I got flat tyre!!! :(

31 July 2008 at 10:28 am (Life, Work)

I woke up early this morning, reached office early. Strange though coz it’s been ages I didnt become early bird. And it seems being early today was a bad sign. One of the tyre got flat on the way here and I only realized when a colleague pointed when I was just done with the parking.

OMG! It’s REAL flat, pancit, no air at all! Terrified, and I knew I couldn’t do anything about it. It never happened before ever since the Kelisa has been with me. Or actually, it happened once last year when I was in UIA, but it wasn’t THIS flat. And what did I do last time on this emergency moment?

1) call Ado. Coz he’s got to help. And he was near me.
2) call Abah. To inform. Though he couldnt do anything from faraway. It’s officially his car afterall.
3) call Mama. To inform as well. Coz in the morning she’s at school and not with Abah.

And Ado came, sent me to class, gone to do something with the tyre, and got back with all-ok condition. Perfectly convenient. Conveniently perfect.

Back to current scenario. What did I do this morning after I found out the flat tyre?

1) called Abah.
2) called Mama. But couldnt get through. She sms later that she’s in assembly and couldnt answer phone.

Okay. I cannot call Ado this time :( Though he’s not that near to me anymore, I guess he’d probably come over to do it for me. He’s probably free this morning if there’s no class. Only need to sacrifice his sleep time.

But I cannot call him. I dont want to. Well yeah, not because I refused to help him regarding the moving so I dont deserve to ask help from him back. It’s because I simply dont want to meet him anymore. Yeah it feels weird too if I still ask him help though he’s always ready to help especially with the car.

I feel useless. I should have learned how to change flat tyre. I didnt even know if there’s a spare tyre available. (So that’s why I had to call Abah to ask). Anyways. I just left the car at the parking for now, came to office, pretend that it’s not a big problem. Yet. I told my colleague Nik about it and asked if he knew any pomen can come for repair. He said he maybe could help after work.

Happy sigh.

Let’s rewind a bit to yesterday. You know I can’t be that mean like how mean people are to me. I somehow was feeling bad that I refuse to help Ado to move house. I mean, he wants US to drive his stuff to new house, do the cleaning, arrange stuff, like last time. WTH? There’s no such thing as “us” anymore! So at least I tried to check if things are ok at his side, if he’s already found new house, when to move, etc. OMG, ilyani, why do you still care??? Anyways. I am not trying to be nice to him, but at the same time I don’t want him to think I am cruel for not helping, and he’ll forget all the nice things and help I have done to him before!

So I suggested a better alternative, for him to rent a van with a driver. I even googled up and found this guy who does the service, called him and asked, and passed his number to Ado. I hope that helps. And that’s all I can help from afar. Though he says he doesnt prefer someone else to drive his stuff for him (privacy, time consuming, budget, etc..) GOSH he’s talking like he’s got many alternatives (and I am one of them!). You wish! I am no longer available!

As for my flat tyre now, oh hopefully my colleague can really help me. Otherwise I’ll just ask the security people, or one of these gentlemen in IRIS. There are plenty of them actually, so I don’t need Ado.

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The Chronicles of Convocation: IIUM new robe!

29 July 2008 at 10:39 am (Graduation)

Okay, okay, calm down people. I know everyone is busy googling for UIA brand new convocation robe picture. In case you have missed the Kosmo copy featuring a picture of some dudes wearing UIA new robes, here it is I am helping you. (Actually I had missed the picture as well until someone in yahoo group gave us the link).

Ta-da! Yeh, right side pic leh, left one was the old robe we’ve already said goodbye to (I wonder where they dumped those thousands old robes to??).

What do you think about the mortar board? Cool, eh? :) And what do you think about Brad Pitt wearing mortar board? Or do you prefer Brad Pitt wearing Songkok?

And is it just my feeling, or does the new robe really have senget cutting? (or is it because the pic taken from lower angle?). And they say new robe is lightweight, very comfortable. Unlike old robe which was thicker and heavy giving your shoulders a hard time supporting it.

P.S. I am no Brad Pitt fan.

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I feel deja vu

28 July 2008 at 3:20 pm (Whatever)

He asks my help again as he’s moving house again. Then was last year. This time is now. Then I felt obliged to help him. This time I no longer do. Am I being mean? No. Well at least I do feel sorry. And that’s all I can do for him now.

How funny to think that I used to carry very heavy stuff for this man. Though yes, he helped me once too when I moved room in hostel. Then again I was moving only a room, and he was moving a house, including the cleaning as well. And this time should be more of help needed, as it will be a new place somewhere.

