A boy, John watched his daddy’s car pass by the school playground and go into the woods. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Karen into a passionate embrace. Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could not contain himself as he ran home and started to tell his mother.

“Mommy, i was at the playground and I saw Daddy’s car go into the woods with Aunt Karen. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Karen a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Karen helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Karen…”

At this point Mommy cut him off. “John, this is such an interesting story. Why dont you tell the rest of it during dinner? I want to see the look of your Daddy’s face when you tell it tonight.”

At the dinner table, Mommy asked little John to tell his story. John started his story: ” i was at the playground and I saw Daddy’s car go into the woods with Aunt Karen. I went back to look and he was giving Aunt Karen a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Karen helped Daddy take his pants off”

The Daddy started to sweat..

“then Aunt Karen and Daddy started doing the same thing that Mommy and Uncle Jack used to do when Daddy was in the Army.”

/end

Lesson Learnt
- sometimes you need to listen to the whole story before you interrupt!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

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Summary - Help needed & the story of my engagement

In exactly one month from now (just after Aidiladha), I will have to do something I’ve never done before. I will lead my family and talk on their behalf for my brother’s engagement. In a simpler word - “Meminang”. It’s an honour bro..

Like all other first time things, I have no idea as to what to say or do. I know that this is all just for the sake of formality. The engagement has received green light from both families. Even if I said “Assalamualaikum, so kira jadilah ye? Bye”, the engagement will still be on (No worry brother, I’m not going to say that )

Public speaking has never been a problem for me, it’s just that I still have some time to prepare for the speech, so why not ask my elite consultants (Which is you) for some advice or tips. Any scripts or dialogue structure (for example, first greeting, then talk about the weather then the talk) I should follow?

Which reminds me of the chaotic story of my engagement

————— Personal Note ————–
I’m not so sure about you guys, but my family is quite strict about one thing during engagement. That the groom-to-be must not attend the discussion. I have no problem either way.. but since it’s what the family wants (Now I feel like I’m in some Godfather movie), I better abide by them.

So while they were discussing about my engagement and the details of the wedding, there was I in my car, a few hundred meters away from my fiance’s (the mrs) house.

The thing is the mrs’ family actually wanted to see me. All her uncles and aunts actually were there just to see who will be the new addition to their family. The mrs kept calling me on the phone asking me to come over. What should I do? I was so torn up right then… and it worsen with filantera coming over asking me to join them. He said, my soon-to-be father in law specifically ask me to join them. Can you see the dilemma?

And that’s not even the worse part, I actually was just wearing a plain old tshirt. Now what if they all suddenly come out and see me. That’s not going to be a very good first impression now would it?

I then kidnapped my brother (asking him to follow me) and we went to this “bundle” shop (A shop selling used clothes). After searching.. I found a nice shirt (”kemeja”) and bought it. Time’s running up and filantera was getting hungrily crankier because he cannot enjoy the feast. Then I went to search for a laundry and get the shirt ironed.

When I get back, apparently the discussion and the feast were over. My family was actually waiting for me. The mrs was frustrated of course, not able to introduce me to the family. but accepted my excuse of going to buy the shirt. (She will read this tomorrow.. hehe no problem, married her already) and I managed to abide by that tradition imposed.

Personally, I don’t see any reason why the groom shouldn’t be in the discussion. At least give him something to eat.. right?

A clear example of “telan mati emak, luah mati bapak, go buy a shirt from bundle shop then,”

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Summary - 4 Decluttering Categories

If you google the word “declutter”, I’m sure you will be surprised at how many tips there are in the world. Well there are going to be an additional one today.

Declutter is basically when you clear your table. Imagine your room.. you have a bed full of cloth on it, a computer desk with food and some magazine. a side table with everything.. you can’t even see what color is the table. Imagine now… your room has only a bed, computer desk and the side table. Wouldn’t it be more relaxing?

The tips described are based on my experience and of my personal opinion. There are only 4 categories - Being Used, Useful, Beautiful, Etc.

Now check every items in your room… even that small paperclips and categorize them

1) Being used

• These are items that you used almost everyday. Computer, books and pillow fall under this category. Bear in mind, that items that has not been used for more than 2 days is not to be put under this category.

• Items under category “Being Used” must be made available and accessible at all time. Meaning, you should be able to see them at all times. So put them back in a proper place.

2) Useful

• These are items that you seldom used but they are useful nonetheless. Typical examples are like radio, nail clipper, handphone charger etc.

• All items under this category must be hidden. They must be put in a box or a place but it must be hidden. One thing about hiding a useful item is we must always know where to find it when we really need it. So make sure all boxes are properly labelled and hidden in a known area. Remember the keywords are hidden but accessible.

