Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

Saya mengambil kesempatan ini dengan mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri buat rakan-rakan bloggers yg beragama Islam.

Semoga hari-hari anda sentiasa ceria selalu.

Berhati-hatilah semasa memandu kenderaan anda. Pandu cermat jiwa selamat. Biar lambat asalkan selamat. *ini bukan iklan berbayar*

Bai roti!

Clippings

I hardly read the newspaper lately. Not because I had gotten tired of the present political scenario (like what else is new), its because I just don't have the luxury of doing so. More often than not, I depend on the internet to catch up with anything latest.

So I was quite surprised with myself when I managed to flip through pages after pages of the newspaper yesterday. Some of the news were amusing and some were outrightly disgusting. News that deserved mention were;

Spies on the prowl

Housewives staking out at the wet markets and hypermarkets as undercover agents for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Division. And the best part is, they get paid for RM1500 monthly allowance for undercover works. Their sole mission - to check any price irregularities and report it to the authority involved.

How cool can that be huh?

I mean its great to know that the government has finally acknowledged and supported the fact that housewives can do more great things (if given the right opportunity) besides tending the children and running the household. Pretty soon, we'll be hearing stories about housewives getting combat tactical and weaponry training, espionage assignments and fly MIGs or helicopters for rescue or mercy mission. That'll be the day. When that happens, I'll be the first early bird to sign up.

Sex sells

Whoa! Just when I thought the Malays have gone glokal as repeatedly preached by the TPM himself, this news had to come in.

Perak Tengah district councillor, Zul Hassan and businessman, Fairul Azrim Ismail were implicated in an illicit sex involving a chinese national after accepting bribes from another Malay complainant. And they both proudly admitted doing it. Shocking? Not really.

What is shocking is, he (Zul Hassan) had been quoted as saying "What is more important is we did not ask for the women. He (the complainant) supplied them to us. If people sedekah (donate), don't you want to accept the sedekah?". Senangnya prinsip hidup kau.

Clearly, he has taken the word sedekah to a new level. Shame on you, Zul! Its people like you who tarnished the Malay image. Kau memang Lelaki Melayu Terlampau.

In a hot soup

It appears to me that every celebrities in this country are going the business way. One such celeb is Amy Search of the now defunct rock group Search. He has been slapped with a civil suit by the parents of a 4 year old boy after an untrained waiter had accidently splashed a hot tomyam soup on his body.

I think its high time that every business establishments or service providers in this country should take heed this information. Don't play-play with customers nowadays. We know our rights. As paying customers, we have the right to expect good service and not given the run-arounds when service is bad. We do not want to be treated as Kings and Queens, we just want to be treated with respect. That's all.

Hail the freak show

Last night while dragging myself to fold a week's laundry, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and switched on the tube. There was nothing interesting on and I began to surf channels when conveniently, America's Got Talent was on air. If there was any show that showcases some of the most weirdest, freakiest and outrageous talent, this would be it.

The show was a bit too carnival for my taste that it felt more like watching a circus than a talent show but hey, since when talent is restricted to singing or dancing or playing musical instrument right? Even stripping your clothes off is considered as talent, if you can call that a talent. Well, at least in this show it was.

The show's judges consist of David Hasselhoff (from the Baywatch series), has-been singer, Brandy and relatively unknown British, Piers Morgan who? And what's with the British as a judge in any talent show? And do they have to be mean and ruthless too?

Nevertheless, I had a whale of time laughing my ass out watching this show because it was so damn entertaining. And oh, what is a talent show without its usual histrionics right?

Like what this cross-dresser guy demonstrated in the video below. Watch it and weep!

America's Got Talent is currently on Star World, Astro on every Wednesday 9pm

Lagi lagi pasal Raya...

Make ikke cicoh budu

Jange lupo tamboh satar

Kelik rayo toksoh laju

Nanti rayo dale sepita

Makang ubi jamang jepong

Makang kepok cicah cuke

Bulang pose mung bengong

Bulang raye mung gile

Sempadan Pahang ada kasino

Nasi dagang ikan patin

Jange mu masam muko

Raya makan rendang sadin

Cenggitu cenggini awak suke
Awak suke kite tak suke

Esok luse hari raye

Sama-sama bersuke rie

Hawau kau berak merate

Kaki bengkak ulau patok

Kalu balik naik kerete

Jangan pandu kalau ngantok

Masak lomak cili api

Campo dongan daun turi

Hari rayo kolumpo sopi

Tinggal penyamun dongan pencuri

Wa cakap lu wa tak tau

Tapi wa tipu sama lu

Raya jangan buat tak tau

Angpau ada bagi gua dulu

Gulai tempoyak ikan mayong

Deroyan busok tebok tupai

Pandu hemat ingat kampong

Ase teman selamat sampei

Pi Aloq Staq terketaq-ketaq

Lapaq perut makan pau

Macam mana tak ketaq

Kena paksa bagi angpau

Nasi kandaq kedai mamak

Anak mami juai pasemboq

Lepas raya usah dok teriak

Kalu ceti mai ikut dapoq

Padang besaq kecik aja

Tempat siam lalu lalang

Hari raya kita berbelanja

Jangan sampai menambah utang

Tidak kira dari mana asal kita, kita tetap sambut raya yang sama. Dengan ini, saya dengan rasa rendah diri (memang rendah pun orangnya) ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri dan Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

Panjang umur jumpa lagi (dalam blog laa...).

