A Beautiful Feeling...

Salam to everyone!

What a beautiful morning! As I sit down to write this piece, I notice the same old cheerful morning is back.
After some grey morning skies, this one sure brings smile to me. My sunshine is back.... and I just had to capture this very moment, before, who knows, the dark clouds loom again.

It brings back the routine I missed so much - writing at this corner, with lots of sunlight streaming in.... a brewing hot coffee at hand....a pleasantly quiet time on my own....and lots of thinking to do too!

Only missing is, the same old buzzing that will signal incoming messages. And if there's one thing I have to learn, then it is this one I must learn to accept and forgo.

Okay, let's not spoil this moment I'm taking in!

My peaceful surroundings... ;-)

Today marks the last day of two thousand ten. I have lost count of how many regrets I have had in the recent years. I keep making mistakes. 2009 especially. But now, after almost one and a half-year of contemplating over my bad experiences, not to mention, with the clear blue skies outside, hahaha, my hard-feelings just vanished! By far, this is already a victory in battling one's soul cleansing feat. Hopefully. Maybe.

To celebrate the welcoming of a new year, and being typical of me of being mushy...hehehe... here's a song I would play over and over again just to reminisce the same good old mornings I used to have...



 ANYONE AT ALL - Carole King

Funny how I feel more myself with you
Than anybody else that I ever knew
I hear it in your voice,see it in your face
You've become a memory I can't erase

You could have been anyone at all
A stranger falling out of the blue
I'm so glad it was you

It wasn't in the plan, not that I could see
Suddenly a miracle came to me
Safe within your arms I can say what's true
Nothing in the world I would keep from you

You could have been anyone at all
An old friend calling out of the blue
I'm so glad it was you

Words can hurt you if you let them
People say them and forget them
Words can promise,words can lie
But your words make me feel like I can fly

You could have been anyone at all
And that's what catches me when I fall
I'm so glad it was you
You could have been...

Note: You can listen to the full version here at Afternoon Delights  

Thank you for the lovely 2010 everyone!

H A P P Y   N E W  Y E A R   2 0 1 1    ;-)

To Market, to market...and Had A Good Laugh!

It's unusually quiet at the market this morning. I don't think I had been early, as it was already 7.30am. I could walk from one stall to another without having to mind my grocery bag nor watching my steps. No queues to line and no waiting for my change. It was a breeze. Still, I wonder. Fresh produce were abundance, so I dismissed that thought first and foremost for the small crowd today.

When I went back for the santan I had ordered earlier when I came, my curiosity became intense. I just had to ask Makcik Jah, (MJ) the stall owner.  (psst...CS, samalah pulok nama MJ ni kan, kan...kan...!)

Me: Apsal sunyi jer pagi ni? Takde berorang...beli ikan kat AhSeng tadi pun tak berebut...

MJ: Nak sekolah gamaknya...orang tak mai beli ... 
(yg ni you all kena baca dalam loghat Penang, tau!)

Oh no! Not that kind of answer I was looking for. What has school to re-open got to do with this? Biar betul MJ ni! And I thought to myself later, since when have I been so kay-poh? The matter was left unsloved...

So, anyway, a funny incident took place at an old man's store selling cooking utensils at this well-organized market. I have been passing this row of shops, but have never bought anything here. But when my eyes caught a round griddle/hot pan perfect for frying roti canai/capati, I talk myself into buying one. Again, being fickle-minded, I did not enter the shop straightaway, instead, I made a few pacing up and down the five-foot way, like a parading model (uhuk, uhuk...a very ugly one at that!!!)... deliberating inside me, 'to buy or not to buy'! I walked away thinking my good reliable non-stick pans are enough for me. But...as I reached my car, I made a detour...

Me: Pakcik, kuali leper ni boleh buat bakar ikan? (dalam hati: Lili, don't be stupid, please...)

PC : Elok sangat eh, anak oi! Cek nak ka? Hat ni pakcik buat kendiri... (in a very soft spoken tone him)

Me: (dalam hati: sabar Lili...don't laugh...don't laugh YET!) Ok, saya ambil yang ni! Berape? (this time with a snicker...any longer now, I'd snort! I had better be calm... hey, I'm not being rude, you know!)

PC: Ikut-ikut lapan beleh ringgit setengah...tapi ambik kat cek, lapan belas suda lah! Ni baguih ni..tak lekat... elok nak oii!

Me: (already had RM16 in my hand and trying hard not to laugh that I know I'm bursting inside!)
Pakcik, enam belas ringgit, ok tak?

PC: Tu ka? Tambah pi la seringgit lagi...anak kira orang yang mola beli ari ni.

Me: OK.

The deal is done. (perghh, macam orang biznes ler pulok). RM17. The griddle was packed in plastic bag, I started to giggle and when I took it from the old man, he then asked in a very fatherly manner...

PC: Awat yang cek dok gelak? (this time PC pun gelak sama!)

I shook my head and left.

Well, the moment the old man talked, he reminded me so much of a character in P.Ramlee's movie, "Nasib Do Re Me". I recalled the scene where the gergasi (giant) cakap Kedah!  :)) "Awat hangpa lari deraih sangat eh...aku ligan bukan apa, aku nak bagi balik barang hangpa...sat ni hangpa main mozik tak sedap..."


But of course, I did not tell the old man thatlah!

