The Ups & Downs of Yeng Pooi’s Life

The movie Ratatouille that is on cinema recently somehow reminded me of the rat that was in my room quite sometime ago. It was during my student life when I was still living with my coursemates in Setapak. Back then, we’ve just newly shifted into a new house and we found out that there was a rat problem.

       It was only one big fat rat that gave us all sorts of problems. (Believe me…this was one real smart rat). Initially, it just cause menace in our kitchen. Somehow we found out how it got into our house which was through the sliding glass window in the kitchen. So we blocked it. We were very sure it won’t cause us any troubles anymore. Well, not to others at least…but to me and my roommate.

      It has found another haven…. my room! There were one or two occasions when we were both sound asleep. Then it crept into our room through the window. I still haven’t figured out how it climb up there cause my room is upstairs. Anyway, it scared the hell out of me and my roomie. We shut the window before we sleep every night eversince.

      When semester break came, all of us went back to our respective hometown of course. I spent my holiday without much thought of that rodent. After that (I don’t quite remember how long), I went back to my house. Alas, that sly rat had been partying in my room. The extent of the damage was so unbearable. Apart from rat poo all over my room, it has been biting everything it got its teeth on. I found only empty packages of my Tiger biscuit and Chupa chups that I left in the room. It has also left its mark on my wooden hairbrush which I have no choice but to throw it away. Sadly, it has found a certain fondness towards the little stuffed koala bear too. It was a gift from a good friend of mine. That rat has bitten off the poor little bear’s butt…Sigh… I have to clean up all the mess.

      So that’s it. I’ve had enough of the rat’s mischief. I declared war on that particular rat! I remember getting a rat trap but I don’t remember ever catching it. (Did we, my housemates?) But then there weren’t any troubles from it eversince.

      I guess adorable rodents can only exists in movies like Ratatouille. It is about a rat talented in cooking French cuisine but  the rat in my room can only be talented in freaking me out. I’m sure the word ratatouille exists in French but I don’t know what it means. Seems appropriate for this movie though… Sounds like a dish made by a rat… ‘Rat’-atouille… Hehe. Haven’t watch the movie yet though. Should I?

Today, as every Monday morning, I drive from Ipoh to Taiping to work. Things seems as usual as I was nearing the Changkat Jering. But right before i reach Bukit Gantang rest area… All the cars slowed down to a halt. I wondered what’s in front. As I was nearing the cause of the traffic jam, I saw ambulances and firetrucks. So i knew there was an accident. I guess it was a major one as there were so many cars around. Many cars pulled over… and then I saw reporters rushing to scene. In my mind I think, this must be real bad. I n front of me, there’s a trailer (dunno if its called a trailer) lifting up something from the ravine but I couldn’t make out what it was. As my car neared the scene, what I saw was really disturbing and can make anybody felt uneasy. So many dead bodies were lying on the floor. It was covered but I can still see their feet. The trailer was actually lifting the roof of a red colour express bus. OMG, I need to get out of that place…quick. One glance is enough.

       Because of the jam, I was late for work. When I reach the hospital, everyone was actually talking about the same thing. Many doctors were called up to the casualty to help out the injured. There was a boy in ICU now which the whereabouts of his family were unknown. There were so many people (relatives of the dead i guess) flocking at the morgue while reporters were everywhere in the hospital compound.

      I was told that today were the first day of the Hungry Ghost month. Coincidence? Hmmm…

The month of July came and went. Can’t believe it passed so fast…like a blink of an eye to me. It has been a super tiring month for me. As most of you all would know, my bf came back for holiday and due to that i have been busy meeting friends and going around with him. (Practically the whole Msia!…Nah, just exaggerating). In just one month, I have been to 3 different movies, went to KL for 2 times, Cameron Highlands as well as Penang.

First time to Kl was to find his relatives and second time was to spend some quality time on our own as well as getting together with his friends in KL. Coincidentally, it was Harry Potter last book launching date. That’s when I found out about the selling price of RM69.90 in Carrefour n Tesco. Wouldn’t miss this opportunity for the world… I quickly grab one and finish reading it after a few days. Too bad there’s so many spoilers around I didnt found out the ending on my own.. Sigh…

After a one day rest, we head to Penang Island just for the food… penang laksa, prawn mee, cendol and char kuey teow. My bf was craving for those coz he cant get those stuff in Hawaii.Just a short trip as I have to work the next day.

