GUESS WHO'S BACK?? ALIA'S BACK!

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Alia is aliveeeeee

Hoooraaayyy!!

Ok, not really. Bareeeelllyyyy alive!
Semalam rasa nak pitam. Sakit perut macam nak beranak 8. I had diarrhea and stomach cramp at the same time. Menggigil badan semalam. I had to take a sick day from work today. Kalau tak mahunya pengsan on the road.

There goes my clean record of straight work attendance at work since I started working.
I told my boss that I have not taken a single day off from work since I reported for duty, dia punya lah impressed sampai ckp unbelievable. I am (well, was) the only employee yang tak pernah amik cuti. Tapi sebab smlm tercirit cirit, muntah muntah, I had to break that record :(

 Anyway. How are you guys doing? Lama rasanya tak berborak dalam BM. I have so much to talk about, tapi as usual, bila depan keyboard, terus hilang idea.

It's fall season now. So temperature makin hari makin sejuk. I live in the south, so tak de la melampau drastic temperature. Sejuk lite lite gitu je.

Hari tu first time experienced state of emergency where they deployed National Guard during the Charlotte protest. My office is near the National Guard base, so hari tu keluarlah segala tanks, trucks, lori bagai. Usually the base is empty, not much activity, tapi sebab state of emergency, sumpah hectic. The mayor even put a curfew on uptown Charlotte and the major highway. So sesiapa yg masih berada in the city during that curfew hours, kena tangkap uols.

Rumah ahkak is about 40mins away from Charlotte, tapi opis kat Charlotte. Tapi nasib baik la my office bukan kat uptown. But untuk pergi keja, I have to use that major highway. Nasib ler they lifted the curfew pukul 6am. Just about time for us decent folks to make some honest living.

I was more concerned about idiots trashing my car.
Korang bukannya tak tau, criminals and thugs will use this opportunity to do stupid shit.

Did you guys see the videos during the protest? It was more like a riot than a protest. They were trashing the place, offices, fires, kejadian mobster. Please lah. Sebab tu I don't agree with this kind of protest. Dapat manusia bodoh macam tu, things get violent.

Anyway, for those yang bertanya (kalau tak tanya pun aku nak kasi tau jugak), I am fine. Duh. Obviously. LOL. But my family was worried sebab it was battle of skin color, whether they admit that or not. They said it wasn't, but we all know that it was. I mean I am brown, but I married a white man. So I was expected to choose a side? No thanks.

Anywaaaaaayyy, moving on to a lighter note, we recently went to a park somewhere here (about ~30mins from my house) sebab diorg ada art festival. There were music bands, tons of handicraft stores. I really had fun. But there were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many people. Don and I even went for a short hike in the forest. This park is like kau nak jungle trekking, kau nak main paddle boat, kau nak main water pads? No problem.

Imma post some pictures because I know you guys are bored reading this already LOL

Jalan masuk park. If you don't want to walk, there are tractors that will carry your lazy fat ass to the entrance. LOL. Tapi oleh disebabkan ahkak ni masih gagah perkasa, kita jalan kaki ye nok.

 Punyalah ramai nya manusiaaaaa

 Aku perasan yg berkulit putih je suka benda benda gini. Yang berkulit gelap jarang betul nampak kat tempat tempat nature macam ni.

 Tetiba ada casket uols. Halloween decoration katanya.

 Khemah khemah kecil selling their handcrafted goods. Rasa macam gypsies pulak.

 Blacksmith in progress. Dunno what he was making. A sword? An iron plate? A cup?

 We met them here.

 Laki gua yang saikosis.

 We broke off from there. They went home. We went on our way. We had tons of exploring to do.

 Next stop: The lake.

 Sambil tu, kita selfie dulu.

 I wore the wrong shoes for trailing. I was wearing my sneakers instead of my sports shoes.

Girls, it is ALWAYS important that you wear according to the occasion. Jangan jadi macam ahkak.

Afterwards, perut lapar gilaaaa. Since we're both not familiar with the area (it was in Salisbury btw), so we've decided to go back to our favorite IHOP.

Mamat ni tengah berangan apa ntah.



Ok bai.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
As usual, Alia punya entry tiada ending.


