what's this? & who's this? (umar jibril's version)

he imitates people nowadays, but in his amazing ways..

mommy : what's this, umar ?

TEKTER... (tractor)


mommy : what's this, umar?

ANSWER : ..NANA (BANANA)

mommy : what's this, umar ?

ANSWER : Vroomm, vroom..! (huh)

mommy : what's this, umar ?

ANSWER : cat (correct! clever!!)

mommy : now, let's try another pix who's this?

ANSWER : kakak !!! (duh)

mommy : who's this, umar?

ANSWER : wawa..(its short form of WALID, huhu..blehlah!!)

mommy : what's this, umar ?

ANSWER : mama ...

& sometimes MOMMY turns to MEYMEY...

apa sudah jd anak saya ini?

its here..at last

akhirnya..

baru td an email was forwarded to us from TPHEA, saying that our semester break has been pushed forward to..NEXT WEEK!!! instead of having it together wt our raya break

+ ve & -ve...

the good part is, yeah we are taking precautionary steps in our efforts to fight the H1N1 thingy

d other side of the story...alamak, momentum nak ngajor dah peak dah...pastu kena cuti plak..emm dont know whether the I could stil mumbling in the classes like this after the so-called semester break

plus..(the worst part, since we're goin back to kelantan for tis year celebration)...they cut short our raya holidays!!! instead of 10 days off, now RUMOURS say that we're given only 2 DAYS for our raya break..

case closed...

of.... Louis Vuitton,Guy Laroche, Braun Buffel, Channel,Coach

was i somewhere in Alice in Wonderland last nite? or was my brain making funny of my "wants" of things? if these are realities, I wish it stays...DON'T GO!!! (not yet)

my othr half threw me these questions last nite masa dating kat Up Town (thats what these kiddos call this place, don't ask me WHY..) beside Upwell, Segamat

mr rozman : babe, girls nowadays prefer what brand bile beli handbags?
mrs rozman : sorry..(buat2 x dengo..)
mr rozman : klu beli handbag, jenama ape yg org pompuan suka?
mrs rozman : (tryin to sound naive...) depends on our needs (again, tryin to sound NEUTRAL!!)
mr rozman : klu ayang, jenama apa yg ayang suka?
mrs rozman : (thats it..he's buyin me new handy..yeah!yeah! buleh buat raya..) personally, byk sgt
mr rozman : i bought u Guy Laroche few months ago kan...pastu last Jun u bought Liz Clairborne on ur own..
mrs rozman: (quick thinkin'... ni question mau trap saya ka? ) u knw wat..i've been eyeing this ----- & ------ bags, pastu surfed dlm net, butik ade kat klcc..tot of asking kakak (alamak, bocor rahsia aunty DD!!) pegi klcc end of d year..

knw what was his reply...

mr rozman : (grinnin'..sambil puffin' away his cigar) we'll see how la..( read as : if u behave nice, u cook me gud food..)

mrs rozman : (tryin to act cool) ok....

aduhai..somiku sudah pandai tgk branded handbags for ladies like tis ar..i cannot tipu2 him when it comes to purchasing another GL !!!

Thus, i rest my case..*wink*

Ms DD, ada marks for this presentation?

nak kata b#@^%ng, kecik ati plak..nak marah, seme dah besar.. ish..ish...kids nowadays

actually, I was kinds pissed off (sgt2) yesterday morning, after my BEL 311 (part 3) class we have started assessing students based on their participation in class, assignments & attendance (which is good, sbb they really have to do all those stuffs, otherwise, final grades dive down into the drain lah jawabnye) they were assigned (pairs) to do I-net research (so the itsy bitsy research) abt food & culture all over the world, and yesterday was the presentation day some groups really worked hard, by providing facts, mind-mapping 1 group even did impromptu sketch ( they uncovered facts & culture abt cakes)

in the middle of the presentation , a girl asked me

girl : Ms, do we get marks for today's presentation? ( with a very s@#^*d look on her face)

guess..what was my answer...

