Thursday, October 08, 2009
Salam all.
I have moved to http://martuismartapau.blogspot.com, sila tukar bookmark anda untuk blog Marts dan juga tukar feed anda kalau ada. Mana-mana yang jadi follower blog Marts pun bolehlah update dengan url baru di atas. Terima kasih kerana terus membaca blog Marts.
Sangat sibuk minggu ini. Kepenatan kerana asyik balik kerja malam.
ps : Tahniah Nolly sudah dapat kerja di syarikat yang hebat.
pps : Masih lagi hangin dengan Abg Long, not going to make peace with him, not yet.
I have moved to http://martuismartapau.blogspot.com, sila tukar bookmark anda untuk blog Marts dan juga tukar feed anda kalau ada. Mana-mana yang jadi follower blog Marts pun bolehlah update dengan url baru di atas. Terima kasih kerana terus membaca blog Marts.
Sangat sibuk minggu ini. Kepenatan kerana asyik balik kerja malam.
ps : Tahniah Nolly sudah dapat kerja di syarikat yang hebat.
pps : Masih lagi hangin dengan Abg Long, not going to make peace with him, not yet.
Labels: personal
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
HAIR CUT
I went to see my favorite barber today. I'm meeting someone tomorrow, so I need a haircut - the meeting sucks, so I won't go into detail about it. I like the smell of medicated balm wafting throughout the little shop. The barber uses the medicated balm to massage his customer's head and neck after each haircut. The cooling effect is something that you have to experience yourself, I'd go to sleep if the barber massage my neck, head and shoulder for more than 5 minutes.
I like my barber. He cuts my hair nicely and he knew how I style my hair. However, being a traditional style barber, he always wants to comb my hair properly, plus plenty of oily hair cream. He'd split my hair into two parts and then starts combing it to opposite direction(go ransack your father's old photo album to see how people comb their hair those days). Truth is, I never used a comb for more than 10 years already. I don't even have a comb in my house! The only hair brush I have belongs to Totoro.
I am embarrassed to look at myself that way actually. I think I look stupid and funny at the same time. If I was 6 or 7 years old, that might be acceptable. At the same time, I don't want to hurt my barber's feelings or spoiling his fun. You don't want to irritate someone with a sharp razor blade, do you? Usually, I'd just let him have his way and as soon as I pay him I put on my cap instantly or quickly mess up my hair using my hands - after I am out of his shop though.
I went to see my favorite barber today. I'm meeting someone tomorrow, so I need a haircut - the meeting sucks, so I won't go into detail about it. I like the smell of medicated balm wafting throughout the little shop. The barber uses the medicated balm to massage his customer's head and neck after each haircut. The cooling effect is something that you have to experience yourself, I'd go to sleep if the barber massage my neck, head and shoulder for more than 5 minutes.
I like my barber. He cuts my hair nicely and he knew how I style my hair. However, being a traditional style barber, he always wants to comb my hair properly, plus plenty of oily hair cream. He'd split my hair into two parts and then starts combing it to opposite direction(go ransack your father's old photo album to see how people comb their hair those days). Truth is, I never used a comb for more than 10 years already. I don't even have a comb in my house! The only hair brush I have belongs to Totoro.
I am embarrassed to look at myself that way actually. I think I look stupid and funny at the same time. If I was 6 or 7 years old, that might be acceptable. At the same time, I don't want to hurt my barber's feelings or spoiling his fun. You don't want to irritate someone with a sharp razor blade, do you? Usually, I'd just let him have his way and as soon as I pay him I put on my cap instantly or quickly mess up my hair using my hands - after I am out of his shop though.
I'll just leave the hairstyle to my ancient friends.
Labels: personal
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
CONTESTS
Can you guys believe that I have won three contests this month alone? The latest winning was announced today(Tuesday), the organizer called me and told me that I was one of the winners. When the caller introduced herself, I already knew I have won something.
I think I am good but definitely not good enough since I did not win the major prizes though. Still, I think I am quite proud with my efforts. I just need to work harder and think better.
No, I haven't collected any of the prizes yet. I am too lazy I supposed but one of the organizers wants me to collect the prizes by 30th September, that's today. Sigh, I think I just have to come over to their office today. I can't reveal which contest I have won either since my name was in print and circulated widely, that would reveal myself right? At least to those who knew my real name.
I am excited of course by all these winnings, but sometimes happiness can be dampened by certain events or news that you did not really want to happen or to hear.
I wasn't excited last week. Disappointed and maybe a little mad. I thought that was over but apparently whatever happened today is doubling my disappointment and not even the contest winning news can make up for that.
Please...
Can you guys believe that I have won three contests this month alone? The latest winning was announced today(Tuesday), the organizer called me and told me that I was one of the winners. When the caller introduced herself, I already knew I have won something.