I want to make sure that it won’t happen again. I love helping people in need but how can I put this, I love helping people that worth to be helped. :)

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The Chronicles of Convocation: The countdown

25 July 2008 at 9:45 am (Graduation)

Hehehehehe. Am I over excited or what?

Anyways. Some updates. It’s confirmed already loh, that we’ll be wearing mortar boards AND(!) brand new robes with new color (turqoise blue from turqoise green before), new design (which comes with hood, and for Kulliyyah of Engineering: we’ll have Maroon!), making it 3 pieces suit, and there’ll be 4,112 graduates this year, altogether costs UIA RM2.1 million!! (read here). So if we put two and two together, UIA convocation this year will be something unexpectedly different! Is it a yay or a sigh? We have to find out.

And it’s less than a month to go, I’m expecting more surprises and exciteness coming! Hehehehe. BTW I’m going home today, hopefully my dress for convo day has been ready so that I can try out before the day comes. And if everything goes right, in 2 weeks time I’ll buy a new camera for the convocation! :)

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The Chronicles of Convocation: Family gathering

23 July 2008 at 12:41 pm (Family, Graduation)

Sooooooo everyone has to be here for my convocation! Mama & Abah will be flying over here on Saturday morning,  Ima will come (still dont know how & when, cuz she changed her Kuching-KL ticket to Kuching-KB ticket to spend school holiday), Ti will probably come down by bus from Kuantan on Saturday also, and Ipah is here in PJ I can go and collect her before picking up Mama & Abah at the airport. I have booked 2 hotel rooms in KL for us to stay until Sunday morning and we’ll be off to UIA. Though I dont know how the Kelisa can be stuffed with 6 of us haha. Or maybe just like Ima’s convo last year, my aunty & uncle will be around as well so can tumpang them lah.

And the family’s official dress color for ilyani’s convocation: Dark olive green!

HMM. Anyways. Last night I was smsing with Ado, which left me a physically soft, hurt feeling inside my chest, which made me feel as if I’m short of breath, or feel like throwing up at the same time. I dont know why. And it remains until this morning. Sounds like he’s started the new semester. I haven’t seen him in a few weeks, which is good, and I want to keep it up. Sometimes I just think I am not even supposed to reply him anymore. Which I did actually, only in quite a wrong way which made him think I really wish to forget him. And all he thinks is *I* chose this to happen. Whatever.

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The Chronicles of Convocation: Part 1

22 July 2008 at 2:46 pm (Graduation)

Graduate Status Check of Convocation Session Info @  IIUM Convo page

Matric No    :    0324100

Name     :    ILYANI BINTI MAT

Programme     :    Bachelor of Engineering

Kulliyyah     :    ENGINEERING

……

Session      :    4

Session Date     :    24th August 2008

Day      :    Sunday

Session Start     :    2.00 pm

And I just noticed that the invitation letter is now available in the website. The formal copy must have been mailed to home. Anyways, here it goes: “Dear Graduands, INVITATION TO ATTEND THE 24TH IIUM CONVOCATION CEREMONY. Congratulations on your academic achievement at IIUM.. blah, blah, blah,”.. anyways, I’ll just note down the important dates & to-do list here:

10th August 2008 until 22nd August 2008: Fll in the Tracer Study questionnaire at  for IIUM Alumni Tracer Study and  for MOHE Tracer Study.

16th until 22nd  August 2008: Collect robes at CAC. Also collect along the invitation card for parents/guests, seat number, and the Convocation card.

24th August 2008: Convocation session!

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Imbauan @ Filharmonik Petronas

21 July 2008 at 2:00 pm (Leisure)

Last night I went to see Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, KLCC. It’s been ages since I last saw a live performance so this Imbauan concert by Petronas Performing Arts Group was quite a brilliant freshen-up.

So far symphonic orchestra sounds its best with oldies songs, and what we were enjoying for 1.5 hours was nothing but Malay classics from 50s and 60s, which I never heard of before obviously, except maybe Tanah Pusaka (hey, I learnt this song in primary school :P) and of course, now in its own symphonic version. Sung mostly by Khadijah Ibrahim, popstar who I guess had albums in the 80s and somehow remains active.

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Why do I get the feeling that I don’t like my job?