Saja pakcik...saja...saya seronok dapat kuali lepiak! 

 


A note to myself:  
Dah bertahun-tahun duk Penang...belajar-belajarlah cakap Penang... Bukan I tak nak cakap...bila I cakap depa kata bunyi macam Siam! ;p

Cerita dari Blog Sunyi....

Eh, ini blog saya ke? Laa....apsal bersawang jer ni? Laa....lupa ada blog ek! Itulah, asyik sibuk berdesperet jer sampai lupa mengemas menebas bagai.

Actually kan, I went jalan-jalan makan angin obersea, you all. Jangan tak tahu....obersea I dekat jer. Janji jaraknya lebih 25km dari rumah I kira makan anginlah tu. I tak boleh nak pergi obersea macam member kelab I sorang tu. Tu dia...sampai ke seberang tambak! Jalan-jalan U*iversal St*dio lagik. Tapi, I tak jeles, sebab I pong makan angin obersea. :)) Tak caye? Ni hah, gambarnya...

 

Hah, itu baru view from my room kat hotel ni. Gambor camtum-camtum ekor ayam, gitu. Tapikan kan tapi, I malu aahhh nak letak gambor I yang sekarang dah jadi femes kat my 'Kelab Haus'. Hehhee... kalo you all tengok mesti fengsan macam Alauyah Kuih Lompang tengok ukiran muka dia yang Abdul Wahib ukir tu. At least kan, Alauyah tu tengok muka jer.... ni kan, I siap berposing ala-ala Cleopatra versi dugong.  Uiks, bayu laut pong mintak ampun kona hembus lalu aje keliling I.  
Sabor ajelah....

Sesekali ku rasa teringin nak relaks relakskan badan...apa tu bak kata omputih,... rejuvenate? Hah, gedeban! Sejak sekolah cuti ni, tangan tak pernah kering. Asyik masak, makan, masak, makan. Suami I  yang dulu hensem, rambut panjang dah jadi botak  pong baru sedar yang istewinya ni asyik ke dapor jer. Tetiba jer dia rasa nak bercuti. Guilty pong sama dia tu. Last week kita orang nak ikut Adik I pergi holiday kat PD...nak merasa duduk kat Av*llion tu, dia tak boleh nak celuih time ambik leave. Last last, I membawa diwi ke Ipoh bersama Girl. Kesian kami kan, kan, kan? Itu yang kami pergi holiday obersea weekend yang baru lalu tu.

Tapi biasalah I ni. Dah hubby I ok, I pulak ngade-ngade nak duk kat hotel yang belum pernah try kat obersea ni. Memang dah tahu hujung-hujung tahun ramai manusia kat sini memang takde can nak nginap kat H*rd R*ck Hotel. Jadinya, masih setia hubby dengan hotel adik-badik kompeni dia. Dan masih setia derang letak kami kat bilik yang selalu kami inap dari mula kawin sampai dah kertu ni. So suwit (sweet) our suite.... Harga suite kami ni sama dengan standard room  kat HRH atau H*liday Inn atau P*rk R*yal. Hubby I bijak... memang bijak sebab dia pernah minum susu D*mex agaknya!

  Inilah dia B*yview Beach Resort

Resort yang paling hujung kat B*tu F*ringghi ni...

 Malam tu kami dinner dalam hujan yang maha lebat di sini....

 Dah kata pergi obersea, makan pong makanan obersea jugak lah ye.... I makan yang ini....

Mulanya, nak kongsi-kongsi makan nasi beriani kambing ni.... tapi sekali suap, punyalah sedap, I makan sampai licin pinggan. Hikhik...mana tak jadi dugong!

Okaylah, dah nak petang ni. Sawang-sawang kat sini dah pun I keliar (clear)....Nampak macam bertuan sikit rumah I ni. Nak gantung gambar banyak-banyak kang takut ada yang termuntah ijo kuning biru ungu. Baik I gantung kat Kelab Haus I tu. Setuju tak ahli DHW empat orang tu?;=D


Tata!

What December?

December. I read somewhere...someone said, "Disember, biasalah....bulan murung"

Oh, really? I thought I said that.



....Now you're acting strange, how the weather's changed
Now the world don't look so good, it's not so well-arranged  What's happening to the girl I used to know 'cause it wasn't long ago that I caught her hot and taught her how to sing What's happening to the good thing that we had
And say it's going bad - hey hey what's happening?

Pic from Mr Google... ( ya ampun...)

Jom nyanyi ramai-ramai! ;=D

"At your service, hetA!"

Oh dear, it's December already! Where was I? Where the heck was I!

I've been around. Right now, I'm in Ipoh, appointing myself as my mom's cook and part-time baby-sitter to my sister's children. Things are easier when you know how to make use of your 'cheap labours'! Hehehee... my nieces and MyC are my new assistants. They want cakes, I make them bake cakes. They want mee rebus, well, you get me? :))

After four days in Ipoh, I long for my own kitchen. For the first time in my life I have to endure creaming cakes manually. Not a good exercise for my hands and shoulders :( hikhik!  Actually, part yang 'first time in my life' tu sila baca jer ye...percaya jangan!. Like I have not tried making cakes that way... 

Okay, I'll rant later. My assistants are waiting for me to sprawl myself in bed for them to massage! See? Cheap, cheap labour!

Come on girls, Heta sakit kaki! ;-D