Sunday, July 11, 2010

Long Gone

Two of my favourite people had been spending some 'quality' time with Mr Ex Boyfriend, that one of them started texting me;

'I am now hanging with your ex and his wife.'

'Kirim salam sama dia' (send him my regards), I replied.


I was in the middle of my 12 hours sleep whilst receiving the great news. Immediately, I burst into laughter. Laughing in sleep. My weekend wasn't as dull as I had first expected.


The thing about Mr Ex Boyfriend is, up until now, all favourite people of mine cannot understand what I saw in him.


Frankly, I too haven't a clue.


But after 3 years of separation, I must say, I still have some funny taste in dating people.


Saturday, July 10, 2010

Soalan Cepu Emas

Kenapa bila di luar kau tak sibuk mahu praktis berbahasa Inggeris, tapi di Facebook kau sibuk mahu berbahasa Inggeris, walaupun berterabur?

I tahu practice makes perfect, but on Facebook?

Sakit mata okay baca status yang banyak sangat kesalahan tatabahasa dan nahu. Padahal dalam kehidupan sebenar, bila orang berbahasa Inggeris dengan kau, kau tegakkan kepentingan berbahasa ibunda.

Apa pasal di Facebook dan kehidupan sebenar, peraturan berbahasa jadi berlainan?

Double standard atau inferiority complex issue?


Thursday, July 8, 2010

Home Run

On my good days, I can write like a lover serenading a love song to the other half, whole-heartedly.

On my bad days, I can write like a machine gun mouthing its bullets at full speed.

On my normal days, I just can't write anything. Not even a simple single sentence.


I'm starting to love this new writing home more and more. I know I have far far fewer readers here, but at least now, I can write in peace. I just feel sorry for those who genuinely have been reading my stuffs in silence at my previous home base, and they know nothing of my switching of home. Now they no longer can read my piece of thoughts.


If only I could tell them. But too much is at stake. I can't possibly risk telling them. So for now, a handful of readers per day is more than enough I suppose. After all, I don't write for you people to read, I write for me to keep. Someday, when I get older, I will have something to look back to, to see how wiser have I gone over the years.


My name is Wunderbar. Well, I don't speak Deutsche. Obviously no?


Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Anonymess

Ever since my open declaration of me closing the old blog down, I've been bombarded with lots of criticisms over there. Some random anonymous(es) have been condemning me for being too blatantly critical and emotional when writing.


To respond to every negative feedback from there, I merely thanked them for reading, and I withdrew myself from being defensive whatsoever. They have got their point there. I have been so outspoken.


But but, despite thanking them, I too criticised them for hiding under the name of anonymous. Typical case of baling batu sembunyi tangan.


Cakap memang pandai, padahal sama saja perangai.


Frankly, I can't wait to officially shut the blog down. It's been dragging too much drama.


Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Common Mistake

Sepatutnya 'Thank God'. Bukannya 'Thanks God'.


Sepatutnya 'It means'. Bukannya 'Its means'.


Sepatutnya 'I am missing you'. Bukannya 'I am miss you'.


Sepatutnya 'You're welcome.' Bukannya 'Your welcome.'




Okay, kelas bersurai!


Monday, July 5, 2010

Most Favourite


Wunderbar's current obsession;


Sleeping 12 hours straight for 2 days, without interruption from family, friends and work. Wunderbar doesn't fancy caffeinating her body, so natural remedy like sleeping seems to be the best medication of all.

Oh, and Wunderbar needs a sleeping partner.


Saturday, July 3, 2010

Turn-Offs


Dulu, waktu zaman umur belasan tahun, ketika naif bercinta dengan kekasih tidak kacak, dia sebenarnya banyak membuatkan I rasa insecure dengan diri sendiri. Dia pernah label I tak elegen, stail tak berapa chic, kiranya tak berapa pandai nak melawa lah. I paling ingat part yang dia kata taste I tak elegen tu lah.


Tapi I redha saja. Sayang punya pasal. Mungkin juga bodoh punya pasal. Nak dijadikan cerita, hubungan kami tak lama atas sebab kecurangan dia. Baru-baru ni, dia sudah berkahwin. Bila difikir-fikir balik cerita kami dulu, I nak tergelak. Lagi-lagi bila I fikirkan stail isteri dia sekarang. Erm, probably definisi elegen bagi bekas kekasih I ni agak berlainan dengan definisi kamus universal. Entah, yang penting I nak tergelak juga lah bila rewind balik cerita lama.


I juga perasan yang kita ni selalu banyak angan-angan tentang pasangan idaman. Untuk lelaki, bakal pasangan dia mestilah cun, putih melepak, lemah lembut dan yada yada. Kalau perempuan, bakal pasangan dia mesti muka macam Korea, paling cikai pun ala-ala Aril AF ke, apa ke. More or less.


