...but deep down inside me, I knew that was her........urghhhhhhhh...So, I did what was expeced out of me - ignored the card.....ha ha ha...and a few days later, I flew back to Malaysia for the summer hols......

I arrived back in Boston on a cold Fall day to discover someone was sleeping on my bed. The minute I walked into my room, Badak3 woke up and salam with me and apologized for sleeping on my bed. Sebagai pemilik bilik yang berhemah dan berjiwa kemanusiaan, I said its okay and anyway I was not around. At the same time, I was praying hard to God to make me be nice to her as she was new and all - neber mind that she and her ultra-besfrengs siksa me separa nyawa di ITM........he he he

Yes- God granted my doa - I was nice to her. Helped her with the necessary, cooked for her and answered all her questions.....However, I stayed away from her - my life is my life as in I am nice to you but I don't want you in my personal life...I don't want you to enter my personal space...he he he..So, my other roomies brought her places and showed her places. I never joined. Anyway, I was buzy socializing and gallavanting away with my international friends - day in and day out.....Ms Happening kannnnnn......

Bit by bit, I allowed he to come into my personal life - simply because I started to see her true colours. The straw that broke the camel's back was the time when I had to kemas-ing my boxes to ship home. That was definitely not my forte. Kalau ikut me - campak je semua and seal. Period. However, Badak3 offered to help. She was the one who strategized, organized, packed and sealed all the 9 boxes. She also listed down the items so that when the boxes arrived I would know what is where....I just sat, nganga and agreed to everything (in-between krohhhiiinggg...as usual..:)- as long as I did not have to do it...he he he...

That moment make me realized, bukan semua orang nak bersusah payah untuk kita. Hanya orang ikhlas dan really nice sahaja akan tolong kita. Especially, doing stuff like packing kerapah yang amatlah banyak dan stressful. I don't think that I can do it for others...especially me being the ms. self-centered.......:) But Badak3 melakukannya dengan penuh kegigihan dan dalam senyumang........

From that day onwards, we became relatively close. I invited her to joing my activities with my Greek. Hongky & German's besfreng. Whenever we have parties (we as in me and my International Relations clans) had parties/gathering, I brought her along (she was living with orang berimannnnn...so I needed to spice up her life a bit at the expense of orang berimannnn menuduh I mencemarkan duli Badak3 yang equally berimannnnn...he he he......I was the bad person la sebab ajak Badak3 pi bersosial......)

One fine day while watching her baking bengkang kayu ubi at her kitchen, we discovered that her abang - Jenal and my Abang Long adalah besfreng and in fact Abang Long dah pernah pergi rumah Segamat and probably dah makang ikang baung Sungai Segamat......ha ha ha........

And another moment that really touched my heart was the day when I finally left Boston. She gave me something which I really needed then. I never said anything but being a nice person and a wonderful friend she is, she could tell that I needed it. I was dumbfounded when she gave it to me. Only a real dear freng can do that to another freng. I am trully blessed. Thank you my ex-sleeping enemy who is now my besfreng's (wedding)..........:)

NEXT : The weird Indiana Jones......:)

-Badak VP-

How I met Badak Pres......

2008-09-09T23:16:00.000-07:00

Wa ada lecture lagi half an hour so this really a short one but I must write it down now.......I came to Penang alone, donno anyone and don't care if I donno people..(he he he..ms self-centered in action :) However, I accidently bumped into a long lost freng who is currently working here. I was having dinner somewhere nearby Seagate with my ex-neighbour from Rumah Transit Aman and was buzy chatting away when someone from the next table turned and said this "I know this voice very well....it can only belong to one person....arrghhh...its you...". So there we were...me and Abang Hammmmmm...jumped up and down - excitedly...OK - I lied..only me jumped...Abang Hammmmm control macho dalam senyuman dalam kelam....he he he......

A few days later Abang Hammmmm came to see me and said this "I have a friend by the name of S****. Would you like to get to know her? She is a very nice person. At least you boleh ada kawan kat sini". As I said earlier, I was in the doonno & don't care mode so whatever. Kalau kawan Abang Hammmm surely baik macam dia...."OK".

In my mind, this S**** is an Indian as my good Cindian freng also is S*****. Another Indian freng also by that name. So my perception is that kalau nama gitu, sure Indiana Jones.......Neber mind la...what ever also can.....

