Category: The Boyfriend
A: Hi, Tini.
Me: Tini? My name’s Tina.
A: WHAT?! YOU LIED ABOUT YOUR NAME?!
Me: What are you talking about? My name is Tina!
A: You said your name was Tini.
Me: It’s Tina. It’s you who forgot my name is Tina.
This was, I think, the second or third time I talked to the boy who is now the love of my life. I’m his Tini. :heart:
The boyfriend is keeping a food diary, and I decided to keep one too! From yesterday’s food consumption, I can see I am eating healthier than he is. LOL.
My mood is back up! Yeay!
And that “Apada” video is still making me chuckle.
The strangest thing has happened. The boyfriend and I were talking about the preview of the upcoming Monk season finale (unsure of which season), and it was primarily because of Monk’s ‘death’. (I ended up Googling it because both of us couldn’t be bothered to watch it at such an hour.)
I was checking out for a video, actually, but it came up with different Monk season finales. One of them gave a link to a Yahoo! video, and I was just looking around to see if it was the right one.
At home, I am automatically logged into my Yahoo! account, which I rarely use since GMail existed, so it was natural to be greeted with “Hi (insert Yahoo! username here.)” Here’s the strange bit: In the comments section it says, “You will be seen as (insert the boyfriend’s name here.)” Yes, my boyfriend’s name was where my name should have been!
That is just really, really strange, don’t you think? I had it print-screened and sent it over to him, and both of us couldn’t believe our eyes. He thinks it’s somewhat cool. It’s actually freaking me out a bit.
Is someone playing a prank on me? :(
The boyfriend is back! Yeay! :D
Seems like I was nervous for nothing. I was selected as MC for an event for the Ministry I work for, three working days before the event! It actually bothered me at first because;
- I haven’t prepared a single thing,
- It’s in Bahasa Melayu, and
- I haven’t been a formal/official MC ever even though I worked on radio for nearly three years.
Please don’t roll your eyes on the Bahasa Melayu bit, because trust me, I can’t speak it fluently. Bahasa Melayu Brunei, yes! You can count on me if you need me to speak Brunei Malay. But standard Malay? You can pay me B$500 and I won’t do it. (Actually, I will, but I’m just trying to prove a point.)
I agreed to it anyway, but with a very reluctant heart. I was so scared I was going to screw it up.
So anyway, the event was this afternoon, right after lunch, and I was there, like a headless chicken trying to get the final bits of the event into my notes. I tell you, if you want me to do something, give me ample time to prepare. Hahaha. In the end, I got it together, and lo and behold, 15 minutes before the whole thing started, I was told there was already an MC!
I was so relieved! I said, “Alhamdulillah!” I was so ready to give everything up already. (I seriously didn’t want to screw the event up! Haha.) Unfortunately, my relief was short-lived. They said it would be better with 2 MCs. Hahahaha. Oh well, I guess it was better than doing it all on your own. And it was. It passed by like it was a breeze, and I didn’t screw it up!
All right, maybe I needed major work on my intonation and it wasn’t as seamless as I wanted it to be, but we all got through it without any big mistakes! A big YEAY! for me!
Still on the topic of work, the next few weeks is going to be very, very busy week for my unit in the Ministry. Just thinking about it is making me queasy. I just hope I get through it without adding more stress lines on my face. I don’t want any stress fat getting on either. Haha. A new realization: I eat more when I’m stressed these days. I didn’t use to, but I do now. Which is sad. Heh.
I’m off for now, I think I need to relax both my mind and body. The public holiday yesterday didn’t do me any justice at all!
(Still missing the boyfriend. Stop leaving comments and pick up the phone! :P )
I lost a B$100 note today. It might have been gone by last night when I was out shopping with my mom and sister for kain — to make more baju kurong — or just this morning at the office. But you know what? It’s OK. Because the boyfriend called right after I had lunch. I was starting to think he had forgotten me. Hahaha. (Kidding.)
I know, losing that note means losing a substantial amount of money, considering what is left in my bank account but I’m OK with it. It might not have been mine to begin with. I mean, it’s mine as I withdrew it out of the ATM yesterday afternoon, but you know, not mine in a deeper sense. Might have not been my rezeki.
I realized the missing note right before I ordered my lunch, as I was checking if I had money in my wallet. I remembered I had $100 note in there, but when I checked, it wasn’t there. I kept ransacking through my wallet, and embarrassed myself in front of my two friends from work. Hahaha. Anyway, no note materialized, and my friends and I started to rack through my brain at how it could have happened.
Started to think that someone had stolen the note, but right now, I’m thinking, whoever stole the money, must have really needed it. Or maybe they had x-ray vision and could see through my handbag, straight through my wallet, and spotted the note. I realized I had made a mistake of leaving my handbag in the office while I was out doing other work in another room.
I was expecting my other colleagues would be there so no one would do anything like stealing, but I found out they were out for a coffee break. Oh well, my mistake. Rest assured, it won’t happen again, inshaAllah.
It’s surprising how I’m taking this so well. Yea, it’s a substantial amount of money, I know. I’m sure that it’s a blessing in disguise.
Besides, the boyfriend hasn’t forgotten about me, and called! Really excited, and can’t wait to hear from him again. (Dependent much? Hehehe.)
Can you believe this; my boyfriend has a Sun Jar all this while, and I didn’t know about it!?
“Me bali di Aussie,” he says. Grr. His is broken, though. He says he’ll take my Moon Jar away from me when he comes to visit because he needs it for his fishing trips. NO WAY. :P