Everyone is preparing to head back home for Hari Raya Aidiladha. It may not look that busy like Hari Raya Aidilfitri, but the que is still as long as it should be outside the bus ticketing office especially now since the countdown for the Raya Haji is this Friday.

I saw many people with large variety of luggage sets that I wonder if they are interested in opening a shop selling luggage only. Fortunately for me, I’ve got my family here with me, so there isn’t a need for me to compete with them for the ride back home.

My car is once again dying out on me. I think this time, she needs to be sent to the ICU. She can’t engage in any gears, her exhaust pipe broke down and she needs a sleeving for her joints. Hehehe.. I’m making her sound like a human of sorts when she’s in fact an old ancient car.

Until she gets her gears done properly and her exhaust pipe welded back, I can diagnosed that she is not safe for driving. In fact she almost failed on all of us this morning when I was doing my daily deliveries for my Lontong. She chugged and groaned so loudly on the steep incline exit at Angsana I feared she was about to spurt out her last smoke.

Dear Santa,

If you were to read this, please do not worry, I’ve been a very good gal this year. I’ve not done anything that will enlist me in your Bad List Names. I’ve followed all of your advices on family bonding like doing a daily routine of tormenting my younger sister and irritating my parents.

I’ve also been a hardworking gal all year. I’ve never stopped playing my Oblivion game and have been saving all my coins for the Dragons Age Origin. That does consider as hardworking right?

I’ve also taken up your advice on anger management. Everytime I get the high blood pressure scenes, I keep imagining strangling the poor chap in the most torturous ways. That does keep my anger in check.

So do me a favor will you Santa. Since I’ve been such a good gal and followed all your advices to detail, I’d like to have one of those plasma tvs like those HDTV which can be used for both TV and a monitor to my dying computer. Oh since we are at it, do drop me a few million dollars in my account, British Sterling Pounds if you don’t mind. I swear I’ll use that money for good use and not let my elder brother swindle that cash away at the nearest Jackpot stand.

For granting my wish, I promise I’ll never extract my inner art at all of your faces on those lame papers found on the signboards… or was that Ah Long signboards?

Luv,

Zackire the Imp

Ever thought of getting a good long holiday that is deserving after so many months of hard labour? I have, in fact lots of time. I am so tempted to look up at one of those promotions that my friends have been telling me about spending a great holiday in one of the myrtle beach resorts.

The temptation is there but the budget is not. So is the weather. The raining season is back again and to head outside for a walkabout seems impossible as it keeps raining at every possible hour. It either drizzles or rain. Even without turning on the fan, my house feels like an ice box!

Perhaps of the strategic place my house is situated that constantly keeps the chill in the air. Or perhaps it is the rainy season that keeps the fog around till 9am in the morning. Yes, it gets foggy at my house, an event which rarely happens to me as the previous houses I stayed were never this wonderfully clean.

The curtains are up, well only for the ground floor. The second level is still left as it were, bare, messy and very much needed a make over.

I am starting to hate RHB Bank Malaysia. Their new internet banking is terrible and teeth grinding. Firstly, when I first tried to login into their new system, I had to undergo a few series of changing my password and creating a Secret Phrase which I think is a total bullshit.

Then after a few long minutes of trying to change my new password, I finally managed to successfully change it only to be brought to the initial login page to login all over again.

Even worse, the instructions were so unclear when I tried to login. They had requested that I verify my Secret Phrase and then type in my password. Where to input my SECRET PHRASE when the only empty field I saw was just the password field.

That’s not all. When I finally login without any problems, I tried to change my mailing address only to find that I have not included my address to their system. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING HERE?

I’m trying to change my mailing address here only to keep getting error messages that my request is invalid. I just don’t get it.

Changing into a new system is suppose to make the system better, that’s why it is called system upgrade. If everything is not completed and not properly done, don’t launch the new platform!! It’s very stressful for users.

RHB is getting from bad to worse.

I have never known nor seen what is a rackmount lcd nor even heard about it until I was assigned to find the best deal for the said subject. Initially I was a bit skeptical since I have never even seen one and thought it was just another normal wall mounted LCT TV mounts.

I tried Gooling it up to at least get the rough idea on what in the world is the said alien object. But what did I get in return? A whole list of rackmount lcd suppliers and not one a site explaining what it was. Being a newbie in this subject, I clicked on those most top listed website and voila, the picture depicts what words can’t do.

It’s actually just an LCD monitor and a flat keyboard combined together like a laptop only that it is able to be mounted as a drawer. It’s actually used as another accessories for server support which I have come across quite daily in my ITE days years back only that it was named differently. We had named it as Big Server Thingy.

Well now that I have seen and read what a rackmount lcd is, it gave me a new idea to start on a new project to modify my computer desk.