Okey, lepas ni saya nak kemas rumah, basuh langsir, basuh sofa cover, sapu sawang, lap tingkap, lap kipas, nak kasi kilat itu cermin, nak ambil baju raya tempah, nak beli barang-barang dapur last minute...blah blah blah. Fuhh, banyaknya kerja nak buat minggu ni. Tolonggggg!

* Seperti tahun-tahun yang lepas, saya juga nak bagi duit raya RM100 seorang (tak pernah miss punya aktiviti) buat rakan-rakan bloggers yang sudi berkunjung ke mari. Silalah ambil di sebelah. Jangan rebut-rebut yek .... tee hee hee

Terharu

Hari ini adalah harijadi saya. Yang ke berapa? Tak payah lah tahu. Dah tua daa. Dan kad-kad inilah yang dihadiahkan kepada saya. Rasa terharu. Kak Ngah siap cakap tak sempat nak singgah kedai alatulis di belakang rumah nak beli kad harijadi. Dapat yang ini pun jadilah katanya. Emm alahai anak ibu seorang ni....

I've said this many times before and I will say it again - its the thought that counts. Walaupun harga kad cuma RM1 sahaja. Beli pun kat kedai buku sekolah. Saya bertanya kepada mereka di mana dapat duit nak beli kad. Kak Long kata dia ambil dari tabung simpanan dia. Kak Ngah pula kata duit yang saya bagi semalam. Tapi dia kata nak beli pensil khot (untuk tulisan jawi) rupa-rupanya dia kelentong kat saya nak beli kad harijadi. Saya kata tak baik menipu. Nanti Tuhan marah. Berdosa. Sia-sia je puasa sehari suntuk tak dapat pahala. Tapi dia jawab balik, kalau dia bagitahu saya niat sebenar, nanti tak surprise!

Saya masih menunggu dengan setia kek yang dijanjikan oleh suami.

*Kad yang bulat tu Kak Long bagi. Yang empat segi tu Kak Ngah bagi.

Dan terima kasih jua kepada Syana kerana sudi menghantar ucapan hari jadi buat saya menerusi khidmat sistem pesanan ringkas.

Thanks Syana! You're so thoughtful. *smile*

Bang bang boom boom

I always dread the festive season. Any festive season that is. Don't get me wrong. I like festive season very much. This is the time we seek forgiveness from our families, extend our warmest friendship in true muhibbah spirit to our friends and neighbours from diverse ethnic backgrounds, to devour a smorgasbord of must-have festive dishes and last but not least, the obligatory holidays they give us. This is also the time we are allowed to gorge endlessly and even the doctors will give you greenlights if only you promise to shed those extra pounds after its over.

No, I'm talking about the other must-do activity that is so culturally Malaysians that without it, we will never be in festive mood. I'm talking about firecrackers, bunga api, the whole nine yards.

Its been only five days of fasting and I'm hearing blasts of firecrackers everywhere in the neighbourhood. Those neighbours' kids are particularly cheeky come Ramadhan. They would sneak behind your back, throw a few firecrackers on the ground and before you know it, the sound of loud big bangs will startle you. I've lost count of uttering the word opocot. And they have a name for such firecracker. I believe they call it, mercun katak.

While I welcome wholeheartedly for bunga api yang tak kuat kadar decibelnya, I can't say of the same thing on firecrackers. Some firecrackers, like the one that shoots out various colour display while you hold it straight up or the one that gives you funny sounds while releasing its contents are within my tolerance level, its the one with kadar decibel yg sungguh tinggi to the point of hurting my eardrums which annoys me the most. These firecrackers are the bane of mortals like me coz its causing me headaches. It becomes increasingly unbearable days before Raya.

Well, enough is enough. Its payback time. This year I'm going to pull some pranks on them. I will lie low for a couple more weeks and when the time is right, I will unleash my first WMD (weapon of mass destruction) that will sparkle the neighbourhood with Hari Raya showers (plus noises).

If only the neighbours won't balik kampung on that same night, that is.

*image cilok-ed from google*

Random ramblings

in conjunction with his birthday, we shaved off his hair. Vin Diesel look is in...

I didn't realise yesterday was Little B's birthday until Kak Long reminded me. This act of forgetfulness is not without excuse. I'm ageing. That's why. Sheesh.

Kak Long asked, tak de ke kek untuk adik? Alahai. Ayahness was so lazy to go out to buy cake yesterday so no cake. Lagipun semalam kan dah start puasa. Lagi lah bertimpa-timpa malasnya nak keluar rumah. Anyway, he promised to buy super mega cake in two weeks time to coincide with my upcoming birthday and Little B's belated birthday. *asyik kek aje, tak de ke benda lain nak beli untuk bini ke. Halamak, did I sound ungrateful? I take back my words.

Oh by the way, Little B turned 3 yesterday. Happy birthday kiddo!

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Yesterday afternoon, I watched the Oprah Winfrey show. Her guest of honours were the Jonas Brothers and their respective family. For the uninitiated, Jonas Brothers are currently the hottest boy band in the US of A. And they are siblings. What interest me the most was the profound remarks their father said when asked by OW on how they (the Jonas Bros) stay grounded despite being so famous. To which he replied earnestly, "We're not raising boys. We're raising men, husbands and fathers...". Oh Wow! That shook me up real good.

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During the recent school holidays, I embarked on an ambitious project. To bake kek cawan. Adakah aku berjaya kali ini? Yes and No. Yes, as they were eatable, thank God for that! No, coz they turned out terbantut. Penyek as more like it. Not fluffy as supposed. My loyar buruk daughters aptly put it, macam lempeng jer. Instead of cupcakes, I baked peng-cakes. A cross between lempeng and cup cake. Bravo kau KC!