Jadi, mari I list down kan senarai jenis-jenis lelaki yang I tak berapa gemar nak kenal atau berdamping dengan (yes, I love direct English translation, sounds awkward macam haram). But at some point of time, I selalu saja tersepit dengan lelaki sebegini, sama ada mereka berada dalam kalangan kawan-kawan rapat I atau pun entah macam mana I pernah sangkut perasaan sama mereka.


1) Jenis yang pantang nampak cermin.

Yang ini memang a definite turn off. Kalau kau bersiap hanya ambil masa 10 minit, lelaki macam ni akan ambil masa setengah jam. Setiap kali melintasi kawasan yang ada cermin, let say, shopping stores yang berpintu cermin, setiap kali itu lah dia akan tengok diri sendiri dalam cermin, nak make sure rambut cacak dia tak jatuh.


2) Jenis yang berkira, dengan kekasih sendiri pula tu.

Kalau keluar bercanda, mesti ada sistem giliran siapa yang bayar. Hari ni dia bayar, hari esok kau bayar. Kalau perempuan tu jenis yang tak kisah, tak apa juga. Dapat pula kalau I ada kekasih macam ni, memang tak bertahan lama lah. Alasan biasa lelaki macam ni; i) I kan study lagi, ii) I masih di bawah tanggungan mak ayah.

Bagi I, mudah saja. Kalau dah tahu tak mampu untuk support perempuan, kau jangan gatal nak pasang kekasih. Kalau dari bercinta lagi dah berkira soal siapa belanja siapa, nanti kalau dah kahwin, tak mustahil isu duit akan berbangkit. Kalau bab keluar duit belanja, kena sama-sama kerjasama, tapi kalau bab ketua keluarga dan buat keputusan, bukan main lagi defend hak sebagai lelaki. Sebab itu juga I tak pernah keluar dengan lelaki yang bukan financially independent.


3) Jenis yang emosi.

Maksudnya di sini adalah lelaki yang tak segan-segan menangis atas whatsoever reasons pun. Juga tak segan-segan asyik nak merajuk. Ada perempuan yang suka lelaki sebegini. Lelaki jenis sensitif, bilang mereka. I anggukkan saja.


4) Jenis yang tak kisah adik-beradik.

Abang I jatuh dalam kategori ni. So kesimpulannya, sangat tak menarik. Atau lebih tepat lagi, lelaki selfish.


5) Jenis yang perasan hot dudes.

Perempuan memang suka pandang lelaki ___ /____ /___ (isi tempat kosong), mudah saja fall for these kind of dudes. Tapi in the long run, kalau criterion/ria ini saja yang kau ada, anggap saja hubungan ini tak kekal lama. Sebab lelaki yang suka perasan-perasan ni, biasanya agak vain juga. Dan selalu merasakan diri mereka diperhatikan, dan selalu juga terasa diri dia mysterious. Cet!


6) Jenis yang pakai skinny pants.

Insya Allah sampai bila-bila I tak boleh terima lelaki ber-skinny pants. To me, skinny pants are meant for girls. Sebab I tak berselera melihat bentuk kaki lelaki melalui seluar ketat dia, walaupun seseksi mana pun kaki dia. Lain lah kalau bentuk kaki tanpa seluar. Eh.

Lelaki kategori ini juga mendapat kurang markah kemaskuliniti. Tak mustahil juga mereka ada tendency untuk termasuk dalam kategori nombor (1).


7) Jenis yang tinggi sangat perjuangan school pride dia.

Selalunya lelaki berumur 20-an berada dalam kategori ini. Apa-apa hal, sekolah dia paling bagus. Kalau bump into sorang lelaki dari sekolah rivals, kemudian duduk satu meja, habis dikupas semula sejarah sukan ragbi sekolah aku lagi bagus dari sekolah kau, budak sekolah aku lagi samseng dari sekolah kau.

Balik-balik membebel pasal memori manis zaman sekolah. Padahal kau ni dah tua bangka, pasal karier kau yang tunggang langgang, kau tak ambil pusing sangat. Yang past tense tu lah kau asyik ulang-ulang. Dah macam peminat Liverpool. Err, mungkin juga kau peminat tegar Liverpool kan.


8) Jenis yang know-it-all. Kononnya lah.

Kalau dia ada masalah, kau tak payah campur tangan. Kiranya dia boleh handle semua. Lelaki kan, mesti kena handle masalah sendiri. Nak dibuatkan cerita, dah cuba macam mana pun, masih tak boleh settle, lagi tersungkur lagi ada. Tapi tak nak mengaku kalah, tak boleh jatuh ego. Dia diam saja masalah dia sampai melarat. Dan kau yang rapat dengan dia harus lah tak tahu menahu tentang kewujudan masalah dia.

