my boss comes to me and says that TV3 intends to do a shooting in our school and we have to not only do a gazillion things , we also have to choose our students who we think will make the cut .... and there i was just living livid and so feeling like J Lo , we got down to business ..... after choosing our so called superstars , we also had to make sure everything was in tip top condition ...
then the TV3 guy met up with us and told us not to worry , 'my prop guys will do everything , you ladies just sit back and stand by .. when we need you , i will have my people call you to get ready '.. fine three bags full ....
on the actual day .. with all the semangat in me , .. i went went early to work today to make sure that everything and everyone including all the little crickets which were burrowing in each and every hole , were OK...
waited ,
waited , waited,
waited ,
waited ,
i think i waited for about 20 waiteds ( this is a new word ) , finally the kids arrived , my teachers and then ,the mother of 20 crew members!!!! they need 20 crew members for just a simple shot ? we had the data guys , we had the directors , we had the prop men .. we had the oranges ladies who kept on munching on the oranges , you name it ...
everything looked so busy even the tables and chairs in my class looked busy ... oh dear !!!..one of my teacher was on stand by ... the moment the director said action , there was no holding her back .. she did a fine job .. then it was tmk's turn ...not bad alright ... my teachers are superstars in the making ...... then it was time for another scene and another teacher was called upon .... everything went on fine .... you 'll, see we will be getting contracts for the big silver screen .. soon ...
then it was my turn , i was cool ... since i had some experience in the Nativity Play in church , that, prepared me to take on the universe .... it was my turn the bathroom scene .. my job was to mandikan the kids ... everything went on fine only one take ..... okay, i lied 3 takes ..... had to shower the kids again ... made them smile and you know la how a superstar works ... i don't have to tell you ......
next scene ... potong sayur ..... potong pun potong la ... sayur sawi .... it was hilarious .. the knife was so blunt so i decided to cut the sawi instead .... with that ... it was a wrap and at the end of the day , only our hands were the stars .. but then again it's still our hands .... just wait ... you'll see .... the next Oscar is so gonna be mine ....
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
a thing was said
i guess after today i feel well , and a dear friend of mine told me today that her dog died peacefully in her sleep on Friday ... so sad ... dogs are very smart . i remember having a dog as a pet when i was a little girl ... the first we had was folly and Polly ... they were given to us by my dad's friend who breeds them .
we gave Polly away because she bit my sister .. it was quite close to the eye .. with folly , we never had any complaints from our neighbours ... he was a good and obedient pet .... he was a good guard dog and he somehow knew that we loved him to bits .. nice dog ... sadly enough .. one day folly did not come home . we found out the he had been hit by a drunk driver ... our world crashed .. we cried for days ... and days ... that was it no more dogs for the family ...
until one sunny day .. dad took us to the SPCA .... there , we found Benji ..he was huge alright .... he was toilet trained and he could eat half of the food that was laid on the dinner table !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we gave him back ... we could not handle him .................. OK with Benji being sent away now what ?
no dogs ,
no dogs,
no dogs ,
all was quiet ,
following year ,
no dogs ,
no dogs .............................. until.............
we moved to Brunei .....then we had gypsy .... cute gypsy .. smart , alert , she learned how to hunt for mice .. all thanks a stray cat who became firm friends with gypsy and who also shared the same basket with gypsy .. they slept and ate together !!!!!!
then it was time for us to go back to KL ... once again , with a heavy heart we left gypsy with a friend .............. this time i cried for days ..... hurt and angry i promised myself that no matter what , i don't want any more dogs ...
and now at 39 , i think I'd go for a beagle , or maybe a golden retriever ... Dalmatian .... who knows ...
we gave Polly away because she bit my sister .. it was quite close to the eye .. with folly , we never had any complaints from our neighbours ... he was a good and obedient pet .... he was a good guard dog and he somehow knew that we loved him to bits .. nice dog ... sadly enough .. one day folly did not come home . we found out the he had been hit by a drunk driver ... our world crashed .. we cried for days ... and days ... that was it no more dogs for the family ...
