cuti-cuti malaysia jan 2007

eventhough musim banjir, just so happen my cuti-cuti malaysia first trip of the year is to johor bahru...

actually the company that yan is working for (fun expresso) is supplying their inflatable game to celcom xpax tour in conjunction of afdlin shauki's film - sumolah... he brought 3 other crew - shah, abu & amirul.. so we (elly, who happens to be the good lovable wife who cannot be apart from her loving husband, shah,, rasul & me) decided to join them for the weekend in jb...

we left after work on friday night (jan26), arrived at 1am, stayed at straitsview hotel (along pantai lido). the next day followed the working team to plaza angsana... i did some shopping, luckily got sale.. at night went out for dinner tepi pantai at stulang.. food not bad, price also not bad la..

sunday, again to plaza angsana, shopping but this time more of window shoppings.. the waitings was unbearable for yan so he spent most of the time sleeping in the hotel room. actually it was not too bad for me.. i sat with the gang at the side of the stage, eating ice-cream or munching something most of the times and scrutinizing every johorian in plaza angsana, looking for any good-looking male that suits my taste... of my 2 days (about 20hrs in total) in plaza angsana i only saw ONE good looking male.. at least in kl i have more choices... home sweet home...

after they wrapped up the event, we went back to the hotel to freshen up and went out for dinner at restaurant singgah selalu... it's as is being in sri hartamas.. same environment, same kind of food, same vibe, same pricing...

left for kl at 12midnite with elly and rasul... stopped at seremban rest area to hv coffee, wind was terribly strong.. i can even feel my 54kg body being pushed by the wind..

after sending them to setapak and keramat, i reached home at 4.30am..
got 4hrs to sleep...
hmmmm... i dont fancy desk job...


cheers !

Yippie Yippie Nu Year !!

i always have good luck ! hope i will never run out of luck.. a good year has started, good opportunities arosed, good chances are shining, pendek kata, everything good... so far so good lah..

* jan 14, 2007 - closing party - i just finished stage-managing 'betrayal' a play by harold pinter, directed by james lee, casts are ari ratos, bernice chauly, vernon adrian emuang & caesar chong. i labelled this play as the most difficult play i've done. 8 set transitions - 1 min each, 2 stagehands (rina & d'boy + mag, took over the days that rina couldn't make it), wah on sound, hanif on light, sazali on projector, 1 night over-full-house (the team gotta organize additional chairs, angkat kerusi lalu atas kepala orang je) and am proud coz we handled the chaotic moments within only 8 minutes.. again melodramatic backstage drama, coz my stagehands acting like busybody neighbours, soldiers in war, macam-macam lagi lah.. after 15 plays last year, first time i heard the audience complimented the stage management - bravo guys !

* jan 9, 2007 - confirmed stage-managing 'magic flute' (music director - chong kok ting, conductor - brian tan, director - dato' faridah merican, narrator - joe hasham). show dates are march 22, 23, 24 & 25, 2007.

* jan 22, 2007 - being offered to be the personal assistant to the artistic director of klpac ! PA to Joe Hasham (temporarily) ! when 'immediate' were mentioned didnt thot that my supposedly-2-months-nothing-do-plans were going to be stripped off just immediately. start work - jan 23, 2007...

* jan 23, 2007 - confirmed stage-managing 5 more plays this year (philadelphia here i come, kg wa' hassan the tour, tunku the musical & the importance of being earnest).. am stuck here in klpac til november 2007.. yeay !!!!

good month and roses of luck to start the year...

cheers !

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007

ever since i learn to drink (liquor, i mean) i always celebrate new year by getting drunk, which when i got sober up, i regretted making a fool of myself.. there's a new year (can't remember which year) i celebrated alone, go bar-hopping around jln telawi alone, got drunk alone and manage to go back alone, safely.. hmm, i was proud of myself that time..

this year, i went 'balik kampung' celebrating raya haji, went to a best friend's house (shah & elly), meet up with some friend there, went to eat free nasi lemak with the friends and celebrated new year at a special place, very dear to my heart (sorry, can't mention the place, nanti kantoi !!) with special bunch of friends (shah, elly, rasul, yan, also a few collegues - boy, hanif, ude, also present was their partners and friends)...

of all 365 days in a year, mom decided to stay over at my place this new year... i got drunk to the max, had to be dragged out of the celebration venue, dragged out of the car to the mamak shop to sober up (didn't work) coz i slept on the table most of the time, dragged up to a dear friend's house (i can't go back, i'd topple down on mommy)... got up only a few hours later and drove back.. on the way, mom called, her exact line were "dah lupa mommy kat rumah ke ?".. he he he.. sebab i ingat la that's why i tak balik, mommy... of course i didnt utter that line out loud to mom... i'd never see the next and following new years if i say it...

i have learn to accept that when it comes to alcohol, i am morally bankrupt !

i used to drink like hell and had to be dragged away every single time i drink and i used to drink every single day !.. now old already, also already learn to hold my drink safely.. sometimes i still go overboard but i always make sure am with someone who do not mind carrying my 54kg weight up to my 4th floor apartment (note : no lift, walk up !)

anyway, even i made a fool of myself again, i have good and trustable friends who always be there for me, be it when i acted stupid, arrogant, nice, cute (most of the time la).. at whatever fault i am at, they always accepted me as what i am..

thank you very much my friends, let the new year be a wonderful one for all of us, i love you all, let our friendship last forever...