Drivin' Miss Daisy

Over two years of having a probationary license, I've come to learn that driving doesn't need skills, it needs guts. And that my friend, is what I don't have =.=

I'm thankful that my probationary driving years are spent abroad, which means I don't get to drive that much, hence, lowering the risk of my P license being suspended because of silly driving mistakes. hahah. Anyways, I'll be getting my CDL this July, no more red P stickers needed. tu pon nk bangga? haha so what.

Now being a noob in driving, let me tell you what I hate, according to the viewpoint of a driving noob.

1- Highways. I know highways are the easiest driving medium, you don't have to worry about traffic lights and parkings etc, unless you're speeding too much and encik tiga paku is behind you OR you don't have money for tolls. Duhh. Anyway, I hate highways. Why? Here's why.

Sometimes if you're using a busy route, there'll definitely be a lot of cars in the right lane coz everybody's rushing to work. So when you're on the right lane and trying hard to speed and not to crash into the car in front of you, some smart-ass driver behind you turns impatient and starts kissing your car from behind as if you're the slowest moving vehicle on the planet. Oh come on. Saba boleh x? Banyak keta kot kt depan nk pecut cmna lagi. Grrrr. Oh maybe you need to pee, who knows. Pity you, you impatient show-off.

2-Attitude. See a noob like me don't normally drive like a pro. Sometimes, when you missed a signal, or unaware of the traffic lights, you know you're wrong and you feel bad. So, I don't need someone driving pass me just to give me the lesson. You know, like, susah payah pecut to give me the 'look' to show how wrong I am. Perhaps a polite horn is sufficient enough for that purpose.

Shouting, *Hoi apsal keta kau lagi cantik dr keta aku?!!*

Come on, have some mercy, ok? The next time someone did this to me, I'll shout back, " Ye bang, nak nombor ke?!?" =.=

Gosh, people on the roads can be so harsh sometimes.

So that's what I think of driving, as a noob.

till then. bye

Being happy

Excuse me for not having this blog updated frequently. Haha asyik2 apologizing for the time lag. What to do, blogging hugely depends on my mood. Ecehh.

Anyways, I've been reading a book recently, a very interesting one I would say. Perhaps because whatever mentioned in the book match perfectly with what I feel the moment I read it. You know I'm not really a big fan of non-fiction, self-motivating books but this one caught me off guard.

Have you ever noticed that when you were waiting for an important phone call the phone never seems to ring? But the moment you stopped waiting and started doing something else, it rings. When you waited for a bus to arrive, it never did, but when you stopped waiting and go buy some air tebu nearby, it arrives. Whenever we wait, it takes a long time to happen. Sometimes, it never happens at all. I wonder why. Maybe because we put too much hope for it to happen that it feels like a gazillion years. And maybe I was too attached to the end result. Wayyy too attached.

What if while waiting for the phone to ring, I cooked a light meal. What if while waiting for the bus to arrive, I read a book. That way, the waiting will be less stressful. Plus, it wouldn't piss me off if the phone doesn't ring and the bus doesn't arrive. Well, maybe a bit angry but not as much as if I've been waiting all day long, right? And perhaps, that was the reason of my being unhappy when things doesn't turn out the way I want it to be, especially when I eagerly waited for the thing to happen. Being angry and unhappy all the time aren't really the best way to live life.

I should stop waiting for things. That will detach me from the end result I've been longing too much and then I can be as happy as teletubbies. Yes, as humans we always wanted things to go our way but God always knows best right? Afterall, He is the Master of all planners. Learned this after a 'huge' plan of a roadtrip that I've been looking forward to for the past few weeks went downhill for a reason God knows why. Ok saba2, kita dah plan Allah cakap x jadi, x jadi jugak. So, that would officially ends my waiting era. I won't wait for anything to happen anymore, I'll just start living in the now, instead of worrying about future concerns because when you live in the now, the future'll come tagging along happily indeed, without you forcing it to :)

Besides, what good would it bring to stay mad at people? Say if you're mad at a waiter for serving the wrong dish, yelled at him and then stormed off the restaurant, you'll be the one without dinner that night. You'll end up hungry all night. You'll be embarassing yourself for yelling your ugly face out at the waiter. You spoiled your own mood for the whole night. And the waiter, went back to work without a scratch, and a happy pay. See who's suffering simply for not forgiving? You. Not the waiter. Stop blaming people or else we'll end up being miserable everyday. No wonder people who went through breakups in movies are so miserable, they didn't forgive. While their exes happily move on with life and go snorkelling in Hawaii, they eat chocolates and ice creams and cried all night and gain or lose 10kg of miserable weight.

