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Hi guys. Lets take a moment and try to imagine yourself in this situation.
Here we go. You used to be so crazy, madly, deeply in love with someone. Let’s just say you went head over heel, words can’t describe how much you were obsessed with this person. Until one day, this person hurts you. So bad that you can’t even cry about it as if your tears are indecisively being held back behind your eyeballs. So bad that you can’t even spell the first letter of their name. Then you avoided them, not because of hatred, but because you need to heal. Of course you can’t erase all the memories, after all it won’t be call a memory. Memories came to you during your quietest moments, you can’t get away from it.
Time flies. Your obsession to this person gradually decreased, and at one point you may say the obsession is gone. In a way, you just do not bother about the person anymore, what they are doing, where are they and who are they seeing. Yes, memories will still come haunting you, and for a minute or two, you will miss them so much. But you got used to it, it’s just a flashback.
When that person chose another person instead of you, you used to feel shattered and battered. But as time goes by, you think it’s none of your problem anymore. You moved on with life, with career, with friends, somewhat putting that person behind your back even though once in a while you still think of them. Occasionally, you still keep in touch with the person, but the chemistry is not as sizzling as before, nothing more than exchanging ‘hi’s and catching up on minor things.
With me so far? Ok, say one day, you bumped into the person after not seeing them for some time. The meeting didn’t end right there and then, instead you guys went for lunch together, just the two of you in somewhat a romantic corner of a restaurant. Nothing mushy-mushy happened though, just purely dining and chit-chat even though things seems to be a little awkward. While eating, the person accepted a phone call from her new person, they exchanged sweet words but somehow you didn’t get jealous as you used to be. Not even a little stint of jealousy.
So yea it’s time to part, you say goodbye and all. You feel happy to see the person again, glad that there is still a friendship between you and him/her. But before you actually left, the person gave you a gesture which indicates that he/she still cares. So you went home, somehow cherishing the lunch you just had earlier. But it’s still to early to celebrate, because some ’after-effects’ do not come instantly unless it’s cyanide. What do you think will happen to you after a day or so? Will your life carry on as always as if it was just another normal lunch with a friend? Or will the flame of passion you had before be rekindled? Or is it going to be somewhere in the middle? Will confusion overwhelm you?
I guess different people will have a different outcome about this. All I can say is that love is a poison, and once it flows in your blood, there might be a relief medicine, but there is no cure!
I had an accident last night, absent mindedly I hit someone’s car while I was trying to get out of a junction, somehow I didn’t see him coming, I don’t know if it was a mind lapse or whatever but it was my fault. We settled things nicely though, so I have to pay the old man for the repairs. Huh! There goes my money. Well, at least the most important thing is that no one is injured.
It’s our nation’s 24th National Day tomorrow, somehow 23rd February meant something to me and my Star and Rainbow Eza. It was last year’s National Day that we met each other, although we didn’t really talk. She was in the parade and I was taking photos with some photographer friends. Eza posed the moment I pointed my little camera towards her, but that was it, we didn’t talk.
Some few weeks later, or was it months, we met again and this time we talked. We exchanged phone numbers and since then we became good friends until now. With the friendship we built, it feels like we’ve known each other for years, although basically our friendship is just one year old. She is really a star and a rainbow especially when I am in sorrow, a moment with her is never dull. We don’t see each other often but we’ll chat on MSN or texts if we’re not busy. Even during busy days, I’d take a minute to send her a hi especially if I don’t hear from her for some time. I know I owe her coffee though. Heheh!
Happy anniversary Eza, my Star & Rainbow, always!
You know there are times that I don’t know what to blog about. Like as if I am running out of stories in my uneventful life. I don’t see Emma that much lately and I’ve been busy with my suck-up job. Zara once suggested that I post some photos in my blog, sort of like turning it into a combi of photo-personal blog. Hmm sounds like a good idea. I’ve seen a few personal blog with occasional photos uploaded once in a while. Something like Jurin and Spiritual Garden.
Hmm maybe I should do that yea, I might just post photos of things that I see everyday, just don’t hope that I will upload my own photo in here. Hahah! Except maybe just some teasers 
So stay tuned.
Oh well, I’m tired, it’s been a friggin’ long day. Its almost midnight and I just got home some 30 minutes ago. That suck-up job during the day, then wind down for a drink at Taurean with a friend, home and shower, then went to a friend’s function. And yea, I’m drained and exhausted.
I’m bored and hungry! It’s almost 9pm and I just got up from an evening nap. Lately I have this habit of sleeping after Maghrib, I know it’s not a good habit and it ruined my body clock. Hungry, the last I ate was lunch. There’s no food at home, everyone is out right now. I guess I’m gonna have to live with Indomee tonight as I am too lazy to drive. Hmm Indomee sounds yummy though, topped with fried eggs. Heh!