until one sunny day .. dad took us to the SPCA .... there , we found Benji ..he was huge alright .... he was toilet trained and he could eat half of the food that was laid on the dinner table !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we gave him back ... we could not handle him .................. OK with Benji being sent away now what ?
no dogs ,
no dogs,
no dogs ,
all was quiet ,
following year ,
no dogs ,
no dogs .............................. until.............
we moved to Brunei .....then we had gypsy .... cute gypsy .. smart , alert , she learned how to hunt for mice .. all thanks a stray cat who became firm friends with gypsy and who also shared the same basket with gypsy .. they slept and ate together !!!!!!
then it was time for us to go back to KL ... once again , with a heavy heart we left gypsy with a friend .............. this time i cried for days ..... hurt and angry i promised myself that no matter what , i don't want any more dogs ...
and now at 39 , i think I'd go for a beagle , or maybe a golden retriever ... Dalmatian .... who knows ...
my challenges
i am unwell .. sick , and i hate it but the best part is i get to recover during the weekend ... yesterday ... now this is not about me being sick at all . this was the conversation that i had with my dad .. good old dad.....
we were on our way to the clinic and suddenly , he turns around and tells me that after all these years , he has treated me differently from my sister ...
i was not surprised . to those of you out there who knows me will understand and i hope that to those of you who are close to me , please try to understand it too...
i asked my dad why and he told me that the challenges that i faced were so different from what my sister faced and yes each and everyone of us faced different challenges in life ... true to my word , true to what he said ... i still did not follow .. he said that i never took any short cuts in life and whatever mess that i got myself into , i'd find a way out and for that my parents were surprised ....
as to why i still did not follow as to what my dad was saying , he told me that since i was born with scars on half of my face , he and my mum got worried as to .. would i be excepted in society ? would i blend in ? would i have friends ?
over the years , as i grew into an adult .. i have come a long way ..i have accepted challenges in many forms and i accepted them because i knew that i could face them .. along the way it has dawn in my mind that, what if i could not do it ? i got scared too but my parents pushed on and on gently and positively ...
it was hard at first because there were just too many things going on in my mind but somehow i managed along the way .. i overcame whatever was in way ..to tell you the truth , as i look back in life , i just don't know how i got this far .
i am still plodding along but it's not as hard as when i first started out .. there are still many more stuff that i'd like to do and achieve ... plodding along and with more baby steps i'll get there, but it my own time .
we were on our way to the clinic and suddenly , he turns around and tells me that after all these years , he has treated me differently from my sister ...
i was not surprised . to those of you out there who knows me will understand and i hope that to those of you who are close to me , please try to understand it too...
i asked my dad why and he told me that the challenges that i faced were so different from what my sister faced and yes each and everyone of us faced different challenges in life ... true to my word , true to what he said ... i still did not follow .. he said that i never took any short cuts in life and whatever mess that i got myself into , i'd find a way out and for that my parents were surprised ....
as to why i still did not follow as to what my dad was saying , he told me that since i was born with scars on half of my face , he and my mum got worried as to .. would i be excepted in society ? would i blend in ? would i have friends ?
over the years , as i grew into an adult .. i have come a long way ..i have accepted challenges in many forms and i accepted them because i knew that i could face them .. along the way it has dawn in my mind that, what if i could not do it ? i got scared too but my parents pushed on and on gently and positively ...
it was hard at first because there were just too many things going on in my mind but somehow i managed along the way .. i overcame whatever was in way ..to tell you the truth , as i look back in life , i just don't know how i got this far .
i am still plodding along but it's not as hard as when i first started out .. there are still many more stuff that i'd like to do and achieve ... plodding along and with more baby steps i'll get there, but it my own time .
