My Raya this year

I celebrated raya this year in KL. In fact, before I was married I always celebrated raya in KL. To me raya in KL is the best, people outside KL said raya in KL suck but to me it was heaven. There are few reasons why I like raya in KL, 1st most of my relatives are here, so we always spend first day of raya going around their houses from morning until night time. And the 2nd reason is that during this time KL will be 'lengang'(or empty and quiet)but not this year. I do not know why there were still lots of people in KL-long gone you can cruise around KL in less than 10 mins, there were still traffic when we went to Damansara Height via the Jalan Pahang. It was heartbreaking for me at least.

I still remember when I was small-raya in KL meaning that you are amongs a few wearing baju kurung and baju melayu. It was fun when you stopped at petrol station, ot 7 eleven or paying for the toll. But this year, raya was no different from any other days. Tak best betul, I really miss my raya when all around your houses are dark, and you can literally lari kat supermarket. All the public transport macam hak milik kekal kita jea. But I guess that moments are long gone. I have to accept the fact that more and more people consider KL as their hometown, therefore they still be here during raya and other public holidays. Like I said I miss my raya but I guess raya is raya no matter where you are, either it is in KL or in Alor Setar( but I guess AS is more crowded than KL when it comes to raya season)

But, if I have a chouce I want my KL raya the way it used to be 10 years ago.....

What a day......

Today is definitely not my days when it comes to customers,and it's not even full day.

First incident: This morning I had this caller, a mother who claimed that we did not call her sons for classes eventhough they did the placement test in March 2006. Upon checking our system, I found out there are no results for her sons. I enquired from her either after the test she came and see us or not. Then, she told me that she left her kids here to do the test and picked them up afterward( and I thought I was a bad mother-at least if my kids ada test or exam I will stay and wait for them-apparently she had an important meeting that day!!!), and she went on saying that we should let the kids know about this, as her kids are still small. Again, upon checking their record found out that her sons are 13 and 11 years respectively!!! La ingatkan 7 and 8 ke or 9 and 10 ke...She went on about how we should thell her kids which I replied, we do, the teachers will tell the kids after advising them-asking them to ask their parents to see one of us but since she is not here kan-howlah her kids to tell her. I bet when she picked them up, she just waited for them outside.But cannot tell this to her right? So, I asked her either her sons still have the form which she replied that she do not know. Fine, tell I asked her to ask her sons if they can remember what level they were recomended and then she can call me back. Then she said NOOOOOOO, I would not call you because it is such a hassle to call BC, etc,etc, etc. Then I asked her do you want me to call you also she said NO(haiya-no way to please this woman lah!!!). Then I gave her my direct number and asked her to leave message if I'm busy when she called. Then she went on about how dissapointed she is with how BC works, we took her money but we did not give her places for her son. I told her before she paid the placement test fee, we at the counter ALWAYS and when I said ALWAYS I meant ALWAYS tell them that places are not guaranteed so do they still want to pay for it. Then she went on pulak pasal the fee, she said she paid more I told her that the fee is the same-she said NO, she paid more-memanglag anak kau 2 orang BODOH!!! Then she said "Wait, let me check my receipt"-Lepas tu diam-huh..padan muka. Aku betul kau salah!!!! Then she said that she will call me back tomorrow. Can't wait for her call.

Next, I had this gentleman( I'm guessing here working as a international student officer for one of private college here in KL) came with one of his student. The student sat for placement test and the result showed that he can go for exam preparation class. I explained this to the gentleman but he got annoyed because my explanation apparently was not up to his standard. The thing is he has not got a clue about either the exam or the classes tapi berlagak pandai just because he knew the longest serving member of BC. Then, he started raising his voice asking to see somebody else apart from me. Told him that I am in charge here, and he has to see me and nobody else. He then made a sacastic remark saying that he could not believe that this is how BC operates, told him well believe it!!! Then he name dropping konon nak takutkan I lah..Sorrylah, tak takutlah. I siap cakap kat dia sapa nama manager I lagi. I even offered to call my manager down-tak nak pulak dia. Then, I cool off and asked him what actually he was looking for. Only then, he told me....bodohlah cakap lah awal-awal!! Eh....2 stupid customers in one day!!! eh, silap ada lagi. So, back to this customer, after that he was nice to me!!! hah..tahu pun yang kau tu yang ngok bukan aku!!!

