You should seriously read this, hilariously outrageous... The Guy's Guide To Rules of Engagement: Chapter 2 - Species in the Kingdom of Eve (Part A: Office Chicks).
Haven't we met one of each kind along the way? Whilst I was reading it, laughing aloud flashes of certain people came to mind. God, I miss those days!!!
20090227
sos called
the buzzing in the ear....well the sos calling earlier (not exact conversation but somewhat lah). nanti tak pasal-pasal ada orang comment kata eh tak betul lah, editlah...well we were talking about other things (ie our ke-terrer-an in our national language), then we came to the earlier sms she sent me...
me: so what do you need babe?
bb: moolah lah. i'm going to xx this evening with some of them for two nites
me: berapa
bb: rm300 cukup kot
me: hotel semua dah book & paid for
bb: dah, i need $$ for makan dorang jer
me: (didn't know how many in the group) you nak bagi makan roti canai hari-hari ke?
bb: alah, kat xx bukannye mahal sangat pun. kalau makan seafood berapa?
me: entah, i haven't been there in ages. u tak sempat ke balik ambik yr purse
bb: tak boleh lah, busy ni
me: then you gonna go without your license & ic?
bb: ya, i tak drive
me: you ah. nanti kena tahan mistaken for myanmar refugee camner?
bb: you better leave your mobile on lah. nanti i bagi u mak i punyer number also...
angelita, how lah your friend??
me: so what do you need babe?
bb: moolah lah. i'm going to xx this evening with some of them for two nites
me: berapa
bb: rm300 cukup kot
me: hotel semua dah book & paid for
bb: dah, i need $$ for makan dorang jer
me: (didn't know how many in the group) you nak bagi makan roti canai hari-hari ke?
bb: alah, kat xx bukannye mahal sangat pun. kalau makan seafood berapa?
me: entah, i haven't been there in ages. u tak sempat ke balik ambik yr purse
bb: tak boleh lah, busy ni
me: then you gonna go without your license & ic?
bb: ya, i tak drive
me: you ah. nanti kena tahan mistaken for myanmar refugee camner?
bb: you better leave your mobile on lah. nanti i bagi u mak i punyer number also...
angelita, how lah your friend??
sos calling
ting ting *incoming SMS*
Babe, u ard 2day? Nd help..silly me!
*type type type*
Can't test the condom hubby takde
*presses send button*
ting ting *incoming SMS*
Haha..no la. I left me purse at home.now hving mting wt some ppl n jus realised i dont hv money 2 pay their coffee!! Lol! Dat sorted xcept im leavin town later wt these ppl n i dun hv my purse! Cal u in a bit
And I am still waiting for my phone to buzz...
to pedigree or not to pedigree
As my favourite time of the year approaches, I am sitting & compiling the documents (income statement, receipts, etc etc etc). Then I look through my insurance documents & start poring over the benefits and what it covers.
So I was looking at my home insurance plan & realise that I am not adequately protected and need to make the changes on the next renewal. So I call my agent & we start yakking on the phone. And I learn that I need to extend the cover to Worldwide Personal Effects & Valuable (ie coverage outside of the home) & am pondering on Worldwide Personal Liability (if one of you visit me & my cat bites you and you decide to sue me for insufferable pain knowing how drama some of my friends can be).
So anyways, my agent tells me 'Eh, your pedigree also can cover you know in case of accidental death.'
Me: Pedigree, meaning they need a cert right?
Him: Ya
Me: Alamak, like that ah. Mine got no cert but behave like a pedigree
Him: Yalah, lifestyle of the rich & famous mah
Me: Ya, ya my cat not us.
See I have this cat who is like in his sunset age already & he is the bratiest of the brats. Behaves like royalty but in actual fact is a mix of Persian (me thinks) & some horny kucing kampung. Eats only special diet which is only available at vets that cost a bomb (and he's like eating every other hour); use special litter 'cos we live in an apartment & don't want the whole place to stink which also costs a bomb; insists on sleeping with some part of his fat body on our carpet although he has his own blankie & must have company when he's eating.
Make no mistake, I am not exactly a cat person (I don't like them brushing against my leg - gelilah) but this one I am attached to. When he's away for boarding ke, we kind of miss having something to irritate or just to call out. So certificate or no, he's still our royal pain in the butt....
So I was looking at my home insurance plan & realise that I am not adequately protected and need to make the changes on the next renewal. So I call my agent & we start yakking on the phone. And I learn that I need to extend the cover to Worldwide Personal Effects & Valuable (ie coverage outside of the home) & am pondering on Worldwide Personal Liability (if one of you visit me & my cat bites you and you decide to sue me for insufferable pain knowing how drama some of my friends can be).