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
break
well i am really looking forward to this so called one day break .. it means a lot to me and a hopeful of hundreds around the country ... since tomorrow will be a public holiday , i might as well sleep in till the cows come home .... easier said than done ..
my day starts as early as 5.30 am even on holidays , i guess i am so used to it that before my alarm could go off , i am already awake .. maybe I'd tire myself so that i can sleep well ...
today i am just going to relax and rest .. maybe watch some movies , comedies anything and i am not going to do any heavy thinking just relax and chill ....
my day starts as early as 5.30 am even on holidays , i guess i am so used to it that before my alarm could go off , i am already awake .. maybe I'd tire myself so that i can sleep well ...
today i am just going to relax and rest .. maybe watch some movies , comedies anything and i am not going to do any heavy thinking just relax and chill ....
Sunday, January 16, 2011
cake and roses
i was not suppose to bake a cake or rather my mum was not suppose to bake one today but since i was so eager to practice my roses technique , she thought , why not ... in fact i did practice my roses yesterday but due to some technical fault and i can't say it was a technical fault , it was my fault.... for adding too much sugar syrup that my icing was too runny .. i got so upset .. and i did not want to do it again .......... ever .... my confidence hit rock bottom ....
and then .. i woke up at 3 am and decided that i will try making my icing again and this time I'd go easy on the sugar syrup ....6 am i was already up bear in mind i also have to get ready for church....
measured the amount i wanted and started ... kept the sugar syrup aside and went to church ... the minute i got back , everything was in full swing ....once icing was done , i set to work... my roses became squarish .. i did not give up . since i have a lot of wafer cone ... why not, give another go ..
after trying for like a 100 times i finally could see my roses taking shape .. not a pro yet but i managed to make simple rose buds and i was happy ... however i still need to practice ...
then mum , told me that she will bake a cake and wants me to ice it ..... it's done , it looks great and i still need to practice with the right tools ... but i am not worried as CNY is around the corner and i will be on leave , i will take the opportunity to make more cakes , cup cakes and eat them by myself ...
and then .. i woke up at 3 am and decided that i will try making my icing again and this time I'd go easy on the sugar syrup ....6 am i was already up bear in mind i also have to get ready for church....
measured the amount i wanted and started ... kept the sugar syrup aside and went to church ... the minute i got back , everything was in full swing ....once icing was done , i set to work... my roses became squarish .. i did not give up . since i have a lot of wafer cone ... why not, give another go ..
after trying for like a 100 times i finally could see my roses taking shape .. not a pro yet but i managed to make simple rose buds and i was happy ... however i still need to practice ...
then mum , told me that she will bake a cake and wants me to ice it ..... it's done , it looks great and i still need to practice with the right tools ... but i am not worried as CNY is around the corner and i will be on leave , i will take the opportunity to make more cakes , cup cakes and eat them by myself ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
since i am here..
well since i am here i might as well tell you about the week that i had .. that means last week and this week .... to some i may act stupid or dumb , i don't care . and it's okay if anyone dislikes me ... okay since i got that off my chest this was what i had to see to , endure , go through and listen to ....
now , for every dumb thing that goes on in my mind .. the one thing that i do know is .. that we teach our children to mix around , to get to know everyone in class .... why ? because that was we were taught by our founding fathers .
i have cousins who are Muslims , Chinese , Eurasians , Indians .. you name it ..and we get along just fine . i even remember growing up i made friends with everyone .
that went on for a few more years and until today we are still friends and when i have children of my own the same process takes place and so on ...
i have never made a snide remark against friends that i have known. we got on just fine until........
one day , i got so upset ... a racist remark was said .. to me ... to my face and i went oh , noooooooooooooooooo !!! and during my conversation with Mrs right and forever right ... it was implied that if i did not do something about it ... she will remove her child from our school....
that remark left an impact on me because for the love of all the chocolate cake in the whole wide world ... that remark , never entered my mind ... from the time that i was growing up until that very day ...