3) Beautiful

• Beautiful items are meant to be seen. But too much of them will just make it ugly. For example you have 100 photo frames. If you put it out, then there will be no place for everything else. So for beautiful items… there are only two keywords to follow - Minimal and rotation! Rotate your items. For example, just put one frame on the computer desk (minimizing), and another on the side table. Hide the other 98 frames in a box. Tomorrow, take out two frames and replace the one on the computer desk and side table.. Now simplicity is beautiful don’t you think?

4) Etc

• Everything else… I mean everything else is etc. Throw them away, or if the items had some sentimental value, take digital picture of them. Then just throw them away. Old novel can be given to friends, Old clothes can be donated etc.

Do you see any problem with the categories? Something I might have missed? Do tell and let’s patch the hole together..

Now this is Decluttering Tips #1

———– Personal Note ————-
Decluttering is never about cleaning up. It is more on simplifying life. By doing so.. we will immediately know what is important in life. A quick exercise - declutter your desktop screen…

Eh I’m supposed to write personal stuff here. Well the wallpaper I’m using is of last year’s Aidilfitri. The first Raya with the mrs in the family. Next year there will be another new member in the family, eh two new member in the family

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Summary - Grab that digital camera and let them go

I am human after all, and human farted hehe… Last entry I was explaining the importance of memories. In my effort to cherish memories, I’ve collected quite a lot of items my entire life. I bet you too must have memorabilia of your own. Maybe the first gift from your loved ones, or your birthday present from “Darjah 2″ (Primary School) etc.

Believe me, I have a bag full of those. But.. over time, I found out that the bag is very troublesome to be carried around everytime I moved. (From schooling to university to working). So one day, I make a decision to get rid of all of the items. Everything… But of course after I take pictures of them with my digital camera. In other words.. I am digitalizing my memories to be saved in my pc.

That’s the whole point of this entry. Let go of your stuff. Yes, the items are all important and emotional. But they are taking up spaces. Digitalize them using your camera and save it in your pc. You will see that life will be easier and less clutter without all the items. You can even put password to your folder to keep anyone from prying.

First step to a more organized and less-cluttered life

Do you collect items of memories? and if you do, what would be your most valuable item of all?

————- Personal Note ————–
Just a sneak peak of some of the items I collected. Nothing interesting, but they are some of my valued treasure

I bought this imitation of Omega watch, for RM30… Actually it cost much cheaper than that.. And in 4 months or so, the watch was rusted (Padan muka)

My first wallet in my life, bought I think in 1990

My sister Mira was about 4 years old, she was enjoying the sweets when I asked her for one, and I told her that I like it very much. Later that evening, I travelled back to KL and suddenly I noticed that sweets was put in my bag… She wanted me to have them hehe

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Summary - Are you one of the unique ones?

You may have noticed that I always like to look back into my past memories. Some people dislike this and take that as being stuck in the past and not being progressive. Well I am progressive. From not having any blog, now I have one.

For me, memories are what make us alive. I like to know exactly how I lived. Not that I will do a diary, just so that.. I will know how I am in the past.. A treasure.

What do you think? do you prefer to forget your past or cherish them?

There are however some people who like to live in the past. For example, a man who is 30 years old, but still behaving like teenagers.. loitering around in shopping complex or spend time flirting with girls. Now that is just ridiculous. Of course teenager’s life is very exciting. Some may say that it is the best time of their life, not having to worry about responsibilities etc.

We can always wander back to those day and smile, but the reality is we are now older and the world we lived in is changing every day. So must we. We need to go to work to better ourself and earn money. That money need to be saved for retirement plan. Family must be taken care of. It’s cruel.. that we need to follow this rule but it is the way things are nowadays. Suck it up and do what you must.

Suddenly I remember fairy tale stories like Peter Pan, where nobody grow up.

There are however another type of people… And I must say that these are some of the most interesting and unique people in the world. They grow up.. they know their responsibilities and they perform them excellently. But in the same time, they still maintain in them the happiness of a child, the rebellious and free-spirit of a teenager, the passion and energy of a young man and the wisdom of an old man

I hope I can be one of them…

————— Personal Note ———–
I am going to share to you one of the most embarassing memories in my life. I don’t think anything I’ve done can top this. Everytime I remember it, I will close my eyes and hope it never happened. Why I’m telling you.. because hopefully after this.. I will not be that embarassed. (Now that the whole world knows it already)

During my study time, I am very interested to learn Silat (still do). There was one time, my partner and I was called by our Silat teacher and was asked to show the others a silat rehearsed fight. So there were us performing the fight. One thing about us two, is that when we practise, it will always be very serious-like, complete with face expression and shouting. After the fight finished… we were sitting with our friends when one of them whispered to me that I have farted quite noticably during the fight.. WAAAAAAA (blush)

Don’t let me be the only one here.. put up here ur most embarassing moment. U don’t even need to display ur nickname Let’s spill them out from our chest (anonymously if you want) and let’s laugh and be laughed at hehe (this is me laughing at myself)

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