It's a park life

Sometimes.. all I wanna do is lie in the sun all day.
Photo credit to Jules.
Thanks for the awesome birthday present, u have just up my handsomeness by 10.

Touchdown

The day finally came where we packed up and left for our family holday.

And so we did..

And here we are finally! It was a safe flight, alhamdullillah..
All three us boys are knackered to the bone, nevertheless ..

The view and the blue of the sea takes our breath away.

Here we are.. at Scarborough :)

Tomorrow, we'll get on the 990 bus to Ros St station. From there, we'll get on the navy rail line to Fremantle!

Moves like jagger?

Due to my sudden interest in a certain subject, I recently learnt a handful of interesting motivation quotes.

A change is about to come.
2015 will be somewhat different.
I could almost feel it, almost taste it, almost breathe it.

I've been researching in areas I found boring and dry.
And my sudden interest in it make me go.. "why dint I look into this previously?"

In myself, a soft voice said "it's because to succeed, u needed to fail. To feel some amount of humility. Only then u will have meaning and appreciation of what's coming to u next"

I will continue to research, read up and meet people have gone into this. I cant help performing a major HAZOP when it involves my pocket.

So far, the toughest person to convince have been convinced. That is my dad. Mom, she is always sure when it comes to my decision in matters like this. She has this amount of faith in me when it comes to career and choices I make.

With that.. I begin with bismillahhirahmannirahim.

Followed by my "CHECKMATE" move.

Joy

It is true that kids dont hide their feelings.

Max received his letter this morning but he waited patiently to get home frm work a lil after 10pm to open it up.

He found his congratulary note with attachments of his e-tix.

He was so happy, his eyes danced with joy. I got my dad to read this note from the "Postman". Just to make it sound more authentic. He then made dad repeat it with him holding his teddies such that the teddies could hear his achievements too.

He did a "yes! Yes!" With victory arms and all. It was priceless. The amazing sight of this.

We all felt his joy. Yes, the long waited letter is finally here. I know he will be smiling tonite.. and prolly for the next 23 nites or so till our trip.

Alhamdullillah for Max, Jules and my rezeki.

FT

There is this certain person I met.
She would end up being my boss someday.
In effort to seek extra cash.

Let's call her FT.

She emits this positive aura. Prolly that is why she is successful in her area.
Dont get me wrong. It's not anything like that.

But really, everytime I meet her, she leaves this good feeling inside for like 2 days.
And a whole lot of ppl I bet have felt that way too with her.

Someday, I would hope to have that sorta effect on people.
The comforting person.
The positive person.
Like FT.

A girl named Alaska

I know.. pretty kewl innit?

Anyways.. it's been a pretty pleasant Aidiladha for me.
The weather was a bit on the gloomy side.
But I could use something breezy and chilly like today.

It is nice being around the family.
I got a comment, I looked happier than before.
Ironic, i thought.
But it is true. And it is from within.

We had our usual cousins coffee ritual, but deeper conversation this time around.
It was a perfect Sunday to indulge on a slice of white forest.

How comforting.

Tomorrow she will be seeing me.
She is back from kg.

We will all go out for a movie of Equalizer and followed by karox session with mom.
My mom love that sorta thing. Dont ask.

And she came to like Jules because of that too.
Im serious, it was karox that bridged mom and Jules.
Whenever mom did not get a tune to a song, she get Jules to start it for her..
then she continues on with the rest of the song. That's how my mom decided, we should get jules to come around more often.

Only Jules could keep up with my choice of song because it would be fast and upbeat.
Jules is a champion when it comes to singing. We would do a "Counting Stars" or "I Love It" or a "Somebody Told Me"..

I sing outta tune.  And I dont really care. I would just go ahead with it anyways.

Well, my break is off by 8pm tomorrow when Max gets home.
And I will be all geared up for the rush, for the next three weeks before our big trip.
Cant wait, how many days we have aldy ayg?

Break

I decided to take a break from work like a normal person would.
We submitted half of drawings for internal check last nite.
And so it is a break to do whatever I want..

Jules balik kg.
Max is with his dad.

Me.. gym and prolly this..
Some reading is great too!

And of course coffee session wud be great too.. Trixie and I.

Her countdown and my milestones

Hey, hey.. it's october aldy! What u know.. time surely flies.

Jules have been doing a countdown. To our trip of the year. It will be Max, Jules and I.. out together, out of Asean.

I know for a fact that she cant wait.. I however have been clearing off milestone after milestone. It has been like that ever since Raya. And these involves money. Hence, I decided to clear off one by one.. when the time is right.

Those Ive cleared so far:
1- Flight tix booking
2- Raya
3- Max's b'day
4- Hotels booking

Those in time to come:
1- Visa applications
2- Buying the Aussie currency (And hopefully it stays below rm3 per AUD)
3- Trip!
4- Service of car
5- Welcome 2015!

In between I have been sourcing for extra income. That requires planning and execution. And before all, this weekend I have to come out with "the letter".

Months before, I promised max that: if you berdoa to Allah and perform your solat.. Allah will give you good rezeki, inshallah. On top of that, you have to be a good boy. With that you will receive a letter from the postman saying you are going to a holiday somewhere only the postman knows. If should you behave badly and abuse the maid.. you might only get a trip with train ride tix to klcc. However, if you are polite and perform your solat and berdoa to Allah for good things.. you might get flight tix to a special place.

