MONDAY BLUES OR DARK RED?

Another day of Qorban. This time at the office garage . 3 in number. From 8 in the morning to almost 2 pm. Cut cut cut. slice slice slice.

Smelt of cow's blood all over me mixed with garlic, ginger and red onions.

The comradeship was strong amongst the new staff. Quite a number of the men veterans were there but the veterans ladies were MIA. Sported one or two only. The director's wife was there the whole morning, cut,cut, cut, slice slice slice.

She was one of us.

The climax of the whole event was of course the lunch. Lovely,lovely hot soup, beef slices fried in saffron, long beans with sliced liver. Hot,hot chili padi in soy sauce. diced tomatoes, sliced big onions and sliced chilies in tamarind juice.

But alas, all I had was white rice, one boiled egg , the fried long beans and some of the chili padi. Dare not touch the beef at all .Dare not go through another day of mabuk daging. Pressure is up, cholesterol is still high. And the head still feels dizzy .

All in all it had been a good Monday , blues or dark red. Doesn't really matter.

Mabuk Daging

If there is a term to describe the condition, mabuk daging would be most apt. Feeling kinda of high after yesterday's meat eating day. Right from morning with breakfast of ayam kuzi, nasi himpit, kuah kacang and sayur lodeh, to kak's place for nasi carrot, daging mamak, ayam kelio, the list goes on, then BBQ dinner at my place , another round of grilled lamb chops, fresh , daging lembu bakar, fish and sotong with all the trimmings thrown in and another round of last night's leftovers for this morning's breakfast....emm... no wonder mabuk daging.

One good way of getting rid of the high is to sweat out with some moping and cleaning up the bedroom.

But right after that , lethargy creeps in.

Gotta start on my slide presentation. Gotta sit down proper and start sorting out my office work. Gotta have to do alot of things. But when?

so cute!!

She is so cute and cheeky. Miming Zee Avi's kantoi song.Love her.

2 weekends of good company and good happenings.

The first weekend was spent going to the movie to watch Pisau Cukur.Superb acting from Fazura. But the storyline though simple but slightly offtrack and westernized. Its alright if one were to just watch it with no reservations. Just treat it as alight entertainment then its OK.
That was Saturday.

Sunday was spent watching the musical Cuci. Superb it was. From the dance choreography to the constant ad libing from the entire cast. They truly were in their characters.
If there be a repeat, I will surely go again.

The following weekend was spent with my ex school staff. Felt kinda of funny to be addressed as mantan cos I still felt as one of them.

As usual la, I had to do the ultimate. On my feet as soon as the joget songs came on.can't help it la..

Anyway I had a great time.

Am waiting for some of the pics to be uploaded .

Gotta get that ticket to watch Remy Ishak in his debut stage performance of Natrah.Anyone care to join me?

3 in a row

Read my darling sister no 4's blog today. 3 entries in a row.All on Nur kasih. Wa... dearest rufa, I thought I was the only one hooked, lined and sinker. But your're on a different level all together. Lagi dasyat, lagi hebat.

Welcome to the club of the totally obsessed. But anyway, the drama is almost 2 episodes to the end.I made the grave mistake of scouring the internet for the full synopsis. Found it after alot of trouble and many long hours. Has sort become anti climax now that I know the ending.

The berdebar-debar, what is going to happen next dah tak ada. anyway , am still following the show.

Hope, next week, which is the last episode week , the drama will not be postponed.

2 days in a row

ya, yesterday and today. Sakit mata. Today suddenly felt feverish. the weather up there is quite chilly sometimes and other times too warm for comfort.

left office at around 1.00 pm today. Am feeling quite lethargic. Whatever the bug, its sapping my energy.

STRESS IS NOT= HIGH CHOLESTEROL

True. Just discovered. Stress free days doesn't equal low cholesterol. I have always thought and assumed that is the case. those days when I was most stressed, I used to blame my high cholesterol to just that. But those days are over and the opposite has happened. The first time my cholesterol reading was almost 8.2. that was high. a walking time bomb said the doctor. But now, the value has shot up to 9.3!!.

i was most confident the reading would be hovering around 6 or less. Looks like the opposite has happened.

Got a real ticking off from the doctor today. He sensed it could be due to some supplementary products that I have been taking. Can"t figured out whether its true or not.

The conclusion is that my experiment on the so called cholesterol-lowering herbs is not true at all.

Well, its back to those chemicals, 40 mg worth each time.And back to that boring boring flat and bland tasting oats. Good Luck to me. This time around, better keep to the prescribed schedule. Another blood test sometime in June and an echo gram thrown in round about that time. Hope it'll be okay by then, otherwise IJN here I come.

Last weekend, I helped out with my former school's strategic meeting in PD. Quite a distance to go there just for an overnite stint. A lot of time wasted traveling just for a 2 hour session. Quite exhausting, if you ask me. But then again, I could have said no to the invitation and save a lot of bother.

But i couldn't cos I thought I owe the school one more last staff training which I planned a lot earlier. So the traveling was done as early as 7am. It was quite a long journey.

But the session this time was not plucked straight from what I attended. It was done from a module that I have worked on for the past one week or so. A pioneer project for my future teaching. one I thought is closer to the school's need in terms of supervision.

i tried injecting lots of activities. Initially it was tough trying to get the teachers to participate. Half baked efforts. But as soon the momentum was in place, it became a fun thing. But it could have been better if I had more time to wrap up in a better approach.

But i know, whatever or however, that was my last stint with my former alma mater. Things have changed. the group has changed. It is no longer as before. The sense of togetherness is not as before . New set of people, new set of rules and norms .

It was good while it lasted. All the best to those who are still as dedicated as ever.

one obstacle over

it had been quite a week. but I am glad one obstacle has been overcome. Yesterday was my first encounter with my first set of participants. All 25 or so heads from all over the country. It had been quite an experience. The first few moments were quite nerve wrecking. But after that it was quite ok. i was my usual self, lots of body language, humor here and there. Some play acting here and there.

i am not too sure how the participants reacted. but my senior co partner was quite impressed. He thought i was a natural and I handled it well. Of course there were congratulatory handshakes from my colleagues who were sitting in the class. Too many of them.Almost 15 or so in numbers.

And the day after.They are still talking about it. Quite embarrassing pula la.Words got around to those who were not in that class. and they too were quite impressed after hearing from those who attended.

Hope I didn't offend anyone. If so, expect to be called up come Monday.

Oh well, maybe I am being paranoid. what with the warnings and inputs those veterans were telling us. The dos and donts . Maybe that was what was making me a bit nervous.
even now penning all those thoughts into words is giving me doubtful moments.

oh well, what's done is done.

Sometimes, one can't afford to play safe all the time. Provoke once or twice to wake everyone up. The truth hurts.

The Winds of Change

Its blowing strong. This morning the gust turned into a typhoon. But if it is for the better, why not, Talk about being the center of excellence , the role model and so on. And yet, too many things that shouldn't have happened, happened. The furnace got too hot to handle.

A lot of the things said this morning were true. So true. If one wants to stands out, one has to stand up and stand tall above others.

DG, i respect and salute you. All the best to you. I wish you all the best. It is going to be a rough ride. Managing change is tough. No offense, but we frys are much better at it, anytime. Comes with lots of experience, not just talk, but we do the walk as well.