Careful with money or stingy?

Ari ni the whole day tgk sports from football, F1 to badminton. Talking about badminton, at least Malaysia ada representative in the finals. Nak kata menang tu, tak tau lagi. The match is still on going. First game won by KKK & Tan Boon Heong. 2nd game is still in progress & Chinese pair is leading by 2 points. It would be great if our Malaysia pair wins this as all the matches from Men singles to women doubles all won by the Chinese. They are the dominant in the world of badminton.

I was online with a friend of mine today. Memang selalu kutuk dia & I always be frank with him. Dengan selamba je aku cakap dia kedekut. He is. I told him that there are differences between careful with money & stingy. He's not coming back to Malaysia for raya. He hardly come back. Reason being - too expensive & he has no money. He has no money??? He has money to buy shares which cost him more than 10K, dia de rumah sewa. Those are not his only income, he has more. He earns more than what I earn in a month.

He hardly spent his money on things which he thinks not bringing any income to him. I asked him - "what do you normally do for fun?".... He said - "Computer, main game. Travel but travel mahal so kena simpan duit". Dengan selamba I told him - "Good luck jumpa pompuan yang interested dgn ko". 

I can't speak on behalf of all the women but for me, I just want a guy who can give me the attention that I need, listen to my story & provide the support that I need. Money is important, yes but money is not everything. Money can't buy happiness. If a guy can bring home money enough for the family - he's good enough for me.

p/s: KKK & Tan Boon Heong lost to the Chinese pair.

BWF World Championship Quater Finals

I woke up late this morning as I stayed up watching BWF Badminton World Championship on Astro. Got pretty pumped up watching KKK & Tan Boon Heong against Chinese pair world ranked 14. On paper our Malaysian pair can win the match easily but it was not the case last night. They had to fight hard to win the match. The thing about our world no. 1 pair is - they are very good but sometimes they underestimate / look down on their opponent. Boleh kena heart attack la tengok their match everytime. I just hope they will play a better game for the quarter final match against Jung Jae Sung & Lee Yong Dae, Korean world no. 7.

Jae Sung & Yong Dae is a tricky opponent. Forget about their rank. They used to be world no. 1. They got to no. 7 after they had to pull out from so many tournaments due to injuries. If KKK & Boon Heong are not playing their best badminton against this pair, they can be outplayed easily. 

Another interesting match in the quarter finals is our own Datuk Lee Chong Wei against world no 5, Taufik Hidayat. Although Chong Wei has won all his encounters against Taufik for the last few years, I believe we  should never write off Taufik Hidayat from this tournament. His performance is not consistent but Taufik always delivers on big occasion. He is a former World champion  (2005) and a former Olympics champion (2004) in men's singles. These two titles have been eluding Chong Wei for such a long time. Chong Wei only managed Silver for Olympics, as we all know, he lost easily to Lin Dan in Beijing Olympics 2008 & Chong Wei only managed Bronze for World Championship in Anaheim 2005 where he lost to eventual winner - Taufik Hidayat.

Base on current performance, my money is on Chong Wei but he has to be careful against this tricky opponent. If Chong Wei progresses, he will be meeting either Park Sung Hwan or Lin Dan in the Semis. My prediction is the latter as Lin Dan has won 3 consecutive World Championship since 2006 - 2009. Lin Dan will be kicking himself if he is not progressing to the finals this year.

Kak Seri Siantan

Today is my second day at home. Taking break - in between jobs. Bangun awal this morning sebab my bro-in-law's alarm clock ringing non-stop. I was sleeping next room  boleh terjaga sebab that alarm clock tapi dia tak. He's a heavy sleeper. Had to bang on his door to wake him up. He's worse than a friend of mine. At least it took me 4 calls to wake him up for sahur. My bro-in-law? Aiyo, tak yah cite laa...

Hari ni bosan tahap gaban. The whole day online, download TV series & play with my cats. That's my activities for the last two days. Pretty much routine till a friend of mine actually suggested to feed my cats with poison so that I don't have to feed and play with them again & terminate my broadband so that I can't online anymore. That basically change my routine, so he said...

I've been online with couple of friends, to tell you the truth, bukannya close sangat pun dengan this particular friends but surprisingly, they opened up to me - told me about their stories & sorrows. Semua cerita pasal their love problems, seriously I don't know why. Probably they think I'm an expert on this matter. The ugly truth is, I don't even know how to sort my love life as well. I can't even tell a guy whom I like that I like him so much. How pathetic is that?

Anyhow, being Kak Seri Siantan, dengar je laa. Cerita- cerita hari ini:

STORY A : MARRIAGE PROPOSAL REJECTED - 3 TIMES

My friend's girlfriend rejected his marriage proposal 3 times. 3 kali babe kena reject wa cakap lu... Kesian abesla dengan mamat nih. Bercinta dah almost 7 years but bila ajak kawin boleh lak tak nak. I can tell you that if a girl rejected marriage proposal or even meet the parents with what so ever reason, meaning that she's not that into you. Apa lagi, buka mata & buka langkah tuk blah je laa. Nak tunggu apa lagi in a relationship  which you know it's going nowhere?

