Quantum of Solace

Genap sebulan isu ketiadaan air di Lembah Klang yang menjejaskan pengguna di 7 daerah selama 4 hari , 'acara' ini diteruskan lagi pada lewat 4 Oktober 2020 dan kali ini melibatkan  274 kawasan dan menjejaskan 1.3 juta pengguna  termasuk kawasan rumah dan tempat tinggal saya.  Isu gangguan bekalan air tidak berjadual ini bukanlah isu baharu dan sebagai pengguna secara jujurnya saya telah berada pada satu tahap untuk tidak peduli tentang apa jua punca gangguan tersebut kerana skripnya sama ~ pencemaran sumber air oleh kilang atau penternak haram dan seumpama dengannya sehingga mengakibatkan gangguan air.  Sebagai pengguna berbayar yang kami mahukan adalah kepastian bila bekalan air boleh disalurkan semula dan jaminan bahawa ianya benar-benar selamat untuk digunakan.  Realiti apabila ketiadaan air ~ hidup masih perlu diteruskan. Kami masih perlu ke pejabat, sekolah dan masih perlu makan/minum. Tiada cuti khas tanpa rekod yang diberikan untuk membolehkan kami 'lari'...

How it started On top of the national political turmoil, the happenings on the second quarter of 2020 was something that we never imagined of except in the movie.  Who would have thought that the whole world would be shaken and stood almost completely still because of a virus! Yep, the Coronaviruses (65–125 nm in diameter) had cause nothing but chaos since the first outbreak was reported sometime in December last year. The case was first discovered in Wuhan, China (well at least it was what the scientists believed to be) and within a short period of time, it has become a major outbreak.   Despite of it becoming a pandemic, the virus itself was not entirely new. The earliest reported case was in the late 1920s and human coronaviruses were discovered in the 1960s. It was interesting to know that the scientists named it ‘Corona’ which is Latin for crown because of its spiky surface.   When we first heard about the case, we said to ourselves, “Wow, that’s bad”....

S empena cuti sempena Hari Kemerdekaan ke-63 baru ini, kami bawa anak-anak ke Muzium Negara. Kedengaran klise, tetapi memang telah lama menyimpan hasrat untuk bawa anak-anak ke sini, tetapi tidak berkesempatan sampailah ke 31 Ogos 2020. Jika diikutkan, Muzium Negara ditutup setiap Isnin, tetapi sempena Hari Merdeka ia dibuka seperti biasa --> Nasib baik sempat semak sebelum pergi 😅   Kami bergerak dalam jam 8 pagi dan alang-alang dah ke KL tu, kita singgah ke Kenny Hills Bakers – geram tengok gambar pastry  yang lalu-lalang di IG bila kawan-kawan ke sana. Sekali sampai tengok ramai betul orang beratur untuk dine-in . Jadinya kami ambil keputusan untuk take-away saja - sayang dah sampai tapi tak rasa, kan? Yang kelakar bila sahaja tahu kami nak take away , crew  bertugas terus usher kami masuk ke dalam, meninggalkan mereka yang sedang beratur panjang untuk masuk. Mesti ada yang ingat kami VIP potong barisan hahaha.   Sampai di dalam, wah memang best am...

Growing up, one of my favourite TV shows apart from F.R.I.E.N.D.S (of course) had to be the Gilmore Girls. The show made its debut on 2000 and had ran for seven seasons until 2007.   Gilmore Girls was the ‘hip and happening’ TV shows back then. It was a perfect combo of gorgeous leading roles ~ Lorelai and Rory that were living a somewhat Boho life in an idyllic small-town ~ Stars Hollow (that seemed to host so many festivities all year long) with their loving and quirky friends and also neighbours. Apart from the small town charm, f rom time to time, the audience got a glimpse of the life of the rich and privileged  society in America  all thanks to  Richard and Emily Gilmore  which seemed to either hosting or attending so many parties -  cocktail parties, charity events etc., including the absurd occasion (well at least to me) the debutante ball @ coming out party - are you serious?   The Gilmore Girls' Inner Circle Back then (oh I feel so...

Memandangkan sekarang dah masuk fasa Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan (PKPP) dan perjalanan rentas negeri dah dibenarkan, so jom recap   #CutiCutiMalaysia Pulau Pangkor tahun lepas. Dah lama terperap di rumah, m ana tau ada yang plan nak jalan ke sana kan? (Sebenarnya alasan sebab post ni dah lama terperam kat draft dan banyak gambar belum post ) 😁 Aktiviti hari pertama kita dah cerita kat Pulau Pangkor Part 1 .  So now kita sambung part 2 pula ya. Day 2 - 8th June 2019 Island hopping and Snorkeling   Hari yang ditunggu-tunggu – sebab ada island hopping!  Ada banyak pakej yang ditawarkan untuk island hopping ni, terutama di sekitar Pantai Teluk Nipah. We got ours at Pasir Bogak beach – quite a good deal I guess for an excursion tour by speed boat ~ passing the attractions (approximately 6 beaches, 3 islands) and inclusive of rental of 2 pairs of snorkel. Most importantly,  i t was really convenient as all we had to do was to walk ...

The year 2020 have been really interesting and we only just got to the first half of it. I had so much to share here about the happenings in my life, my country and even the world for the past six months that I decided to break the post into a few smaller pieces for it to be more bearable for the readers  hahaha. I will start with the ULTIMATE political turmoil that the country had ever seen. This was far more interesting than the change in Government after the General Election in May 2018. I will not talk about politics ~ it is just not my cup of tea. But here are some of the fascinating findings that I found from the whole ordeal: The-One-Man-Cabinet Following the unprecedented change in the Government on February 24th 2020 with the abrupt resignation of Malaysia’s 7 th (and also 4 th Prime Minister) the country was left without Cabinet Ministers for a little over a fortnight. During the period, Tun M was appointed by YDPA as the Interim PM, resulting the Cabine...

Filem sains fiksyen sememangnya bukan genre kegemaran saya – mungkin kerana selalunya filem sedemikian dibikin terlalu jauh dari realiti, setnya terlalu futuristik dan terlalu asing menjadikan filem berkenaan ‘keras dan kaku’ untuk saya. Itulah, nama pun fiksyen kan. There's nothing wrong with that kind of film, but it's just not my cup of tea. Satu malam sambil mencari cerita yang menarik untuk ditonton di Netflix – ternampak filem Downsizing ini yang memaparkan gambar (antara) pelakon kegemaran saya – Matt Damon. Selalunya sebelum menonton apa-apa filem, saya akan baca sinopsis yang diberikan untuk mengetahui serba sedikit tentang jalan cerita, tapi kali ini auranya terlalu kuat (nak jugak pakai statement viral nih 😄) lantas saya terus pilih untuk menontonnya. What it is about? Dalam fikiran saya mungkin filem ini berkisar tentang kepayahan apabila syarikat melaksanakan downsizing . Rupa-rupanya telahan saya menyimpang jauh. Downsizing yang dimaksudkan dalam f...