Hence he bought it, did his homework when he shud becoz it is his responsibility to remember his hw. And prayed every nite. Also he toned down with my poor maid that bares with him and myself tru thick and thin. Now all this good habits have stuck on to him tau.. if I prayed wto him, he will sulk. If I couldnt pray.. I will have to inform him or else he wud ask me the golden questn "mummy, why havent u been praying?"

And with that... it is 27 DAYS to go for our trip and boy oh boy I am excited too, ayg.. cant wait to do the Baywatch with you on Scarborough Beach!

What a pleasure this came in earlier today:

Run like you dont care

It was one of those working weekends.
It's that cycle where projects got released and Alhamdullillah my company won lots.

And so come that time where most of the time would be spent tada! At the office. No suprise.

Ppl in my line are pretty much used to it. Im glad as I am expecting good returns on my hard work. It means we are doing well. When the oil price hikes and the ppl start to moan, I usually kept quiet. In my silence I would say Alhamdullillah, it's gonna be a good year.

It means the country can venture to deep sea waters.
Projects kept coming in, and I get to keep my job. This time, the company won one international project and a couple of local ones. Non were deepsea because the oil price is still ok but still, Im pretty happy as these are some of which, will bring the "keching!" to the company. Im hoping it will be shared and distributed amongst us employees by means of bonus and a nice fat increment.

There were times when per barrel price was low, and a lot of us went out of projects and got kicked out. That year, I had my boy and I took a year out to complete my MSc.

But this time around, I would focus on a balance. So I made sure I finished everything I should on that Satday so I get Sunday to spend it with Jules and Max.

It started off with Boxtrolls.. oh what fun :) followed by a run at the dogpark. The dog park is located away from where I live or worked and so no one I knew went there. 

Couple of weeks ago, I showed Max this video on Run for your lives, where one cud choose to run or become a zombie. You cud guess my pick. Somehow Max knew he was too young for it.. and so he decided to become a zombie on Jules and I during our easy jog.

First, he had one objective - that is to achieve 10k steps on my SHealth and second, out of the blue he was determined to inflict Jules and I. We played along, as you have guessed. Jules always made sure she stayed behind with Max. So she got eaten first.. then after many failed attempts.. Jules decided to inflict me and share her bounty with Max.

Imagine a sight of 3 running zombies at the park?
Even the dogs got scared.. we were grunting and running like we were zombies. We din care. We laughed, Max fell a couple of times.. but all was good.

Baskin Robbins session ended our very hard zombie run.

U shud try.. the zombie run. U are worth the effort d;p

Patience

Patience cultivation in progress.

Datelines, financial re-structuring, difficult clients.. I could use something to take my mind off things for awhile..

Apart from reading easy chick lits, watching chick flicks.. i resort to this.. thanks to Jules for presenting me with it.
Once it is done, this glow-in-the-dark piece goes on her walls :)

Damsel and Datelines

How many of u actually take a walk and quick check of your ride prior to ignition?
Here is why u shud. Just a quick one wont hurt.

This happened yesterday, leaving me feeling heroic and all.
A yellow car happen to make a quick cut in front of me.
I was driving with Trixie by my side as usual.
Then I noticed that, that yellow car is running happily, to my horror, on a flat tyre.

I also remembered how I had one of those moments until a good samaritan honked at me to prompt me. But that guy was on my left and we were stucked in a jam. Or waiting for the lights to turn green.

I told Trixie.. I bet it's a woman.
And the fact that it was on her side of the car.. kinda confirms it. Women dont really appreciate their machine. I dunno, maybe coz a lot of my friends who are girls just think their ride.. is just a ride.

Guys normally take pride to the point.. it has a name. And a gender too. And normally for guys, it would be a 'she'. Mine's male but he is gay. And he is called Roccofella.

It must have been Damsel's day, coz we got into a stuck rutt. I took my seat belt off, got off the car and walked in front, up to her. She was ON HER PHONE!. Yes, fb-ing prolly. Lol. By then the traffic was moving and I ran back into my car. Too late, perhaps.

And like magic, she changed lanes.
I told Trixie to bring down her window and give tell her while I honked out to her. She got the message and did an "ooooo".

Oh, we saved a life! Yeay. So that was Friday.

Also, I havent been posting as I was busy on datelines.
I got off work today at 7pm. Thankfully, Jules understands. By the time I met her at The curve, I was all walking dead minus the torn clothes and bloody face.

Romas tasted like cardboard and my appetite just vanished as I was too tired. Later we talked about money and I was all awaken again. Lol.

Home with her, I just cant wait to crash and prolly some massage wont hurt either d;p

Here's to my version of art that have been keeping me occupied. Enjoy!

Celebration and singing

Everything went as planned.
I could see and feel the joy in every face that walked out the kindi today, equiped with their party pack :)

We the went home where max had a freshed up, after lunch we headed for Maze Runner. Mom came along with Trixie, Jules and Max.. We wanted to get ice cream but went for something better.. we went some karox session!

Max and I did our usual number. Baby by Justin Bieber!!
Everyone was having a great time off work. Lol.

The evening dint end there. Jules and I sweat ourselves off with 30 mins of baddie time.

Now it's time for kewl off, shower and solat.
Off to post the awesome pix on Fb then!!

Have a good weekend all..

And of course.. some of you might take a long weekend off.. oh how I envy ya'll! And in case I dont post before Tuesday... Selamat Hari Malaysia d:)

Cake

And the cake safely arrived.
Alhamdullilah.. nothing brings me more joy than to see Max happy like he is on top of the world..

