a mix of this and that

I finally sorted my Holland-Scotland-Belgium holiday pix today... woohoo!! Usually that's the first thing I do as soon as I reach home after a fantastic holiday. But this time round, things just got crazy at work and after work I just don't feel like staring at the computer anymore. Actually that's not very true... I still stare at the screen when I write this blog, hehe. Takde lah... more like no mood. I literally have thousands to sift through... mata can get juling you know! That plus I wanted to sort them together with Skinner's and Marni's photos... buat sekaligus. Dah lama dah dapat from them, but just never got around to doing it. Partly also because I did the mistake of thinking that I'm better at photography. You see... I used the *manual* mode while taking shots, so the pictures turned out too bright. Because before this when I used *auto*, they were a tad too dark. Hmm... a good lesson. I'm still crappy at photography.

Sort pun belum, apakan lagi choose which ones to print. Yes... I still print my photos although they can be viewed digitally. Call me old fashioned but I like flicking through albums :) And also because I'm scared that for some obscure reason those files would be wiped out (walaupun ada backup in the external hard drive). My brain isn't as *powerful* as it used to be... dah tua lah, can't remember everything.

Usually I share my photos via fotopages... but I'm kinda liking this blog layout. So I'm going to put those photos on a blog like this... but that one is going to be dedicated to all my travels. I'm using the same tagline *Where my feet and purse will take me...* because that very much describes my travels. It resides at http://wanderings-of-kakijalan.blogspot.com/. Am so not imaginative kan? Too malas to crack my head to think of something catchy. I'm liking the nuance to this blog :)

It's still a work in progress, which I think will take quite a long time to complete sebab there are just soooooooo many pix to go through. Can't possible put all of them in, and I'll have to pilih between the ones that Marni, Skinner and I took. Having many cameras ada pros and cons nya... the +ve: we get different perspectives of a similar thing, some are better at taking photos (not me obviously, heh), snaps of shots yg *tertinggal*... the -ve: proses memilih, many duplicates, eats up hard disk space.

Anyway... that was activity petang. Pagi I didn't do much coz I slept in... one of the luxuries of a weekend :) Not long after bangan Mama ajak pergi makan kat nasi Kelantan... that's what we call the gerai, nama betul dia apa ntah... tak ingat, hehe. It's this place in Chow Kit yang serve lauk pauk masakan Kelantan. The percik and kerabu are sangat sedap!! Authentic Kelantanese food according to my Kelantanese friends. In fact, that place is always full dikunjungi oleh orang2 Kelantan dan orang2 negeri lain like us ;) Tempat tu tak lah proper sangat, and those yang are very particular about kebersihan might find it off putting, plus it's quite panas... atap zink. Mama ajak pergi awal because the lunch crowd is usually ramai... nanti susah nak dapat seats.



Lepas dah kenyang makan sehingga menjilat jari we headed for Jalan TAR. Abg needed to get some work shirts since he's starting work on 1 November. Got the shirts at Sogo and sambil tu I sempat beli lipstick :) Panas betul tengahari tadi... I've not been out in the sun for quite a while. While walking tu terfikir macam mana lah all those construction workers tahan. Not just them... anyone who's career relies upon them being in the scorching sun day in day out. I would wilt after a day... no, make it 1/2 day.

After dinner tonight I watched The Starter Wife on Hallmark. Watched the first episode last week and enjoyed it. Quite seronok... but have to follow, otherwise you get *lost*. I usually don't like watching TV shows yang ber-series ni... hence my preference for shows like House, CSI yang can be watched independently. And any of the shows on Travel & Living and recently some shows on Asian Food Channel, hehe. Travel and food... how to resist? ;) Ina and I recently discovered a show yang tunjuk pasal buat desserts, one about simple home cooking and Gordon Ramsey. Tapi tu pun accidently... not sure what day and time they're on air. Have to cari that Astro guide...

But I do make some exceptions on TV series... I like Heroes, used to follow X-Files and try not to miss Amazing Race. Hmm... my geekiness is quite apparent isn't it? What can I say... it's a personality trait. I also enjoyed Sex & The City for its wittiness... which is perhaps why I also like The Starter Wife. Recently I discovered Californification starring David Duchovny... a male version of something like Sex & The City. Tapi not available in Malaysia. I watch it on YouTube... nasib baik lah ada a good soul yang upload. Can't remember how I came to know about the show... I think it must have been on Jay Leno.

Dulu I used to watch Letterman religiously... since daripada kat Melbourne lagi. But kat sini it's aired so late... I stopped watching. Don't know whether it's still on air ke tak pun. I like Letterman and Leno because they have everything... jokes, satire, music, interviews... they frequently discuss serious matters although most of the time they invite those in the entertainment industy. Masa student malas baca paper so I get my world updates from watching Letterman, hehe...

I've come to realise that I don't watch as much TV as I used to. Although tak lah tengok banyak I can't imagine living without an idiot box like Doc. I'm so amazed that they don't have a TV at home. TV like fridge, washing machine, handphones are necessities... cannot live without them. Oh how can I forget... computers!! That's another thing that I can't imagine working without. Everytime ada power failure kat office, automatically feel handicapped... everything is in electronic form. Plus a good reason to take a break ;)

Such is the world that we live in today...