A few days later, someone knocked on my door and when I opened the door, there they were. Abang Hammmmmm and a lady that I could not placed her race or personality but look sober enough to be my freng......."Hi A*****, this is S****,". I shook my hand with her and my happening life began shortly after with Badak Pres in tow..........................:)

Next - my worst enemy is now my besfreng

-Badak VP-

how I met bebadak yang lain... (part 2)

2008-09-08T23:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry sebab kena pen-off early the last entry sebab kena pi kelas. Bulan posa ada tension le sikit kalu kelas late petang. By the time tiba romah ngam-ngam je buka. Tak dan nak buat apa-apa. I'm not the kind suka beli kat pasar ramadhan unless the food there is really good. The one that so the very close to my house tu, I tak recommend langsung. I would rather buat cucuk bodoh then pi abis duit on tasteless food.

Anyway, let me continue with telling you how I met the badaks especially badak 5. Yang lain tu dah cerita dah in the last entry. Badak 5 ni was my neighbour before badak4 jadi neighbor. I guess our first lepaking session was at my place one night. That was during badak VP's visit (Badak VP masa tu duk kat Paris and will come down to Penang whenever ada urusan) and lepak at my place. So we invited badak5 to come over and buat ketupat. That was how it started. I remember her first car (here in Mesia), the blue Charade. Pernah took a ride in it. GOD takut je teruntuh tengah jalan. Glad that after a while she got rid of the car and bought her "CikBadakDebab".

But what's most important is all my badak friends are awesome. May Allah bless all of you.

How badak3 met bebadak yang lain...

2008-09-06T20:36:00.000-07:00

I was introduced to badak Pres. by Badak VP when I came back for my fieldwork in 1996. Prior to the meeting I was already briefed of how badak Pres. would look like - a 'physically challenged" person who wore miniskirts or shorts and rode a kapcai. BTW, I knew Badak VP long before I knew the rest of the clan. I'll elaborate on that later.

We picked her up at the management school and went off to I-don't-remember where. Like badak 4 had mentioned earlier, badak Pres. was a very nice person. We hit it off instantly. A multi-skilled person who can cook, sew, bake, make 'bunga telur" and best of all, repair shoes! She's a lifeguard at the univesity's pool. She dives too. What else didn't she do? Oh I know.... housekeeping is certainly not her forte! I remember during the time when she was squatting in the school's office, we use to frequent her room and had lunch there. She would cook rice and baked fish there. She even baked hariraya cookies in a toaster oven that she had in the room. Imagine the aroma... I guess Badak Pres. is the most carefree person I've ever met.

Badak VP. I've known her since ITM (ITM, not UiTM!) days. Never liked her. She was already a "loud" person then. But we became good friends when we in the same university in the US. We were also leaving in the same apartment building and eventually in the same apartment. When I was first told by a contact that I should contact her before I left for Boston, my heart fell to the ground. God! That girl!? But she turned out to be a kind person. She cooked and prepared my bed for me. At the end of my first semester there, we became friends and now, very good friends.

Badak4 did not mention this but I first met her way back in 1994 when we attended the SLAB together. There she was in tattered jeans and slippers walking into the room. Then there was one afternoon when she walked into the room holding a thermal mug in her hand and everybody was looking at her. She reminded me so much of how american undergrads looked like. Then when we met again in 1998, she turned to be my neighbour.

Bedak4 moved in next door after Badak5 moved out from the apartment at the transit block. It started with just smile and hi, then elevated to exchange of food and later lepakking at each other's places.

The rest, they say is history....

My first encounter with Bebadak

2008-09-05T16:32:00.000-07:00

Nampaknya ada orang buat percubaan nak tulis about baju tidoq. May be short besaq yang dijahit dengan penuh kasihsayang oleh Badak5?? heheheh..

Badak pertama yg wa temui of course Badak Presiden. Yang membantu menjadikan 6-month attachment wa di universiti back in 1993 a fun one.. Kami berenang bersama dan makang bersama (maklumlah badak, mestilah aktiviti berenang dan makang sesuatu yg penting heheh). Paling menarik about Badak president ialah her warmth, her readiness to help, her dont-give-a-damn-about-what-people-think attitude, her willingness to break the rules, and her sense of her humor.. All of these are characteristics (i hope) also describe me. hehehe.. With badakpresident, I felt I can do anything, panjat pokok, pakai lipstik sambil naik motor hehehe..