Max my lil Jedi,
You are a blessing.
The greatest gift from Allah.
Alhamdullillah.
And so Im gonna try to give you the best in life..

So here goes, it's gonna be a blast tomoro at an unnamed kindi..

My lil Jedi have been playing light sabers wt Jules from the time the cake arrived. Lol.
Boys will always be boys..

Pls stop the bouncing

My target last year was to keep a healthy normal bmi.
In the process, I consumed protein shake.
In truth, the protein shake actually made me bulky.
For some reason, I stopped it.. it was also an experiment on myself to see what happens. To my surprise, I lost more.. and pretty constant also. Now im on the 2kg band under my targetted weight.

I feel awesome and happy but that's not really what Im gonna say today.

I got on the stationary bike today, typically doin a 15mins on it. They revamped the gym I wud normally go and fitted LCD tvs at the spot normally ignored. Funny I never noticed the screen before. I figured it's coz usually I wud sit on the front row facing KLCC. This is also an effort not to distract myself.. the view of bouncing cute butts can be very distracting. U get my drift..

But today my front row was occupied. Not very interesting view if u asked me. So I finally noticed that hidden TV. They were playing some kpop mtv hits. No harm.. until this.

FYI, person in pix is not relevant. Some random person caught in my effort to focus on TV. d;)

Kesetiaan pada negara

It's one of those days that ended leaving me flattered and flustered.
It is also one of those 'skydive' days.

Let's start with my act of sky diving.
For the second time, the Turk oppoturnity came knocking. At the back of my head, I could hear a lil voice saying, "u gotta take this. It's the beginning". And so I signed up for the Turk Challenge. But it'll be an onshore visit. So it's not gonna be so bad. Plus we have at least 5 women nominated on that list. I said yes. Now just pray for my safe journey and return. The visit is scheduled just before my Aussie trip with Jules and Max. If it overlaps.. then I will have to let it go.
Anyways, that was my act of skydiving. Sometimes, a boi  has gotta do what a boi gotta do.

Then as I was about to leave, this pair of interns came to say their good bye. That was normal.. what came next was a bit outta norm. We have a bunch of interns and we have a bunch of trainees. I would normally deal with trainees, one is because I happen to be a mentor of one. And interns, I let the young engineers have them.

Having said that, I dont really know this pair of interns. I dont know their names. Which reminds me, I prolly should get to know some. Im shy tau. Not sombong. Just vy shy. Lol.

And so as I was leaving.. this happened. Interns run up to me.

Intern1: Nak salam...
Me: Oh yes, it is your last day.
Intern1: Kak Jest, thank u for your guidance.
Me: But I dint do much for you *rasa bersalah seyes.
Intern1: I like you from the first time I saw you.
Me: ??? *muka start merah
Intern1: I like your voice..
Me: *gasp, seriously budak ni. "Oh... thank u"

--- effort utk kaver line: take the lead in where this is going ---

Me: All the best, I hope you both do well in hour studies.. Erm nama siapa? Sorry lupa.
Intern2: I saf.
Intern1: Im Zety.

Me: Ok, take care. All the best.

- Heads for the door nak balik -

Text Jules cecepat.

"Omg. Ada yg confess."
Jules: Siapa dier?

Kalau takut bini, harus cakap yg benar.
Kesetiaan pada negara.

"Intern. Thank God it's her last day"

Jules: *senyap sampai jumpa.

Trixie's verdict: Some girls are like that. Diorg anggap mcm kakak.

Phew. Let's hope that is true.

And so that was my Friday. Monday's task: GET TO KNOW YOUR INTERNS.

P/S: Really? My voice of all things.. I thought it would be more like coz you are so damn cool. Or cute. Or carefree.  Or wakdoyok to the max ke.. ok nvm:
"KESETIAAN PADA NEGARA"

1042 Hits

This is dedicated to you my lovely Jestians..

I created Jest Goin YOLO because I was bored.
Also I wanna make a come back frm the deleted blog.
Only this time my fingers will type this as a tool of what's written in my heart.

This lil space was created in late June and yesterday I received my first 1000 hits.
As I speak, it's now on 1042.

And so thank you my lovely and hansem Jestians..

For your time and interest :)

Take care, God bless and I hope you keep on following my adventures.

Next Im gonna skydive.
Kidding - im too chicken shit for that.

Enjoy!
And always look at the half full part of the cup.

Trainers and R2D2

Today is an awesome day.
I found a capability I thought I dint have.. for one.

You'd keep a pair of trainers, change of gym clothes and a racquet somewhere in your car, just in case. You are a sports dyke.

Im one of them gym class heroes.
But this hero has a weakness. THE TREADMILL.

I'd do cycling. Body combat. Weights. Badminton. But...
I never thought I cud run. Until today.

Normally, when I feel my toxins are high and like a slob.. I have trouble sleeping.

That means my mind is tired but my body is not. Imbalance.

That is a sign - I need to gym.

Gym until I cud almost feel blood oozing out along wt my sweat. Then I call it quits. I cant help it, Im an extremist.

Today I made a change. I did it because I missed her.
I wanted to see her. I knew she was gonna run at the park. And so I asked her if I cud join her. And like we both won a trophy, she said "Yes of course baby!"