I’m not good in cooking, but when I used to live overseas before, some creative recipes came experimented. Tasted good to me though, I don’t if you were to taste it 
Nothing fancy, just the basics such as noodles, fried rice, pasta, etc. I even tried putting some parmesan cheese into my Indomee along with egg yolk. Sounds weird? Try it! Heheh!
Update (23.50hrs)
Ok I had my Indomee, that was delicious. I’m not really an instant noodle person, with all the monosodium glutamate and all but yea, once in a while I do crave for such things. And now that I’ve surfed Fizz’s entry on Fun Donuts, made me crave for something sweet. But heck, I heard the queue at Fun Donuts was terrible, just like a bank on payday. Now that reminds me when Dunkin Donuts started their franchise in Brunei, the same long queue, but then we all know what happened after a few years.
Fun Donuts somehow reminds me of J Co Donuts & Coffee, a well know doughnut outlet in Indonesia, with franchises in Malaysia. Somehow Fun Donuts adapted an almost identical branding scheme like J Co, especially the colours, logo and packaging. I am yet to try Fun Donuts doughnuts but I heard it’s quite okay. I’m not really a doughnut fan but I think I gotta try it out soon
In this dog eat dog world, it is hard to trust people, although I know I am the type who trust easily. Lessons are learnt at times, especially dealing with people around us. There are people who I trust with my whole life, but I think it’s hard to add the number. At work, it’s every man for himself. In business, to be exact, business Melayu, people dare to stab each other’s back for their own benefit, stepping on other people’s head as their climb their way up. I’m sorry to be specific here, I don’t mean to be racist but this is the fact. Being a Malay myself, I myself have been had by my counterparts. Sigh!
Apart from that, with regards to this blog and my anonymity, there were instances where people tried to manipulate me into revealing my identity, obviously I took care of things. I know there have been an unavoidable leak already where my identity was revealed by people I trust. Oh well, they say ‘there is no such things as anonymity nowadays’, I just want to prove the statement is wrong!
Seriously I’m getting bored of my job. I’ve had enough of having to work on weekends without pay. I can get lieu days though but with this kind of work load, I don’t even know when I’m going to take my lieu days. If only overtimes are paid in cash, I’ll be a happy camper and I don’t mind working 7 days a week. With all the suck-up jobs I have to do, I think it’s just not worth my time, especially with people around me pushing around and stepping on other people’s head to get themselves to the top.
By having to work on weekends, I didn’t get to see much of Emma lately. The worst thing is she’s also busy with her work. Our meetings were squeezed between our busy schedules, only for a quick meal or something. All this is giving me a strong determination to quit my job and do my own business which I know is not easy in this dog eat dog world. I can only pray to God to give me strength. I miss my old place and my previous colleagues. Coz no matter how our bosses pressure us, we were always there to back up each other.
Today is the day, fancy restaurants are fully booked for tables for two. Today, the price of roses rocketed sky high. Today, I see people carrying bouquets of red roses. Today, I see couples walking hand in hand. Today, I’m sure many will be caught for close proximity. Today, as my friend call it, hari maksiat sedunia. Today, love is written in the air.
Well, you may have different views and perception on this day. You may or may not celebrate it, each of you with your very own special way. As for me and Emma, we don’t celebrate though. So anyway, Happy Valentine’s day.
One thing about men! They’re so good in telling lies. I’m not saying I never lied my whole life though. They’re so good at it that it convinced women with all their heart, like selling a fridge to an eskimo! Married men can be so good in hiding their marital status just to satisfy their greed. I have to admit that we men are greedy, being a man myself. But how we manage it, that’s entirely up to each and everyone of us.
I’d like to share a story of my friend Zara, at the same time this is her debut in this blog. She’s been in a very steady relationship with a guy for the past few months. This guy used to be her schooldays boyfriend and their love rekindled after years of losing contact. So yea, when everything seems to work fine and dandy, things turned out to be an anticlimax. A woman called Zara using the guy’s number, I do not know what exactly was the conversation but bottomline is that the woman claimed to be the guy’s wife and asked what’s Zara’s relationship with her husband.
I’m sure by this time, Zara must have had the shock of her life, her head must have been heavy like a dark sky suddenly fell upon her. Zara told the lady that she and the guy were just friends. Zara could have told her the truth and subsequently ruining the guy’s family, which frankly, I think he well deserve it! But I know Zara is not that mean. And that prick, as if he never had a deep impact on Zara’s heart, he later sent a text which sounded something like,
“Thanks for the help, I think we should end everything between us coz I don’t want to lose my wife. Sorry syg.”