BadakVP I met through Badak president. We didn't hit it off immediately.. I thought she was a bit Ms show-off, the one that must develop rapport with the brand of the shoes before buying one (???). She thought I was Ms goody-goody and ala ala manja (????). But fortunately, we were given more chance to interact later on and managed to find out, we are not so different after all.
Badak VP turned out to be a good friend with a great, great sense of humor.. Whatever little differences between us, we already learnt to accept them and accept each other.

One of the most unforgettable experience with Badak Secretary was that we both pitam masa panjat Bukit Jambul.. hahahha.. Maklumlah perasan fit dan telah buat cubaan panjat bukit cepat cepat.. hehe.. Badak secretary is a friend of Badak VP but also happened to be my neighbour for a few months back in 1999. She too is a warm and generous person although can be a bit rigid at times ("aku hanya boleh makan Ikan baung dari sungai segamat sahaja"). hhehe..

Badak5 used to be in the same department with me. Our relationship was slowly built and by now, like everything that was slowly built, it is rock-solid. :-)) Badak5 also happened to be very generous and kind and always ready to help people in trouble, friends or no friends. Although we shared many many ideas and sentiments about the world, issues and people but occasionally we do get into these (what I would like to think as) 'academic' debates. Sometimes the debates can take place over the phone, in a meeting, but mostly, we have them in my office. I absolutely enjoyed these discussions!

I guess what I want to say about my badak friends is that we love every one of us just as they are. We don't expect anybody to change and be somebody else. We will help each other out as much as we can, we are here for each other, through good and bad times. We are here to laugh and to cry together. I love you all and I hope our friendships will continue for as long as we live!

Mari lihat bilik keramat Badak president.............

2008-09-04T01:40:00.000-07:00

Sebelum memulakan perjalanan ke bilik Badak President, kita perlu bertawakkal dan redha dengan apa sahaja yang kita nampak. Kata-kata dan ucapan tidak diperlukan. Lihat dan lihat sahaja. Hidup akan kurang kompleks dengan cara itu.

To begin with, Badak P tidak mempunyai bilik sendiri sebab ketika rumah itu dibaikpulih, Badak P hanya menyumbangkan sedikit sahaja dan oleh itu tidak layak mendapat bilik (he he he). Bagaimanapun, Badak P bernasib baik kerana adiknya sudahpun membeli condo dan tidak tinggal di situ lagi maka secara automatiknya, Badak P menjemput dirinya untuk menginap di bilik adiknya yang siap peralatan tidor termasuk alat penghawa dingin yang mana adalah keperluan utama Badak P.

Bilik itu ada satu katil Queen, dua almari baju (pembetulan tiga lemari, satu lemari empat pintu dan dua lemari tiga pintu, satu side (dressing, satu kotak harta karun fella design) table dan attached bathroom. So, sangat simple and just nice for one person. Ruangan juga agak selesa dan jika Happy Badaks mau sleep over, can just lepak up and down nicely. (err ko nak lepak kat mana? bawah katil or kotak harta karun fella design)

However, those are history. Today, what do we have?. Boxes, boxes, boxes and more of boxes. What else? Boxes, boxes, boxes and more of boxes. Anything else? More of boxes laaaaaaaaaa.....Where did that come from? Itu adalah LIFE Badak P. Her whole life is in those boxes. Boxes yang dibawa dari Penang sejak bertahun-tahun lalu dan masih kekal sebagai boxes. Along the way, she managed to collect more kerapah and dumped into new boxes. She simply adores boxes. All her kain baju and life histories are all in the boxes. Need I say more? err wa baru beli 1 box utk letak barang basuh kaki dan dua kotak tupperware....

Her room may be cluttered but she knows what is where. To begin with, that is her guiding life principle - SEMAK....:)

And what else is in her room? I don't know - for all I can see are boxes, boxes, and more of boxes.........

APA ADA DALAM BEDROOM BADAK5?

2008-09-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

OK, since badak5 yg buat suggestion ni, dia kena jugaklah buka rahsia bedroom badak couple cung-nye.

Bedroom badak5 adalah agak sementara buat masa ini, so badak5 tak kuasa la nak jadikan ia comfortable sangat. Badak5 awaits patiently for badak couple cung's newly acquired bedroom to be completely renovated before making any permanent plans for comfort.