What a miserable way to live life. There's too many 'miserable' in the sentence, ain't there? =.=

I blabbered too much, didn't I? Oh well, I needed to spill something or my brain will be overflooded with miserable thoughts. I'll just stick to being happy for now :)

Good day everybody! Smile at the makciks selling nasi lemak and the kakaks selling train tickets at the counter, will ya?

Salam :)

My superhero.

This is for the man who can't be moved. No no not my boyfriend (as if I had one), but still the first man who's ever been in my heart. If boyfriends and crushes come and go, this man never leaves, no matter how harsh I've treated him. And if relationships and puppy loves break your heart and send you off crying every night, this relationship I had with this man, never breaks mine.

Last Monday was Abah's birthday, and adding to the excitement, the day before was Happy Fathers' Day. Maybe Abah was meant to be the coolest dad ever, that's why his birthday always fall near Happy Fathers' Day. ahaks

We made a video for Abah but for confidential reasons it won't be included here. Cewah. We're never good with words and expressing our love, the only thing close to us expressing our love for Abah is a "love-you" at every end of a phonecall and salam every night before sleep. Well, apart from adik of course, who's the most manja of us all.LOL. Other than that, it feels awkward having to show the love in reality, perhaps because all of us know that deep inside we love him dearly. And maybe for me, growing up made me a bit shy in expressing that kinda love. Despite all that, for all that I know Abah will always be the first and the last man in my heart :)

Abah and Me. 1991, I think :)

Today I learned something new, love those in your life without expectations. Because when you expected something as a return of the love you give, you'll be the most broken-hearted human being ever in history. I guess that's why it's easy to love this man above, because he loves those in his life without expectations. I should really learn from him.

p/s: Sorry if you found my chatbox missing. My smart-ass brother wrote something stupid on it and I have to delete the whole chatbox. Thanks a lot Barney Stinson copycat =.=

p/p/s: I feel like buying a punching bag and a pair of boxing gloves. You know why dontcha.

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Salam semua. Well sorry for the time lag between updates, been too occupied with good old Penang.

Apart from the crappy Malaysian internet connection which always goes on and off without warning, I have nothing to miss about Dublin, only thing I'm missing is the Internet speed over on the leprechaun land. Other than that, Malaysia-1, Dublin-0. HAHAH

Just a quick shout-out to all you people full of love,

See, we're heading off to Terengganu for a little mission in an orang Asli village this July. Just a little something to give out since I've been taking so much without giving back. If you feel like contributing in this little mission to help our fellow Malaysians, have a look at the poster above. May Allah look at your every sincerity :)

Language matters

I'm gonna be really frank in this post. And when I say frank, I mean, really FRANK, honestly transparently FRANK. Haha cuak lettewwww

Because I've been contemplating on whether to write or not to write on this as it may seem offensive to some. But who cares anyway. Haaa double cuak lettewww

I was looking through my old album and found something I deemed quite amusing. Why? I'll tell you why. Remember when we're a kid and we used to write or text our friends in a language that we thought is really really cool? We? Ok this may not happened to you, but I did this in my teenagehood. haha mcm membuka aib la pulak but it's better than using someone else as an example, right?

Exhibit A

Ok this is fun isn't it? Adding -er to a word that actually ends with an 'a'. Gila= Giler. Omg cool gila kannn. Feels like the coolest person ever when you write like that >.<

Example; Aku punyer kereter ader banyak giler roder. Hahahaha. When I look at what I wrote back then I always think of how ridiculous it sounded. Why? because I'm a Penangite and a Penangite don't speak or write with an -er at the back. Unless you went to boarding school elsewhere in Kajang and you need to converse in a KL accent to fit in. That is allowed. hihi

Exhibit B

'Spesel?' 'Skool?' Whatthefish man, whatthefish. hahaha. And 'mizz u guyz'? Wow that is super cool. My spelling teacher in kindergarten must've been so disappointed. But what to do, you were 14 and all you know is, that kinda language saves time and sounds cool, right?

