Twitter is much faster to post, as I don’t have to put in so much thought to express myself. It’s so much easier to post short notices and pics these days using Twitter. Writing these 2 paragraphs is not easy, I really have to think to compose the words! The days when they are very fluid are over now. I’m getting old.

You know, one other thing that’s been keeping me real slow in updating the blog is I kinda have this feeling that I don’t have the freedom to write as much as in the old days. Maybe because I’m well aware of the audience of this blog now or maybe I don’t have to ramble on as much anymore. See, old age catching up. Arrghh!!

I’m one of those who likes the games there. I’m quite a powerful vampire there, among my friends that is. And ever since I found out they have Bejeweled on Facebook, I’ve been playing like crazy. Recently, quizzes have become quite a thing in there. I don’t really bother, coz some of them are just bogus or plain stupid. One example, there was a quiz testing on your arabic language. The questions were sooo easy kindergarten level like and of course I got all right (only 5 of them) and the result came out that I can speak and understand the language very well…. Excuse me?? Did NOT worth my time at all. From then on I only picked the ones I deem worthy of my brain power…. scam jek.

I think I update my status quite often, not that I’m so rajin to update it there myself. It’s because I use identi.ca – more preferred way of keeping up to date among my friends/colleagues. I get the updates in my Pidgin which is far more convenient than browsing my Facebook home page, although I sometimes check to read/reply comments. I’ve blogged before about posting to multiple sites using Pidgin – read it here. Using Pidgin also I can receive Facebook chats using some plugin, thanks to Indhran for his post here. This solves my problem on not noticing the message people send to me in there. I don’t even have to open the site and login. Coolness.

p/s: I miss my camera.

I AM IN DIRE NEED OF A THUMBDRIVE. Why I didn’t try to get one all this while is beyond me. It’s not that expensive. I guess I was just too lazy to go these IT places alone. But oh my god do I need one. Ok before I get carried away by the absence of a tiny cheap gadget, it’s already March people! Just when I thought I still have 12 months to go…

Long break really knocks me back at work – I spent half day figuring what everyone else was doing the past week so I could write the report. And then some. Urghhh!!! Now I’m in between controllers and models, trying out to figure out what did I do last week. I hate leaving on a spur like that because I didn’t do enough mental notes to connect to when I get back to it.

It is now 3.30pm, 2 more hours I’ll rush out of here. I don’t know, sometimes it happens to people I guess. There are days when the stars are just not aligned, the moon is not so bright, the wind seems stale, etc, you get the idea. Oh well at least I get a week break which is never a bad thing. Only now I have started to realized how busy I’m going to be the rest of this year.

Already given the assignment on computer networks. I never liked networks — eeek! Binary tree and such is such a welcoming balance to this semester. I don’t really care how computers are interconnected, just get me a working one, well connected one and let me build the apps ok. You worry about setting up the infrastructure, I worry about how to store the data and manipulate them. Isn’t that sound nicer. There’s network programming paper coming up – wonder whether or not will I like it. We’ll see.

I’m rambling.

Better go now before I start saying more nonsensical stuff.

On last note: I have this sudden, an immense liking to bachata music. Just perfect to listen to at night, especially if you have that special someone. Warning: if you don’t like latin music, don’t bother. You have been warned – you are prohibited to cringe upon listening.

Song 1 – Ven Tu

Listen to it while you can, I’m going to take it down in a few days and after that you’re on your own tralalalaa ~~

I’ve found a way to update all 3 using any IM (I use Pidgin). The idea is you send your status via IM to update your Identi.ca, in turn this will update your Twitter and Facebook account. Obviously you need to have accounts on all of them. After all is done, follow these steps:

On Identi.ca

• Go to Settings page -> IM tab. Enter your Jabber/Gtalk email address
• Go to your preferred IM. Add update@identi.ca in your buddies list
• You’ll receive a message to validate the email address you just entered belongs to you.
• Click on the link provided to confirm it
• Go to Settings page -> Twitter tab. Enter your Twitter username and password
• Check the box ‘Automatically send my notices to Twitter’. Click ‘Add’.

On Facebook

• Login and add Twitter application. Click on ‘Allow’.
• Enter your Twitter username and password
• It will bring you the app page. Click on ‘+ Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status’
• ‘Allow Status Updates from Twitter?’ -> click on ‘Allow Status Updates’

Now you’re all set. Whenever you want to update your status, send the message to update@identi.ca like you would to anyone in your buddies list.Technology rocks!

Anyway, feeling like going to the malls again. Not for buying stuff, only to see what’s going on in that world again. I haven’t been in touch and that’s just so not kind you know. I’ve also been looking for that big big mug but to no avail. So it seems for future mug-owners, this is such a bad news. Buy a bowl and attach the ear at the side ok tak? You get the same effect… hehe… in jest, in jest.

