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Short Story Part1

sutrajingga — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:23:52 +0000

Pushing her wooden cart around, the whispers barely registered. She continued rummaging through the bins left outside in the neighborhood. Anything looking almost usable, she picked up, surveyed it in detail and put it into her cart. Any scraps of paper, wood, metal or anything that could be recycled she collected and kept in her now almost full cart.

She didn’t mind when the house owners stared at her as she went through their garbage. She usually made sure she kept their bin and its area clean, leaving nothing out of place.. She was ever thankful if the owners made it easier for her by separating their garbage into two bags, recycleable and non recycleable items. Then she wouldn’t have to get down and dirty.

Every day she will visit different neighborhood area, revisiting the area once a fortnight. She didn’t want to get to familiar with the people living there. Once she’s finished with the collecting, she would drag that cart of hers to her favourite spot, a hidden spot from prying eyes. A nook under a tree just by the curb at the deserted playground. The playground seldom saw visitors of late eversince a child got abducted in broad day light. No one suspected her nor did anyone want to do anything to her. She could be obscure when she wanted to.

There, at her ‘headquarters’ as she’d call it, she’d dilligently sort out the materials that are practically in good shape, materials that can be saved, recycled or used for herself. Looking at her loot that day, she thought to herself she made quite an impressive job. Calculating roughly, she estimated that she could at least get around 25 ringgit for her work. That would be enough for some food to buy for the week and a little allowance for her two kids. And maybe if she was careful enough, a little saving for the days when she hardly got anything.

Life’s tough. But at least she isn’t starving her kids. Neither is she stealing money, cheating other people, murdering anyone, begging nor selling herself. Though she’s barely making ends meet but she wasn’t drowning in guilt.

….to be continued…..

Library adventuring

sutrajingga — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 05:41:20 +0000

We are at this very moment at the Selangor State Library. Seeing that today is a Saturday and the kids are all at home, so I thought I’d bring them all (including my toddler) to visit the selangor lib. It’s newly opened and so far i am loving the kids section of the library. They have an interactive floor game… Where the kids can actually chase flowers on the floor.

They have computers with internet connection. Places where the kids can play, lie down, sit and read..so it caters much from every range of age. However, if you are and adult planning for a quiet place to read, this is probably the last place you should be heading.. Coz i am sitting under a fake tree writing with kids running around me..

What tomorrow brings

sutrajingga — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:01:36 +0000

Howdy! Howdy! Howdy!

My wordpress entries are very spaced out.. So far this year I’ve only done 2 posts (this one included). That is pathetic! I know I could do better. My other blog is fairing a bit better than this. Probably because the other one has adverts in it thus hoping that I’d be getting paid..Well, a long time coming I tell ya.. But I’ve been patient all this while, I guess waiting a bit more wouldn’t hurt since I am not the most organised, constant person in the world. So it figures. It sucks but it makes sense, right?

I am still hoping to get out of this lazy pattern of mine. They say that if you do something regularly in 28 days, you’d have made it a habit.. So this is what I think I should do. I am going to make a list of all the things I want to change into a habit (positive ones only of course) and then we will wait and see if it actually works. No cheating, no cutting backs and no skipping of routines.

To tell you the truth, this won’t be the first time I am trying such a thing. Seriously, I’ve lost count of the times. But they say we should never stop trying to be a better person… Well, I’ll start with 1 or 2 things first and move on to other things when I have succeeded…

However, I will start………tomorrow.

My aspiring doctor

sutrajingga — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:34:23 +0000

future physician in the making

This is my daughter role playing.. Not surprising as a doctor. She is poking me all over my body from the tip of my hair to the nail on my toes.
Talk about a thorough check up..

It made me remember the times when I as a child played make believe with my sister. My mum had told me she always noticed that whenever we played together, my sister would be the dominant figure while I played the opposite.

No surprise my sister is an authority in her job. I am more of a follower. I guess even when we were young there is a hint of the leader (or lack of it) in us.

