Wednesday, October 14, 2009

SLEEPLESS & LESS SLEEP

Tak cukup tidoq malam tadi.

I've resumed my support for local writers & novelists. Bought a few books last week, and borrowed a few others from friends. Last night was spent reading "Cinta Kau Dan Aku" by Siti Rosmizah (ISBN 978-967-5234-28-6) and crying buckets towards the ending. OK, OK, am I getting soppy or what? Hehehe :-)

I don't have time to really comment on it, and anyway it's quite a predictable girl-meet-boy novel that's flooding the market these days. Tomboy who likes cars, becomes the CEO's driver, ends up marrying her boss, the boss's biatch-lil'-sis breaks up the marriage, revenge, undying love, forgiveness... arrrgh, what'd I tell you about it being predictable? Hehehe.... but it's a nice ringan-ringan read before bedtime la, I loike.

I also kinda liked the author's other novel that I read a couple of weeks back, "Andai Itu Takdirnya" (ISBN 978-983-3669-65-3). Will explore other works by other authors also, insyaAllah.

Will I be reading a sci-fi sequel soon, please...? :-)

Wanna catch a few winks before lunch break is over - mata dah berpinar ni sebab tak cukup tidoq, padan muka aku!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

SORRY, NO HELP U

Kejamkah aku, menolak permintaan bantuan dari seseorang secara point-blank?

Orang yang pernah menangguk cintaku selama lebih tiga tahun, di saat bodohku yang baru melangkah dari alam pelajar ke alam kerja, dari alam remaja (plus plus) ke alam dewasa. Dia bijak merangkul tangkai jantungku, pandai bermadah rupanya berhelah, kerana dia memang lelaki yang berpengalaman! Apalah dayaku seorang budak hingusan dalam bab berkasih, pasti tewas dengan ayat-ayat cinta seseorang sepertinya! Saat aku diberitahu statusnya, hatiku luluh, tetapi.... aku suci hati percaya yang cintanya ikhlas walaupun rintangan terbentang di depan mata, sehingga satu peringkat aku telah redha berkongsi kasih.

Hampa. Aku rupanya hanya boneka buat mengisi waktu lapangnya. Mujurlah modal perhubungan itu cuma hatiku sahaja, bukannya jasad *ngeri*. Di akhir episod itu emosiku terkapai-kapai, berbulan-bulan berendam air mata. Dua tahun selepas itu, dia menghantar email untuk menyambung semula perhubungan, dan bila mengetahui waktu itu aku akan bertunang, menghantar pula email kedua mengatakan, "tak mahu kawan tak apelah, saya memang dah jumpa awek pengganti awak".

Dua hari yang lalu, aku dapat panggilan telefon di pejabat, "Ini Jack, kawan u, ingat saya?" "Saya nak minta tolong pada awak, tolonglah saya mohon sangat, saya nak pinjam seribu... hari ni hari terakhir saya kena..." Dan dia menangis.

Haruskah aku simpati dengannya?

Aku tidak berdendam kepadanya, walaupun aku rasa victimised. Tetapi aku juga tidak dapat memaafkannya kerana dengan sengaja telah membazirkan segala kasih yang kucurahkan, membazirkan lebih 3 tahun waktu mudaku. Lost innocence can never be replaced!

Maaf, kita sekarang tidak ada kena-mengena lagi.

Banyak chantek muka lu, dulu main-mainkan hati gua, sekarang mau minta pinjam duit. Porachit!

Friday, October 09, 2009

ME, BOOK THIEF?

On Wednesday evening, I was in OneU. Had a meal with Angah at TGIF, I just lurrrve their chicken caesar salad la, have to order it every time I'm there.

*Jie makan salad? Apsal tak kurus pun???* Oh, that's because the salad is just a starter! Hehehe...

Lepas tu, pegi beli some toiletries. OK, years and years of looking for skincare yang suitable for my sensitive skin, baru this year I started on SKII. Takde eksyen OK, but their product is so darn good! The damage was almost RM1K, but it will last me a few months, so memang berbaloi.

Then, toting the big SKII paperbag, we went to the big bookstore in OneU's new wing. Ala, kedai buku tu ler. Tak ingat namanya? HmmmMPH!

Started browsing books, dah habis round kat bawah, naik tingkat atas plak. Then only I realized what was nagging me dari tadi. Their pakcik security guy muka tempe in the blue uniform was following me around!

OK, bila aku browse novels, aku dah perasan la dia ada dekat2 situ, but maybe dia pun baca novel. But when kat kiddies section I saw him picking up boardbooks worth some RM80 per book, well! Lepas tu aku ke travel section, dia plak dok belek buku on Hong Kong. Bila aku stare kat dia, mulalah gelabah, buat2 cari buku while peeking at me. Nampak sangat ngintip aku tuh!

Alahai... aku ni ada muka pencuri buku ker????? Bengang giler dibuatnya!

OK, kalau takut aku curik buku masukkan dalam paperbag tu, then kindly tell me to leave the bag at the cashier counter or something la. Tapi kalu dia suruh tinggalkan beg tu, I'd rather just walk away, sorry la nak tinggalkan RM1K worth of SKII products kat orang yang aku tak kenal beb!

Masa nak bayar for some books I bought for my nephews, I asked the cashier, "korang suruh mat sekuriti mengekor customer ke, klu rasa customer tu nak curi buku?" She blinked, and said "maaf kak, saya orang baru". Irrelevant answer!

Then I said "dik, korang ingat akak nak curik buku rege 30 hengget, masuk dalam beg SKII ni ke? Sori la, pencuci muka akak ni pun worth much more than your books tau!"

Eksyen aku, kan? Muahahaha!