And so, for the first time, I ran.
And omg, I ran. Like for the first time. We joked. I didnt care if the other serious runners saw me playing as we ran along. Felt the wind against my face. Felt my happy hormones dirembeskan. Lol!

Mmg pergh to the ohsem!

I went home knowing that the personalised goodie bags came today. Max' birthday party bag, chocolate coin, bubble bottles and kitkat. All with a msg a young jedi knight, Master Max is turning 5. With his fav character - R2D2.

It was like my birthday wishes that was coming true. My dad looked at the items and said "kids birthday these days tsk tsk tsk". Maybe I dint get a birthday like that, but my dad spent everything to educate us overseas becoz he saw the importance of it. But I saw the importance of giving the best of everything to my son. Be it birthday, clothes, toys and of course an educatn.

Afterall, this money cant follow me when Im dead and gone but he wud remember me for all the memories we had.

And so.. today is surely an awesome day.

And girl, I would run again, only if you are by my side.

Catching ma breath, letting it go...

And some modelling wont hurt - running aftermath.

Solemnizatn and such

I for one dread this kinda event, mostly becoz of the pity shit that I dont need, that I get from some "caring" family members.
Those that know me personally know im a free happy soul.

Mostly I dread sbb kena dress up. Kali ni mother of the bride requested everyone to wear white. Well, the only white article I have is my own baju nikah and in effort not to over-shadow the bride, I found yg ini.

I dont see the need in having to go out there just to buy something for the nite. No, im not that sorta person. I buy what I want, when I want.

White shirt, burgandy jeans.. nice black watch, cray shoes. Im still within the thema they chose. Just the versatile sort. And thank god for my gun, that's my perfect alibi.

To the beautiful bride and groom,
Yang penting bukanla hari perkahwinan tetapi mengekalkan perkahwinan itu.
So im gonna doa for a long life happiness, together, forever. Ameen.

Incident-al.

Incidents.
Sometimes it is a muse just observing and seeing the way people react towards Jules and I. Im glad Jules have the same sense of humour so we can both laugh at it, and say... chomei.. *these straight ppl.

Streties.
Streties have evolved into the cooler, more understanding species. I have friends who started questioning the change in my FB account. These and that. I've also friends knowing my whole life story, and come to accept the present part of it.

Sometimes they dont understand, and then they try to and make up their assumptions based on the amount they can accept and comprehend, and Jules and I find that cute.

Incident 1 - Tagging tak ikut standard yg ditetapkan. (Is there one to begin with?)
Jules have a sweet co-worker called Zoey. Zoey is genuinely nice. I know so from the stories Jules have told me. Zoey acknowledges Jules as a bro. She drops comments such as "awak sgt hansem hari ni". Typical gals comments. Then came the day Jules introduced her to me.. and so, I walked up to them and looked at Zoey.. "hi you must be zoey?" She said hi, i intro-ed myself, shook her hands and like lightning zoey made an exit to leave for home.

Then the next day, she told Jules how shocked she was because we looked alike. She din even hear my name when I intro-ed my name. Wow. We look alike ke?

And suddenly it hit me, she meant alike as in same polarity! She was expecting a girly girl, until she met me. It shocked her and prolly she cudnt comprehend and digest that much, so she made her exit. So chomei kan?

We'd give her time, she'll figure.

Incident 2 - Curious, unsure of tagging.
Jest enters the toilet, my sporty spice friend spots me..
Sporty spice: "Eh Jest, do u wanna join the walk by N3stl3?"
Jest: *thinks and hear.. a walk? "A walk"
SS: Yea, its a walk. U can bring ur son to join in and that "one" you always take picture with.
Jest: *lol "It has a name you know"
SS: what's that one's name.
Jest: Her name is Jules.
SS: Yea all your pix u post online must hav her and your son. Who is she ahr?
Jest: *i swear i cud say that is my bride but instead "she is my best friend"
SS: Oh, always must have her wan.. u guys stay nearby izzit?
Jest: *yea we share a bed and at times... "something like that" and continues to talk about N3stl3 walk then.

SS was just trying to accept it, or curious. And an invitation to join similar activity means she is ok with it.

Streties chomei.
The genuine ones ask you stret to ur face.
Those that wants a gossip will ask your friends.
You will come to know which is which soon.

If you think your label of dating gets the "eyes" from ppl around.. lol what till you see us, even gay couples stare at us!

Meloney and Baloney

Walking my sister's big Tony Meloney at the dog's park.

That was how the weekend started.

Or the idea of it, because Tony is such a blob, it was more like we carried him around.

Jules, Trixy and I agreed we shud get him one of the dog stroller's.

He is minimum 7kgs and having to carry him, in his cage is NO JOKE!

Today we did the same, only all three us boys did the walking.

Prior to that we ran errands.

Max' birthday is coming. We got us party pack goodies for an unbelievable price.

A toy item that is being sold for rm 5 at the mall, we got it for rm2 at wisma kenanga.

Jules and I both did a jaw drop as we walked out of the shop!

Kakak indon yg jual tuh igt kitorg niaga! 

Oh well, im glad I have frens who knows where to get what.

Im done with almost everything except his cake!

Kes gaduh dgn mom pasal slipa crocz Max pun dah settle.

The modern granma try to control everything.

When I questn about nenek controlling how she brought us three gals up, she sentap.

But I am well aware she wants the best for max.

So I focus on her good intentions.

So tonite, Jules and I will be happily curled up.

Knowing we completed our tasks for today.