My last customer of the day was an middle eastern student who came with his brother who kept telling me that he came form New Zealand( pedulik apa aku!!)and he wants to bring his brother to NZ but in order for him to do that, his brother must have an adequate English language skills. Oklah, did the test lepas tu dapat beginner level-which we do not have the level. Again, the brother kept tellin me "please sister, help me-I want to bring my brother to NZ, you know I'm from NZ, blah..blah..blah" Told him there is no classes. Do not want to listen to me asking me ada tak mat saleh yang dia boleh jumpa. Fine, I called one of the teacher to come down and explain the same thing to him. Lepas tu cikgu tu sudah bosan dengar cerita pasal NZ agreed to move the student up 1 level. Yang tension tu after all the hassle-tak pulak register!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Those are the reasons I really want to get out from here!!!!! Nasib baiklah the gang here are the best bunch ever, kalau tak boleh gila tau!!!!

I like....

Did I tell you that I did not get the job?? Well, I did not get the job, they send me a letter to tell me that. And the funny thing is that I was not dissapointed at all. I read the letter and then well.... It really hit me that I did not feel sad that I did not get the job when I thought I did very well in the interview. It kindda bother me then it get me to think why I reacted that way.

I think it is because if I want to move on I want to do something else, something totally different from what I am doing now. If I were to do the same thing, I rather be here. I know the system, I know how to play the office politics here, I have a very nice colleagues who I can call friends. I like it here.

In my life, I do not have much friends as I like, I tend to lose friends as I moved on. I still keep in touch some of my friends from school but I do not call them close friends, I have few that I am close with but only few and I always believe that we should make more friends. I used to be very close to my colleagues from my previous company but with the work pressure and time limit, I did not keep in touch with them as often that I wanted to and over time, the friendships kind of slip away from me. I do not want that to happen with my friends over here, because I like them very much. We are not only close in the office but we are close outside from it too. They know my kids, and my kids know them too. I know their family, their dogs what the dogs like and dislike and I like that kind of friendships and if possible I want it to last and maybe that is why I am so glad that I did not get that job. I like it here...........

Alamak, macamana mau jawab???

Last Monday after buka puasa, amli went to surau for terawikh prayer and the rest of us were watching TV when suddenly Tasya asked me a million dollar question. "mama, sex tu apa?" I was so stumped, I could not think straight, then I replied"tanya Ayah"-that is the only answer that I can think of. When I told Amli this the next day, he said why I did not say that sex is the gender as in male and female. Well, at that time I could not think of anything, in my mind it was SEX as in SEX( you know what I mean??) How can I explain to my 6 years old, ever so innocent daughter about SEX as in SEX.

This however keep me thinking, and googling and searching about this. But nothing worth reading is coming up, pasal sex slave adalah or pasal someone sex lifes!! Haiya, anyone out there that can help me? I am so hopeless at this, I did not take biology when I was at school(tak cukup pandai to take pure science) and believe it or not I only knew about sex, really knew about it when I was about 15 years old, thanks to Jackie Collins and her hollywood series!!!

My mother never told me about this, if I have a burning questions I either asked my elder sister or my friends(I'm so glad that I have a good type of friends-kalau tak entah apa aku jadik sekarang). Worst case I learned from so called romantic novels M&B lah, apa lagi tak yang seangkatan dengannya!!! Tu yang dapat pink nip**les tu!! Bila tengok mine tak pun!!! Tipu...

Seriously, I need to equipt myself with this knowledge, I do not want my children to find out sex the way that I did-what if their friends are not as nice as mine, who told them to experiment it rather than tell them.. Habislah..or what if they get the wrong literature on this, you know how easy these days to get pron magazines and CDs. I dread thinking about this but I guess I have to face the music sooner or later, so that the next time she ask me what is sex or where babies come from I will be able to answer her and maybe give her an accurate information.Silap-silap belajar bio anak aku haritu!!!