i was like , why do we mix the kids ?
what to we tell them about Malaysia ?
why are there so many races in our country ?
and how are we so special to others who visits our country .
i never thought that this day would come .. i would always tell myself that the people of our country are lovable and we tolerate each other .. but now after this , should i just change my spectrum of things about everything that i once believed in ?
now , for every dumb thing that goes on in my mind .. the one thing that i do know is .. that we teach our children to mix around , to get to know everyone in class .... why ? because that was we were taught by our founding fathers .
i have cousins who are Muslims , Chinese , Eurasians , Indians .. you name it ..and we get along just fine . i even remember growing up i made friends with everyone .
that went on for a few more years and until today we are still friends and when i have children of my own the same process takes place and so on ...
i have never made a snide remark against friends that i have known. we got on just fine until........
one day , i got so upset ... a racist remark was said .. to me ... to my face and i went oh , noooooooooooooooooo !!! and during my conversation with Mrs right and forever right ... it was implied that if i did not do something about it ... she will remove her child from our school....
that remark left an impact on me because for the love of all the chocolate cake in the whole wide world ... that remark , never entered my mind ... from the time that i was growing up until that very day ...
i was like , why do we mix the kids ?
what to we tell them about Malaysia ?
why are there so many races in our country ?
and how are we so special to others who visits our country .
i never thought that this day would come .. i would always tell myself that the people of our country are lovable and we tolerate each other .. but now after this , should i just change my spectrum of things about everything that i once believed in ?
Saturday, January 8, 2011
the one that i thought ....
everything went on as fine and as planned where school is concerned ... i must thank my teachers for working with the right attitude and they were alert .. for that i must thank each and everyone of them..
i was not worried about the first day of school , usually i am just a jittery bug .. i guess we were well prepared and we knew what was to come and so we went head on ... the thing about our kindy is .. the way things are .. like classrooms ..we have teachers who have good classroom management and when the kids came .. they went into their respective classes ..
we were usually worried about the 4 years old but somehow this year by the second day they were all settled in nicely .. everything was quiet .. no crying ...unlike last year and we also made a point to tell the parents that if their child was not crying , they should just go home and that was what they did ...
we were so happy, puzzled and glad ... the school is silent and in a distant you can hear kids singing , and see them playing .. hmmmm .. so far , everything has been good . let's wait for Monday ..
i was not worried about the first day of school , usually i am just a jittery bug .. i guess we were well prepared and we knew what was to come and so we went head on ... the thing about our kindy is .. the way things are .. like classrooms ..we have teachers who have good classroom management and when the kids came .. they went into their respective classes ..
we were usually worried about the 4 years old but somehow this year by the second day they were all settled in nicely .. everything was quiet .. no crying ...unlike last year and we also made a point to tell the parents that if their child was not crying , they should just go home and that was what they did ...
we were so happy, puzzled and glad ... the school is silent and in a distant you can hear kids singing , and see them playing .. hmmmm .. so far , everything has been good . let's wait for Monday ..
26 th dec
that was the day i went for my first baking class or rather butter cream class .it started off very nicely and there were about .. say 13 of us .
the chef .. pint sized however he had tricks like a dream and we just went ohhh.. ahhhh . we started on time and i was not worried if i could pull it off .. but like i said it went on just fine .... we learned how to make many types of flowers by using butter cream icing .. and nozzles.
and we also had the chance to ice our cake as smooth as a pro .. i thought that would be a bit difficult but with the right tools and all we managed ....
over all , i enjoyed myself very much , made new friends who shares my semangat and we decided to pair up for the next session ...i have not practice any flowers since that day however, tomorrow will be my fondant rose practice at home and the chef will be none other than me , myself and i ....
well since i have all the ingredients why not right ... and my dream cake would be a two tier stacker .... but i guess it would be wise to practice with a cake dummy first .....