Jules baby,

Kasut ayg we carik at ave k or klcc.

sama2 kay ayg?

S Health says we all walked a handsome 10060 steps today!

Yeay!

Happy Monday fav jestians!

Hah, ni dier tony meloney who feeds on baloneys..

Gloomy Friday

Today is one gloomy friday.
Like nature knew about grief.. it was mourning.
I saw the orphans, at such young age having to go through loss of a parent.
It is painful to watch, I can only imagine what the child goes through.

I prayed to Allah in my heart that Max will not have to go through that, inshallah.

Separation is already big enaf of a dugaan I have put him through.

I am in fact trying to be the best mom and dad I cud be for him.
Jules is being amazing by being both to him too.

In everything we do, our travel plans.. our weekend plans..
We have made ammendments to suit his capability.

But Im pretty much confident we will succeed.

For one, he can almost recide the Al-fatihah, knowing that Isyak has 4 rakaat, and knowing the sequence to prayers at age 5 are some of the indications that we are doing alright.

I still have to teach him to ride a bike, send him for taekwondo classes are two of the many steps I have to take give him the best.

Truth is, life is a journey.
I stopped complaining about the things I dont have but rather look at the things Im blessed with. Alhamdullillah.
For what others should do, I started doing.

I realise, I will gain more, as in I would be closer to my son more than ever.
Plus see him grow into a beautiful person.
At the end of the day, it is his happiness that matters.
And with that Im happy.

Ruff-necking

I was offered to go to Turkmenistan today.
For a week.
Site-visiting one of the offshore platforms Im working on.
I would receive survival allowances, and allowance to buy clothing to fit the weather.

After many thoughts, I declined.
Sadly, Turk is one of those country that to my opinion has sexism issues.
And sexism exist becoz of the people's mentality.

All woman have to be escorted by a male, and on the contrary of you were found alone wt a male, then God knows what will happen.

A friend of mine was recently posted there.
I like wanted to go yolo and visit him, until he told me on his second nite, police raided his home wanting all expat in their homes by 11pm.

I then had to forgo my yolo.

Then came this offer today.
My very fear is being kidnapped.
My life is not so much of my worry.

It's those I leave behind.
Max.

Having said that, I convinced myself:
- My SAFETY passport expired back in 2008.
- I would have to go tru another crazy BOSET, which stands for Basic 0ffshor3 Satety Escape Training. And HUET - Helicopter Underwater Escape Training. Yada yada
- Been there, done that.
- Im too "young" for this.

With that, I walked into my co-worker's room and declined politely.

To conclude, my ruff-necking days are over.

Lil Things

There are lil things about her that awes me.
It's those lil things she does.
And notice.

She is sweet that way.
And oh-so-cute.

Many weekends ago, I found my toothbrush being changed.
My almost the same orange toothbrush was replaced with another, only with straight solid bristles.
You see I work hard in everything.
Gosok gigi pun pulun.
Habis kembang berus gigi.
I procrastinated the change because I just did, less than a month ago.

Prolly out of pity, looking at that miserable toothbrush, Jules bawak the almost same looking one, and changed it without telling. Like secretly.

So there was me, nak berus gigi. Asal solid je...
And when I asked, she admitted to it.
I just smiled.

Then there is today, when she noticed our periods were less than 24 hours apart.
That's a lil twisted.
But I find it sweet.
The sweet kinda twisted.

Dalam banyak2 girl kat dunia ni,
Nothing can replace the sweet lil things you do or notice about us.

Like I said, I demand your soul.
That is something more expensive than just money.
I can find money. I dont need a better half to do it for me.

It's these lil things..
It's soul baby.

And that's why it's called soulmate.
Not moneymate.

Kiss the rain

It was raining all through lunch today.
Something about the rain that brings peace to me. Prolly the scent of the rain. Or the sound of it. I feel blessed.

I was not stucked. But I pretended like I was, with a bunch of others from the building next door.

Maybe I was pretending to wait for you.
Maybe I just missed you.
So, I decided to just kiss the rain.

Pushing away conversation

One effort of pushing girls away.

Girl touches me..

Me: Dont touch me girl, I dont think you can afford me.

Girl: ?

Me: I would demand your soul.

Girl moves away.

We can always avoid it by being Azw4n 4li.

Pain is Gain

Some come to me for advice.
What I paid rm500 for, and after 5 sessions of gruelling torture, I would happily give out a small part of my training for free.
In hope they have smacking 6 pack abs.
Okay, that's a bit over-dramatized (for entertainment purposes).
Just flat abs wud do.
DIY, at the comfort of your home, wearing skimpies.

Here, im passing it on to you.

Im a mom of one. It worked for me.
The friend I gave this to, is a mom of 2. It'll work on her inshallah.

And you singletons.. apatah lagi!

Now work it, pass me a glass of wotta!

P/S: pardon my stick-dude. That's my version of Mona Lisa btw.

Enjoy d;p

Coffee Discoveria

This our almost typical Sunday.
To strike off our coffee list.

I brought her to try out the Red Bean Bag.
She spent some of her bonus on me!
You, semoga dimurahkan lagi rejeki. Ameeen.

So here are some of our brunching and coffee-ing shot today.

We did brunch at The Bed Bean:

We then took a brunchy stroll at the lil park at Publika.

I especially liked this because of the human-united Monkey Bar. Too bad im too tall for it, or else..

