Saturday, September 24, 2005
ABOUT THE GIRL

hello hello hello!!

i disappeared for so long that some people started to complain. LOL. especially cik diah kita, kan kan kan? oklah, this update is de-li-ca-ted to you hokay. and i promise i'll be more disciplined with my updates from now on. cheyyyy.

so you want to know 3 random facts about myself is it?

since the rouge is feeling extra generous today, she'll give you more than 3! nah, amik kau!!

some kental facts about the rouge:

1) i absolutely abhor wrinkled/preserved food, especially raisins, asam asin, "taik hidong masin", dried apricots, prunes (omigod prunes), that disc-like plum candy... you get the idea. but i have nothing against scrotums.

2) i can't swim. especially in deep waters or the sea. i can swim face down for about 5 seconds, but that's it. no freestyle or the breast stroke for me. does floating on my back count? cos that's the only thing i can do for more than 5 seconds. so many people have tried to teach me swimming, but so many people have failed.

3) i can tie a knot using the stem of a cherry in my mouth in no time. it's helpful in, err, french class.

4) i'm scared shitless of going into lifts by myself. but you guys know that already.

5) my childhood ambition was to be an SQ girl. that says a lot about advertising and product branding. alas, genetic factors cut that dream short (pun fully intended). at 1.5m, i'd probably be asking passengers for help to store away *my* luggage.

6) i love watching documentaries about egyptian mummies, esp tutankhamun, akhenaten and nefertiti. there's just something about ancient egyptian curses and hieroglyphic codes that never ceases to amaze me. besides SQ, archaeology was also on my list. that's another ambition yang tak kesampaian. but i WILL go to eqypt, dammit.

7) i have a 'mild' case of obsessive compulsive disorder. i like to arrange things a certain way, and get veryyyyy upset if anyone messes with the arrangement, for example if the toilet paper is not draped a certain way, or if the toothpaste is not squeezed a certain way. if you check my bathroom, you'll know what i mean. that's why the hubby uses the common bathroom. now, *he* doesn't have rules. by the way, does anyone out there wipe their toothbrush dry and place it in a container at a 45 degrees angle after use? i do. i also wash my face twice at any one time.

8) nobody, and i mean nobody, can use my nail clipper. not even if your toenail is attacked by a deadly fungus and your life depends on pulling out that dastardly toenail and i'm the only one on the planet who has a nail clipper. not even hubby, whom i've shared various bodily fluids with, can touch my nail clipper.

9) i was a mat yoyo/bengkel kanak-kanak kid. we shall not elaborate on that.

10) i want 4 kids. 2 girls, 2 boys. and i'm terrified of having twins. so God, hear me out.

11) the guys i date(d) must have nice hands. i stopped going out with a good-looking guy once just because he had stubby, grubby fingers. and i went out with another guy simply because i fancied his wrists. hubby has nice hands and wrists. that's why i married him. really.

12) i don't eat taugeh unless it's in epok-epok sayur. i find chocolate bars sickening, but chocolate in ice-cream and cake is fine.

13) i don't smoke and drink. a fact that many people do not, and *refuse* to believe. why, cos i look like an spg ke?

14) i've dated one american guy briefly (oh there you go, PROOF of my spgness!!), and put an end to it cos he was a tad strange for me (and that's putting it mildly). imagine this, he wants to "do it" with spirits. phuckin' freak.

15) i am turned on by guys who don't miss their prayers.

16) speaking of turn ons, my hair is my ultimate schmultimate erogenous zone. so don't anyhow stroke-stroke my hair ok.

17) banglas always mistake me for a filipino/indo maid.

18) i've gone for my umrah, and witnessed truly unbelievable things. like the arabic word "Allah" displayed boldly across a cloudless orange sky. i kid you not. i'm dying to go again.

19) i still get pimples.

20) i am a closet britney fan.

okay dah penat.

:: rouge @ 8:07 pm :: ::


Saturday, September 10, 2005
SYUKUR

phew. what a trying 3 weeks it has been, i'm just glad i got out of it alive. literally.

i've lost every bit of the 2 kg i'd gained, and am now scrambling to get them back. very precious, you know. now i'm back to gracing the cicak kobing on a crash diet look. not pretty, and definitely not healthy. must get that 'chicken and potatoes' chubbiness back.

i've come to realise that a person's health is fucken important, and one should never ever ever take it for granted! things that you think "always happen to everyone else but me" CAN HAPPEN TO YOU! so one must be proactive in going for checkups ok. seriously. i'm making mine a compulsory annual ritual already. thanks to the recent scare that i had. which i'm still recuperating from.

so girls, GO for that pap smear (only if you're sexually active yah). GO for that mammogram. go for whatever checkups you can, at least once a year. sometimes things can creep up on you unknowingly. especially if you have a history of illnesses on your parents' side (and no, rouge is not telling you to go all hypochondriac on yourself). just for safe measure. don't get a scare that is 5 years too late.

sekarang the plan for rouge is to:

* eat at least 3 square meals a day - lotsa vege and fruits and less spicy dishes. and STOP eating before i get full (v impt!).

* exercise? haha... ok seriously, i DIE-DIE must get cracking on this. i'm already brisk-walking on a daily basis, but i suspect my body needs more than that. hmm, howsabout a weekly dance at a happening club? that'd jiggle whatever needs to be jiggled. :p but that would also mean lots of unwanted smoke, so must rethink. amore dancing classes? ok, definitely a consideration.

* not sweat the small stuff, and appreciate the family more. go out more with friends, esp those who make you laugh. should 'maintain and retain' happiness whenever you can. living in this country is already so stressful.

* immerse myself more in the spiritual stuff. i'm not getting any younger eh, so must confide in God more. and indulge in more kind acts. put a stop to all the unkind ones. forgive and forget. wah liao, i think this point is the most impt one leh!

* not to give up in the baby-making dept. not get too sad when i see other people's beautiful children. not to get depressed and shut myself out from people. there must be a reason and hikmah to all this, so i must persevere. and yeah, to dismiss all the makcik kepos of the world (with a tiny flick of my wrist). they're not worth it.

now rouge is tired. she needs to retire. something still hurts and throbs, but all the well-wishes make the pain somehow go away. thanks fwens.

:: rouge @ 11:25 am :: ::