Ctrl Alt Del

The personal computer, especially coupled with the internet, has made our lives a whole lot easier. Things are done much faster, and information is available at a mouse click, and we no longer have to get off our lazy asses to get many things done.

So much so, I wish sometimes there are computer commands that I can apply in life..

• Ctrl C, Ctrl V: For all the repetitive mundane tasks that I have to do day in day out (read: housework for this newly maidless pemalas mom), I wish I could just Ctrl C from yesterday all the tasks that I did and Ctrl V it to today
• Ctrl F: If I had a dollar for every time I misplaced by keys, phone, wallet, cards. If only I could just Ctrl F it and walla! suddenly find the keys snugly in the mysterious corner in my handbag where everything just disappears.
• F1: For all the times my kids came home with a school project that needs me to build a sub-atomic nuclear fusion rocket launcher (or what feels like that!), wish I can F1 it and get it done for them. Of course, my alternative would be just to call my Mom (if the question is domestic related - recipes, jahit butang, mana nak beli serai) or my Dad (if the problem is DIY related - OMG my pipe burst, oh no mana nak beli gam gajah, shit my hammer hilang) or my brother (a.k.a. my more reliable version of AAM as well as Garmin) or my hubby (for everything else, incl cockroaches, hantu, orang gaduh sebelah rumah, monster in the kitchen, duit habis, beras habis)
• Ctrl S: How about those times when kids / colleagues / hubby make promises to you one day, then the very next day vehemently denied them? Wish I could Ctrl S all those and play it to them over and over again. Of course, that could also backfire when kids / colleagues / hubby use it against me..
• Esc: This would be for those times that I suddenly realized I am about to do something I would really regret. Can just imagine myself at the very top of that humongous roller coaster, praying Esc! Esc! Esc!
• Backspace: To take back all the stupid things I've said that have hurt or misled all those that I care and love. And also to take back stupid resolutions that I can never seem to keep
• Ctrl Z: An extension of the backspace, Ctrl Z will also cover stupid deeds I have done that I wish I have not. If only I could Ctrl Z half my life, hmmm... I suppose then the other half would be less interesting.. but nevertheless, Ctrl Z would have allowed me to get out from some sticky situations 
• Ctrl Alt Del: And if all else fails, wouldnt it be nice to just Ctrl Alt Del your life and start over from the last restore point? ...

Flippin' Freakin' Friday

It's Friday. Supposed to be the best effing day of the week rite? Am supposed to be over the moon that the week is almost over, rite? Bloody wrong! 

My Friday started early. 12 midnite to be exact. Was at the stupid LCCT waiting for my maid who was supposed to come back from her month-long leave. Waited at the Puduraya-like LCCT until 3 freakin' a.m. and she did not turn up. Woke bro-in-law up at home and asked him to check.. the maid apparently checked in already, but did not board the freakin' plane! Macam orang bodoh aku tunggu kat airport. Was still cussing and cursing her (dalam hati lah.. ) until this morning, when bro-in-law received report that she actually went to the airport, checked in her bag, and did not show up. Now aku risau pulak, kena culik ke maid aku ni? hiisssshhhh, dah tak tau nak carik mana dah..

Set the alarm for 5.45, eventually got to sleep at 3.30 ish.. and DD decided to feel unwell pulak daaaahhh.. So in the 2 hours that I managed to doze, had to wake up 4 kali for drink and toilet. If he wasn't so pathetic looking sitting on the toilet bowl looking all sick, memang dah aku cubit dah budak ni.. hissshhhhh...

In anticipation of maid nak balik, I did not cook today's lunch last night, nor was Adam's uniform ironed. So pagi ni mad dash of tak larat bangun, bangun lambat, gosok baju and prepare breakfast. Outsourced lunch to Nani's maid.

Sampai office, parking freakin full. Redah aje masuk eventhough the sign said its full. Duduk dalam kereta in the basement parking till 9 a.m. hoping for someone to vacate a spot, layan Facebook on my ridiculously small phone screen. Nak layan Whatsapp, takde siapa pulak nak Whatsapp with me. Again macam bodo duduk dalam gelap in the basement. It's not the money, it's the principle. I dont want to be fleeced of the RM13 parking fee if I can help it. Baik aku beli San Fran Orange Slushee!

While I was fuming in the car in the dark basement parking, went through my emails, and yeaaaayyy, the topmost boss apparently has flipped coz the project I am handling is not progressing as fast as he expects. Seronoknyeee!

Masuk je office, hey, madam boss decided to make my day even more exciting. Yeay! Sukanya hati ku..

I can't keep my eyes open. The Nescafe I bought only makes me sleepier. I am blogging and ranting with one eyes shut and the other one half open. So if this post does not make any sense, nasib lah, pedulik apa aku..

Its not even noon yet, and my Friday is already avalanching into one bloody mess! Well freakin' flippin' friday, bring it on! Aku dah tepu and aku dah tak pedulik.

Babes, I so need a Haagan Dazs fix! Uwaaaaaaaa!!!

Blabberings on Batman Returns

Let's take a break from the seriousness of life and the first Monday back at work (aaargghhh) after the school holidays to discuss the awesomeness that is Batman Returns. Just caught the rerun tonight on TV and am reminded all over again why it is easily my favourite Batman movie despite the recent reinvention starring Christian Bale. Two winning factors - Michelle Pfeiffer as the oh so tightly catsuitted Catwoman and Danny Devito as the deliciously disgusting Penguin. The two scenes I still can not get out of my mind since the first time I watched it many lifetimes ago is Catwoman flipping almost lazily across the street, nailing the landing in front of Batman, taking a pause to say miaow before [insert appropriate sound effects]!! the whole store blowing up behind her. The next memorable scene is the giant penguins somberly pushing the recently deceased Penguin ceremoniously into the water towards the end. Of course how can I also forget the scenes of Penguin devouring raw fish and affixing the promotional button on the chest of the the political groupie wannabe..good good stuff. We now return to your usual programme of fresh deadlines and assignments.