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".