it's a strange but eventful day today...
woke up with a weird call..was damn blur then pissed-off before putting down the phone. got scolded for a mistake that was not mine. but i can't really shirk the responsibility, i oversee the work. and i emailed it out, so i would just have to keep my mouth sealed but i couldn't hold my tongue but to let it out at the end. after all it's an innocent mistake, taken as is basis from client's sample, ya, certain initiative is required, admit. then again, it's ok, we get scolded for mistakes that weren't ours most of time...numbed already...well, our nick name is, brand-whore anyway..
then, sat by my pc...had 3 slices of my favorite peanut butter bread and my must-have "morning" coffee. it's already 12pm when i'm having it. it's been a long time since i have bread. thou, i used to hate bread but i kinda changed after some turbulence 2 years back. but anything with peanut butter will always melt my heart. i enjoy the texture of peanut butter & butter gently melt in your mouth accordingly to the temperature within my mouth...quite satisfying.
then suddenly, no electricity! this bloody tnb (short for tenaga nasional berhad/national power limited) really useless, as useless as our government. well, the dog has to follow its owner's habit. tnb was privatized few years back. and i hated tnb, bcos many years back. my grandfather useD to supply power to his village, quite big village about 500-600 household. then one day this bloody indian asshole came over and try to close down my grandpa's plant/biz because government wanted to consolidate the electricity supply, that's nicely put. actually robbing the civilian's right to becoming self-sustained power provider, after all, providing power is the most lucrative business. hence, we had no choice but to submit to the government. did we get compensation? i believe we did...5 words, you are a good malaysian. well, this asshole minister has been voted out of his office during the recent election. bravo! served you right, bloody corrupted black fatso with weird looking wig! anyway, since being privatized, beside tariff increases almost on bi-annual basis. the service is disrupted in bi-monthly basis too. imagine, i moved to this new home since september last year and i've already experienced at least 4 times of power disruption. yes. black out. damn.
so, to continue my sleep is the only choice.
then, 30 minutes gone, still no power. suddenly came the thunderstorm. hmm...this storm is really huge & crazy. it's like a drunk fat father scolding a child who just got up in the middle of the night to pee. shocking & awake instantly! no, don't think otherwise, my dad has never drunk in front of us. he's a kind man, and too kind. anyway this rain was somewhat exhilarating!! i went down stair, to my porch, then, my crazy mood came. the feeling of running in the rain is so strong. it's been so long since i played in the rain, i could only remember when i was studying in malacca, we used to get trapped in the rain while cycling around the cities, and sometimes we had to hide in those little hut/stalls by the road, 5 persons cramped into that little warong hut and waited for the rain to stop till my nails turned purple. then suddenly i saw lighting before me, and drunk fat father screaming, then i realized, ok, it's a stupid idea to play in the rain today, at least for today.
2 hours has passed, shit, this bloody tnb is crap..still no power. thought of calling them, then i gave up. what's the use? the same old answer would be given, your concern is being rectified now...not to mention that it will take you 1min 30sec before reaching the receptionist. well, ever since those national agencies privatized, they have been trying very hard to be service-oriented. hence, came out with those press 1 for this, press 2 for that, press 3 for god father thingy...hilarious, well, that also you should consider yourself lucky if you managed to get thru after 3 attempts and it's not even toll free!
anyway...so what else could i do when suddenly black-out & thunderstorm at the same time? i could think nothing else but thinking of someone who can calm my trembling soul...while enjoying the view of my plain boring garden. lucky thing, my babies were so adorable, my dog & cat were just chilling by my feet. and so, my son became my over-sized carpet...haha...
5 hours has passed, this time my tolerance was running real thin already. i just needed to give tnb a thrashing. suddenly, the power returned while i was dialing their overly-friendly customer service number...it's 5.30 now, half a day has gone, nothing could be done really, except to do as much work as we could. and, i was hungry again, had another 2 more slices of peanut butter bread & a coffee. how much is the calorie for bread & peanut butter again??
later at night, spoke to my friend over skype. skype is really amazing, talking for hours without paying a single cent, and the clarity of voice is 10X better than msn, at least never choppy. we're talking about some work opportunity in beijing which he's interested for me to go over to help him in running a new setup to manage the no.1 telco brand there and other things...
anyway, i got hungry again at 2am, then i remembered, i didn't have dinner yet. so what else could i get at this hour but indian pancake/bread? yes, roti canai/roti kosong or singaporean call it roti planta, that's freaking weird. roti planta is named after the famous planta butter. so how could it called roti planta when it's meant to be empty, plain white toasted bread? and roti canai is called canai because it's a traditional meal from cenai, a city of southern india. anyway, singaporean just have their weird way of naming thing differently from malaysia. our relationship is just like british & american.
anyway, 2 pieces plus my usual teh-o-halia-ais a.k.a. iced ginger black tea, take-a-way. yes, finally, i can sit still and watch my korean drama "coffee prince", the final episode. after taking 2 bites then only occurred to me that: shit!! i'm having too much carbo today !! damn !! how much is the calorie per bread? and 1/4 can of peanut butter? and, indian bread, how much?? i'm so screwed...
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