When it's dark and sunny...

Well if you ask me what is my favourite time of the day, I would say afternoon and night. I love to spend a good hot sunny afternoon at the house, when it's all quiet except for the chirping of the birds (tak sure pulak burung apa yg lepak time-time Zohor ni), rustling of the leaves, faint rumming sound of school buses doing their afternoon rounds of picking/dropping off school students, bunyi lesung sambal belacan jiran sebelah rumah all blend in together. And I'll be in my room with the windows open, reading a good book. Heavenly! The perfect time is 12-4. Wish I can spend more afternoons at home, instead of working in the office...

At night, I find it very peaceful to work/read/anything serenaded by the tunes from the 80s and 90s. Normally Mix FM would be the radio station that I would tune in to la. Ever since my schooling days, I would study late into the nights with the radio on low volume. And normally I would get sentimental and emotional, time ni la nak fikir fasal masa-masa lampau dan jugak masa depan. A good time to think and to plan.

What's your favourite time of the day?

The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell - ABC News

I don't know if anyone of you here has heard of Susan Boyle. She auditioned for this year's British Got Talent and was featured in the 1st round in one of Britain's most popular reality TV shows.

Well, before she sang, both the audience and the judges were very sarcastic towards her, I guess it is because her unpolished appearance which was off-putting, and her awkwardness. I think all of the audience were against her. Some even rolled their eyes when she said that she wanted to be a professional singer. But once she started to sing - I think she has the most beautiful voice ever...it just goes out and touches your heart when she sang "I Dreamed A Dream", featured in a hit musical Les Miserables. (ps: I've seen the musical Les Miserables but can't remember the song, hehe).

Click here to see Susan's audition. It's viewed by millions of people, the number is going up day by day.

Needless to say, she received standing ovation from the audience who were clearly in awe of her performance and she garnered yes-votes from all the 3 judges.

The thing about Susan Boyle is, you really would not expect that she possesses such talent, judging from her outlook itself. To me, she looks like those elderly village ladies whom you can see pushing trolleys at the weekend market. Someone whom you would never give a second look at. Well, she is a 40-something year old woman from some unknown village in Scotland...

The saying never judge a book by its cover, it is so true... To quote Susan when asked about the audience's reactions before she started singing, "Modern society is too quick to judge people on their appearances. There is not much you can do about it; it is the way they think; it is the way they are. But maybe this could teach them a lesson, or set an example." You taught me a lesson, Susan.

But today I read in the newspaper, some sick-minded j@ck@$$es are trying to get a bid to film her losing her virginity! It's outrageous! She portrays the image of innocence and pureness, I just don't understand how some people are so sick to come up with this, or even think of it!

What has the world has gotten to? Rasa nak demam bila baca kisah-kisah macam ni...

Is it karma?

I just realised...there is only one blog entry for the month of April...padahal this month tak la busy mana sangat...since I am assigned under a super-efficient Manager...sampai terasa diri ini bagaikan lempeng dipress2 dan disqueeze2. But it's OK. Once you settle everything about an assignment, there is no need to worry about a thing. No need to dread that "EY Penang" caller ID on your phone screen if you are on a field work. Hehe :p

Anyway just want to share with you all an incident that happened to me yesterday. Not much of an "incident" la, more like a happening kot.

OK normally if I am in my office in EY (FYI as an auditor there are 2 possible places that an auditor could be on a working day; in the office or at the client's place). So trying my best to be a good Muslim normally I will perform my prayers at a surau situated at an adjacent hotel (mengada betul tak nak solat kat office, but then again, my office tak disediakan surau yea : ).

Back to my story, yesterday I performed my afternoon prayer during lunchtime (yes I do not go out for lunch to eat, no geng to eat lunch with so I bring home-packed lunch everyday. Some people may think it as pathetic but I like to think of myself trying to be healthy, at the same time, saving money :D ). Normally I would wait until approx. 15 minutes to the evening prayer time, and that's when I perform my afternoon and evening prayer at the same time. But yesterday I planned to go back sharp at 5.30pm, so still enough time to pray at home.

But it was almost 6.30pm that I could at last pack my bag and leave the office. On my way to my car, I was torn into two. Nak solat dulu ke baru balik? Another voice inside me (syaitan la tu) said balik je la dulu, sempat ni sejam baru masuk Maghrib. A drive back home took about 20mins. It was a 50-50 kind of feeling, which then turned into 70-30 as I got nearer to my car.

I got into my car. Slot the keys in the ignition. Tada. Cannot start! Inside me I know this would happen. It happened to me before. There were instances when I delayed my prayers, something would happen.

There was this one time when I was studying in UiTM in Shah Alam, a friend asked for a favor to drive her to a shop (she was carless, I was the one with the car). Azan baru berkumandang, I told myself, takpe la, balik dari kedai baru nak solat. Just as I drove out of the uni main entrance, a car came out of nowhere and bang into my front. Quite a bad damage, so to settle everything langsung tinggal Zohor, Asar, and if I'm not mistaken, Maghrib as well.

Despite what happen, I feel thankful to the God. He never fails to remind me the importance of menjaga waktu solat. It is me who always forget and taking things lightly. Astaghfirullahalazim. Lepas ni aku berazam nak cuba solat secepat mungkin sebaik masuk waktu.

Back to yesterday's incident, akhirnya my car dapat dihidupkan. Sempat balik rumah nak solat Asar. Even so, I am ashamed of myself... -.-

Have you guys ever experienced such thing?

Confessions of a chocoholic

I watched the Confessions of a Shopaholic last night with my colleagues - Pam, Win See and Sze Yeng; we all had fun! Though we came in a bit late and the movie had started - all gara-gara hujan lebat in the evening and we were all stuck in the jam, then had dinner at Sakae Sushi first...enjoyed the food too much and so many gossips to talk about, and missed like, 5 mins of the movie.

Anyway the movie was really funny, there are parts which I really laughed - trust me, I am very hard to impress. And Luke Brandon is soo...heavenly...haih...matanya yang merenung ke dalam kalbuku ini...adui....I remembered him from a movie I watched last year the "Jane Austen Book Club" but then in that movie he did not look as yummy as in the Shopaholic...

But then I think the book is much better than the movie la...the movie tu macam jauh saja tersasar simpangnya...but then at least the casting is good...both Luke Brandon and Becky Bloomwood fit in the characters as described in the book...My only wish is that Becky is British as per the book, and that the filming is done in and around London. It will be so much more memorable for yours truly!

Well I am not a shopaholic like Becky in the movie...but how nice it is if I am born with a gold spoon in my mouth...but apa pun I am thankful with the life I am living right now...nak beli apa-apa then you have to earn, if not save your money...baru tahu macam mana susahnya nak dapat duit...

But last week I was so happy sebab dah lama tak shopping, I get to shop...sebabnya nak cari barang-barang hantaran...so I went down to KL to find my fiance. Dah kat KLCC tu habislah, fiance pulak berkeras nak belikan perfume set and clutch bag for me even though I resist...ye la I want to survey2 tunggu sale but being guys, he insisted to buy it right there and then. So ok la I picked the one I have been eyeing, the Vera Wang Princess. I like the bottle, sesuai sgt nak letak atas dulang hantaran. Then he bought Armani perfume set for himself, though I wish he bought Polo Black! Tak pa la, apa-apa pun janji suka. Dia yang nak pakai.

Apa pun, we were so happy with the vouchers we got that day, since Parkson ada members' day so double vouchers for all purchases! Yippee!