I think I am good but definitely not good enough since I did not win the major prizes though. Still, I think I am quite proud with my efforts. I just need to work harder and think better.
No, I haven't collected any of the prizes yet. I am too lazy I supposed but one of the organizers wants me to collect the prizes by 30th September, that's today. Sigh, I think I just have to come over to their office today. I can't reveal which contest I have won either since my name was in print and circulated widely, that would reveal myself right? At least to those who knew my real name.
I am excited of course by all these winnings, but sometimes happiness can be dampened by certain events or news that you did not really want to happen or to hear.
I wasn't excited last week. Disappointed and maybe a little mad. I thought that was over but apparently whatever happened today is doubling my disappointment and not even the contest winning news can make up for that.
Please...
Labels: contest, peraduan, personal
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
PULAU PINANG
Semasa Marts kerja di KOMTAR, Marts kadang-kadang jalan kaki ke sini dari KOMTAR untuk habiskan masa melawat kedai-kedai antik dan kedai-kedai buku kecil yang ada di sini.
Jeruk. Macam-macam ada di sini. Kalau korang nampak serangga macam lalat berterbangan, itu bukan lalat tapi sejenis lebah yang tertarik dengan jeruk-jeruk ni.
Buah berangan yang dijual oleh penjaja kaki lima.
Kacang pol. Banyak orang tak biasa dan tak tahu kacang ni. Nampak macam kacang kuda kan, tapi itu kulit kacang. Kena buang kulit baru boleh dimakan isinya.
Jalan-jalan ternampak pula tempat ni. Ha ha ha....
Dulu Marts biasa juga ke sini, waktu malam tempat ni agak happening. Kakak Marts tak suka Marts ke sini sebab nanti dia kena buka pintu jam 2 atau 3 pagi untuk Marts.
Bangunan-bangunan lama di Georgetown.
Hari raya ketiga Marts ke Pulau Pinang. Hampir setahun Marts tak ke sini(sebab Marts tak balik kampung dah setahun lamanya), dah banyak juga perubahan dalam setahun daripada jalan sehinggalah kepada bangunan-bangunan baru.
Marts macam biasa singgah di Queensbay Mall untuk tengok kasut skate baru di sana sambil cari charger baru untuk Sony Marts. Tertinggal di Perak pula charger, cuai betul. Hari raya buat Marts muak dengan hidangan raya dan makanan biasa, jadi Marts dan adik singgah di MFM untuk makan petang merangkap dinner. Marts juga sempat beli novel Polgara The Sorceress, buku ke 12 daripada siri The Mallorean dan The Belgariad. Perpustakaan awam di tempat Marts tak ada pula title ini, tapi yang lain-lain semuanya ada.
Succulent prawns.
Padahal malamnya Marts makan nasi lagi sekali bila nampak kakak Marts masak udang yang sangat-sangat besar saiznya dan juga kari ikan. Kari Penang memang best!
Selepas Queensbay, memandangkan hari masih awal dan Marts tak ada apa yang hendak dibuat Marts terus ke Bazaar Chowrasta untuk beli jeruk, bukan untuk Marts tapi untuk orang lain. Lama Marts tak ke sini, dulu semasa kerja di KOMTAR Marts selalu jalan kaki sahaja ke sini. Satu yang Marts perasan, mungkin disebabkan cuti raya kot, jalan-jalan di sekitar sini semakin bersih walaupun bangunan di sekeliling sudah uzur dan nampak usang. Marts tidak nampak pula sampah-sarap di atas jalan atau pun di dalam longkang. Rasa best pula Marts jalan-jalan kaki di belakang bangunan-bangunan lama di bandar Georgetown.
Seterusnya, gambar-gambar. :-)
Marts macam biasa singgah di Queensbay Mall untuk tengok kasut skate baru di sana sambil cari charger baru untuk Sony Marts. Tertinggal di Perak pula charger, cuai betul. Hari raya buat Marts muak dengan hidangan raya dan makanan biasa, jadi Marts dan adik singgah di MFM untuk makan petang merangkap dinner. Marts juga sempat beli novel Polgara The Sorceress, buku ke 12 daripada siri The Mallorean dan The Belgariad. Perpustakaan awam di tempat Marts tak ada pula title ini, tapi yang lain-lain semuanya ada.
Succulent prawns.
Padahal malamnya Marts makan nasi lagi sekali bila nampak kakak Marts masak udang yang sangat-sangat besar saiznya dan juga kari ikan. Kari Penang memang best!
Selepas Queensbay, memandangkan hari masih awal dan Marts tak ada apa yang hendak dibuat Marts terus ke Bazaar Chowrasta untuk beli jeruk, bukan untuk Marts tapi untuk orang lain. Lama Marts tak ke sini, dulu semasa kerja di KOMTAR Marts selalu jalan kaki sahaja ke sini. Satu yang Marts perasan, mungkin disebabkan cuti raya kot, jalan-jalan di sekitar sini semakin bersih walaupun bangunan di sekeliling sudah uzur dan nampak usang. Marts tidak nampak pula sampah-sarap di atas jalan atau pun di dalam longkang. Rasa best pula Marts jalan-jalan kaki di belakang bangunan-bangunan lama di bandar Georgetown.