Also, because our current bedroom tu belongs to badak5.5 (ie badak5's other half) since he was prolly 5 yrs old and semua kerapah dia masih ada kat situ and badak5 cannot usik one...So, the condition of badak couple cung's bedroom at the moment is not unlike this one:

In terms of furniture, fixtures, fittings and content, of course, ada bed and almari baju. Katil dan almari baju ni agak2 antique la coz they were custom-made masa wedding mak and pak badak5.5 lebih 40 tahun yg lepas. 2 months ago, we made history by breaking the bed (well, we have to live up to our badak name, what...?) but after much hassle, now the bed is usable again and still retains its antiqueness. Good lesson also is that now we must be bersopan bila nak duduk atas katil. Cannot la hempuk2 our cute, badak punggung. Bad news is of course, certain happy-badak-couple activities cannot be attempted unless we want to risk calling the person yg repair tu for the second time and this time he may just be tempted not to be discreet and for all you know our actually non-existent romp will be pasted all over the local tabloids.

Sebenarnya the antique closet is large enough to only fill in badak5.5's meagre clothes collection, but being the bossy bini, badak5 has taken all his clothes out and replace them with her own. So, badak5.5's clothes are either in his mom's room or lying around all over the place in the room. And of course badak5's clothes cannot all fit into the tiny closet, so we have plastic boxes all over the place to fill in the clothes. Badak5 has long given up coding the boxes so if you see badak5 wearing the same clothes every other two days, itu bermakna dia tak kuasa lembang kotak2 tu and would just resort to taking laundered clothes right off the clothes lines.

Our room is also filled to the brim with all sorts of books, magazines and papers, mostly badak5.5's. badak5 prefers her books in the office. The bedroom has been a long-time office for badak5.5, which explains his perfect badak-ness. No exercise. There is a workstation with badak5.5's computer and paraphernalia about two feet from the bed. His journey from his 'office' to 'home' is just a bed-hop away. On days when he doesn't feel like making the 2-second walk to the 'office', the bed will serve as his makeshift workstation.

The other must-haves in our bedroom is TV (and related electronic items) and air-cond. This is so that we need not relive that horrible experience of being squeezed into the minute couple seat at the panggung. We can comfortably snuggle-up to watch movies and other programmes, badak5.5 leaning on the headboard and badak5 leaning comfortably on badak5.5 water-bed like tummy.

Itulah sahaja yg badak5 boleh kongsi berkaitan bilik tidur badak couple cung.

One last thing, badak5 tak kisah sangat la dengan lack of comfort with our current bedroom because the sole 'item' that makes badak5 keeps coming back to the bedroom is this:

Happy nesting, everyone!

my room? hmmmm...

2008-09-03T19:44:00.000-07:00

Suma orang ceta pasal (bed)rooms masing-masing. Well mine, not much. Almaklum jele rumah sewa. So malas nak decorate beriya. Maybe by raya next year I would be in my own home yang I boleh decorate.

So for the moment, I only have the basics. No bed, just mattress. Nevertheless, a spring VONO mattress lagi. An IKEA chest-of-drawers that I brought it all the way from KL and assembled it myself (very proud of that) which I filled it up with tudungs, tudungs and more tudungs, lingerie and some clothes. One computer table yang tidak digunakan untuk computer but you can find table lamp, some kitabs and al-Quran sitting on a rehal on it (yang setakat ini hanya dibaca dalam bulan posa je), and off course phone chargers and that electric mosquito thing. There's also a hanger and a box where I put some bags in it. As usual on the chest-of-drawers, you'll find the basic cosmetics like compact, moisturiser, toner, lipaticks, hair brushes, box of brooches, a box of tissues, a packet of facial cotton, a few perfume bottles and body spray, and some things that need to be sorted out and thrown away.

There's also a small cabinet next to my mattress. I store most of my toiletteries in there. BTW I bought that cabinet at Argos in Brighton. Since muat masuk kotak, so why not bawak balik mesia...

Tak muat nak put in all the clothes in the drawers, so you'll see a small colorbox at the corner where I shelf my homewears. The good ones are in the next room, hanged in three lemari plastik. don't plan to by proper wardrobe sebab susah bila pindah nanti.