Feeling like shopping for groceries. I like taking stuff and throw them in the trolley. Get home and cook… yum yum.. thinking all the food I want to cook. I’m kinda hungry lah at the moment. Chicken and mushrooms in oyster sauce. Blackpepper shripms. Fuh! Ok pop that cloud now.

And also I feel like buying books. Such a long time since I opened a book before bedtime and read. Stupid work I must say kept messing with my mind, couldn’t have deep baby sleep these days. I want to reread all Harry Potter’s. It’s dangerous if I walk in to any bookstores now, so I resolute to reread existing old books. That should do it right? As to not making empty promises (lalala…) let’s see if I can fit the books somewhere before sleep. Hmm… *deep in thought*

2. What were you doing at 0800?
Still in bed.

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Reading blogs.

4. What happened to you in 2007?
Most of it involved work, nothing much on personal level. In no chronological order, I got off Brunei project, started joining TN + MT team, joined Mofaz team, trained as an FPX plugin installer, implemented symfony in projects, had my first part-time job (and gonna get paid soon!), changed job, went to Redang, laptop lost and replaced, phone lost and bought, joined facebook, bought a car, learned to use chopsticks, finally got over The First Love and managed to meet him face to face, was in brief relationship with The Foreigner, was in brief relationship with The Jerk (yes I was in 2 relationships this year – hard to believe myself), opened a trust fund account, Ammar went to Egypt, Mueh got a 4.00 CGPA, started to like Hugh Laurie.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
Oi!

6. How many beverages did you have today?
Ice lemon tea, chrysanthemum tea and plain water.

7. What color is your hairbrush?
Blue.

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Parking fee.

9. Where were you last night?
Home.

10. What color is your front door?
Reddish brown.

11. Where do you keep your change?
Purse.

12. What’s the weather like today?
Cold. It’s been raining.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
Vanilla.

14. What excites you?
KFC, my job, shopping, 206

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
Planning to.

16. Are you over the age of 25?
HA HA. What’s the point.

17. Do you talk a lot?
I’m a quiet person. But surprisingly the most relaxed time when I bound to talk more is when I’m driving.

18. Do you watch the O.C.?
Not anymore.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
Nope.

20. Do you make up your own words?
It has been one word and one word since – nunungs. It’s a sibling thinggg

21.Are you a jealous person?
Not unless I’m unreasonably provoked.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’
Adda.

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.
Kamil.

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?
Pakcik Nasri.

25. What does the last text message you received say?
Nuhaa tdooo! esok keje!! ^_^

26. Do you chew on your straw?
Nope.

27. Do you have curly hair?
Nope.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
Bed!

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
There’s this little girl in my distant family, belah mak, anak sedara ke hape ntah, she’s around 10 or 11 but god only knows how rude she is with older people. Sangat la takde manners bila bercakap dengan orang tua. I witnessed once when she suddenly interrupted (verrrryy rudely) abah and an uncle talking, somewhere along the line “Hah! Bagus la tu, borak lagi, borak lagi!” at which I responded a quite verbal “Whoa!”. Terkejut weh tengok budak kecik buat camtu kat orang tua. Well dia memang dah kena cap ‘budak pompuan kurang ajar’ by all of us adik-beradik (who were there witnessing as well) ever since.

30. What was the last thing you ate?
Kuew teow goreng.

31. Will you get married in the future?
Insyallah…

32.What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?
I Am Legend <— so-so

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
Yes but I think it’s unrequited.

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
This morning.

35. Are you currently depressed?
Anxious is more like it. New job and new house.

36. Did you cry today?
No.

37. Why did you answer and post this?
Avoiding what is avoidable. Filling up time. It’s been ages since I did tags.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
Adda (aku tau ko suka tag lalalala)
Amrah (apdet le blog)
Blek (hmmpphh apdet!)
Aran (pengubat dikala buntu hahahahhaha)
Tipah (asik post pasal training jek, try tukar resipi sattt)

What should be the priority in life, according to Kamasutra? Is it a) Virtuous living, b) Be Green, c) Entrepreneurship, d) Pleasure or e) Partying?

I’m telling you I’m so tempted to pick (b) but then again my result would be lower wouldn’t it? I can’t take pride in lower scores….

What scam.

After 6 minutes my alarm rings again. I get up. I look at the time. Snooze again. The same process repeats.

Another 6 minutes, it rings again. And the same process repeats.

Again another 6 minutes. Now I’ll really look at the time and this is when I know whether I’m going to be late or not. What happens after this really depends on that. If I know I’m going to be late, I’ll get the kelambu out of my way and put out one feet out of bed and force myself to stand up. If not, I’ll just press snooze again. So let’s say I know I’m going to be late.

What happens next usually involve me checking myself in the mirror first, comb my hair abit, tie it if necessary and then going to the shower. I’ll spend around 15-20 minutes (mandi and putting on my lenses) and after drying myself, I’ll stand in the middle of the room pondering what to wear that day.

