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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Out of the norm..Of life and its up's and down's

So some say I'm rather different and weird - if that is so, then why do I feel like I'm so..... ordinary? .... and I feel like I need to break out of this norm, break away from this commonness, this.... comfort, stagnant and mundane life. Yes, being a family man and having Ikhwan around have tremendously enriched my life, but I'm talking about personal achievement and satisfaction here....


I obviously need some thinking to do. Hmmmm.... talk about thinking, just recently two people said in one day, that I think too much. I sure heard such a comment thrown at me before. If only I could be as impulsive - doing whatever I want to do, like.... errr... Matt.

Several routes have been laid, and more, may probably be laid upon us (me and wife). Ya Allah, show us the best paths that we should take, and please, please do ease up our journey as we thread on them, Aaamiinnnn......

Guess this blog is called Boulevard-Ijab for a reason huh?

Movies that I (and possibly wife too) can relate to right now - Ratatouille and Surf's Up. Ok, I know, both are cartoons - but heck, I'm young at heart remember.... or should I say, I'm a big boy ? :-)

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

I wonder.......? Part 2

ON MENTALITY OF SOME PEOPLE

Case 1

When I was at the hospital the other day, attending to Ikhwan who had been sick, I stumbled upon an old friend whom I have not met since like, more than a decade ago. She shared with me a story about a little problem she's facing at her work place. Apparently she had brushed against an office boy the wrong way when she first joined the company some six years back.

From then on, this office boy holds a certain grudge on her. To this day, he still intimidates and taunts her (I'm not really at liberty to elaborate how), talks bad about her behind her back (he has a favourite pal to do this with), including to people who have nothing to do with either one of them, like the security guards for example. Intially, she thought that after these many years, the guy would just back off and each one could mind own business, but apparently she was mistaken. It really stresses her out sometimes, to the extent that she gets carried away, and becomes all moody and temperamental at home. Reporting to her superiors didn't seem to help. In fact she felt that the company took his side. She said, with her qualification background and job position, she really deserves to be respected and not treated this way...

Here's my advice to you sis - get the hell out of there! Quickly....

I'm sure his mindet and IQ are so low, that he still contemplates on a trivial matter that happened between you two. Obviously, you are so much better than him. For example, you did help bring in money for the company before, didn't you? This shows you worth more than him. The amount may not be in millions of ringgit, but compare that to him.... he's just an office boy, a servant, who brings in letters for other people. You may put in a pile of s*it into your letter envelopes, he'd still send them for you (knowing so or not). Now, do you see how pathetic this guy is...?

I am ashamed to call him a man. His mouth sure is a c**t...

This may sound condescending, but I'm just trying to boost your spirit up ok! What I'm trying to say is that, this world is soooo big than just the two of you. There are other better and wonderful things that you can explore out there, than to be cooped up with this piece of trash.

Case 2

I really don't get it, why is it for some, after resigning, they'd still come the 'old' office for occasional visits? If it were me, I wouldn't 'plaster' my face all over the office again, as though I were some kind of celebrity who had to go back to my roots to see how other people are doing. I mean, even if meetings with ex-colleagues were unavoidable, I would surely avoid coming back to the old office, at least not during working hours. There's always an option to meet up outside instead.


This is not to be mistaken as, say, after resigning from a company, they joined back the same company.
I know of some people, including a couple of blogger friends, who did so. That's a completely different scenario which is perfectly fine by me, in my opinion.... coz, surely you can't work at the old office, unless you ARE back at that office now, can you?

ON ROAD SAFETY


Why is it that some people go all the way in modifying their cars' headlights and signal lights without paying attention to safety and other road users? I mean, using white bulbs as headlights can be really annoying to the eyes since they are more glaring. Meantime, other people may fail to realise when you give your signal since the lights are in red colour (this is the reason why they shouldn't be in the same colour as the brake lights). Guess, to these people, yellow is not their thing... but how about safety? Hello????

You can read
I wonder.......? Part 1 here.

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Monday, June 02, 2008

Overwhelmed....

It was an early Sunday morning and the time was 1.15am. Earlier that night, my wife brought Ikhwan into our room around 9pm. At first, since the door was open, I could hear from inside our room, how Ikhwan was still mumbling instead of going straight to sleep. Then, not long after that, all was quiet, implying that both mother and son were already deep in their sweet dreams :-)

I wasn't sure what time I had fallen asleep in the living room, and with the t.v. still on. But when I woke up at 1.15am, there he was, sleeping next to me. Surprised, I quickly turned off the t.v. so that I could bring him back inside immediately (since both of us were sleeping on the carpet). He was awaken by my action, and after that, he did his usual before-and-after-sleeping-whenever-there's-someone-next-to-him cheeky routine, i.e. by rolling himself to the left and right and back again and again (this is one of his many other cheeky behaviours).

My wife didn't realise when Ikhwan crawled out of the mattress to get to me. If only we could ask him whether he was purposely looking for me or he was actually sleep walking (or rather, sleep crawling).

"Rasa terharu tak, Ikhwan cari Abang tengah-tengah malam?", my wife asked (Are you touched, that Ikhwan was looking for you in the middle of the night?).

Actually, I was more surprised than overwhelmed when I saw him sleeping there, right next to me. But, now that she had pointed it out, yeah, it WAS rather overwhelming...

P/S: Latest news from hometown about Sky, the cutest cat alive - he is recovering.....
PP/S: Up next, what to expect and not to expect from the latest Indiana Jones movie?

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