The aftermath of sandy

After hurricane sandy..Alhamdulillah we are okay, no damage to our building, still got power and water. Other people not so lucky, some friends have to move to the office, no electricity in their building. Other people are even worse, lost their homes and everything, either burnt down by fire or destroyed by the rising water. They don't have anywhere to go, except for the shelters for a few days but how do they build their home and their life again? Saw one man who went to his mom's house or rather what is left of it, amd all he could salvage was his mom's corningware bowl. One, only one single thing had survived the fire. Some of the people interviewed on tv looked so clueless and overwhelmed by what had happened. They do not know what to do or where to start? They couldn't believe this had happened. Their life as they know it, has been turned upside down, inside out and they have a long road ahead of them to make it right agan, to make it normal again. My heart goes out to them, wish them all the best and hope they have the strength to get up and march on.

Sandy is coming...

Hurricane Sandy is coming to town. It is on its way now from down south. Schools are closed tomorrow..the kids are happy obviously. We have bought some water and milk and other basic supply, it was forecasted that there would be some electricity and water supply disruptions due to the high wind and rain. Low level areas in NYC are in the danger of being flooded so mandatory evacuation was ordered. Luckily we are not in that area but we still have to be vigilant. Need to fill up bathtub with water, just in case takde air. Have some candles on hand, and need to fully charge both iphone and ipad by tomorrow afternoon. So no mindless browsing for a while okay?:)) it is getting cloudier and cloudier by the hour now and it is said to be windy now..not sure of that since i dont dare to go out now. The last hurricane we had was last year, a few days before raya puasa. Even though we were spared a direct hit, the damage was still huge. It is said that this hurricane sandy is going to be much worse. It is dubbed the "Frakenstorm" as it is going to be a monster storm, slamming itself into mostly of the whole of America's northeastern region. Many states have declared state of emergency. New York's subway system is being closed down. The storm is said to last for two days, it is definitely going to take its own sweet time in leaving us, so I am praying that everything is going to be okay, Insya Allah. Stay safe!

Volunteering is fun and tiring..

Today, I started volunteering at the kids's school's book fair. Boy..it was tiring. Wth the setting up yesterday and the grand opening today, all the other colunteers and me had our hands full. But it was fun! And i have the whole week next week to do it too..:)). The book fair committee would get books from scholastic and will help sell them and some of the percentage of the sales will go to the school. Well, at least i think that's how it works. See, I wasn't at the meeting as i was asked to do something else that i don't like to do at some other place that i don't like to be at, by somebody that i don't like..no, not form the school, this person is from somewhere else..gosh..how i despise this person..anyway....back to the book fair...i love it when the kindergarten kids come to it.not only they look so cute and adorable, (well at least before they started screaming when they don't get to buy the books that they want, or rather the 'non-books' items is more like it, for example the colourful erasers, pointers, pens, pencils and what not), but they are funny too. There was this boy who came to the cash register with money in his hand and just gave it to me without having any books to buy. I told him that he needed to go and choose some books before paying and he gave me this blank and confused look! And he had quite a lot of money in his hand..😀. Someone took him to the books and at last he came back to pay for them witha big smile on his face!!!. And some kids would be bringing $10 and came to the cashier with books worth $40! Boy! That is quite hard explaining to them that they can't buy them all. Usually we would let the teachers do the explaining, we wouldn't want to be the cause of some kids wailing...!!! March on!!!!

tak nak tengok dah adam dan hawa....

ok..actually i didn't want to start watching the hottest drama in malaysia right now because i know, kalau dah start tengok, nanti i nak follow sampai habis plus ada abang AA, nak la tengok kan? sorry Yang..i still love you..:)). anyway, since some of my FB friends duk "promote" AH, thought of oklah, tengok la jugak..but my..selloooowwwwwwww nyer cerita dia...i was jumping from one episode to another. (tengok kat this website, takde tv malaysia kat NY kan..sob..sob..) duk fast forward, just to know the jalan cerita but lama2, it was getting annoying. don't get me wrong, i enjoy watching drama/movie melayu, well at least some of them, lagi2 bila dah duduk overseas, just to hilangkan rindu kat malaysia, but this drama to me, is just exploiting AA fans...some episodes tu, from start to finish, takde substance pun and they are draggggggiiinnnngggg it man, they really are..well that is just my opinion anyway. so now after episode 29, or is it 28, i decided no more..not going to watch it, maybe the last two episodes, heheh, just to know how it ends. Malay movies or dramas have so much room for improvement. the editing is just awful..they don't notice the small stuff. it is either that or they have this attitude of"takpelah, sikit jer, orang tak perasan pun". There was one scene where Dee was talking to her mom and there was a HUGE brown spot on her white bedroom door, macam cat pintu terkopak. come on la, you are this rich girl who drives a convertible BMW and bought your boyfriend rolex watch, anak orang kaya, takkan lah pintu macam tu kat rumah..and then some illogical things.like when ain and azie(boy, that girl is annoying) nak berlepas to Australia (BTW, boleh tak teach some of the actors to pronounce australia as AUStralia, and not OSTROlia?), they had one bag each..nak pergi for a few years and yet bawak satu beg jer? and si ain tu bawak the BIG HUGE teddy bear tu kan? where did she put it la? definitely not in the one small bag she was carrying. talking about the teddy bear, Ain is one confused, messed up girl..if you don't like the guy, do you keep the bear that the SAME guy gave to you? don't think so!! nampak sangat she is fickle minded, ok, ok, maybe the director meant it to be that way but ssssoooo tak masuk akal. again, that is just me. hmm.. what else? there are some scenes, not specifically in this drama, but in others as well, where in one scene, there are so many inconsistencies. for example, a guy was wearing a tie and it was loosened up, but as the scene progresses, you can see the tie elok pulak ikat..i know it takes a few takes to make scene, but the editor should keep an open eye for these small stuff. they matter ok? so, pendek cerita, no more AH for me, prefer to watch elementary or revolution and for my guilty pleasure, revenge.that one is a bit 'soap opera"ish but I LOVE IT!!!! love BUNOHAN!!!

Good to know that I am considered normal..

today I had breakfast with one of my good friends..haven't been going out with her for quite a while..everyine was busy with their own thing..so I called her up today and we decided to have breakfast at a cafe nearby..and she said she was glad to be able to hang out with someone normal..that was your truly. she has been dealing with some weird people for the past few weeks. one of her good friends whom she thought was nice suddenly showed her true colours which are not very flattering and my friend didnt know how to handle this weird abnormal lady. so by going out with me (the normal one according to her..)today, she feels better, being able to pour out her feelings and worries. I, too, have my share of dealing with weird people, people are really oblivious of the weird things they are doing that drive people nuts and who are so self centred. I would usually stay away from this kind of people. I would talk to them if needed but it stops there. If we linger around weird people, we might be weird too, soon enough..hahaha...