The Original Juice

Sighhh

CAN YOU GUYS BELIEVE IT?!?!?! THEY PULLED MY LEG!!!! They only teased me about Taufik chauferring my boss' newly won car! How could they! And i was sooooo gullible to have fallen for it! Gosh! And to think that i have told this one secretary i'm not so close to about it. So EMbarassing! I mean imagine if she asked to verify the story with the other advisers who went, of course they'd say no such thing and that secretary would think that either i'm a big fat liar or just a plain BOASTER (ntah harper!)

But we were so excited when they finally got back to the office.. But nobody seemed to own any Hp w video recording capabilities. Those who have camera phone either didn't wanna go up front to take pictures or their memory full!!!!! this is crazy! Luckily one out of the whole 50 close-knitted group of advisers have managed to take one lousy picture. I'll try to put it up here when i get hold of it.

Salmah came in first and we quickly asked her to tell us the story and the first question i asked was : Taufik really chauferred Jessie's new car to her? Salmah said: No lahhh they were pulling your leg!!! My initial reaction was: What?!?!?! They lied to me?!?! Second reaction: oh ok at least she didn't actually really get to be driven by Taufik else i'd be dead jealous! So i won't begrudge her the Chevrolet.

THe next thing i know i was being imposed this question: Which i would rather have: a date with Taufik or the car?

At first my quick answer to them was: I don't know. (heheh but tt's really bcos i didn't hear what they were asking cos they were so excited. we all were!) But after the air cooled down, they asked me again and i said.... "Hmmm I'll take the car cos car got long-term benefit whereas the date w taufik is only a day" She seemed dissatified with my answer! Boleh gitu! heheheh Dia kata tapi date with taufik will last in the memory forever... Hmmm in my mind i was saying: Alahai.. aku nih pelupa... all my previous holiday semua i dont quite remember let alone this date. Tapi klw dpt date dgn dia at least boleh jadi kawan forever kan best... ahhh kereta lah more important!

Anyways back to reality. Jessie is selling her car bcos her Nissan Sunny is better than the chevrolet. I might just psycho her to sell to me at half price or what. hehehehe

This morning work started very slowly... No bosses around. that's because all of the advisers had to attend this convention called Flying Start 2005 where there are lucky draws and to celebrate last year's achievement.

So we, the secretaries, took the opportunity to undo our Christmas decoration (finally!)... soon i heard 1 sms come in. Then sharifah had to go answer a call, it was for me, another msg came in then the other office line rang and sharifah rushed to the phone. All those sms and calls were for me from the advisers who were at the convention to tell me one same thing: TAUFIK IS PERFORMING ON STAGE LIVE!!!

I can't believe this! How lucky they are!!! First, i answered call from Jessie (my boss) then i told her to go video record it for me. Then Hazel called my hp to let me hear some more. Then Yong Phio (my other boss) called me to let me hear the rest of I Dream. although before that he had already sung Me and MRs Jones! Kat and Mel smsed me about it too. They all said they wanted to go greet him later! Unfair! unfair!!! If only they had told us, i could have gone there too!

To add salt on my already sore heart. Jessie won a Chevrolet but not just that! THE CAR WAS CHAUFFERRED TO HER BY TAUFIK!!!!! HOw crazy is that?!?!?!?!? Gosh!! They're not back in the office yet so i dont know how many pictures taken or what they talked about and all.

We (mainly me and Sharifah) have no mood already to work. Sharifah who was outside on errands when she found out was smiling like a crazy person all the way back to the office!

WE ARE ON CLOUD 9!

But i did say to Sharifah, Taufik must be tired of singing I Dream so many times! heheheh Hey Girls. have you got his CD already? Who bought the pre-sale can go collect it tmrw already! So clear your ear and put on the sound system!

Hmmmmmmmm Been wanting to blog this for ages! But asyik tak terblog ajer...

I went to watch Biar Betul one of the weekday nights a few days ago with Kak ly and kak long... It's not diff to expect tt Kak Ly slept through most of it and kak long too a bit here and there! After we went out, they said that it was the slowest movie they've ever watched. so long it took them to reach the plot lah whatever... But, on the contrary, i cried at the ending! It had really moved me when i put myself in Shani's position crying over her brothers. I don't wish to write spoilers for those who havent seen the movie but i wish there's somebody who share my approval to that movie. Because to me its not slow at all! Much better than the typical malay drama on TV ya know. The jokes are not that lame either as most typical malay movies are. I really salute.

And when is this Unfortunate Events going to be screened nih?! PEnat guey menunggunya tau! Started to read the book already. One fateful day, ayah was on leave and couldnt send me to work so i took the train... and that particular day i got a flyer from a girl and i saw it said "San Bookstore. Buy Sell or Rent Books" Interesting. and it's just next door at Amara S.C so i decided to check it out with my cousin that same day during lunch time. and i immediately saw The Unfortunate Events (or rather i asked her where is it cos i couldnt see them in the library at all!) Unfortunately, (now misfortune has started befalling me already the future reader of Unfortunate Events?) the Book 1 was on loan so i rented Book 2 and 3 instead bearing in mind that Nani said it was not so diff to understand if we start half way.