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5 talents I wish I had

sutrajingga — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:59:38 +0000

Have you ever looked at a person and find yourself saying, “Hmm, I wish I could do that..”? Well, I certainly have, several moments in fact. I looked at something or someone and thought to myself, “wouldn’t it be great if I could do that…or more”. Today I thought I’d just list that all out and see what I have… or wished that I had. See if you ever thought that too?

Sing – yupe, you thought it. Too much American Idol, America’s Got Talent, Britain Got Talent, Malaysian Idol and what not. Nowadays, even chipmunks can sing. But this is the talent that when you open your mouth and sing everyone else stops in mid motion and stand mesmerized.
Dance – Do you think you can Dance? I sometimes think I can Dance. Most of the time I know I can do your basic side to side, front and back, a little jig and shake but nothing fancy. All that ballet moves, bending and doing splits plus somersaults. Wow, that I wish I could do.
Oratorical speaker – Some people are just gifted to speak in front of an audience AND capture 110% of their attention. Everything they say are just like gold falling out of their mouth and the audience would be hanging to every single drop of word. They can say crap but audience will hear sweet melodies out of them. Wouldn’t that be great? To have people around you cling to your words.
Leadership – Not everyone can be a leader. Many turned out to be followers all their lives. I would love to have that in born talent to be such an authority figure people respect and look up to my leadership quality. I am telling you that is one talent that’s hard to find.
Finally, an Inventor – and what I meant is a creative individual. At the moment I am as creative as a frog. If I crack my brain a bit harder then I can be a little bit more creative than normal. Otherwise creativity level for me is almost NIL. Wouldn’t it be lovely to have creativity flow through you and everytime you need it, you just have to close your eyes for awhile and all kinds of ideas rush to greet you.

Well, that’s my list…for now. This is however an ever growing list and tends to change it’s item now and again. I am sure I can come up with another list soon enough.

Threading thru my baju Raya

sutrajingga — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:16:33 +0000

Okay, I am getting the hang of this sewing hobby. Once I am done with my Baju Raya project, I have to say I am definitely going to try some other non major and less time-consuming sewing projects. Such as? Wow, I could try making a handkerchief, adding embroidery to it. Or try out bags? Ugly bags, nice bags, tote bags, lunch bags (hmm..i am still learning the names of the types of bags there are in the market.). Or I could try making my girls some dresses..or not..

I realized that learning something new gives me a certain feeling of contentment. It’s no wonder we are always encouraged to learn, learn and not stop learning. It doesn’t have to be learning in an institution. In fact it could be simple everyday things. Recipes. Home organizing. DIY home decorations. Goodness, the lists goes on and on. The sense of accomplishment you get from looking at the end product of your work as a result of your information acquirement is truly sensational. Subhanallah!

Maybe when I am confident enough of the results of my sewing, I may put it up for viewing and sale. Who knows, I may get ahead soon.

Time to take charge and be the person I want to be. (Someone else?:P) Time to BE BOLD

BE BRAVE

. Lets put on that TIGGERriffic mask and paint those awesome stripes on us. Figuratively..

Project Raya Runway So Far

sutrajingga — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:49:31 +0000

I just realised something about me. I get distracted too easily. Humph! I was going around blogwalking recently, trying to promote my other blog and a typical shoppaholic that I am, I had a very strong urge to splurge on the crazy beautiful things on OTHER peeps blogs. Dang! My head is still spinning from all the information and image download.

Okay, my Raya Runway Project is so far almost at a standstill. Got too many other commitments to tend to. I am hoping that my Raya Runway won’t turn into our Raya Run Away!! Yikes! Anyway, I did manage to almost get my youngest son ‘Baju Melayu” done.

Danish's Raya Couture

Now about the pants that go with that “baju”, that would be the unfinished part, yet to be done soon enough.

Danish's Raya Couture Bottom

Well at least Raya morning, when given the red carpet infamous question “Who are you wearing?”, I can say proudly Danish is wearing MamaTinie’s Design.

