Well no one ever told me not to mess with budak2 emo/goth/rempit/shuffle di bukit bintang. First of all, we were amused by the sight of schoolkids (including girls around the age 13-15) menari shuffle di tengah khalayak ramai. Suffice to say they did not look cool dan there is no way they can compete in the World Shuffle Competition – should there be one la kan. The main question is: Siapa parents mereka? Sub-question: Tak malu ke?

I’m not gonna deny it, I have issues dengan budak2 shuffle ni (by the way, sejak bila tarian techno tong-tong cheng ini menular ke remaja2 Melayu?), oh yeah where was I? Digression pulak. As I was saying I have issues dengan budak2 ini sebab my nephew is one of them. Tak habis2 dengan shuffle-nya. Bukan boleh pas periksa pun dengan menari. So far kebebasannya agak terbatas but I was telling Girl semalam, if I ever see Dan kat BB dengan budak2 yang muka tak malu tu, haaa siaplah dia kena belasah dengan aku.

But fikir balik, at least the kids are in the public eye kan? Mereka tak kacau orang. At least they’re not elsewhere, hisap ganja ke, ber-coitus ke apa. Hmm. It’s debatable I suppose. Dah lah, malas nak fikir, I’m not even a parent to begin with huhu.

On our way back, sebaik sahaja melepasi traffic light di Lot 10, Girl was driving my car on the fast lane. Lo and behold, ada lebih 30 budak2 rempit/emo ni berjalan di tepi jalan – lemme rephrase that berjalan makan jalan – they were literally in the middle of the road! Disebabkan Cik Nate ni tahap driver ala road bully (what do you expect – we live in KL) – apa lagi, aku honk la mereka. Ingat ini jalan datuk mereka ke apa. Kalau kena langgar, tak ke bersepai kepala otak mereka yang tak mendatangkan apa2 untung kepada masyarakat ini?

By then, budak2 tu bising la, sbb nyaris nak kena langgar kan. EXCEPT one last guy in the group thought he was trying to be gangster and clever:

He tried to smash my car window using his hand.

Ikhhh sakit nya hati aku!!! Nasib baik cermin aku tak pecah! Honestly, mmg Girl and & I panik sikit – tapi hey – cermin aku tak pecah. On the bright side – budak yang cuba pecahkan cermin aku tu – kemungkinan hari ini tangan dia akan bengkak – atau sakit selama seminggu. PADAN MUKA ENGKAU.

Dalam alternate reality aku, aku mahu langgar mamat tu. Bila dia jatuh, aku akan keluar dari kereta with my baseball bat dan tambah lagi kesakitannya. Biar dia meraung kesakitan mintak ampun dengan mak bapaknya.

But of course, kemungkinan besar, aku pula akan dibelasah dengan 29 kawan-kawannya yang lain! But hey! Aku boleh lari masuk dalam kereta la, then reverse kereta, and langgar yang lain sampai mampus. I’ve seen the gangsters here do it in my neighborhood la. Ingat gua takut ke?

*ehem* Emo pulak saya. Saja je ni, tak lepaskan kemarahan. Buat masa sekarang aku cuma mampu berdoa agar budak bangsat yang nak pecahkan cermin kereta aku tu akan menderita kesakitan tangan yang agak kronik. Lebih bagus jika tangannya terpaksa dipotong.

Hehe. Wishful thinking. Okaylah I want to do yoga now.



Breathe Cik Nate, breathe!

I turned 31 yesterday. Atau 201 tahun kalau ikut pengiraan hari polis. Rasanya tahun ini adalah tahun pertama Cik Nate tak ambik cuti but that's only because the project - my baby that I've been working on was officially launched on the 25th jugak. Alhamdulillah, all went well, walaupun ada a few hiccups yang tidak diduga. Semalam tido dengan lena setelah beberapa minggu terjaga jam 5 pagi sbb asyik fikir tentang kerja.

Tak sempat buat birthday wish, tak sempat nak depressed sbb sudah one year older, tak sempat nak plan untuk bersuka-ria gaya tak masuk akal.

I guess I'm all grown up now.

(I am also a liar - somebody please buy me a PSP sbb tak tido malam gian nak main Patapon! kthnxbai)

Results out, Alhamdulillah, it's a joyous day indeed for us.


Anyway, after lunch yesterday I took my nieces to OU to buy Anis' birthday present (nasib baik dia pilih handbag yang tidak terlalu mahal untuk makciknya bayar) and my standard 4 niece Ameera pula mahu ke bookshop untuk membeli buku.

As an auntie with no children it's excellent news bila the kids are starting to show interest in reading. So we went to MPH. Took her to the tweens section, coz i was assuming that she wanted to get chick lits ke apa. Setelah hampir setengah jam browsing dan buku dicari tidak dijumpai, I had to ask the dreaded question: "Buku Bahasa Melayu ke?". She said yes. Huwaaa ingatkan buku bahasa Inggeris!

Had to go to the service counter and gave the name of the book xxxxxx xxxxxxxx and made the stupidest remark: "Er,I think it's a Malay book.". *tepuk dahi* Apparently the book sold out. Wow! Buku apakah ini yang menjadi kegilaan kanak2 semua? Mengapa buku-buku jenis ini amat hodoh sekali ilustrasi-nya? Wait a minute, bukan aku kenal ke orang yang kerja di publication house ini?

To look on the bright side, at least she wants to read. That's a good start. Suatu ketika dulu aku pernah berjaya to get my eldest nephew Dan interested in reading Harry Potter. Tapi itu sebelum suara dia pecah and he discovered that it's cooler to be interested in girls than some boy on a broom stick. Ameero, the 2nd nephew pula (sorry aku mmg ramai anak buah) suka baca suratkhabar - yeah try explaining to a kid apa maksud seks rambang and other things you find in the news haha. Antara banyak2 anak2 buah Cik Nate, only Adyra reads in English (she needs to get out of her High School Musical phase fast).


Dalam erti kata lain, my kempen membaca masih belum berjaya.

I try to remember how I got interested in reading when I was a kid but as a kid i never liked hanging out with the kids in Kg Bharu anyway (they're vicious - mereka main masak2 dengan membakar seekor goldfish sehingga hangus) jadi books were my only retreat. Besides, having parents yang juga ulat buku was an added advantage. Hmm.

I'm gonna go look for the book for my niece today. I'm gonna read it first, see if it's any good. ;)

Don't pee here, pig.

Don't pee here, pig.
Originally uploaded by natinski

Selamat Mengundi!

(photo taken in Kota Bharu)