Discrimination

A young mother, age 24 was struggling to deliver her forth child. She was in labor pain for almost 3 days but still unable to deliver the baby.

As the last resort, the midwife, decided to sit on the mom's tummy to force the baby to come out, which caused the mom's uterus ruptured and the baby died inside the womb.

The mom was in deep pain and she need to go to the hospital which was 75 miles from her home. By motorcycle.

Imagine this,

She was in pain. Her uterus has exploded. The baby inside is dead and she need to take a bike ride on bumpy road for 75 miles just to go to the hospital.

She arrived at a small empty hospital. With lack of facilities and left untreated for two days. She was in total pain and getting weaker and weaker each day and lost a lot of blood at the same time.

Stop.

Then I changed the channel. Because this is too extreme for me, I cant take it anymore.

This is a real story. Happened in a very remote area in Cameroon. I watched it in Oprah tonight and yes, women is still discriminated in most ways in some countries. They don't have the right for education, they just been forced to get married, then get pregnant with lack of health facilities and in most cases they died during delivery. They're not been respected in the way they should just because they're women which I think its too ridiculous. Because of the culture, I guess, they didn't even know their right because they've used to it and for them, being a woman they only live to carry all the burden.

I dont know what to say, I guess I should be lucky being a woman in my own country.

Women all over the world should be treated in equal way with men.

Kad Real Rewards Pun Aku Tak Tau Duduk Celah Mana

Dulu sekali dengan kad mesra Petronas kan. Lepas tu, Petronas tak mau share dengan RR lagi. Dia mahu kad dia sorang saja.

Hari ni, dapat ucapan Happy Deepavali dari RR. Terima kasih, time hari raya takde pulak ko bagi ucapan selamat hari raya. Time deepavali laju je ko bagi ucapan.

Dia hantar kat gmail. Selalu gmail ni bos je rajin hantar email ke sini. Maklumlah, bos dengan staff duk bersepah-sepah. Asyiklah gtalk saja. Nasib baik bos ku sempoi.

Mentang-mentang la kadang-kadang orang panggil aku dee, rajin pulak ko bagi ucapan deepavali ni. Kecik hati ah gini!

Lagilagilagilagila...

OK. Ini saya tak tahu nak kategorikan sebagai apa. Mungkin kelakar, kesian pun ada, menakutkan pun ada juga.

Hal ini sudah 2 minggu lepas. Saya tengah sibuk buat kerja. Jarang sangat saya sibuk, kalau sibuk tu memang bukan main-main la. Tiba-tiba ada bunyi bell ringing. Misya yang turun. Katanya ada orang mahu datang interview. Memanglah kami sedang mencari Graphic Designer baru, tapi yang musykilnya, rasanya hari itu tak ada sebarang appointment untuk interview. Kebetulan dia sudah datang, they let him in.

Kak Ida masa itu tengah sibuk, ada supplier datang and need to settle things. So, she pass the buck to me. Suruh saya interview. I was like "huh?" dan saya ajak Nurul join sekali. I never bother to see how he looks like before entering my room. Adalah dia lalu depan bilik saya untuk ke tandas, tapi since I was busy doing my work, I dont even think to look at him.

Bila Nurul masuk bilik saya, she kept saying

"Kak, Nurul rasa dia ni somethinglah.."

Saya tak berapa paham. Apa yang somethingnya. Until he came into my room and we asked her few standard questions.

Him: Sekarang tak bekerja, baru kena buang kerja selepas 12 hari.

Saya: *selamba mamat ni mengaku kena buang kerja* kenapa awak kena buang kerja

Him: Sebab saya pergi ke istana negara berjumpa dengan Sultan Mizan bla bla bla..

Saya: *mengarut apa ni* sultan Mizan jumpa awak? Dia ada bagi surat ke suruh datang jumpa dia? *saya tanya sebab dulu dia pernah kerja buat batik, who knows..masih bersangka baik*

Him: Tak tahulah *he couldnt answer and he started to talk to something else*

Kami dah pandang sesama sendiri, dia dah start bercakap dengan benda lain, pandang ke atas dengan tangan tergawang-gawang, mumbling to himself. Mamat ni berzikir ke apa ni?

When we asked about her portfolio, he showed us i-dont-know-what-supermarket flyers. I asked wheres your own design, dia kata, dia boleh buat macam tu lebih kurang. Saya dah buat muka pelik time ni.