          Amidst my hectic (but having fun) schedule, my immune system started to fail me… getting symptoms of flu a few days before my Cameron trip. Luckily it was only cough n running nose but no fever. At the same time, my bro got chicken pox. Hmmm…get well soon bro… In the end, I decided to go Cameron anyway although I’m not fully recovered. Didnt regret the decision coz I had loads fun (and loads of food too ;-).. )

          So, I foresee myself slowing down a bit this month of August but nevertheless socializing and traveling are still in my dictionary =). Heading to Malacca end of this month…. Haha.

Seems like my neighbours are happening lot. First, the psycho drew me out of my house and now is the other neighbour’s turn. No harassment no or anything of that sort happened to me this time la. Every Mon I will head to Taiping from Ipoh to go work then only go back my rented house. Last Mon was no different but then when I reached the gate of my house, there was a malay man standing inside my neighbours porch. Weird… why is he waiting inside not outside? I just let him be and minded my own business. By the time I went out to have dinner and returned, he is still there! Something is definitely wrong… cause actually I’ve known for some time that my neighbour is actually doing Ah Long’s kinda business. Later in the night, it so happen that I looked outside. Alas, there’s a police car plus two policeman there. Me and my housemate start having many speculations of what actually happened. Haha… Now 4 days have passed and there’s still a man guarding their house twenty four seven. The man claims there’s no knowing when they’ll give up… Words got out that my neighbour actually owed his boss a lot of money so already run away with the family. Even their chi huahua is gone. Hmmm… Ah Long owing another ah long money??!!

…Will be posted to TDM

…My boy2 coming back from US

…Taking leave to go KL with him

…Going to Cameron Highlands (again..) for a nice get together with ex-Diamond Highs

…Expecting a lot of getting together with other friends as well

…Penang Island for ‘makan’ spree (KIV for August)

…Posted to OPD (total contrast to Stor because it’s the busiest place ever)

…Bought myself a new PC that’s too good for me

…Giving 2 presentations on 2 consecutive days

… Celebrated a friend’s birthday at Pizza Hut

…Attended a colleagues wedding and got diarrhea instead

… Checking out the Lantern Fest sorta thing at Simpang, Taiping

…Joining the lives of enforcement officers for 1 day

…Heading to KL to meet up with friends

…Attending a course in Teluk Batik for 3 days

…Posted to the ‘Stor Intergrasi’ doing stock keeping ( which is most relaxing but super boring sometimes)

…On-call, On-call and more on-calls

…My laptop for 6 years has gone 6′ underground

…Juggling with meeting deadlines for my Case presentation and getting access to a computer to do my work

…Bidding farewell to a friend

…Exploring the jungle paths (instead of tar roads) of Maxwell Hill for the first time

…Watched POTC and met my buddies

… Celebrated Mother’s Day ( me n my sis cooked and bought her Lazo Diamond)

…Sending my parents off to Shanghai (wish I could go as well)

I wanna breathe out a sigh of relief cause I finally can online. After quite a long holiday break, I went back to work in Taiping and to my horror…. I couldn’t on my computer. Can’t even get to the reboot section. So it’s been a week plus since I last set myself into the e-world. Yes, I’m an addict to the internet I guess. Hehe… The hot weather didn’t help much either. Last weekend was spent inside my sauna bedroom that gave me headaches for a few days. Now that I’m back to Ipoh, I need to cherish this two days before going back to 2 weeks without my comp. I’ll bring it to the shop to be fixed later…but i’m guessing it cannot be helped already. Need to bury it 6 feet underground. Haha… Time for me to take some cash out for a new one.

P/s: To jin wooi n siew mee… u guys need to wait much much longer for that to happen la… haha.. (dunno y i cant seem to post a comment on my own blog)

Yes it’s confirmed. My baby is coming back for summer holiday *wink*

My life so far for the past two months? Work, Work…. and work. Sigh… two months without break or holiday indeed proves to be stressful. My leave was frozen for the whole month of April. From non-quality sleeps to muscle aches and disagreement with colleagues. Made me feel like wanna crack and ran off. I even lost my mood to blog. Luckily I got my chance to time-off last Friday and escape to serene environment of Cameron Highlands for two days with my family. At last I get my well deserve holiday and it was good timing one too…