Ten

Geram! That's what I felt this morning after reading an email from my ex-sms muar friend. Well, he didn't write bad things about me but a few childish and irresponsible remarks on one of my best friends. I thought the era when we were very eager to put people down was over quite some times. Those period of times when my friends and I used to make fun of the names of our parents. For instance, every time the words pandan, tandan, kelindan, and dan appeared, the whole class will laugh. Simply because these words sound like Hamdan, my father's name.

It did not stop there. During the secondary school days, we became more mature. We stopped making fun of parents' names but started to create spectacular nicknames. Or false names. New extravaganza words were born like Mat jiwang, Mat skema, glencet, pondan, lauk, and the list goes on...

After engaging in these flamboyant activities for 17 or 18 years, slowly we're getting tired of them. Some of us started to address our man-to-man relationship seriously as we increase our obedience to God. More new words appeared such as respect, honesty, dignity, tolerance and integrity. What can I conclude is, I love this new era. I'm becoming more sensitive and starting to appreciate everything that surrounds me.

But this morning's email really really disturbed me. I feel very ashamed to have such an immature stupid ex-schoolmate. Oh, God! I've lost my excitement to go to the annual dinner. Some of us might labeled me emotional but if this will make me an emotional person, well let it be.

Siti Nurhaliza will be performing tonight. Until this moment, I've no idea what to wear to the annual dinner. Definitely, no fancy mancy dress when you're working with the Government. Everybody seems like talking about batik kinda stuff. No way! I'm not coming in those attire. Don't get my wrong. I'm not looking down at our traditional cloth but I think I'm not yet eligible to wear one.

I would like to congratulate Ezlin Elmy Ramly for her wedding today. Semoga bahagia ke anak cucu. Sorry, I'm not able to attend the ceremony in Melaka. Insya-Allah, my sister, Mira will be coming on my behalf. Once again, Selamat Pengantin Baru.

Last week, I forgot to announce my annually Merdeka Day's best TV commercials. For this year the winners are:-

winner: Maxis (masihkah ingat lagi liriknya?)
first runner up: Perodua (biar sumbang namun menyumbang)
second runner up: Petronas (kenapa saya suka rumah saya?)