Kemudian, tup tup dia kata dia dah termakan budi dengan orang lain. Maka terpaksa lepaskan kau. Padahal, dia tak pernah bagi kau ruang untuk bantu. Jadi pesan I, kau berambus saja. Lelaki jenis macam ni memang banyak betul inferiority complex tersembunyi dia. Sebab tu I suka lelaki yang banyak tanya. Biar nampak tolol, tapi bukan tunjuk pandai yang bangang. Tak tahu, buat cara tak tahu.


9) Jenis yang tegur/kutuk perempuan terang-terang sampai menusuk kalbu tanpa belas kasihan.

Lelaki yang rasa dia jauh lebih bagus, lebih holy, lebih lengkap, lebih superior. Need further explanation?


10) Jenis yang 'Drogba tu belajar dengan aku', 'Fabregas tu biasa-biasa je sebenarnya'.

Ini kes bila lelaki terlalu passionate dalam satu-satu bidang. Contoh obvious ialah minat bola. Kalau tengok bola, dia lah yang paling becok menyalahkan taktik formasi pengurus Chelsea, marahkan pemain pasukan lawan yang suka tackle kasar. Kemudian, sibuk bercerita zaman kegemilangan dia main bola sepak waktu tadika dulu, malangnya sekarang terpaksa bersara, disebabkan perut sudah tak mengizinkan.

Tengok bola senyap-senyap sudah.


11) Jenis yang merokok tak beradab.

Lelaki yang puffing mengikut arah angin sebenarnya agak biadap. Asap rokok secara automatiknya akan mematikan haruman perfume RM 250/100ml kau. Secara generalnya, I tak suka lelaki yang merokok tanpa minta kebenaran daripada orang sekeliling yang melepak sama dengan dia, dan jenis yang tak tahu nak agak arah tiupan angin. Nak merokok pun ada seni juga beb.



So far, itu saja yang boleh fikirkan.


Selain daripada #6, I pernah kenal dengan lelaki-lelaki dalam list ni. Nasib baik sekarang ni I sudah jarang bersosial sama lelaki, maka kurang sikit lah rasa turn off. Ngeh!


Raja Musim


It's the time of the year again, the durian season. For god sake, I'm yet to get my usual durian fix everytime the season is on.

No wonder I don't feel right. Anyone's feeling cranky?

Me definitely.


Friday, July 2, 2010

It's Almost 5, I'm Heading Home


Out of the blue moon, my miserable boss asked me something unthinkable. He was just stepping out of his office, suddenly he stopped. He walked to my table, and asked whether I would like to have KFC.


Before you get me wrong, NO this is not an attempt to flirt on me. Truth is, he wanted to have KFC, and since KFC restaurant was 100 metres away from the office, and he thought it was pointless to walk that far, so he assumed maybe if I too had the same lust on KFC at that time, I could go and get some take-away for both of us. Of course, his treat.


But since the clock was hitting five at the time, I bluntly said I was still full from the lunch I had had.


I am glad I declined his invitation. It sure feels good to let my boss know that he cannot always count on me.


Thursday, July 1, 2010

Soul Maid

Recently when the issue of maids was brought up in newspapers time and time again, I almost said Oh-boy-here-we-go-again. One party was pro maid, whilst the other saw no reason for having one, or more.


One question was even raised, something sounds like 'is it so hard to lift your fingers and mop the floor?' To answer this, to me, personally, yes it is hard, missus. And I can give you hundred of illogical reasons to justify my stand, but these will only shower me with thousand of lame you're-lazy-bimbo accusations.


To be frank, to decide whether to hire a maid in your household or to just do your own chores is not an issue worth debating. In this hedonistic world, money rules. If you have the riches available, the decision is up to you. But if you lead a tight life, forget it. Break the sweat, tidy your place up yourself.


Other than cooking, I believe I am not that bad in doing house chores. So, in the near future, I don't see myself needing a maid. Simply because I'm not used to having one in my whole life, except yeah, my granny in kampung is taken care of by a maid, but that's another story altogether. And I don't find it necessary to fork out RM400 or more to pay someone to do chores that can actually burn my calories without hitting the gym. Plus, I am a cheapskate.


Unless, if I was fated to have more than 3 children at some point of my life. Fate, exactly the word I rarely use, overrated. Most people use it for all the wrong reasons. But looking at my current pattern of life and love life, I don't see my wedding cards are landing in your post box anytime soon or later. I am just too selfish to get married. Although too eager to get laid (this line is supposed to be funny, tq very much).


Since I can do almost all house chores but cooking, hiring a maid looks irrelevant to me for now. To deal with my cooking flaw, well I know many maids whose cooking skill is almost zero. With me currently seeing someone who adores cooking, and I am pampered with lots of foods, cooking mastery is not yet an issue to me.


So ladies and gentleman, in the end, it goes back to how fat is your bank account and whether you see having a maid is a necessity. And whether you see house chores can reduce your waistline.


This is purely my two-cents.