And my it WAS interesting! So interesting that i finished reading it in 2 days! ok ok that's not so fast for such an easy-read book but i'm a hardworking employee ya know so not tt much time (though i had to fight the very strong urge to read during working hours) and i had been the morning shift driver also those few days and in the ride home i slept! hehehe Later on i borrow Books 5 and 9 from the library. But Book 9 was a bit too far for me that when i read Book 6 i know already who Esme is, though i still canNOT imagine what Count Olaf was up to! And after awhile it get kinda stale doesnt it? I mean 8 series of the same outline of the story... U kinda know what to expect. But the books still put you on the edge! After that i borrowed from the library Lemony Snicket : The Anauthorised Autobiography. I read through halfway it's kinda boring for me for the simple reason that it is so the long-winded and complicated that i dont understand and just tossed it aside. and i can tell ya it's a BIG BIG SPOILEr!!!! Especially about the V.F.D thingy!! But i thought i saw the book being published in the middle of the series. I just dont understand Why!!!

heheh u must be confused about my feelings for the book. oklah My conclusive Review about the book Series of Unfortunate Events is: It's a good read but Read in sequence and DON'T Read the Autobiography unless you've finished all the series. And watch the movie!!!!!!

So long now. Have a nice day everybody!

Happy New Year!!

Actually i always make a point to try not to begin wishing pple happy new year bcos its so silly to do so. Like its just another year what's there to be celebrating about? I don wanna sound so squarish but then i don wanna sound 'wild' either from the Islamic perspective... Basically new year is no big deal. Big deal is DEATH and LIFE.

But then today the whole day had been nothing so much. Just lazed around in the house... watching the BBC, CNN and ChannelNewsAsia on their Asian Tsunami coverage until Mummy came home just a bit before maghrib and said, "amacam? nak gi Amiran's?"

YES I WANT!!!!! i've been wanting to go to Amiran's for so so long! It's been so long since i've last been there! And Shirah's gone back to her father's home for the weekend and kak long was home. Contacted kak Ly and she was with Nur at BUGIS so everybody can go already....

But then kak ly msg me saying that they were SUPER tired after an afternoon of shopping that if they couldn't handle it any longer they'd just go home first. Truthfully, i was a bit sad at that bcos it would then mean that there's only mummy ayah me and kak long and she's going off early to go watch Arsenal match. i just replied to her that today is a rare occasion where 1. I want to treat them. 2. kak long's around 3. Shirah's not around and besides, it would be something like a very belated bday dinner (mine)! She didn't reply.

And then while kak long was ironing her clothes she asked me if it would be a good idea to ask her BF Farhad along! and i said YES!! That'd be nice! The whole family would get to know him! Then i had the task of telling it to mummy. Mummy just said ok and said that just now she picked up a call from Farhad also lah. Meaning to say that she doesnt mind at all. But Kak long of course were a bit hmmm nervous about the whole idea. and I took this opportunity to tell the girls to not miss the chance to see this Farhad guy! and of course they said they wouldnt for the life of them!

So i called Amiran's to make a reservation and the guy asked me under whose name would it be? and i said Julissa and spelled it out for him and surprisingly he said, "You can't be Julissa from Zac Meat?"

Me: Oh yes I am! Or at least i was. I dont work there anymore. Who;s that?

Guy: Shah. I heard from Kak Zaleha that you're not working there anymore. Asal berhenti? Kesian Zac Meat. Cik Hamid pon dah nak berhenti. U pernah jumpa kak Zaleha ke tak?

Me: ah tu lah... tak pernah nampak lagi!

Shah: Ah takpe nanti dlm kul 8 8.10 gitu i suruh dia keluar.

WOW! Am i surprised or am i surprised? They still remember me! and i don even know who's this Shah person! I just know Kak Zaleha and we havent even met yet! Amazing how we can be very close to our customers! :D I feel very honoured.

We arrived SUPER late. I had told them we would arrive a bit later like 8.30 ( in order not to let them give up our seats) but we really got there at 8.49pm! I felt so guilty lah actually but it was cushioned by the fact that there were not so many people. As in like we didn't make them lose money by not being able to give people seats to eat or anything. And actually this is my first time being at the new location! (which is just a street away!) and it's nice and big and cool! Best! Only of course the parking is diff.

We had a great time we all. With no restrictions on what to eat and we ordered everything we wanted. we even ordered TWO baskets of Calamari! My isn't that just luxurious! Tapi baru puas hati klw gitu! and promptly Kak Zaleha also came out from the kitchen... And i intro her to my family... and she said me and mummy looked exactly alike!!! and i asked if they were still taking from ZM... more items or just still Beef Bacon only? but they said biasa jer... and then to end the conversation i said, ok nanti masakkan kita sedap2 ok?!

I wanted to eat lasagne actually cos it's been such a long time since i had one! but then the thought of lasagne only for dinner is a bit disheartening. So i just ordered MaryLand Chicken (one of my reg menu there) and apentah Nur pon nak order tu. But i didn't wanna change mine this time. usually i mmg tak suka klw on one table got two of the same dish. Thought that it would be more colourful with diff diff plates of food. Anyway tonight i fought the urge to change cos i do love MaryLand Chicken and i akan terkilan klw tak makan tu! But sadly, it turned out not as nice as before lah. It was a bit dry tonight... But I still Love and Support Amiran's!!!

And then this Farhad guy came. I thought he only wanted to hang around before fetching kak long to see the game. But i was surprised to see he ordered a fish & Chips and My! did they give a BIG servign or what! kerherhkhkererhk He's Tall Dark and *Toot* i think he's got sharp teeth that make the smile outstanding and didn't have problem talking to our parents. He's a computer man who works at IBM just next door at Park View square (Yes! It's the building that has goot all those creepy statues!) Overall ok lah. I dont even mind paying for his meal cos.... I feel so happy tonight that we finally got to sit down for dinner together... It's been a very very very long time since.

And i feel so so happy.. its as though i've jsut got my sister back... I can lepak in her room again and we talk as per normal and all that. Oh Gosh... I'm sohappy i wanna cry now...

good night people.

PS: My resolution is to be thinner than 2004. May God be with us.