16 July 2008 at 10:39 am (Work)

It’s been 2.5 months. I thought I loved my job, or at least, felt content with the position I am in now. But to be freakin honest here, I am not very happy working here. Yes I like being glued on the computer doing programming, and most of time I’m just lazing around when there’s no much work in the first place, but it’s not enough. What am I missing here?

1) Fun, available, sporting department colleagues I can really call friends and hang out with outside work

2) Tasks for me to be able to go out (it’s called out-station or something?) or travel! And meet other people, see other places… I don’t want just to be here in the office for the rest of my life! Please, at least send me to whatever meeting, conference, trainings, etc outside!

3) And actually, why do always I see myself doing nothing? Will it be weird if I demand more tasks?

4) Hmm.. I think there should be some more that I’m missing, but can’t think more now.

Is it too early for me to look for a new job? I already love TPM, it’s one of the silicon valleys in this region and I can say I don’t have problem working here until retirement. So is it the company? The department? The job? :(

Sometimes how I think it would be like if I work in the totally irrelevant field, yet I guess I’ll love. Like, to be a fine artist, or traditional theater dancer, or stewardess, or bakery chef, or photographer, or voice actor (or what is it called actually? The person whose voice is used in translated foreign drama & animation on TV – I would love to be one!).

Sigh, I am bored.

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PJ Community Library My Second Home

15 July 2008 at 1:47 pm (General, Leisure)

So yesterday after work I made my first visit to PJ Community Library, which made me screaming in excitement to discover how heavenly this place is. Though I couldn’t literally scream since it’s a library. It isn’t actually very far from Bukit Jalil, I reached there within less than 30 minutes. But on the way back was a bit torture to be stuck in congested traffic during the time when everyone is heading home (next time I should stay longer until night).

I registered as a member. The joining fee is RM1 (!) and annual fee + library card for RM30 so I had to pay RM31 in total. It’s way cheaper than what I’m getting back actually. 3 floors of books, and it isn’t just books, but spacious make-yourself-at-home areas with comfy sofas and place to have a good rest (and maybe nap) in, with a good book, and how perfect is that idea? What more, it has MANY BOOKS I’ve been looking for! It’s like MPH store, only you can bring back the books home, for free! And less people, more quiet, with cooled air yet feels so warm, dimmed light in some areas, oh I just can’t describe in words of how wonderful the atmosphere. And even the surau and washrooms are so neat. I can say this library much much rocks than KL Lib and National Lib (though I haven’t been there much before and not a member), and forget UIA Lib or UM Lib, DBP Lib, also.. ugh.. the sad Kelantan State Lib back home. Those are incomparable to PJ Community Library!

With the membership you can borrow 2 books and 2 media stuff (DVD, VCD, CD) at one time and you can keep them for at most 2 weeks. Renewing is possible, also via online access or making a call in case you cannot make it to the library. And the media stuff, which all I can say I can never finish them for the rest of my life being the library member. And they even have anime videos!! (I am so happy I want to cry..) Then there’s a section with many computers you can use to surf the internet. And media viewing/listening rooms for groups and individual, you can play movies and music and stuff, which I guess just like the one in UIA Lib. Only better cuz there are not many people coming here, at least at this particular time.

And yet another thumbs-up for PJ Lib is the convenient website & online access. The OPAC is great and you can even browse the books title by categories, the media stuff included! What more could you ask for a library catalog?

I fell in love at first sight with this place. I got myself 2 books by Melissa Bank and Jessica Adams whom I’m sure can give me a little laugh over the weekend. And two movies Wild Hogs and another with Nicole Kidman. I’m going back this Thursday, or Friday. And weekend.

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Two things to be excited about today!

14 July 2008 at 3:02 pm (General, Postcrossing)

Finally! After investigation on the confusing Google map which is still not showing KL-Putrajaya expressway which has been in operation since years.. (hey, Google updates the map every 10 years or what?), today I have found my way to this very cool place I have been meaning to go since I moved here, which I believe I’ll be visiting every weekend! I can’t wait no more I have to go there and see this evening after work! And the membership fee is RM31!

AND!! Though I can’t access the forum today, imajica, shamelessly (this is one of the clue words on 8tv contest and I can’t help giggling that I’m using it), wants to announce her best wishes for Postcrossing 3rd Anniversary :) 3 years! Can you believe it?? I don’t want to be reminded again by this fact, that in my room at home, there’s a huge box containing 1600 postcards I have received throughout 33 months I have become a Postcrosser. However thanks to my inactivity a few times for exams, internet unavailability, etc.. that number can somehow still be kept in control from increasing rapidly. Hehehe.

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