After which, we killed time by having coffee at Coffee Stain. Boleyla...

We then headed to Jules' friend's open hse event for more food.

So by the time we hit home, you can imagine how stuffed we both were.

Thank God we had to run errands. Walking was a bit of our warm up.

We ended it with a lil badminton. 

By maghrib, both of us were drenched in our own sweat.

Nevertheless, it was all in all a nice weekend.

Esok bagus gym ni.

Bag's all packed.

Calling it a nitey nite now.

Happy Monday!

Too busy milking wonders

And so that was what I did.

It was my first, so was Jules'.
One word. Sugarush!

Apart from that, Jules have gone for her company's event..
I decided to stay in tonite, curled up with this:

Life pie

Time management is the key.
To every success.
Remember the story about the rabbit and the tortoise.

Well, the tortoise won because the rabbit slacked. Or was arrogant.

Now, imagine everyone was a rabbit.
And non was ever arrogant.
No one slacked off.
Time was always occupied. These days ppl complain of lacking in time.
And so the magic skill comes in.

In order to succeed and be able to enjoy it all. It is time management.
Imagine that your life is a pie.
And equalise all the pieces of the pie. Or extra percentage in areas you love.
Then attend to them with that amount of time and effort, nothing more and nothing less.

There is no such thing as.. "I have no time".
It's just bad time management.

JESTIAN WARNING: It is gonna be dry frm here on, only PROCEED IF YOU ARE DRY LIKE ME OR NVM, you gonna proceed. Go ahead.

Arrive early at work.
Eat your breakie. Never skip breaky. She taught me that.
Have coffee. I taught myself that.
Set your goals for the day. Create a CHECKLIST. Im serious. Never over or underestimate yourself.
By now you should already know your own capacity.
Never have more than 5 mins chat for every hour.
15 mins smoke break is however allowed (it is aldy been catered for in my pie)
By now, it is lunch. Ensure your are at your halfway mark through your goals for the day.

Go for lunch.

Come back do the same as above, minus the breakfast.
By 5pm, you should have completed your goals.
And you will fine tune, polish and pack up for the day.
By 6.30pm, you are ready to leave and have got your goals for tomorrow set.



At 7-ish pm, you are at the gym ready for your one or more hour workout.
Do a simple 30 mins cardio. You could mix them with a 15mins running and 15mins cycling or any combination of cardio routines.
You then move over to do 3 sets of 3 different weights workout.

Cool down by floor workouts like sit up.
Then chill reading mags at the juice bar before showering.
Head home. Sleep. Dont forget your shake.

or if you are a socialite..

At 7-ish you drive out to your fav hangout with frens for dinner and coffee.

or if you are on a date..

At 7-ish head for the cinema for a movie you already booked for you and your loved ones.

or if you have kids..
Go home to them, ask about their day.
Ajak solat bersama.
Read them a bed time story.
Or play sock puppet.

THEN, ALWAYS HAVE A MINIMUM OF 6 HRS SLEEP.


Remember there are 5 days in a week, weekends are not included because I know you jestians are creative for an awesome weekend.

Above, I have only given 4 options, gymming, socializing, dating and playing parent. Any one of them can be exchange with any sorta activity of your interest. In fact everynite I play parent regardless of my activity prior to reaching home, unless on social nites (vy rare) when I come home at 1am and Max is aldy asleep.

Never have only ONE THING dominating your pie, bebeh.
Have a spreaded no. of activities.
Make time for solat.
Make time for FRIENDS.
Make time to exercise.
Make time for your hobbies.

And of course, make time for your gf/wife/partner/soulmate.

Oh yes, do include emergency matters in your pie. Such as car break down, fever ke, cirit birit ke, kene beli barang2 toiletries sbb dah abis ke, gf meroyan ke.. stuff like that.

Inshallah you will have it all.

I want it all.
Im pretty much sure, you do too.

Create your pie today, my hansem and pretty Jestians.

P/S: I did not include "desserts" because that's basic instinct. You know when and what to do.

Chasing Dreams

"If i just lay here,
would you lie with me?
And just forget the world"

I wanna do just that.
With my two fav ppl.

Do u wanna build a snowman?

Skiing 20 mins, half through I did 15 instead.
Steps 10 mins, half through I did a 5 instead.

Wanted to do weights, but the equipments were all hogged by male species, which I am thankful for in my lil heart. Becoz then it would call for another MC.

No way, not at this point of time.

Have you, seriously walked in any gym's locker room, having to look at your feet?
Or recite this silently in your mind as you did: My shoes are hot, focus on it and NOT THE CRAZY HOT CHICK WHO JUST TOOK OFF HER BRA?

Really, I do that. Becoz ... nvm of the becozes.. u get my drift.

The challenge of not seeming like a pervert in the gym locker room is hard.
Menguji keimanan.
Dan kesetiaan pada negara.

I have never been more attaracted to my trainers as I have everytime I walked to my locker.

Now where was I again, oh yea..

Do you wanna build a snowman?

Battery

Oh what we do without them.
Phone running low on batt, no connection with the world.
Cars however, have not got a power pack like our phones do.

Today i made a first.
I hope she knows it.

I have never done it for myself, let alone any other girls'.

I changed her car batt for her.
In the dark. With some help.

But still, I got down rough for her.
Jules oh jules.

In the dark, with torch held by her.
After which I felt kinda proud of myself.

Batteries, cant live without them.
But not the way I cant live without her.
Fullstop.