Don't have a balcony sebab rumah atas tanah. But do have some hanging stuff ----- cobwebs...hahahaha. Almaklumlah rumah tepi sawah..... Outside my bedroom window, you'll see my driveway. Next to it is the lawn. A friend once asked what I planted on my lawn and I told him "kucai".

Bedroom wa (Badak4 with 3 anak badaks)

2008-09-03T17:57:00.001-07:00

Sebelum wa mulakan citter bedroom wa, wa sungguhlah bersimpati ngan jiran jiran Badak VP kerana terpaksa menyaksikan either Badak VP tengah kroh kroh or Badak VP tengah bogelo (or kedua-duanya sekali). Yang pastinya ketiga tiga event cannot be a very pretty sight, especially compared to langit biru.. hehehe..

Bedroom wa pun ada balcony which I love very very much.. Ada hangings plants of pelbagai variety and now comes complete with a bird nest and baby birds. Plus ada satu basikal exercise yang akan digunakan sekurang-kurangnya sekali seminggu.. Dalam bilik ada satu lemari yang dibeli dengan harga yang rendah dari Badak secretary yg generous.. (Thank u) Lemari ada dua parts, his and hers tapi guess which part yang lagi besar..??? mestilah hers.. hehehe..

Dalam bilik juga ada satu sofa hijau yang digunakan mostly untuk letak tilam anak anak Badak.. No katil in the room at all, hanyalah tilam tilam sahaja. Of course we also have one chest of drawer dan a TV kecil untuk hiburang semua.. Dan bilik selalu juga akan dipenuhi dengan toys toys lebihan, buku buku bacaan anak dan ibu sebelum tidur dan tiga orang kanak-kanak lelaki yang melompat lompat sana sini..

What's in OUR ROOM.....

2008-09-03T10:09:00.000-07:00

Since I missed out the entries on what's in our bags and shoes and cars and Badak 3 had it all correct (bravo! bravo! bravo !), I would like to start off with what is in my bedroom as suggested by Badak 5.

Badak VP Magical Bedroom : (it is magic because the minute I go into the room and baring2, I will immediately be transported to the la la krohhhhhhhhhhhhhh land....effortless..:)

What do I have there? Of course my super magical bed from Fella Design that I truly adore with a magical coconut fibre apatah mattress yang kononnya sangat good for the back but already lekok di tengah and I paid so much for it......chessssss....On the bed, I have my loyal kucing kering "Freezy" and a cow by the name of "Milky head" given by kekanak....I also have "penggaru" which is so berjasa to me.....my reading glasses (aheeeemm)... a story book...a Yassin...a box of tissue........

I also have a dresser with 5 drawers. Each drawer with a different theme and contains itemized items...he he he.....and I can't mix and match...each must stay where it belongs otherwise I cannot tidor malam thinking I placed it wrongly.....then I have to bangun at 2pm to alihkan the tshirt that should be in drawer 3 and not 4......he he he......Top of the dresser is loaded with lotion, lotion, lotion, lotion, more lotions........parfum, parfum,parfum and more parfums....body spray, body spray, body spray and more of body sprays, seketul moisturizer, 2 hairbrushes, manys exotic bracelets from Bali and Sabah and Sarawak, sebotol mineral water, a pix frame of me in Boston and a mirror.

Apart from that I also have 5 teddy bears boxes of clothing (usable and non-usable but malas to get rid off), my carry bag, a trolley shelf full of harta benda from Christchurch that I never get to sort out, another teddy bear box full of printed pictures from places that I have been to, a few plastic bags full of kerapah and more bags and boxes under the bed......

Oh I also have a bedside table with a disfunct minicompo but never get to get rid off it and a big pix of meself with Raja Perlis during my PhD walk of ego......also a few Bali's CDS and of coz Abang Jamal and one of Sudirman.......

On the wall, I have a big picture poster from Bali, 3 picture frames - families, me and more of me....As you may have noticed, I truly adore meself and thus the many pictures of me in me bedroom....neber mind the other parts of me home.....he he he .........