Not many realize that lighting and the light fixtures play an important part in creating the feel of a room. Using incandescent light or drop down lighting can create a warm and cozy feeling while normal florescent lighting creates a clear and distinguished feeling.

Getting the right lighting is very important in bringing out the feeling of a person who remains in the room. Imagine walking into a study room, trying to complete your work but the light in your room is too dim. This makes searching and doing your work difficult for you. Squinting your eyes brings out the stress in you, thus making your life very miserable.

Therefore, think about the type of lighting and design the next time you decide to get your room renovated.

I’m still cleaning up and busy rearranging what is left of my other messy items from my moving. There are loads of things to throw, which I had conveniently forgotten to before moving over. I’m a lazy person by nature when it comes to throwing nostalgic things.

I’ve found quite an interesting set of things while cleaning and moving around. Some of them are my eldest brother’s Coca Cola set (I’m itching to throw them brother…), my old currency notes collection, stamp books, sticker books and a few empty bottles of weightloss pills which I use to store all my coins in.

Quite amazing what these major clean ups can really do. I manage to throw all the necessary things, find my lost items and search for now-missing-tools. I’ve still yet to complete rearranging a place for my dad’s tools. That’s a mess I’d wrestle on Sunday. I need extra help on that, anyone interested?

Oh yeah, I’ve just been informed that Zackire.com would most probably go offline or get suspended momentarily for the next few days or weeks depending on how fast my eldest brother can clear up my bill for me. I’m broke, real MAJOR BROKE now to pay up for my renewal of site. Used too much of my funds for the moving house.

Haiz…

I am finally back online!!! Woohoo… After so many days going on without any internet connection except for the extreme slow snail pace 36.7kbps TMNET 1315 dial up, I am so happy I got my internet connection back.

The house moving is done and completed. It was a terrible tiring experience, moving and carrying so many heavy things apart from getting stuck in a downpour and doing it. Only four women and two retired senior citizens that managed to do what I thought was impossible to achieve in a day.

Dead tired but luckily we managed to complete it and chuck everything inside our new house. Today, we managed to complete 80% of the arrangement and packed the messy things into the new house. Back breaking! Oh and I had a back ache problems for 2 days straight after straining it too much during the moving house.

At least I’m extremely satisfied and happy with the new house. It doesn’t leak nor have those irritating loud sounds which I use to get during my 5 year stay in a factory. It’s calm and peaceful… and there’s even kids selling Kuih in the evening!

I didn’t move to New York, that’d be a joke. Nor did I apply for New York Jobs that some people have been gossiping about. I don’t even know what in the world made the gossipers think of such a thing about me.

I haven’t had time to even snap some pictures of the new house yet. Once I have some free time, I will surely snap the pictures up and load them up online!

I’m not sure if my command of English had turned rusty and sour or the article I read in the newspapers today were completely full of bombastic words. I consider myself as a well literate and have a good command of the English language. I could converse and write them pretty well if I put my mind to it.

However, the article I read this morning about the school system in Malaysia made me flabbergasted. Perhaps it was seven in the morning and my brain wasn’t fully chugging at its normal rate but the must the article be structured and written in such a high standard that almost 70% of the words used needs a dictionary to explain the terminology.

I for one believe in using simple level of English to express my thoughts and opinions especially if it is to be read by the public. What’s the point of writing such a perfectly woven article if it only results in readers not comprehending a twit about what’s being said.

I’m not sure if the writer wanted to awe his readers on his flare for writing the article. He awed me alright.. Awed me to the point of scrambling for the meaning of the words from the dictionary.

Haiz.. I’ve just checked with my house agent and was told that the contractor was supposed to complete all the repair jobs by today. Hopefully that is right. I need to reapply for a new number since I can’t used the old one, no line transfer to another area. I need to at least get a term insurance quote from my agent in case anything unwanted happens to the house.

So many things to do!!!!

It’s the first of November and I still haven’t completed all of my packing. My CDs are packed, so are my stationery and other miscellaneous items but my clothes and files.. Well they are just too irritating to pack.

My sis just went back home after her brief visit with her kids and her mother in law. Her kids were a marvelous distraction and I used it as a great excuse to run away from packing. I’ve never ever have the patience and discipline to pack and clean my closet off all my nonsense.

Anyway, I was reading through all the early morning news today and chatting on FB at the same time when the topic that a friend of mine brought up made me reeling. I never knew that there was such thing as an rv insurance.

Maybe because in Malaysia and Singapore there aren’t a single RV around to be seen so the thought of having that moving house cum trailer never crossed our mind. Why would we want to own an RV where we can always get a hotel, even those cheap clean APEK hotel, in all parts of Malaysia. Either that, the driver could always park his car at a nearby Police Station and sleep in his car.

I’m extremely exhausted right now. The outing with my sisters, her kids, her mother in law and mom drained all the reserved energy I had. Need to sleep now before I start sprouting nonsense.

Ciaoz!