Hero in half shell

So it turns out my fav turtle is a major geek.
That explains it all.

Now we are all safe at home, ready for a tuck in.
Hello Monday!

Cowabangga

So much for not working.
I just got off work. There goes my ninja turtle plans.

The day started off with open hse event at one of Jules' friend's.
The drive to Sg Long was worth it.
The food was superb!

It was my first laksa johor experience, I will never forget it.
I went to work feeling all full and geared up.

Jules was kind enough to look after Max, at the same time tactically plan to take out the zombies together on her ipad. I swear when it comes to plants vs zombies, Max and Jules make the best pair!

While I wrote my report for submission on Monday.
Jules is that one person that understands my nature of work. She never complained. She just waited patiently.

And in my lil space of what's left in my brain frm the report writing, I planned dinner.
I know for a fact that nothing will please her more than KFC.
I mean to think of it ya, all the decent restaurants and hotel food out there, and some of which I brought her to, she would pick KFC anyday.

And so to colonel sanders we seek refuge, shelter and feed our hard day.

This is for her:

And this is for me:

It was not all that bad, after self-rewarding coffee, terpujuk hati. And plus Jules promised me some bonus tonite.

Tomorrow is still the weekend, and us three will be Cowabangga-ing! Turtle power Jestians!

Boi Fridae

Crazy week, it has been.
Leaving the house at 7am and only to be home again at 9.30pm is no joke.
Meeting datelines. Submissions and what not.
All that, plus the flu, fever adds up to my crazy week.
Thank God for the antibiotics, im Superman.

Oh well..

It's Friday. It's let loose day. Be free day. Be thankful for all your blessings day.
Im prolly gonna work late tonite, again.
So that, I dont have to work over the weekend.

Well, nothing comes to you, served on a silver plate.
I believe that.
So much, my co-workers branded me a workaholic.

Hun, I work hard, I play harder.
Jules can tell you that.

So here goes.. my week:

And here goes, on Fridae:

Have a great weekend my fellow Jestians!

Winning 20

Every year for the past 4 or prolly 5 years.. i've made one resolution, and one only.
No, it's not to quit smoking. For that I need superhuman mind.
Or to be prego again, that's not gonna happen.

so.. drum roll....

To read 20 book this year.

And like every other year, or years..
I FAILED. Badly.

But 2014, is gonna be a transition year.
I promised to myself, everything I touch, or pursue, inshallah will turn into gold.

So here goes..

It's only August, and im on 19 already.
Thank you Fixi for publishing interesting enough stories to make my resolution this year come true.

I can already see how this post will end..

".. and lil Jesty read NOT 20 books this year, but 30!"

-THE END-

p/s: the list does not include books written by 9 yr olds like HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS, which was a New York Times best seller. Walla!

#seventy four

No, it's not the post sequential number.
It's my waiting no. To see the dr.
Just so you know, it's currently running at #66.

This is what happens when I take a whole month break from exercising, then starting again. But this place is crawling with ppl like me, so im guessing it must be the seasonal bug attack time of the year, perhaps. Again.

Just before the fasting began, I ran outta vit c.
my habit of consuming vit c after meals, deemed me to have one after lunch.
No lunch, no pill.
Fasting = no lunch.
You catch my drift.
So I dint stock up on them. Which of course I will. Tomorrow?

And it is still #66. Hasnt moved, since I started typing this.
How gravely ill must that person be.
Sometimes, I shud have been a dr. Because under normal circumstances, I would have diagnose on my own. And hit the pharmacy. But pharmacies dont give out MC chits. So here I am.

Just to make this whole this pretty, Im blessed Jules played sick and stayed in with me the whole day. She massaged my head. I really felt like puking. And fainting. But she was there. Before I knew it, I was sleeping like a baby in front of the tv.

Oh, thank heavens, it's #67.

Seriously?

Brushing up skills

Girls.
The complicated beings.
Highly recommended.

And also..

The fault in our stars

Are they really faulty?

I believed and still do believe that everything happen for a reason. That people come in and out of our lives for a purpose. Or even, those stayed in, still. Everything, with a purpose.

They were either meant to be a blessing or a lesson. Which ones, u will somehow know later.
I also believe in soulmates. In karma. And a collective of othrs in that sort.

This is one hellavu good movie.
Watch it.
I cheated by watching it twice in the same day, first alone, then insisted Jules to watch it along wt me the second time round.

So I could cry my heart out the first time, and watching wt her the second time, I cried lesser and could lend her a shoulder to cry on, literally.

It was so touching, if you did not feel anything by the time the movie ended, you are a heartless, stone cold SOB.

Anyways, I told at Jules at the end of it, to comfort her:
"I dont have cancer, ayg"

And with that, in my lil heart I said:
"Alhamdullillah".

Bangkit cheese alibi

To Suprise Her

This year, i completed my raya visitation on the first day itself.

Mom, dad, Tessa, my boy and I did the pusara visiting, Tessa and I completed our Cousin Raya Coffee ritual. It was mom's and aunt's bday just a couple of days ago, so we threw them a suprise bday party. We gave away angpaus, took countless selfies and what not. At the end of the day, everyone was happy. Tidak kira.. tua and muda, everyone went home feeling blessed for having each other.

And in my mind, I secretly planned my second day of Raya.

Im gonna pack up and drive.
Drive up to Ipoh to celebrate raya with her. Kononnye, hantar kuih raya yg I lupa nak kasik.