Seterusnya, gambar-gambar. :-)
Semasa Marts kerja di KOMTAR, Marts kadang-kadang jalan kaki ke sini dari KOMTAR untuk habiskan masa melawat kedai-kedai antik dan kedai-kedai buku kecil yang ada di sini.
Jeruk. Macam-macam ada di sini. Kalau korang nampak serangga macam lalat berterbangan, itu bukan lalat tapi sejenis lebah yang tertarik dengan jeruk-jeruk ni.
Buah berangan yang dijual oleh penjaja kaki lima.
Kacang pol. Banyak orang tak biasa dan tak tahu kacang ni. Nampak macam kacang kuda kan, tapi itu kulit kacang. Kena buang kulit baru boleh dimakan isinya.
Jalan-jalan ternampak pula tempat ni. Ha ha ha....
Dulu Marts biasa juga ke sini, waktu malam tempat ni agak happening. Kakak Marts tak suka Marts ke sini sebab nanti dia kena buka pintu jam 2 atau 3 pagi untuk Marts.
Bangunan-bangunan lama di Georgetown.
Labels: personal
Saturday, September 26, 2009
GEODUCK
I was reading a food blog when I came across this comment which I found very funny. Ha ha ha...
The weirdest seafood I’ve eaten certainly doesn’t beat the ones on this post, but may look creepy to some folks - this would be geoduck! It’s actually quite tasty :)
Is that a pokemon? Actually, I bet pokemon could be pretty tasty.
Truth is, geoduck does sounds like a Pokemon character. I remember Pokemon has a stupid and timid duck character in it. Kui kui kui...
What is geoduck actually?
The geoduck(pronounced "gooey duck"),Panopea abrupta, is aspecies of very large saltwater clam a marine bivalve molluskin the family Hiatellidae.
The shell of this clam is large, about 15 to over 20 cm in length (about 7 to 9 inches), but the extremely long siphons make the clam itself very much longer than this: the "neck" or siphons alone can be one meter in length.
Marts can only say one thing. Kinda gross! And female species might find the geoduck a bit offensive, or maybe not. Ha ha ha...
And it's food people, food.
I was reading a food blog when I came across this comment which I found very funny. Ha ha ha...
The weirdest seafood I’ve eaten certainly doesn’t beat the ones on this post, but may look creepy to some folks - this would be geoduck! It’s actually quite tasty :)
Is that a pokemon? Actually, I bet pokemon could be pretty tasty.
Truth is, geoduck does sounds like a Pokemon character. I remember Pokemon has a stupid and timid duck character in it. Kui kui kui...
What is geoduck actually?
The geoduck(pronounced "gooey duck"),Panopea abrupta, is aspecies of very large saltwater clam a marine bivalve molluskin the family Hiatellidae.
The shell of this clam is large, about 15 to over 20 cm in length (about 7 to 9 inches), but the extremely long siphons make the clam itself very much longer than this: the "neck" or siphons alone can be one meter in length.
Marts can only say one thing. Kinda gross! And female species might find the geoduck a bit offensive, or maybe not. Ha ha ha...
And it's food people, food.
Di Malaysia, anda mungkin menjumpai geoduck di restoran-restoran cina yang menyediakan fresh seafood atau pun restoran Jepun yang menghidangkan geoduck sebagai shashimi. Kadang-kala geoduck boleh dilihat di dalam aquarium, mungkin kelihatan seperti kepah tetapi perhatikan siphons-nya yang membezakannya dengan kepah.
Labels: food
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
TODAY
“I was standing on the stage and I was really excited because I had just won the award,” Swift said after Sunday's show at Radio City Music Hall. “And then I was really excited because Kanye West was on the stage. And then I wasn't so excited anymore after that.”
I'd like to borrow your speech Taylor. I wasn't so excited anymore.
“I was standing on the stage and I was really excited because I had just won the award,” Swift said after Sunday's show at Radio City Music Hall. “And then I was really excited because Kanye West was on the stage. And then I wasn't so excited anymore after that.”
I'd like to borrow your speech Taylor. I wasn't so excited anymore.
Labels: personal
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
UPDATE TORORO
Totoro akan tinggal di rumah seorang diri sepanjang Marts cuti raya Aidil Fitri. Kalau Marts bawa dia pulang ke kampung akan meletakkan tekanan pada Totoro daripada perjalanan pulang sehinggalah kepada suasana baru di kampung dengan manusia yang terlalu ramai.