The best part was, while I was talking him, he stopped me and he started to talk to that thing. Boleh pulak ko suruh aku berhenti bercakap. Kecik hati betul. Lepas habis dia bercakap dengan that thing, dengan selambanya dia berkata:

"Sorrylah, saya ni gila sikit.."

*PENGSAN..*

Kami pun apalagi, cepat-cepat hulurkan his so called "portfolio" dan tamatkan sesi "interview" tu. Keluar saja dia dari ofis, kami ketawa guling-guling. Semua buat andaian sendiri. Entahlah, saya rasa dia sakit. Sebab sebelum ni elok pulak dia kerja dekat tempat batik tu 2 tahun (kalau dia tak tipulah) dan company yang dia kerja 12 hari tu pun, macamana boleh ambil dia kerja kalau tahu dia gila.

Mujurlah dia buat gila depan kami masa interview. Kalau dah ambil bekerja baru tau dia gila, mau kami pun jadi gila sekali.

Ini saya tak tahu nak kategorikan sebagai apa. Mungkin kelakar, kesian pun ada, menakutkan pun ada juga.

Haha. Macam-macam hal!

Random IV

1. Amazing race Asia is on. Time for adrenaline rush again. Of course I'm rooting for the Malaysia team esp Ethan and Khairie (which I dont really put high hopes when I first saw them) but it turns out that they're doing pretty good. Came in first for 2 times as per now, I bet they'll be in final three. You go boys!

2. I have 4 bosses and I have a meeting with my this particular boss every week. The thing is, my bos' room is not next to mine. It is more than 30km away. So I have to drive back and forth to Shah Alam on Tuesday or wednesday just to meet him. I dont mind meeting him at all. I just hate to drive. I dont know, I'm getting lazier each day to drive and everytime I'm driving, I just want to arrive faster than ever. I'll mumbling to myself if car in front of me is too slow and I think its ridiculous to drive slow in main road. I wish I have a driver because I'm so lazy to drive. Boleh? I even wish my house is just next to my office (like when I was in Cheras, my apartment is literally next to my office..haha!) so I just can walk leisurely to work. Ngeh!

3. Oh, I've service my little car last saturday. My appointment was at 1pm, so I arrived at the service centre few minutes before 1. Since I had heavy breakfast earlier I dont mind delaying my lunch for sometime. And the guy at the counter said, the service will take around 1.5 hours. Ok, 1.5 hours is not really big deal so I'll wait. The thing is, my car was left unattended until 1.30pm. 30 minutes had gone without doing anything. They not even finished at 2.30 and I asked the guy at the counter. All I can say he didnt really helping at all. I was left wondering what happened and I was really pissed-off at that time. They only finished 15 minutes after 3 and just after that baru terhegeh-hegeh key in the record on the computer to print the receipt. I was already hungry, I didnt perform my zuhur prayer yet (I went to the surau and the telekung is no to avail) and I was teribally pissed off with the service. I made the payment (there goes my 200++) and left without saying thank you. Haha. I'm sorry but hungry man woman is really an angry man woman. But thank god the car turned out to be okay. No more funny sounds every morning when I start the engine and everything seems smooth now but i still dont fancy driving at all and i dont know what happend to me.

4. Saya batuk dan batuk cough cough sekarang. Mula sebab tolong akak kemas barang dia hari tu la. Angkat sana, pindah situ, tentulah banyak habuk dan debu segala. Ada yang sempat menyelinap dalam lubang hidung buat saya tebersin achim achim banyak kali. Lepas tu hidung tersumbat and got runny nose at the same time. Tak lama rasa tekak dah perit lain macam, dah tau dah tu selalunya signal nak dapat batuk. But dont really bother. Still selamba saja belasah minuman berais. Padan muka, sekarang dah batuk. Everytime batuk, akan batuk bersungguh-sungguh sampai sakit-sakit kepala. Hopefully it wont last long. Time of the month and batuk dont match at all. Dont ask me to swallow cough syrup because I really cant. Memang tak boleh. Confirm akan keluar semula.