I love my bedroom because I have a nice balcony and get to see the langit when I baring on my bed. That is very important to me i.e to see the langit when I go to bed.........People from the other apartments also get to see me kroh - bogelo or otherwise..........ha ha ha........

what's in badak5's handbags, pockets and cars

2008-09-03T06:08:00.000-07:00

Oleh kerana tukang entry yg lepas mungkin sudah lama tak tengok handbag, poket dan kereta badak5, dia kurang arif sket tentang kandungan semasa ketiga2 ruang tersebut. so, here goes:

HANDBAG:
Depending on the days,
Weekday handbag (is now a battered bag from c&a in bruge, but passable for meetings and such, plus reasonably large to contain all my must-take-with-me-on-weekdays items):
inside got green purse, tapestry coin purse, defunct model of nokia phone, university tag (coz donno wear to put and i certainly AM NOT going to wear it over my neck!), calculator (to double check tesco receipts and other kira2), pens curtesy of all sorts of research grants (tenkiu rakyat malaysia!), travel-related receipts awaiting claims, floor depot voucher awaiting redemption, two tiny notebooks especially for noting down recipes and to-do items (palm top got also but rarely in handbag now coz too berat and sakit bahu, so need the notebooks as temporary 'palm') and...a small tape measure, in case jumpa baju besaq for my other half and need to confirm fit or not (i got tired of using my finger to measure berapa jengkal and make deduction, that was what i had to do in bruges and utah)

Weekend hadbag (most of the time green, fabric bag pemberian badak4): inside normally i transfered my green purse, coin purse and phone only plus a couple of tissues to wipe DG's chin and shirt after eating at pak wan's or mamak's.

POKET:
normally baju no poket, but when i wear pants, there would sometimes be keys and loose change or DG's phone

CAR:
shoes, shoes and more shoes. kerapah from meetings yg tak sempat bawak masuk opis, kotak kasut, parking receipts, shades, odd-sized homemade cushions, badak vp's umbrella, own umbrella, jadual waktu buka posa from kasim mustafa (badak vp pun ada ni). And of course i already mentioned items in my boot in the comment box.

Want to continue with what's in OUR ROOM?....

What's in your cars?

2008-09-02T20:43:00.000-07:00

Badak Pres.: Files, books, bags of clothes (sendiri punye or adik beradik's), shoes, ornaments, and whatever car gadgets that she fancies...

Badak VP: Shoes, shoes and more shoes, bags of clothes for emergencies, bag telekong, trolley, umbrella, a box of tissues, books, cinnamon sticks, bottles of mineral water...

Badak 3: Shoes and slippers, 1 bottle of mineral water (has been there for ages), umbrella, a box of tissues, a cushion, parking receipts, sun glasses, bag telekung, trolley...

Badak 4: Have not been in her car for quite sometime. Don't really know what she has but pretty sure there are some children's things lying around...

Badak 5: Slippers and shoes (both badak 5's and hubby's), cinnamon sticks, car screen shades, umbrella...

What's in your pockets?

Badak Pres.: Keys and tissues, probably, coins and notes...

Badak VP: Tissues (definitely!), coins and notes, handphones...

Badak 3: Tissues, keys and handphones...

Badak 4: Underwears????

Badak 5: Keys and coins and notes.....

what's in the handbags??

2008-09-02T20:25:00.000-07:00

Badak President: Purse, handphone, camera, hairbrush, hairclips, a bottle of perfume (botol besar), pens, whiteboard markers, stapler, thumb drive, keys...

Badak VP: Purse, handphone, keys, lipstick, a bottle of perfume, packets of tissues (lot's of them), pens in different colors tied together with a piece of rubber-band, some aspirins, minyak cap kapak...

Badak 3: Purse, handphones (2 sebab satu nombor tak cancel lagi! Bukan kaya), lipgloss, ubat BP, minyak cap kapak, a travel-size bottle of perfume, a blue-ink pen and white-board markers, thumb drive, a packet of tissues, address book, receipts from all over dated back to early of the year, sanitary pads (for emergencies), keys...

Badak 4: Purse, handphone, pens, keys...

Badak 5: Purse, handphone, pens, keys...