So let’s just say it’s a normal working day and I’m feeling lazy to walk out of the room to iron something. I take a look at my jeans and I’ll play mix and match in my head (jeans + baju + tudung). After I know what I’m going to wear, I reach for my body lotion and slather it on. Then I put on some face moisturizer. I grab the jeans and the baju I want and put them on. I’ll go back to the mirror and put on some light make up. I reach for my tudung and put it on. Then I spritz some wangi wangian, put on my watch and take a last look at full length mirror.

Then I pack up my laptop into the backpack. Reach for my phone on the bed and put it inside my handbag. I’ll switch off the lamps and walk out. I find my car keys, put my stuff inside and turn on the ignition. I’ll walk back inside the house looking for food (if any) and salam mak + abah. I open the gate and drive out.

Then I spend some time on the road, passing through real uncivilized territory, to get to work.

When I got to the office, first I unpack the backpack and set up the laptop. I switch it on. While waiting for it to log me in, I make myself a drink. I check my mail. Check my facebook. Then I’ll use up all my fight points to beat down werewolves, zombies and slayers that day. I’ll check if there’s any favor I should return (sending baked items, smileys, pokes, answering some true/false questions etc). The rest of the day is spent sitting on my chair looking at the screen and working, up until it is time to go back – hardly any physical activity involved.

Going back home, I’ll face the same primitive, ungodly territory.

I arrive home and after locking the car and the gate, I go straight to my room. I take out my phone from my handbag and throw it on the bed. I take off my tudung. Wash my face and put on glasses. I change to my comfy tee and pants. I go to the kitchen and have my dinner. During this time I have my daily tv treats. After that, depending on how my day has been, either I’ll take a shower or skip it. If I didn’t have enough sleep the previous night, I’ll just go to sleep. If not, or if I have urgent matters to look into (as most times) I’ll set up my laptop and sit at my desk, working it out. Most of the time I won’t be online on YM. But some friends know how to get in touch – they’ll find a way.

I’ll switch off the main lamp and turn on my bedside lamp instead. This is my most relaxed time. Either I have work to do or not, the laptop will be on. I may continue watch tv or catch up on reading but I let it switched on. Sometimes I have music playing softly in the background but the room is dimly lit, the way I like it best.

When it strucks 12, I climb into bed. Pull down the kelambu, pull up some covers, and go to sleep. I don’t need to set the alarm since it’s configured for everyday.

If the next day is a working one, the whole thing repeats itself. If it turns out to be a day off/weekend, it’s a whole different routine, mostly involving me still curling in bed till noon….lalallala…. hey blame it on the curtains. They’re thick they’re blocking the light from coming in so it looks like it’s still dark out.

===========================================================
Don’t know why on earth would you be interested in reading this post but I suddenly realize today how routin-ic I have been. It’s the same thing everyday. How ignorant have I been. How typical. If I skimmed through my day like I just did, I know now more than ever that I need a life (ahhh ni yang kena buat rebonding ni). Splurge some, gain some. I need some adventure. Maybe some weird shoes that I never going to wear just to say someday “Hey I had that once”.

“I painted my nails once but oh so pain in the ass nak makan nasi tak boleh guna tangan. And what a waste of money because end of period week you kena remove it. But hey, I did it once.”

“I bought a RM600++ pair of baju kurung I really like once. Still fits but only wear it like 3 or 4 times in this lifetime. But hey, I bought it. Says something don’t you think?”

“I went to french classes before. Yeah met some really cool french people, speaking french with them, and not to mention the ridiculous fees I have to pay every term. Yea I had some offers to go visit them in France during summer, but I turned them down. You know how it is when you’re too busy socializing you forgot about the offer. But you know what, I was good in french.”

“I signed up for a dance class last time. Yea I can recommend you a good dance teacher. If you ever want a partner, I’m happy to fill in the space. You want me to instruct you? Yeah sure. I did that once.”

Ok I don’t know why I have this thoughts but it’s fun hahahahahaha.

Aahhhh the fine luxury of bragging – you don’t even realize you’re doing it.

But I don’t blame them. I truly understand how it can be addictive. Today I logged in my facebook account and saw some pokes and answered some true/false questions – during which I laughed every so often looking at the questions and the pokes. So that makes it fun.

Some people just have the drive to stay on top of the list so they work hard at it. Invites, answering quizzes, fights etc. When you’re addicted, you’re addicted.

I don’t know lah how these people get lots of points so fast. But congrats anyway lah… shows how much you NOT work kat opis hahahhahah…

Anyway, AGM is coming soon. I believe good news are coming for all the Lavarians (bonus bonus). But nothing for me I guess since I’m leaving. Truth be told, I’d like to have an mc on that day so I won’t feel too discouraged. It’s hard you know, being surrounded by good people and share with them the good news and celebrate it and be jolly and happy and fat and everything. Of course I’ll do that anytime with them but just a bad timing.

So you see what John Mayer has been saying in his song is right – “bad news never has good timing”.