Ms DD : well, if u wish x to do the presentation, I'm afraid that I'm not in the position in awarding u the marks for this presentation

girl : ohh..ok Ms..just asking (!?!?)

peeps, if u happen to be one of my students reading tis entry, when I say PRESENTATION, it means MARKS for ur participation in the class so, please do as I told yer..

nway, njoy these picts (among the most outstanding presentations)

Shumbadak goreng

hehehe...

its actually Cempedak Goreng, the above is my othr half's version of saying CEMPEDAK he said, its how the Arabs say it

anyway, the othr half bought cempedak frm pasar mlm somehwere on the way to Segamat yesterday & its 1 of his favs..shumbadak goreng

How I wish that I have miracle fingers to scoop flour frm the plastic coz everytime I try to have d rite cocktail, I fail to do so! its either too hard or too soft never the rite mixture!

so, in my effort not to waste any mixture, I mixed flour, corn flour, rice flour, pinch of salt & air kapur in a big bowl and just dipped few pieces of raw shumbadak!! hahaah

the first trial came out=a bit soft, thus resulted as an oily shumbadak goreng

2nd trial=PERFECT!!!

hahaha

my othr half claimed..the best shumbadak goreng he ever tasted!! kelakau hingga ke tekak!!!

Thus, I am smiling till tis moment!!!

A colleague of mine

yup..tis entry is about tis colleague of mine how many colleague do i have? many, (that includes the othr half) another question, out of "that many", how many of them are ur besties? answer, not many! ok...out of "not that many", could it be 5 - 8 besties undr 1 roof? ...the answer is..my othr half is my only BESTIE in the office!!! hahah yup, i dont share little, dirty secrets with colleagues, not even rumours (huh?) yup, even b4 i got married, i hav never had bestie undr 1 roof do label me as narcissist, but thats just me i dont trust peeps that easily so when i became mrs rozman, i became his bestie and he became mine..its so simple

anyway, "this colleague of mine" has been teaching for quite sometime (tis is my 9th year here, so plz imagine how long has that person been here!!) in a way, that person is a senior lecturer here & we used to be "able" to say hi, gossiping (that person is darn gud gossiper! though i dont listen to the gossips, but when peeps talk, u just hafta listen)

anyway, few weeks ago i missed 1 of the programmes organized by the dept (i couldnt find ANYONE to babysit the lil' monster) i did reason out with that person since that person is in the committee i was hoping that she could (at least) try to understand my situation ( i just x understand that that person was so mad, but that person is not d boss!)

few weeks later...

today....

i met that person tis morning, & to my surprise...u knw what...that person ignored me!! i was standing rite in front, & that person ignored me!! huh! can u imagine that..i felt sad at first, but the more i dwell on tis matter, i feel relieved actually!! hhehehe tis means that i x hav to listen to rumours/gossips that that person has all the time, i x hav to pretend to be nice in front of that person, best of all, that person is x even my bestie (READ AS..i can desert that person at any time!!)

nway, i'v heard stories abt that person, & nw i knw that those stories r true i've got nothing to lose!! in fact, that person should be sorry, since i'v decided to walk away frm the clan..

hahaah

Back on feet...again

how long did it take me to come back to my senses again? darn long, till i actually 4got how to sign in to my own blog (i think its more on my bio clock sending signals that i may soon be needin my own PA!!) anyway, i'm spendin tis nite alone (huh?), the lil' guy is at his wonderland, while the big boss is on his way back from shah alam..dont ask why or what (its hard enuf to teach, he even has to travel every early semester)

what xactly had happened to me? again, no question ask, no answer given all i could say is i'm back on my feet again, and will try to maintain the track so that no one will ever pull me aside..

lets dwell on something else..

i've been reading, and really reading some serious stuffs even my othr half wouldn't dare to say anything abt stuffs that i've been reading in fact, he even once helped to download a movie from the net but..i still haven't got any chance to sit facing the box for 2 hrs and 30 mins

i must admit that my reading style has now changed i used to read English stuffs (John Grisham, Danielle Steele) but the more i went on reading theirs, i more i became dissatisfied something is missing i did read harry potter's series..they are good, so good that i promised myself that i'm gonna drag the othr half to watch harry potter & the half-blood prince later..... i think i became aware of this emptiness when i was teaching my tesl students in their first semester one of the subscribed texts that they had to read is village by the sea by anita desai

they hesitated at first, since it was their first experience reading stuff (its heavy for them, they do not have english/lit background) we started bad, really bad that i had to read to them, explain line by line to them but i don't mind, after all its my job! it took them such a long time to really understand the characters ; lila & hari but they conquered their fears and finally they understood that life is hard, and u got to have trusts to people that u luv

i finished the saffron kitchen by yasmin crowther few days ago & what's special abt the saffron kitchen? simple, it has all the Asian elements that i've been searching for all this while in those novels i found unique elements of Iran & England, & how people are connected to each othr but i guess i am more attracted to the islamic touch eg, chador (shawl), kebab (yummy!), maman (mummy)

as for the plot, i'll leave it to u peep u decide these days, i'm fine with novels that have bits & pieces abt Asian