Exhibit C

Ok no visual images for this but it broke my heart to see English written in a, ermm, how do you put this delicately, ermm, in a slightly broken way. hihi. Over la kan nak heartbroken sebab ni, but seriously. Say you were browsing through facebook statuses and you found this,

" ToDay shOpPing wiTh pRettY fRieNds. We watChiNg moVieS aNd eaTing tHe McD. My fEet veRy huRt becAusE wAlKiNg A LoT."

What harm would it bring to add a simple 'are' or to eliminate certain inappropriate '-ing' and 'the'. Huhu. And you know what makes it look weird too? The asymmetrical use of CaPiTaL letters. It'll be wayyyy better to update statuses in Malay instead, bahasa ibunda that we're all familiar of. Plus, it'll save you the embarassment of silly grammar mistakes and people's annoyance of the big and small alphabets.

Ok I know my English is way below perfect, or way below average, but, at least try to make it sound good, right? An error-free English sentence is just a Google-click away. Go google and even microsoft can help me correct my grammar.

Not trying to belittle those who write that way but just being frank that I don't enjoy reading them. And FYI, I've done all three exhibits and looking back, oh how ridiculous I was back then. haha

6 awkward moments in life.

I don't know why but I just have to post on this. You may find it crappy because it is crappy.

There is no link between the living and the dead. HAHA direct google translation. I mean, tiada kaitan antara yang hidup atau yang telah meninggal dunia.

1) Singing a song you think you know and stopping midway because you shout out the wrong lyrics, with confidence. I repeat, with confidence.

You tried to cover up with some mimings but your friends or your family suddenly went silence. Then the awkward moment came. And then they burst into laughter and say BOOOO LIRIK PUN SALAH to your face, to your face maynnnn!

Awkward, right?

2) Meeting someone you're close with on Facebook in the REAL life.

On Facebook. or should I say, Fakebook, where everyone fake around pretending they're nice to each other. Ok that's not the point. The point is, you're constantly exchanging hi-s and comments to a certain someone on Fakebook Facebook, then you meet them in real life and both of you don't know what to say to each other. Most of us will opt for the stare-into-the-open-space technique, where you just stare at random people eating doughnuts to avoid having eye-contact to the Facebook friend you have. Then the awkward moment came. Awkward, right? Say awkward or I'll kill you now.

3) Asking someone for financial favor.

How much awkward can that be? Unless they are someone you're close with, it'll be super awkward. Like, err, can I borrow some $$$, I'm kinda broke right now. A simple request that requires a gazillion tonnes of guts to let it out. You say it, then the awkward moment of embarassment came. Awkward, right?

4) Asking someone for their financial debts to you.

The same as above. Unless they are someone you-can-say-they're-fat-and-ugly-to-their-face-and-they-don't-mind, it'll be super awkward. Anddd especially when you're broke too and you need your cash back, you'll be like, errr, remember the other day you owed me $$$, well, errr, I kinda need it back, you know. Hah. Too much errrr. Then the awkward moment came. Awkward, right? Say awkward or I'll kill you twice.

5) Telling someone a story you've already told them yesterday, or previously.

You tell someone a joke enthusiastically, hoping that they would laugh at it but then the only sound coming out was their awkward laughter. Why? Because you already told them the same thing yesterday. As you tell them your joke, you realized it's outdated and you stopped midway. And then the awkward moment came. Errr. Awkward, right?

6) Addressing yourself politely when speaking to someone (let say, Bruno Mars) but addressing yourself awkwardly when both of you are in public.

Say, when you speak privately to Bruno, both of you address yourself as saya-awak. And then you're in public and saya-awak seems too polite. And then you don't know how to address yourself as aku-kau seems too harsh. So you speak to Bruno and try hard to avoid addressing yourself. Awkward, right? Say awkward or I'll kill you thrice.

Well. the last one was my lilbro's definition of awkwardness.

Haha

THIS POST IS AWKWARD, RIGHT? RIGHT??!!!

Super duper awkward.