I told her later that nite, I was coming over. Unplanned. Max and I both. Max is my 5 yr old son. Just so you know.

The next morning, I was ready to drive up north. See, Im frm kl and hometown to me is like a myth. I never knew what is it like to drive back to my family along with every other kl-ite and being stuck in the jam on eves. All these to me, is a myth. Or hear-say. And so, I was very excited and anxious at the same time. I packed up clothes for the nite, just in case.

And Max and I did it. Our drive lasted for 5 hrs almost. Halfway in Jules hometown, we got lost. Jules came to our rescue and minutes later.. we were salam-ing her parents, wishing them selamat hari raya.

Jules and her mom offered us to stay the night. I gladly said ok!

Food was over-flowing. Ketupat palas, my fav pun ada! At nite, Max, Jules and I went for Apes movie. U know which ones, after which we had midnight supper.

The next day, we woke up at 10ish.
Her mom made ketam masak lomak. And sambal udang galah with pecal jantung pishang!! Wowza kan!

After stuffing our faces, Max and I left.

And now Jules says I have a hometown to go back to, thanks ayg d;)

Here's to yik mun on our way back.

Oh, and of course.. the Bangkit Cheese yg tertinggal was safely delivered to her mom.

Raya conversation.

Thursday thoughts

While am at work... and you're at yours..

Knowing your fish

Im a fish lover.
As in I like eating them.
In conjuction with our trip down under.. fish is prolly one of the cheaper option, apart from the kebabs you get from the hole in wall.

It is hence, essential to know the fish they would serve.

Here's my research:
Barramundi - siakap
Grouper - kerapu
Mackerel - ikan kembung

And.. my fav

Snapper - jenahak!

Now i know my fish-ology, im all set for down unda!

You and Me

Raya shopping

It was our last weekend of ramadhan before she goes back to her hometown. It's that last Satday for iftar together. It's that Satday for Raya shopping. Suprisingly, KLCC was not packed with last minute runners like Jules and I. There was a queue at the fitting room, nothing too serious to moan about tho. And we were both glad.

There is something you need to know about Jules and I. We came a long way to where we are now. Too much to tell, but one for sure that is related to shopping this year - we are both bois.

For the past year, I only bought clothes to please othrs. More on to enhance my physical nature. That I was born a girl.

This year tho, I decided to please no one but myself. I am who I am. A boi stucked in a girl's body. And no matter how I please others, like choosing a male as a life partner, to dress as pretty as I could, I failed. Nothing done without sincerity of the heart wins.

So it's time. To be me.

We walked into zara man. I picked out a pair of chinos and queued with the rest of the gents. Outside I read a sign "male only". It was my turn and I looked at the handsome looking guy who was looking out for the changing room and said in my boyish voice ever "bro, nak try". He nodded and said wait. I was relieved to know. He acknowledge my wish. And my rights to try that piece of clothing I have my eyes on. To me, it was a gender equality fight and I triumph. My lil heart was happy.

My cool chinos fitted me well and I bought it. With pride. Gay pride.

The rest of the day went well. I bought shirt. And cool relaxing cray shoes to enhance my outfit. Damn. Im keeping my hair. Jules say that I should. Because, i am still in the phase of coming out. I wanted to get a hat. But .. nah, maybe next time. This is an effort not to burn my pocket. It pains my to walkaway knowing I look super awesome, hot and wanna date myself like in it. Lol!

Jules manage to snag a pair of trendy beige chinos frm gap and a cool shirt to go with it. She is aldy out. Her parents are cool about it. And I must say she looks handsome.

So you must know, butch dating butch is nothing but great due to the understanding we both have for each other. And not to mention the girl checking out moments we can share. I love Jules to bits. Being togethr for 2 years, well almost have brought to this point that we have no secrets with each other. We are best friends, playmate and support to each other. :)

And to finish of, this raya.. it's gonna be awesome.

Because, I look like this.. in my mind at least.

Ghostie, Pancakes and Coffee

It was a Saturday. The first Satday Ramadhan and so we celebrated together. Us three boys with bond like no other.
We did some shopping. But best bit was the sick ghost movie we watched. That really reminded me of the goverment series that karma really hits you back.
We laughed, imagine a ghostie that makes you laugh.
By the time we were done, it was time for break fast. Earlier bookings were made at Paddington House of Pancakes. After which, we are done for pancakes, waffles and crepes for the rest of the year. Lol.
Then it was post party where we headed out for coffee and girl watching :) our fav part.

We looked out for PLU. It is funny when bois are being bois and wanting the girl they are courting. As an outsider, the message written on their faces are clear "you place or mine?"

And after an hr or two.. we called it a Satday nite and headed home. Of course it didnt end just like that without proper dessert d;p

Bois will always be bois.

Passion

We are created through love.
Hence, we bound to have it naturally in our hearts.
If not, we are very much driven by passion.
Anything, done with the heart will bound to have a fruitful ending.
What's important is the journey, not the destination.
And so, for me.. it will always be the an adventure! And suprises..
Jest, looking for an exciting adventure.

YOLO!

You Only Live Once.
Unfortunately, we dont have a reset button like The Edge of Tomorrow movie I watched yesterday.
However, we could delete and create a new blog every now and then.. heheh.
You will meet more characters as we go along d;)

First you will meet her.

This is Jules.. we are on our weekend drive. C'mon Barbie, let's go party!