5. Mimi Masod, kucing kakak saya is no longer here. Dia sudah balik kampung. Duduk dengan ayah. Tapi saya masih lagi teringat kadang-kadang. Saya ada some sort of compartment, yang ada zip, yang saya letak baju-baju saya yang jarang dipakai. Dulu, Si Mimi, pantang betul kalau pintu bilik saya tak ditutup, dia akan masuk laju-laju tak sempat saya nak tangkap. Menyelinap sana sini. Tahap curiousity sangat tinggi betul. Dia paling suka menyempit dalam closet atau compartment saya tu. Kalau tak tutup betul-betul, jagalah. Tau-tau saja dia hilang dalam timbunan kain. Bergulung-gulung. Lepas tu bulu melekat pada baju. Haih! Marah betul. Sekarang, albeit she is no longer here, saya still paranoia bila compartment atau closet tak ditutup betul-betul. Takut dia masuk dan bergulung-gulung dengan kain baju. But she is no longer here, and I'll laugh at myself afterwards. haha.

Oh my! twenty what???!!!

Oh wait. I need to put this on.

LOLLLLL!!!

Pindah!

3 times the pindah ok.

1. Pindah workstation.

Bilik baru ni adalah sangat sejuk ok. I really cant stand coldness la. Boleh menggigil non stop at certain degrees. Hari tu, lepas duk bertapa lama dalam bilik sendiri, suddenly bos panggil masuk bila, seriously bilik dia lagi sejuk. Dengan air blows semua. I was literally shivering at that time. Gilalah. How you people can stand being in cold. Nampak sangat saya tak boleh hidup kat negara bukan oo la la tropika. Baru sejuk sikit dah tak tahan. Plus I barely have lemak la kan. Really I should wear something like this la..

walawei..hari-hari adalah winter kalau gini! Even my bos suggested to the other bos that I need fur jacket. Hahaha!

2. Pindah warehouse

Ok. Cerita on last entry. So, i was really tiring lah. 5 trips of 10 tonnes lorry. Plus 3 trips with 3 tonnes lorry. Imagine how much stuff we had in that old warehouse. Itupun banyak lagi benda-benda bersepah and all the craps tinggal dalam tu. Kalau jual semua tu mau boleh shopping dengan gembira dekat Ikea. Rasa kaya sekejap.


3. Pindah Rumah

Pindah untuk lebih dekat ke ofis. Plus my sister kena transfer jauhhhhhhhhhh. So cant stay at the house anymore. Plus (+) the owner wanted to renovate the house. Its the time to move out la kan. So the new house is less grand but I have bigger room and I keep thinking waht else should I put in that room. Rasa banyak empty room sebab barang tak banyak and the other 2 housemates are very nice too. So, oklah tu kan..dekat dengan ofis, jimat minyak. Hua hua!

*gambar dari SINI. Danke!

Punggah Memunggah

Penat woh. Badan sakit-sakit. Malam tadi punggah barang warehouse yang banyak, berat dan bulky tu. Terpaksa mengoffer diri lepas kerja semalam untuk tolong sebab tak cukup kakitangan dan warehouse tu kena handover pagi ni juga. Macamana ni, barang banyak lagi, yang perangai macam-macam hal pun banyaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk juga. Jadi, kami puteri-puteri lilin ni terpaksalah menolong. Nasib baik malam, boleh pasang lilin.

Bekerja sampai jam 1 pagi. Bangla pun cuti time malam. Seriously, banglas boleh lepak mamak sebelah pakai tuala dan singlet saja sambil tengok kami buat kerja. Banyak gila banglas area tu, siap nyanyi-nyanyi lagu bangla pun ada. Gilalah. I rasa macam bukan berada di Malaysia lagi. Nasib baik bodyguard i ramai.

Ok, mari begambar dengan tanpa bangla.

Ini hari sebelum tau. Dah punggah sikit, baru sebelah tu. Sebelah lagi banyak lagi. Oh, polycarbonate sangat banyak..

Ini warehouse baru. Kecik banyak. Oh, kak Ida angkat kotak saja. Tak berat mana.

Tengok saya jadi mandur. Oh, t-shirt x-pax Celcom "Don" tu adalah sangat banyak berkotak-kotak. Dah lama kot baju tu, rasanya masa zaman saya dengon Celcom kot promotion Don tu. Ada 5-6 tahun dulu dah kot.

Mesyuarat tingkap

Oh, ini kami. Human trafficking nih!

Tengok saja lagi sambil mengerjakan forklift.

=Human trafficking lagi. Bila mahu buat kerja ni?=

Ok, sekarang angkat. Berat betul benda alah tu, nampak je macam ringan

Sampai sakit pinggang

Ok, dah penat, mari pulang!