Badak bukan sebarANG badak

2008-09-02T17:44:00.000-07:00

Badak bukan sebarang badak
Badak cun dari utara
Semuanya pandai, bijak belaka
Kalau tak percaya, cubalah periksa

Badak bukan sebarang badak
Badak berhemah lagi beriman
Kalau memandu, sentiasa bersopan
Kecualilah bila ada Arab di depan
Masa tu aje barulah naik tangan

Tapi badak-badak ni memang bukan sebarang badak
Hidup selalunya ceria terutama bila ada makang dan kawang
Yang penting kami hidup amang
Memang tak peduli pada manusia berpura-puraang

Kemewahang pung bukanlah jadi ukurang
Oklah sekadar cukup pakai dan makang
Dan dapat beli handbad baru setiap 3 bulang
Dan sekali sekala dapat belanja kawang makang

Apa apa pung kami Gang badak bersatu
Akang cuba bantu kekawang apabila perlu
Dan menghiburkan kekawang setakat mampu
Dan hidup dalam lindungan Tuhan yang satu
(phew, nasib baik Tuhan tak de "g:)
Sekiang hiburang di hari rabu

The antagonists

2008-08-30T00:10:00.000-07:00

Badak3: Not really sure who is, or are the antagonists in her life. She remembers having a few that she hated and would dream of never meeting them ever. But now...hmm. There are some characters who irritate her but having a high level of tolerance, she has now learnt to handle such persons accordingly without getting stressed up. Blood pressure kena jaga. Kalu tak mampuih cepat. Tak mauuuu...

The other badaks - well, perhaps it's best to leave it to them to tell you who are the antagonists in their lives.

Favotite food of the happy badaks

2008-08-28T19:25:00.001-07:00

Badak 1- Smoked salmon Tasmania, kismis Mekah, ayam goreng, sayur timun sahaja, mee kari cina (taruk kaki bab), telur dadar

Badak2- Kutam gumuk, kutam gumuk, kicap, spinach, ayam goreng, bagel and cream cheese, kopi mahai, leg of lamb, toast and Jacob (hanya Jacob) cream crackers

Badak3-Ikan baung sungai Segamat, Asam pedas tumis, sambal tumis ikan bilis, tempe

Badak4- Roti Mr Baker, Roti canai + dhal Mr Baker, Everything made by Mr Baker hehehe..

Badak5-Ikan goreng, telur goreng, English muffin, Mee goreng DG tanpa udang

Introducing the 5 Happy Badaks.................

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Every person has her own story to tell. This is ours.Not quite like Sex & the City, happening nevertheless.....................

The Protagonists :

Badak 1 aka President : A brilliant an confident person, an accountant by training who enjoys researching on how best to reduce loan payments, an all-rounder (from academic issues to making flowers from the straaaawwwww... and repairing shoes!), a jovial, cool & hip hop person but is willing to go to war for a bunch of potai....(single by default & still rearing to go)

Badak 2 aka Vice President : A DIVA in her own right, very self-centered, competent communicator who always make sure that everbody hears her, loud but never lacking of good qualities - brilliant, kind-heart, jovial and of course a very cuteeeeeee person......(single by choice as she cannot tolerate idiots)

Badak 3 aka Secretary : Cool, calm and collected, brilliant, very dedicated & firm communicator who lets others communicate for her, "proper", very high level of tolerance but of late she is getting blurrrerrr & blurrrerrrr...........(single by choice, not looking but if it falls.....it falls)

Badak 4 aka life member : A dedicated mom & wife, extremely high level of tolerance but easily stress, life is about her family, her family, her family and more family, brilliant, awesome psychologist, minimalist who strongly believes that life is not about owning expensive hangbags or shoes but happy family.................

Badak 5 aka life member : A very opinionated feminist married to a cute bubbly divo, brilliant, vocal "lawyer", very helpful in all aspects, dedicated to empowering women, worship the divo that she's married too, easy going about life, passionate about baking, cooking & sewing for her family & friends...................

The Set

Badak 1 : Earning a decent living at a local money driven university in Central Malaysia and works like a mad dog 24-7 with many intolerable bosses ranking from the most powerful woman in Malaysia to gila kuasa MC brats.

Badak 2 : Earning a peanut salary at a local research gila university in a Northern State and works as she fancies under a draconian leadership of a gila kuasa male superior.

Badak 3 : Earning just a salary at a very bureaucratic regimented university somewhere close to the border of the Kingdom of Siam under a very authocratic person who has a Napoleon's syndrome.

Badak 4 : Working hard to earn a peanut salary at a local research gila university somewhere North of Malaysia amongst many extremely gila kuasa leaders.

Badak 5 : Also earning a meagre salary unjustified to the amount of work done at this gila research university in the Northern part of Malaysia.

The Story

It shall now begins.................................