Natt texted us around 6.20pm, asking us if we felt the tremors. Later Fozz texted us around 7.08pm, asking the same question. I was like, what earthquake? *cengkerik*

Then it was all over the news.

Two major earthquakes shook Samoa and Indonesia, a 7.6 magnitude. People died and building collapsed. Tsunami warnings were given out.

I didn't feel any tremors. Even for the first one, before the first major tsunami in Malaysia. Not that I felt left out, but I wonder, what was it like? Pening2 lalat? Nak pitam? Not that I'm complaining.

One thing for sure, Mother Earth is pretty angry today. Please be safe, y'alls!

Mom and Dad arrived just now from KB (after half an hour delayed due to the super ribut in KB, maybe caused by typhoon Ketsana?) with Mom bringing some nasi dagang *drool*. Later we had a simple birthday celebration for both Cucu sulung and Tok Ayah.

Dad, hope you'll like that gift from all of your kids and menantus.

Well, Mom and Dad will be going to New Delhi tomorrow. Dad just wanna go back to his roots I guess..Hahaha!! (Dosa aaa!~) Peace Dad! Whatever it is, just hope you guys will have fun and do bring back something nice. Heh!

I'm not sleepy. I should check out my Sorority Life? Hehe!

So what happened for the past week?

1. BBQ Raya in USJ.
2. Impromptu BBQ organized by Abg Riz and K.Roza for adik-beradik, on the day I reached KL, before Abg Ril go back to Brunei. So sweet~
   
3. No mashed potatoes? What?! Erin, what happened?
   
4. Phuket plan for next year.
5. Checked out Raya tickets for next year.
6. Kids watching Jangan Pandang Belakang Congkak and they were laughing like crazy, I just don't geddit.
   

Now back to our lame routine everybody. Work! Work! Work!

I'm packed with tons of work.

2 days before I'm off for a long holiday, suddenly work just keep on piling on my table. Dem. Dem. But I'm ok, so in the mood to do work, let's just not jinx it.

I'm back to basic black.

I got bored yesterday so I colored my hair back to black. What annoyed me was, that one white hair just wanna stay white! I don't understand how I could missed that one, just one! I'm not gonna pull it out though.

Sigh.

I've been trying to finish a book by Chris Manby, Second Prize. It's Idya's and I started to read it the month she got engaged. I read the back of the book and there! A light from above and a voice over "This is you, CheMek! This is about you.."

But never got the chance to finish it. Too busy to read. Heh!

Alright, I'll try to get it done during my Raya break. *fingers crossed*

How's my Raya preparation? Nothing grand or exciting. It's gonna be just me and my parents at Taman Sari. Both my brothers are gonna celebrate with their in-laws, it's the in-laws turn. Sigh. Mom and Dad should be thankful I'm still celebrating with them, if not, they'd be super bored. (Ye ke? Haha!)

I didn't buy any Raya cookies. Serious. My Raya mood is just not like previous years, I don't know why. I'm just celebrating it dengan penuh kesederhanaan. But I've started packing 2 days ago. Too soon ke? Heheh..

How about you guys?

p/s: Just a shout out to my dearest friend Zerr Mokhtar, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy 65th Birthday to my dearest Dad!

and

Happy 12th Birthday to my dearest niece, Khayrin!

During this time, last year, I've already bought my tickets to Bangkok, Bali, Bandung..even for Hari Raya, for the next year. Yes, you heard me. Last year for next year.

It was like my traveling-planner-ritual.

Public Holiday calendar was next to me, AirAsia website was on, handphone on the charger to contact my bunch. We managed to get pretty cheap tickets, ground arrangement will be determined later. (I don't know why at this point, just glad that I'm single.).

Now the time has come again.

Public Holiday 2010 on my left? Checked! Organizer in front of me? Checked! Handphone with full battery? Checked! AirAsia website on? Checked!

Nadz been really excited about Bandung (for quite a while already..) And now she found the cheapest price and we just need to take 1-day Annual Leave. Tak luak pon kan?!

But sad to say, I can't plan like last year. You know, plan the Annual leave for the whole year, where to go and whatnot. 2 things gonna happen next year (no, not marriage. But if THAT's gonna happen, 3 things lorr..heh!) My Europe tour with Atie and also the one that I need to confirm with Tok.

Is it too soon to confirm everything?

If both are confirmed, I got no problem planning for others. Just tak cukup Annual leave la kot?! Hahaha..

My dearest Tok, please confirm cepat.

I'm getting annoyed.

I'm handling the recruitment drive etc. I need to concentrate on the write-ups, venue for walk-in interviews, publishing the advertisements. Artist is not giving me the layout that I wanted on time. He promised to give me at 10am but at 1pm I got the layout. To make it more annoying, there were silly spelling mistakes in it. To get him to amend and revert back on time, it seems impossible. My deadline to PR Department is today, 5pm. Annoyed, strike 1!

I'm handling Com&Ben too. Need to attend to all sorts of questions about their benefits, claims. Not to forget to investigate cases with the ones with fake mc, absent from work etc. With Bonus just around the corner, Property been calling me up for verification etc. My payroll master is not helping to. A simple matter like explaining about the claim, she asked the staff to refer to me. She has all the answer, she done it before! I don't have to do this, I don't have time! Annoyed, strike 2!

And now, my boss suddenly has an 'appointment' outside the office. Tak tahu hujung pangkal cerita, he dumped the "Berbuka Puasa with Staff" thing to me. I thought everything has been done since he did mention that the menu has been confirmed etc, all I need to do is to make sure things are in order. The last time I checked, nope. Nothing has been done. No caterer. No dodol equipments. No canopies. No memo to inform staff about it. Nothing. Na-da. Annoyed, strike 3! Officially pissed off.

I'm not saying that my English is great. And neither is my BM.

I've been doing the recruitment advertisement these past few days. I didn't know it would be THIS tiring. Deadlines to chase, write-up to prepare, ideas to be given to the artist for layout design, pending for approval on the design, pending for approval on the write-ups (I totally hate this part). No wonder I'm no Lois Lane (A reporter?! Geddit? Haha..ok, lame.)

Anyhoo, I was struggling with the BM advertisement. I don't know how to use a proper formal BM, even for some of the positions like, waitress. What do you call waitress/waiter in BM? Pelayan? I just learned new term, it's PRAMUSAJI. Are you serious, kan? Sedangkan Nadiah boleh cakap "tumpahkan pokok itu.." Raziq didn't know what is limau..unless you say it as 'orange'.Hahaha! Nothing is not out of this world.

Then how do you say, "We offer challenging career prospects..". My brain went numb. What the hell? All came into mind was " kami menawarkan peluang karier.." but it didn't sound right.

First time in my life, I googled for English-BM translation. Yes, I did.

I'm so embarrassed to call myself a Malaysian now. After 52nd independence, I still don't know my own language. What the hell?

Being exposed to too much of English, this is what happened to us.