The retired drama queen…

Yesterday morning before I burn my hands with chili bits, (please don’t
tell my mom, I don’t wanna break her heart with my pathetic gastronomic
skills); my roommate and I woke up at 6.30am. And it was a Saturday. I
can’t recall ourselves getting up so early on a weekend I just have to
mention this in our blog.

The reason behind the abnormal positive behavior is we wanted to go
to the Malaysia Flora Fest 2007 that was gonna start at 8am in
Putrajaya….

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Azman and I
went sight seeing at Bukit Tinggi in Pahang last Saturday. Following the Hijrah
calendar, it was actually our anniversary! I can’t believe that I have been
married for one whole year? Wow…

Bukit Tinggi is just about
one and a half hour drive away KL. It lies some 2,500 feet above sea level but
it was warmer that I expected it to be. After the long winding road, we reached
the ticket booth and they charge RM 16 for adults and RM 8 for children below
twelve. That was RM32 for the both of us. Colmar Tropicale at the top is a
bunch of (poyo) buildings from a north-eastern village in

France dating
back to the 16th Century. I have to admit that they were quite pretty.

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Love,
Diyana

I
have been to China twice. The people are nice; the eyes slanting, the
vehicles on the road can’t stop honking. The Shanghai drivers will honk
at absolutely everything, from a stray cat trying to cross the road to
the 90 year old grandma on the sidewalk to the motorist in front for
dropping a dime. Luckily, the first commercial high-speed maglev line
in the world does not have a horn!!

I
am very surprise with how fast the train can go without much vibration
I’ve taken the train from Pudong International Airport and stop at
Longyang Road Station (actually it’s the only route this Maglev train
service covered).

It
cost me 50yuan (RM25 or USD7) for one way trip. The total track is
about 30km and the train takes 7minutes and 20 seconds to complete the
journey. The top speed during my journey is 431km per hour and………………………..

Thanks! Love,
Diyana & Azman

What do you expect
from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all
yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another
snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a
white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never
have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just
too icky. You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut
on a bolt. Same work, more pay.Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress
$5000. Tux rental-$100. People never stare at your chest when you’re
talking to them.

The occasional
well-rendered belch is practically expected.New shoes don’t cut,
blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone
conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your
own jars.You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more
than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are
unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays
its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.

You only have to
shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. One
wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons. You can wear
shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a
pocket knife. You have freedom ofchoice concerning growing a mustache.
You always know where you are and never have to ask directions. You can
do Christmas shopping for 25relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes. No
wonder men are happier.

You are crazier than I thought! You changed 3 jobs in 2
years!!! I think your job is actually Looking for Job!

Gee, I never look at it that way, does crazier make me less successful?

Well,err…no…

Hey…Now that you’ve got me thinking, I just realized that I am more
successful than you!! Cool!

In the
attempt to curb my fear of frustration, my New Year resolutions for the past
many-many years have always been To Be a Better Person. It’s very abstract, you
see, so at the end of the year, when I ask myself about the success rate of the
previous resolution and I can kelentong some really good answers to respond and
satisfy myself.

Since my
pretty self is also pretty smart so conning her isn’t exactly easy; had my
resolution been To Wash My Car Regularly Myself, it is quite a challenge to
reassure yours truly whilst indeed the car had been washed frequently; could
that be me washing it? It is difficult to manipulate the mind into believing
that that fella washing the car is myself when I am perfectly aware that my
limbs are not as hairy, my chest are much more fleshy and my teeth are not as
pearly as those Indian immigrants working at the Esso car wash.

Susah you see?

So I
stick to the intangible resolution – To Be a Better Person. I can at any moment
produce 1001 reasons why I am a better person this year than I was the last.

This year
I allowed teenagers to call me Kak instead of shoving French Fries up their
teenage nostrils. Walla! What an improvement!

Last year
I washed my own socks, this year I washed my socks and Azman’s socks, I washed a
whole lot more socks than ever! What a better person I have become!?

I have definitely
achieved my resolution! Yeaa!!

But
explaining this to my girlfriends is pointless. They are so bloody neat they
are hoping to hear some meaty stuff like This Year I Will Work My Ass off Till
I Get Promoted as the CEO or This Year I will Master Metaphysic and Apply It in
My Socks Washing Chore.

Come to
think about it having riskier resolutions are not so bad after all.
Why would
I even bother to create an action plan against blewing away yet another
perfectly vague New Year resolution when by June I would be dead convinced that
I never even have any resolutions in the first place?????

* The
mind is a very complicated thing *

Fine! Let
me think of something fancy. Hmm…

My
resolutions for the year of 2007 are:

I resolve
to eat more vegetables and fruits. I will drink more than 2 glasses of water
per day. I resolve to wash my face before I go to bed. I will finish a bottle of
facial toner in the duration of one (1) year or before the product quality date
expires. I will buy a sun block. Then I will use it everyday. I resolve to save
more money. I will buy fewer earrings. I will exercise!  I will climb a mountain. I will be Jessica
Alba!!! I will name my baby Miki!! I will remember my resolutions!! I will! I
will!

Two men were on a plane on a business trip when a Muslim couple boarded
the plane and were seated right in front of them.

The two men, eager to have some fun, started talking loudly. "My boss
is sending me to Saudi Arabia", the one said, “But I don’t want to
go…too many Muslims there!"

The Muslim couple noticeably heard and grew uncomfortable.
The other guy laughed, "Oh, yeah, my boss wanted to send me to Pakistan
but I refused…WAY too many Muslims!”

Smiling, the first man said, "One time I was in Iran but I HATED the fact that there were so many Muslims!"
The couple fidgeted.

The other guy responded, "Oh, yeah…you can’t go ANYWHERE to get away
from them…the last time I was in FRANCE I ran into a bunch of them
too!"

The first guy was laughing hysterically as he added, “That is why
you’ll never see me in Indonesia…WAY too many Muslims!"

At this, the Muslim man turned around and responded politely,
"Why
don’t you go to Hell?” he asked, "I heard there’s NO Muslim THERE!"