the chef .. pint sized however he had tricks like a dream and we just went ohhh.. ahhhh . we started on time and i was not worried if i could pull it off .. but like i said it went on just fine .... we learned how to make many types of flowers by using butter cream icing .. and nozzles.
and we also had the chance to ice our cake as smooth as a pro .. i thought that would be a bit difficult but with the right tools and all we managed ....
over all , i enjoyed myself very much , made new friends who shares my semangat and we decided to pair up for the next session ...i have not practice any flowers since that day however, tomorrow will be my fondant rose practice at home and the chef will be none other than me , myself and i ....
well since i have all the ingredients why not right ... and my dream cake would be a two tier stacker .... but i guess it would be wise to practice with a cake dummy first .....
Saturday, January 1, 2011
the baru year and me
well it's the new year once again ... and so we have just completed 12 months of wonderful times ,with memories, friends and families . now it's 2011 and Monday is a working day and some of us do work on Sundays too ...
i was telling a friend of mine that the most wonderful gift that i could ever receive is the gift of friendship ... well, we met friends along the way .. we lost some too , some got back in touch with us and these friendships grew ... and talking about growing together with friends .. i am reminded of some of the friends that i have met along the way through college ...
by nature i am quite shy ... so when i first got into college , i did not have any friends . i started with one , and then there was two and three came along and before i knew it or before we knew it , we had more than a dozen ....
it's quite funny how from one , we expanded our circle of friends ... then came the most important event of our lives .. we graduated , went our separate ways .. got on with life .. kept busy with work ... got married and some did not and finally we lost touch with everyone and then you are back to square one with just a friend.
and that friend and i kept constantly in touch .... and now after twenty years we are still friends .. however we were missing a friend and for these past 20 years we were wondering what happened to this friends of ours .....
until one day .... just 4 days ago .. yes we were still in 2010 , i logged into face book and there he was ..... he got my name wrong as usual .. but actually he was just teasing me !!!
wonderful the missing friend has found us ... we had a wonderful gift that day .. the gift of friends and friendship ... it is amazing how connected we are .. even through the next day .. we were just smiling away .. even driving , i was smiling , i just could not believe it . i was wondering how this tiga sekawan got in touch with each other after so long ....
i should thank face book though .. but all the same .. we spoke to each other and it was truly amazing ..
so i hope that this year 2011 , would bring all of us not only closer but many , many more friends to come .... it does not matter , as long as we stay in touch with one another ..
happy new year ....
i was telling a friend of mine that the most wonderful gift that i could ever receive is the gift of friendship ... well, we met friends along the way .. we lost some too , some got back in touch with us and these friendships grew ... and talking about growing together with friends .. i am reminded of some of the friends that i have met along the way through college ...
by nature i am quite shy ... so when i first got into college , i did not have any friends . i started with one , and then there was two and three came along and before i knew it or before we knew it , we had more than a dozen ....
it's quite funny how from one , we expanded our circle of friends ... then came the most important event of our lives .. we graduated , went our separate ways .. got on with life .. kept busy with work ... got married and some did not and finally we lost touch with everyone and then you are back to square one with just a friend.
and that friend and i kept constantly in touch .... and now after twenty years we are still friends .. however we were missing a friend and for these past 20 years we were wondering what happened to this friends of ours .....
until one day .... just 4 days ago .. yes we were still in 2010 , i logged into face book and there he was ..... he got my name wrong as usual .. but actually he was just teasing me !!!
wonderful the missing friend has found us ... we had a wonderful gift that day .. the gift of friends and friendship ... it is amazing how connected we are .. even through the next day .. we were just smiling away .. even driving , i was smiling , i just could not believe it . i was wondering how this tiga sekawan got in touch with each other after so long ....
i should thank face book though .. but all the same .. we spoke to each other and it was truly amazing ..
so i hope that this year 2011 , would bring all of us not only closer but many , many more friends to come .... it does not matter , as long as we stay in touch with one another ..
happy new year ....
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