Totoro tidak suka tinggal seorang tapi itu pilihan terbaik. Totoro boleh diharap untuk ditinggalkan tanpa menyebabkan rumah berselerak atau pun buang air merata-rata. Totoro belum pernah lagi buang air merata-rata, rumah berselerak sikit ada tapi itupun sebab dia main kejar-kejar seorang diri.
Sebagai seekor kucing yang tidur sebantal dengan Marts setiap malam(Toroto tidur sebantal dengan Marts sekarang), dia akan bising kalau Marts tinggal dia lama-lama. Setiap kali Marts tinggal dia berhari-hari, bila Marts balik sahaja dia akan mengiau tanpa henti sampailah Marts kena dukung dia berjam-jam sampai dia puas hati. Kalau tidak dia akan mengiau sambil mengekor Marts ke mana-mana sahaja. Marts perasan kalau ditinggal lama juga, Totoro makan sedikit sahaja, satu bekas penuh pun tidak habis sedangkan kalau Marts ada dia makan sepanjang masa. Tapi air penting, ingat ye jangan sampai tak ada air kalau pelihara kucing. Bahaya!
Tot tidur kongsi bantal dengan Marts.
Marts perasan Totoro kuat minum air. Marts biasanya biarkan bilik air terbuka supaya Totoro boleh minum air yang menitik daripada tangki air sepanjang masa(tangki dah rosak sedikit la ni), mungkin kurang sesuai tapi air tersebut bersih dan Totoro boleh minum dari sini kalau Marts terlupa isikan air dalam bekas air Totoro.
Totoro juga ada habit suka duduk dalam bilik air sekarang. Marts rasa mungkin sebab lembap dan sejuk. Totoro langsung tidak takut air kalau dia sendiri yang mencari, habis bulu dia basah pun dia tidak peduli, Marts perasan selalu dia landing sahaja atas lantai yang berair tapi kalau kita sembur air pada dia memang dia akan lari terus. Dia tak suka.
Lepas raya hendak jumpa vet untuk bagi Totoro suntikan tahunan dia dan sebelum balik kampung ini hendak mandikan dia dahulu. Comot dah sikit Totoro.
Marts sudah ajar Totoro supaya jangan baik-baik dengan Abg Long Sewel bila dia datang ke rumah Marts.
Totoro akan tinggal di rumah seorang diri sepanjang Marts cuti raya Aidil Fitri. Kalau Marts bawa dia pulang ke kampung akan meletakkan tekanan pada Totoro daripada perjalanan pulang sehinggalah kepada suasana baru di kampung dengan manusia yang terlalu ramai.
Totoro tidak suka tinggal seorang tapi itu pilihan terbaik. Totoro boleh diharap untuk ditinggalkan tanpa menyebabkan rumah berselerak atau pun buang air merata-rata. Totoro belum pernah lagi buang air merata-rata, rumah berselerak sikit ada tapi itupun sebab dia main kejar-kejar seorang diri.
Sebagai seekor kucing yang tidur sebantal dengan Marts setiap malam(Toroto tidur sebantal dengan Marts sekarang), dia akan bising kalau Marts tinggal dia lama-lama. Setiap kali Marts tinggal dia berhari-hari, bila Marts balik sahaja dia akan mengiau tanpa henti sampailah Marts kena dukung dia berjam-jam sampai dia puas hati. Kalau tidak dia akan mengiau sambil mengekor Marts ke mana-mana sahaja. Marts perasan kalau ditinggal lama juga, Totoro makan sedikit sahaja, satu bekas penuh pun tidak habis sedangkan kalau Marts ada dia makan sepanjang masa. Tapi air penting, ingat ye jangan sampai tak ada air kalau pelihara kucing. Bahaya!
Tot tidur kongsi bantal dengan Marts.
Marts perasan Totoro kuat minum air. Marts biasanya biarkan bilik air terbuka supaya Totoro boleh minum air yang menitik daripada tangki air sepanjang masa(tangki dah rosak sedikit la ni), mungkin kurang sesuai tapi air tersebut bersih dan Totoro boleh minum dari sini kalau Marts terlupa isikan air dalam bekas air Totoro.
Totoro juga ada habit suka duduk dalam bilik air sekarang. Marts rasa mungkin sebab lembap dan sejuk. Totoro langsung tidak takut air kalau dia sendiri yang mencari, habis bulu dia basah pun dia tidak peduli, Marts perasan selalu dia landing sahaja atas lantai yang berair tapi kalau kita sembur air pada dia memang dia akan lari terus. Dia tak suka.
Lepas raya hendak jumpa vet untuk bagi Totoro suntikan tahunan dia dan sebelum balik kampung ini hendak mandikan dia dahulu. Comot dah sikit Totoro.
Marts sudah ajar Totoro supaya jangan baik-baik dengan Abg Long Sewel bila dia datang ke rumah Marts.