So anyways, my agent tells me 'Eh, your pedigree also can cover you know in case of accidental death.'
Me: Pedigree, meaning they need a cert right?
Him: Ya
Me: Alamak, like that ah. Mine got no cert but behave like a pedigree
Him: Yalah, lifestyle of the rich & famous mah
Me: Ya, ya my cat not us.
See I have this cat who is like in his sunset age already & he is the bratiest of the brats. Behaves like royalty but in actual fact is a mix of Persian (me thinks) & some horny kucing kampung. Eats only special diet which is only available at vets that cost a bomb (and he's like eating every other hour); use special litter 'cos we live in an apartment & don't want the whole place to stink which also costs a bomb; insists on sleeping with some part of his fat body on our carpet although he has his own blankie & must have company when he's eating.Make no mistake, I am not exactly a cat person (I don't like them brushing against my leg - gelilah) but this one I am attached to. When he's away for boarding ke, we kind of miss having something to irritate or just to call out. So certificate or no, he's still our royal pain in the butt....
20090224
heil grammatik!!
ever heard of the term 'grammar nazi'? never heard of it? let me enlighten you...
grammar nazi - noun (pl, -s): (a) a person who believes proper grammar (and spelling) should be used by everyone whenever possible. (b) one who attempts to persuade or force others to use proper grammar and spelling. (c) one who uses proper grammar and spelling to subtly mock or deride those who do not; an exhibitor of grammatical superiority. (d) one who advocates linguistic clarity. (e) one who corrects others' grammar; the spelling police. (source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/)
yes, yours truly does have the tendency to be a grammar nazi & i fall into category (e). it can be a very annoying habit especially to the receiving end but really, we cannot help it. well at least i can't. and the daughter has taken on this habit as well. the hubby gets pretty peeved when i correct him but i guess after seventeen years, he's gotten used to that. and i guess my friends too.
and... i tend to have a habit of correcting & telling off my nephews and nieces especially to chew quietly, close their mouth while chewing their food, not talking with their mouth full, and the whole nine yards...tu nazi apa pulak?
maybe from now on, i should get all my punctuations right too.. yes yes, my grammer is gooder & powderful.
20090223
obsession confession
we were across the causeway for the weekend. managed to behave myself, kept my insatiable desire for bags to myself although i saw a couple to die for in the chanel store. must have been reciting the 'just say no' mantra to myself plus the fact that after conversion, the said item of desire would set me back a cool rm10k. never mind, i'll just wait for the next sale or for it to turn up at the used bags store... walk on by now. hubby bought himself some stuff for an upcoming trip some time this week. okay, happy happy.
saw a gorgeous lime green bejewelled sandals at the jimmy choo outlet. a bit exorbitant i told myself especially for footwear. my jaw almost fell to the ground when they told me the price. hubby said kalau beli, display la. i told him i'll wait till we get a display cabinet lah. yes, yes i was able to resist this as well. so in the end, i settled with an ax dress. okay, no matter...
so last day & we were bound home. gst refund, check. check in luggage, boarding pass, check. breakfast in the tummy, check. so okay, we masuk lah boarding gate. went through immigration - smile, smile, stamp, stamp, say thank yous, go through detector no beep, walk walk walk. walk lah, walk lah...hubby diverted into boss outlet & i thought i'll take a peep into ferragamo..
hmm, nice nice nice. try try try...no no too 'bow'y, no no too aunty, no no too shiny. and then! and then! the stupid salesperson showed me the black rosalba. argh!! all defenses gone.....ponder ponder, sling sling, try try...nice leh? nice huh? nice or not?
nice lah nice lah...will it be cheaper back here? the guy who sold it to me assures me its definitely cheaper there (no tax mah!!) & if i do find it cheaper here, i can go back for a refund. so next stop - pavilion (the ferragamo boutique is there kan kan kan?).
saw a gorgeous lime green bejewelled sandals at the jimmy choo outlet. a bit exorbitant i told myself especially for footwear. my jaw almost fell to the ground when they told me the price. hubby said kalau beli, display la. i told him i'll wait till we get a display cabinet lah. yes, yes i was able to resist this as well. so in the end, i settled with an ax dress. okay, no matter...
so last day & we were bound home. gst refund, check. check in luggage, boarding pass, check. breakfast in the tummy, check. so okay, we masuk lah boarding gate. went through immigration - smile, smile, stamp, stamp, say thank yous, go through detector no beep, walk walk walk. walk lah, walk lah...hubby diverted into boss outlet & i thought i'll take a peep into ferragamo..
