Friday, February 16, 2007

The long journey home

When you’re tired, sleepy, have a massive headache and feel like throwing up plus having a leg injury; getting stuck in a traffic jam for 2 bloody hours is the worst feeling ever!!! And it’s even worse when you’re the only one in the car.

I was trying so hard to stay awake, slapping myself a few times. The aircond made me sleepier so I thought I’d wind down the window but the smell of smoke was too much to bear.

I don’t know what happened at the KL-Seremban highway yesterday evening. The cars were bumper to bumper. A journey that should take max 30 minutes from Kajang to my apartment went up to 2 whole hours. I was actually in the verge of tears and was praying hard because it got to a point where I thought I wanted to give up and just leave my car in the middle of the road. I think if I had someone else with me or if I didn’t feel so sick, I would have tolerated the situation much better. My head felt like it was spinning. I was massaging my temples and the back of my neck, hoping the pain would subside.

When everyone feels stressed to be stuck in a traffic jam, it is also not such a great idea to be asked to move our cars for the benefit of the VIPs. There was a point when we heard sirens from the traffic police who screamed out “Beri laluan, Beri laluan” for some big shot. The perks of being a VIP, never having to be caught in a traffic jam. *sigh* We couldn’t even move forward that much, so it was actually hard to give the police and VIP some space to go ahead. I was actually swearing at the time. I guess it would be fine if it was the ambulance or fire brigade but for VIPs, well..it does feel a bit annoying.

I was so glad when I finally reached home. It was a feeling of absolute relief. For all the pain I had to endure for the past 2 hours, the moment I reached the parking lot, I really did feel like kissing the ground. I made it and still alive :). *phew*

Monday, February 12, 2007

my lover boy :)

A portion of my weekends is usually spent visiting my parents or my in-laws. Since both parents and in-laws live nearby, it is expected for us to pay them a visit every single week. So its either lunch at one place and dinner the other day or vice versa. Kind of tiring I suppose but I guess its ok coz we're used to it. We try to accomodate to their wishes but if we do have our own family things to do, then we do skip that particular week.

Since the birth of my baby nephew last September, visits to my parents has been much more exciting. He is such a cutie pie. Everytime I see him, rasa nak gigit-gigit. So geram! And he just loves to smile. Such a sweet baby. I hope he won't grow as naughty as his big brother though. But no worries, I love them both the same :). Anyway, here's a picture of him. The cutie baby Afif...

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Ouwwwwww....

Just got back from a 3-day teambuilding in Perak. Don't think all issues at the office were resolved but at least we shared some great fun and laughter. There were one or two characters that was still very much annoying but oh-well, can't expect miracles to happen in the 3 days la kan.

The paintball activity was the best. I never played the game before and was quite nervous in the beginning but once I was in it, my God..what an experience. It was fun, fun, fun! When the Marshall said the game would be 5 minutes, I was like "huh? kejapnya". Never would I have thought that the 5 minutes felt like 1 hour. The weather was hot, I was sweating like crazy and I couldnt see much through my mask after the 4th game but I still wanted to move on and shoot, shoot, shoot. I have one bruise on my leg and my body is aching all over but I wouldn't mind doing it again. But of course I need some time to get my body back into shape. Right now it hurts like crazy.

If it weren't for a meeting this morning, I would have taken leave today. It took forever to get out from bed. I need a massage..Big Time...