My Sewing Projects

sutrajingga — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:02:19 +0000

I am currently trying to start a new project. Sewing. To tell you the truth, the only sewing class I had were back when I was in my teens some 20 plus years ago, in school with my Home Economics teacher. I never sew anything after my 18th birthday and to start sewing now is a major feat to ponder AND wonder at.

I am attempting to make three Baju Melayu and three Baju Kurung in the next two weeks. Great. Cutting the pieces to be sewn is trickier. I had to call in the Big Guns to help me with that, my old man. He was a what you would call as a Professional Taylor. So my Dad helped me cut the pieces and I sew the pieces together.

Yes, and I did manage to finish one suit of baju melayu. The smallest one though but I did it anyway. Maybe I will post the pictures in later on. What a sense of accomplishment and a rush of adrenaline at seeing the end result. Not Bad, actually..if you don’t get too close and scrutinize my sewing that is.

Okay, I will update again soon.

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Shivery-timbers..

sutrajingga — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:20:06 +0000

It’s been ages since I wrote here. I had been concentrating on my other blog mostly. In three months, many things occurred.

1. My mother in laws house is finally finished, moved in and immaculately clean. It took almost 11 months to get the house done, from breaking ground in April, laying out the foundations in June, getting the beams and structure up by August, and so on and so forth. Well, of course I didn’t lay my hands in any of the carpentry work, at all. If I did, I am pretty sure my mom in law would probably still be living in her rundown house, waiting for the floor and walls to crumble. And I would probably not be welcomed for a long, long, long time from her house.

2. My leave is officially finished. I am in school, working now. Getting headaches and hunched back all over again. If I was a rich man, la la la la la la la la….

3. Since holiday is over for me, we moved back to KL from Terengganu in a matter of 1 week. A record actually to do all the packing in 2 days, got the things hauled into a lorry and unpacked all the stuffs AGAIN in 4 days. Actually I kinda stretched the truth. It’d be more than a week now. I still have a box or two ( maybe some extra bags here and there) still untouched. How tiring..

4. My brother in law now has a daughter. Born March – i don’t remember the date. but it was in March, that i can be sure.. So an addition to our extended family.

5. My other brother in law is planning to enter himself in a reality tv show. Not the singing type, but a reality tv program nonetheless. I still have my doubts but I guess, if he wants it let him try.. If he does qualify himself, then I’d be the relative to a tv star..Now, ain’t that just peachy..

Well, I have to go now. I have class in awhile.. I guess, I’ll say adios for now. Maybe it won’t take as long for me to write another blog here. Bye for now..

Education Frenzy..

sutrajingga — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:09:10 +0000

Aahh, yet again the Ministry of Education has shown their zealousness in creating greater and better study environments for our young ones. Yesterday they announced that they are putting up a new status for 14 scecondary schools in Malaysia as high performance schools (SBTs, they are called). So yet another naming game..as if by putting on a new name it will make everything better?

In the past ten years, I have already heard of a number of school improvement programs. They always choose a few “lucky” schools to try whatever tests they wanna do. In other words, these chosen schools get to play guinea pigs. The pros of being the guinea pigs of the MOE is that they get some extras in term of finance, and sometimes materials which are gifts sent from heaven.

The Lucky? few…

The thing that annoys me the most is each project doesn’t have an ending.. What happened to Sekolah Bestari? What is going on with Sekolah Elite? What are the results from those experiments? Obviously it must have been failure upon failure if we keep trying on new experiments and projects on these schools. In the end, the rest of the education community does not get a thing.

Come on, there is nothing wrong with improving and developing school learning environment, only if things get delivered and shared across the whole country. A project that costs some billion ringgit must have an end result. Some proof that all the money spent did not go to waste. Why can’t a minister taking over the ministry for once NOT start something new but be of one heart and vision to finish the project in hand, regardless of whatever happens. OR if that is impossible, than the government should at least NOT change the minister who had the big idea and vision UNTIL his project is done and settled.

It’s not a wonder that most of the students are getting wilder, some of the teachers are getting out of hand and everyone looks at the teaching profession with no credibility whatsoever..well, maybe not all but a significant number.

So, go figure…