hmm, nice nice nice. try try try...no no too 'bow'y, no no too aunty, no no too shiny. and then! and then! the stupid salesperson showed me the black rosalba. argh!! all defenses gone.....ponder ponder, sling sling, try try...nice leh? nice huh? nice or not?
nice lah nice lah...will it be cheaper back here? the guy who sold it to me assures me its definitely cheaper there (no tax mah!!) & if i do find it cheaper here, i can go back for a refund. so next stop - pavilion (the ferragamo boutique is there kan kan kan?).
amo il mio rosalba di ferragamo
20090222
can i take your order
there is a new restaurant in 1utama called gardens lifestyle & store (go here if you want to look at some pix). let's see if i can describe it - ala al-fresco dining ie. the garden ambience but with fake plants & flowers, but it's not. if i am not mistaken there are boutiques there as well but haven't checked that out yet.
so tonight the hubby & i thought we would give this eatery a try. the girl greeting us at the entrance was okay albeit a bit chatty. she brought us to our place, gave us the menu & told us what their specials were. okay, so far so good.
the waiter came by to take our orders - we settled for black pepper chicken chop for the hubby & pasta pormodoro for moi and a side of fresh oysters as appetizers (no, no. not what you think). so anyways, my pasta - no cheese.
a short while later, my pasta arrived but with cheese. so i told the waiter politely that i requested without cheese. he took it away & said he will check. the hubby was asking why i was so fussy. i told him when i ordered i did specifically say 'no cheese'. if i forgot to mention it earlier, i wouldn't kick up a fuss. so okay.. a while after hubby order came. no foul-ups there. then my pasta came again sans cheese.
the food was kinda good actually, serving just nice. then just when we thought they forgot the oysters, it came. so the hubby asked the girl (who incidentally was the one who greeted & ushered us) how come this dish is late, its normally appetizers. she said 'it does take a while if it's baked'. both of us went simultaneously 'baked?'.
hubby thought we read the menu wrongly but i insisted on checking the menu. after confirming that we did actually see the word 'fresh'; we told the supervisor that we actually ordered fresh oysters. but the hubby felt kinda bad & said that we would just take the baked oysters which i wasn't a fan of.
the supervisor must have felt bad, so he came to offer us dessert but we declined politely. as we called for the bill, they apologised again for the screw-ups & offered us a 10% discount. then the manager (me thinks) came by & apologised again. they wanted us to fill up a comment form but we thought we'd take a pass considering what they put us through.
just as we were getting out of the place, the first waitress who greeted us stopped us again to apologize & said that the next time we dine there, she would personally take our orders. they must taken a digital photo of us secretly, pasted it somewhere with a note - do not let foreigners take their order or ban them from dining here.
i am not saying i would try out that place again, i will give them the benefit of the doubt. after all they are only a month old. but the next time they screw, i will ban them myself.
so tonight the hubby & i thought we would give this eatery a try. the girl greeting us at the entrance was okay albeit a bit chatty. she brought us to our place, gave us the menu & told us what their specials were. okay, so far so good.
the waiter came by to take our orders - we settled for black pepper chicken chop for the hubby & pasta pormodoro for moi and a side of fresh oysters as appetizers (no, no. not what you think). so anyways, my pasta - no cheese.
a short while later, my pasta arrived but with cheese. so i told the waiter politely that i requested without cheese. he took it away & said he will check. the hubby was asking why i was so fussy. i told him when i ordered i did specifically say 'no cheese'. if i forgot to mention it earlier, i wouldn't kick up a fuss. so okay.. a while after hubby order came. no foul-ups there. then my pasta came again sans cheese.
the food was kinda good actually, serving just nice. then just when we thought they forgot the oysters, it came. so the hubby asked the girl (who incidentally was the one who greeted & ushered us) how come this dish is late, its normally appetizers. she said 'it does take a while if it's baked'. both of us went simultaneously 'baked?'.
hubby thought we read the menu wrongly but i insisted on checking the menu. after confirming that we did actually see the word 'fresh'; we told the supervisor that we actually ordered fresh oysters. but the hubby felt kinda bad & said that we would just take the baked oysters which i wasn't a fan of.
the supervisor must have felt bad, so he came to offer us dessert but we declined politely. as we called for the bill, they apologised again for the screw-ups & offered us a 10% discount. then the manager (me thinks) came by & apologised again. they wanted us to fill up a comment form but we thought we'd take a pass considering what they put us through.
just as we were getting out of the place, the first waitress who greeted us stopped us again to apologize & said that the next time we dine there, she would personally take our orders. they must taken a digital photo of us secretly, pasted it somewhere with a note - do not let foreigners take their order or ban them from dining here.
i am not saying i would try out that place again, i will give them the benefit of the doubt. after all they are only a month old. but the next time they screw, i will ban them myself.
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