Something like that, I don’t really remember the exact words though, but WTF! It sounded irresponsible, heartbreaking, unmanly, cowardly, you name it. Saving his own arse at the expense of Zara’s shattered heart. She was driving when it all happened and she had to pull over by the road side and cried and cried and cried. When she told me what had happened, I felt like beating up that prick for what he did. But naah, violence will lead to worse things, after all I am sure, sooner or later, he won’t get away just like that.
For the last few months, this is not the first time I heard similar storylines, or at least something close to it. And it happened to my close girl friends, last year it happened to Fizz who found out her guy was about to get married. With her patience, now she’s a happy girl, I’ll let her talk about it in this blog. Few weeks back, Cute Little Hana’s boyfriend suddenly left her without notice until her mum saw the prick with another girl, which obviously answered everything.
I’m just glad that Zara, Fizz and Cute Little Hana are strong women.
English – I love you
Afrikaans – Ek het jou lief
Albanian – Te dua
Arabic – Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic – Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian – Yes kez sirumem Thank you Ani!
Bambara – M’bi fe
Bengali – Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
Belarusian – Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya – Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian – Obicham te
Cambodian – Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Chinese – Ngo oiy ney a
Catalan – T’estimo
Cherokee – Tsi ge yu i (Thanks Nancy!)
Cheyenne – Ne mohotatse
Chichewa – Ndimakukonda
Corsican – Ti tengu caru (to male)
Creol – Mi aime jou
Croatian – Volim te
Czech – Miluji te
Danish – Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch – Ik hou van jou
Elvish – Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Esperanto – Mi amas vin
Estonian – Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian – Afgreki’
Faroese – Eg elski teg
Farsi – Doset daram
Filipino – Mahal kita
Finnish – Mina rakastan sinua
French – Je t’aime, Je t’adore
Frisian – Ik hld fan dy
Gaelic – Ta gra agam ort
Georgian – Mikvarhar
German – Ich liebe dich
Greek – S’agapo
Gujarati – Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon – Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian – Aloha Au Ia`oe
Hebrew (Thanks Lilach)
Hebrew to male: “ani ohev otcha” (said by male) “Ohevet ot’cha” (said by female)
Hebrew to female: “ani ohev otach” (said by male) “ohevet Otach” (said by female) Hiligaynon – Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi – Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong – Kuv hlub koj
Hopi – Nu’ umi unangwa’ta
Hungarian – Szeretlek(Thanks Dra!)
Icelandic – Eg elska tig
Ilonggo – Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian – Saya cinta padamu
Inuit – Negligevapse
Irish – Taim i’ ngra leat
Italian – Ti amo
Japanese – Ai****eru
or
anata ga daisuki desu
Kannada – Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan – Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili – Nakupenda
Konkani – Tu magel moga cho
Korean – Sarang Heyo
or
Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Latin – Te amo
Latvian – Es tevi miilu
Lebanese – Bahibak
Lithuanian – Tave myliu
Luxembourgeois – Ech hun dech ger
Macedonian – Te Sakam
Malay – Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam – Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Maltese – Inhobbok
Mandarin Chinese – Wo ai ni
Marathi – Me tula prem karto
Mohawk – Kanbhik
Moroccan – Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl – Ni mits neki
Navaho – Ayor anosh’ni
Norwegian – Jeg Elsker Deg
Pandacan – Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan – Inaru Taka
Papiamento – Mi ta stimabo
Persian – Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin – Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish – Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese – Eu te amo
Romanian – Te iubesc
Russian – Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic – Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian – Volim te
Setswana – Ke a go rata
Sign Language – ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing’I Love You’)
Sindhi – Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux – Techihhila
Slovak – Lu`bim ta
Slovenian – Ljubim te
Spanish – Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili – Ninapenda wewe
Swedish – Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German – Ich lieb Di
Surinam – Mi lobi joe
Tagalog – Mahal kita
Taiwanese – Wa ga ei li
Tahitian – Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil – Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu – Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai – Chan rak khun (to male)
Thai – Phom rak khun (to female)
Thai (informal) Rak te (thx CAF!)
Turkish – Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian – Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu – mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese – Anh ye^u em (to female)
Vietnamese – Em ye^u anh (to male)
Welsh – ‘Rwy’n dy garu di
Yiddish – Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba – Mo ni fe
The busy week ain’t actually over but today I took a day off just to compensate the lack of proper rest I had for the past week. And oh, I made a quick last minute work trip to KL over the weekend. It was fun though, got to meet new people, socializing and all. But it was tiring. Today I spent the whole day, almost, sleeping and lazing on bed. And I am so not looking forward to work tomorrow, darn! I hate to work with a-holes around me. But yea, it’s just life.
Sometime last week I watched a movie with Emma, but we couldn’t concentrate much because the baby behind us was crying all along. It’s kinda annoying when some people took their little babies to the movies yea, like as if the poor baby knows what he/she is doing there. Some people are just so ridiculous.
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