Malaysia just launched the iPad on Tuesday…and gosh! The queue and the rush!!! Honestly I am not an Apple fan at all. Have been looking out for other tablet myself and being a strong supporter of Blackberry, found the Blackberry Playbook pretty impressive.
Check this video out….and watch how two fruits can pit against each other!
A heart-shocking incident happened just the other day over dinner with my 12 year old nephew, YZ:
YZ: Hey auntie M, just wondering now that the school holidays are here, do you think I can play a game? *smiles sheepishly*
PB: What game you want to play la? No more online games ah…
YZ: Well…am wondering if I can play BJ?
*yes, people, you read it right, he said “BJ”!!!!
*For a moment, I am thinking….Oh dear…did he REALLY mean BJ as in THE BJ? I mean he is after all 12…u know...the puberty thingy kicking in and all….hmmmmm….How do I ask to make sure it is NOT the original BJ….
PB: Errr….why do you want to play BJ ah? And by the way, you DO know what is BJ, right?
YZ: Halllloooooo…..of course I KNOW what a BJ is. We were playing it in school during the last few days of school…duh!
PB: *WTF!!!!*….Oi…what do you mean you were playing BJ in school??? Who taught you how to play BJ!!!
YZ: Whoa Aunty, why you reacting like that ah? Is only BJ…We can play together…hehehe
PB: WHAT!!!!!
YZ: Is easy la…you get the cards ready and we can play!
PB: Cards? What cards?
YZ: *slapped his forehead*…helllooooo…playing cards…else how to play Black Jack? Sheesh!
Ah….then it dawned on me…BJ = Black Jack….oorrrrrr…I seeee…a little heart-attack there, but then again I should have been more prepared. After all, he is growing up….fast…..
I received this weird sms from my sister just this morning regarding my neighbour’s house renovation. But before I reveal that sms to you, a little bit of background about the renovation:
This young couple with daughter bought the house next to ours and started renovating like almost 5 months ago…*seriously, there was NO major work, just the normal tearing down walls, building in cabinets and re-tiling the outside…you get my drift …the standard renovation stuffs….but 5 FARKING MONTHS???Why am I uptight about it? Well:
1. I took only 3 months to renovate my place, and mind you, my renovation work had way lots more done up
2. I was consistently checking on my contractor and my ID every day….almost every other hour nearing completion…cos I had agreed with my neighbours that I will finish my reno quick so as not to inconvenient them…which my guys promptly did deliver in 3 months.
Where am I going with this?
1. My beloved new neighbor had promised that all KNOCKING, DRILLING work will be done by HARI RAYA 2010…Up till now, I still hear that wee bit of KNOCKING and DRILLING!....AND because I work from home, this ain’t helping, huney! (I sent a not-so-nice sms to my beloved neighbor)
2. The agreement was NOT TO WORK on weekends…guess what…in the last 3 weekends, their contractor had sneakily worked…AARRGGHHHH!!! (I sent a not-so-nice sms to my beloved new neighbor)
And I thought all will be over soon, when he sent MY SISTER a sms last Monday informing us that he will be moving in on Nov 29…YAY!!!...
*HMMMM…I should be happy, right? I looked out into their house and told my sister this – “the farking house is still not painted”, “all the tiles are still NOT laid”, “And there are still major knocking going on”….really, I don’t think they are gonna make it in on Nov 29, 2010!*
AHA! I was right, when I received this sms this morning which was FORWARDED to me by my sis, and it reads:
“Hi Miss XXX, Can you pls help me to inform your sister that we won’t be able to move in on Nov 29. It will have to be sometime in Dec 15. Pls tell her we are very sorry about it. Thx”
I must have really scared him off in the last few months with all my sms-es…but another 2 farking weeks!!!!! ….BREATHE PB, BREATHE…….It will be over….soon…
p/s: Just checked on his contractors, they are nowhere to be seen….and they are normally NOWHERE to be seen in the afternoons….and you wonder why his renovation is taking soooo long to complete…..
Have you ever come across people like this – is ok if they don’t reply your e mails/messages/sms…BUT all hell breaks loose IF you fail to respond to THEIR calling by just one day or slightly delayed for whatever reasons?!!!
Well, I recently had one of those moments with one of my clients….AAARRGHHHH!!!! There is no way I can EVER get her to respond even when I specifically mentioned “YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS MUCH APPRECIATED”. And there was even a case where she had used the all-time famous excuse…”I am sorry but I NEVER got your e mail, that is why I didn’t respond” (when clearly EVERYONE else cc-ed on the SAME e mail received it PLUS my numerous sms reminders!!!)
And of course the last straw happened this morning, hence this bitch blog…she had sent me an e mail LAST NIGHT (note: PB no longer check work e mails at night cos is not a farking working hour!), obviously I only read the e mail this morning. Well, before I could respond to it, I received another e mail this morning with this “CAN YOU PLS RESPOND?”
And at times, I wonder if we are speaking in dog and cat language?????
Hmmmm….here I am now thinking, perhaps I SHOULD be sending her e mails at night, THEN follow up with ANOTHER e mail the very next morning PLUS a sms……hmm…perhaps….
Yup that is our famous Penang Bridge that you are looking at, and this Psycho Bitch just got back from Penang Bridge International Marathon, did my usual 21km. Every run and race that I go for has its own kind of challenges, and this was no different too:
1. The run started at 3am….*many of us are sleeping at that godly hour, and probably having sweet dreams with Hugh Jackman! OK, Hammy 3, stop sniggling!*
2. It didn’t help when heavy rain and thunderstorm, plus strong winds picked up as we were approaching the incline of the bridge – think running in the swimming pool!…*Dear God, I know I prayed for cool weather…but heavy rain and thunderstorm????you gotta be kidding me!*
I realized no matter how many races or how many times I do a 21km, funny things still happens to you, post-race, like these:
* Having walked back to Vistana Hotel from Queensbay Mall (where we started the run), thinking it was only a stone’s throw away, when it was actually a good 3 km walk!...*brain not connecting well with distance at all*
* When your IT Band starts to feel like they belong to a 3 year old’s legs….*super super shortened!*
* When my quads and hamstrings refuse to talk to me anymore, and going down a staircase is a living HELL!!!...*Even my granny could have gone down the flight of stairs in a jiffy*
* Sitting on a toilet bowl post race…hmmm…and trying to get up after that..hmmm….
* But nothing beat this classic response from Cosmo, when Hammy 3 and I met her for post race coffee:
HAMMY 3: Eh Cosmo, what do you call a baby lion ah?
COSMO: A seal!
*silence….tweet, tweet, tweet…*
PB: Is a CUB! Cosmo!
COSMO: Ohhh…oops….hehehe….
Yes, both Cosmo and I blamed it on the farking heavy rain and thunderstorm during the run! We didn’t only loose our insanity but also our brains…..*ok peeps…let’s check when is the next race, shall we…wink*