STORY B : MUKA CANTIK TAPI KETIAK BUSUK

Funny story. This issue came out when I told a group of friends about a friend of mine said I look like Maya Karin (hahahaha... Don't ask.. Aku pun tak tau part mana but no kidding, dia actually cakap macam tu).. Tiba-tiba je diorg buka isu ni cakap si xxxx muka cantik tapi ketiak busuk (I assume that's why they called her Rusa). Belum start main futsal dah cium bau busuk dia. Told them to buy her a roll on for her birthday but they refused to. Apa laa. Ada sorg tu dah kawan dgn si Rusa ni since 1997 but tak berani tegur pun dia pasal bau dia tu. Sanggup tu nak salam ujung-ujung jari sebab tak nak bau melekat. Hahahah... Gila gila...

STORY C : CHEATERS

My friend finally broke up with her long time boyfriend. Couple dah lama - 6 yrs. Both of them cheating on each other. Both of them going out with different partners since few months ago. Masing- masing tak tau they were cheating each other except for me. When I asked them the reasons for them to hold on to each other, these were their answers - 1) "sayang the relationship dah lama"  2) "I do not want to be the one who ends the relationship"  3) "Dah lama, just wait till the next best thing comes"... Apa jua alasan diorg,  for me they are cheaters. Cakap je la perkara sebenar. Anyhow they finally broke up. I heard that the guy is getting married to his new girlfriend in early Dec this year. My friend is meeting her new boyfriend's parents soon.

STORY D : IS HE IN LOVE?

My friend claims he finally in love. I asked him, how do you know that you are in love? He said, it's easy : You will think about the girl all the time, she's the first person you think about when you wake up every morning and she's the last person you wish to talk to every night, she will be the first person you think about whenever you are happy or sad or whenever something good or bad happens to you. You will miss her dearly & your heart feels like exploding whenever she's not around. Errrmmm... I guess he's really in love. Good for you man...

The little extra oomph

This very first entry is specially dedicated to my dearest friends - Tot, Nyonya, Budak Along (Tanggang), JW, TF & Mommy.

I drove back to Kampar on Wednesday morning. On the way back, I received a SMS from an unknown number -  
Hi, this is XXXX, just read your farewell note. Sad to see talented people like u leaving, BUT am glas to see that opportunities exist for such talents and there are greener pastures out there for you to reap your benefits from. I wish u only the BEST in life, my dear coz u deserve it. May u find all the happiness and satisfaction sought in your new job. Do take care. U will definitely be missed.

I cried after I read the SMS - not because it was touchy but reality has finally hit me. I have left my dearest friends and wonderful colleagues without saying proper goodbyes. 

My last day at my old work place was not like I expected. It was the worst day in my life by far (apart from losing my late 'brother' arwah Alif Al-hafiz last year). "Thanks" to a commotion created by some people who love to make other people feel miserable even on their last day of work. (I do not want to talk about them in here - just wasting my time and blog space. They are not worth mentioning in here).
 
Losing arwah Alif last year made me realised how important to have a proper goodbye to all the people you love and the most important this is - to tell them that how much you love them. Yes, some might think that we do not have to tell the people we care that we love them as they already knew it. They are wrong! Whether they know it or not, we have to tell them as we never know whether we have the chance to tell them that. Until now I can't forgive myself for not telling Alif how much I loved and adored him.

I do not want the same thing happen again. I do not want this to be one of the biggest regrets in my life. I want to let all my friends know that I love them so much. I'm not the kind of person who shows much emotions. I do not know why, maybe because I was borne this way or I'm too shy or ego to say it out loud. I always pretend that I do not care but I actually do care. I'm so glad during my employment at the old office, I have met few awesome friends. Some of them have stick with me for quite number of years and few of them I just met for few months. No matter how long the duration is, all of them are special to me and i feel like I have known them for ages.

There is no easy work as far as I'm concern. Work is always tense and hectic. As any workaholic can tell you, when you are in the office, there is no better motivation than having someone there to help and push you to your limits. That person can be there to give you that little extra oomph you need to finish your job or survive the crazy work environment. It's just good to have a buddy there, keeping you safe and making you work harder. If that buddy happens to be a special someone, even better.

Those special people have kept me motivated long enough and I owed them so much in so many ways. They are my friends, confidantes, mentor, mommy, "yang seangkatan dengannya", shoulder to cry on and  "trees" to bark when I'm mad / frustrated. I thank them for that. Hope my departure does not mean the end of the friendship. Hope the bond will become stronger day by day, Thank you for making my last few months in the office very memorable, wonderful and fun. I miss all of you dearly.