Nah, amik gambar kami berdua seketul.

Alia Tiba-Tiba Muncul

Haiii penghuni penghuni dunia bloggingggg

Masih wujud ke anda?
Haha. Sumpah I don't know whether blogging is still a thing or not
Cheeeewwaaahh, cakap macam aku ni berenti blogging 10 tahun, padahal 4 bulan jee. hahahahahhha

Anywayy, I know I haven't been writing much, ntah kenapa tetiba hari ni mood nak type panjang panjang dalam BM muncul.

Speaking of BM, I hardly speak BM anymore. Except when replying to whatsapp group messages to my family and friends. Itu pun campur aduk. Sometimes I have to stop while in the middle of typing a sentence, just because I don't remember what a certain word is called.

hahahaha hampehhhhh.
Bajet sepiking sepikong. Tiba-tiba dah lupa daratan. HAHAHA
Sila lempang plissssss.

I mean honestly, tell me when should I speak BM. Only on my FB and Whatsapp. FB pun jarang. I'd only update my FB in BM if aku tanak rakyat Amerika ni paham.

Oh btw, ni nak cerita. Makin hari makin naik menyampah tahap lapanploh ganda kat abg ipa. HAHAHAHA hari tu kat kak ipar. Skrang abg ipar. Ni laki si akakipa tu la. Laki bini aku menyampah.

Perkahwinan diorg mmg tunggang langgang, which I honestly don't care. Lantak kau la apa jadi. Tapi kalau setiap hari aku bukak FB, mesti nampak sepuluh status berturut-turut si laki ni puji bini melebih lebih sampai tahap nampak mcm no balls.

Serioussslllyyyyyyy naiikk muakkk dudeeeeee. I think sebab I know what's REALLY going on behind closed door. Setiap hari akk ipr akan msg laki aku ckp dia dgn laki dia gadoh lagi. Or bila dia dtg rumah, dia personally bagitau  aku dgn Don yg laki dia tu hopeless, lazy, suka intai betina lain, suka kasi undies kat betina lain, etc. Gadoh je memanjang. So bila kau baca status lovey dovey tu, kau yg rasa "eeeeee fake gila babeng".

contoh (ni aku translate ye):
"saya lah suami yg paling beruntung sekali! dpt isteri yg paling cantik di dunia, yg paling manja, yg paling blah blah blah!"

"hidup saya ni paling best!! dpt bini yg paling cantik!!"

"sapa ada bini yg paling cantik, paling jelita, paling special, paling whatevertheshit di dunia ini?!? SAYA!!"

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Pastu sejam lepas update status ala-ala bajet romantik mcm tu, dia pi share musik video lagu lagu emo nak bunuh diri sebab my life is so shit.

urgghhhhhh

Menyampah ok, Menyampaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.

Ok. Dah. Tanak ckp pasal diorg dah. Buat bazir tenaga je type panjang panjang cita pasal diorg.

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On a brighter note, .......eh, tak de apa yg brighter nya. Hahaha.
My life is sooo boring.
Bangun pagi, pergi kerja. Balik kerja, tido.

Penat weh.

Nak update pasal kerja...hmmmm, I dunno what to say. I like my job.
Sebab senang kot? I mean I know what my job requires me to do. I know the nature of the job. I know what is expected.

Bukan mcm my job previously. Sumpah aku ni mmg bukan otak IT. I just could not grasp the concept of IT engineering kot.

Blajar IT engineering sampai terberak-berak, last last masuk marketing jugak.

Kah kah kah.

Ketawa kat diri sendiri.

My colleagues call me workaholic. Sebab I would just work, work, work and work. They also say that I'm so friendly; especially dgn sales team. Sales ni diorg ckp, mmg sombong nak mampos. Suka carik gadoh dgn diorg. Not willing to lend a hand katanya. Diorg yg dah kerja kat situ bertahun-tahun pun masih tak boleh geng dgn sales. Payah nak dpt pertolongan dari depa. Especially team dari northeastern region (New York, etc) .Orang orang NY mmg mcm celaka.

But not for me. So far tak de la lagi perbalahan antara aku dgn sales. Smooth sailing je. Even one of the sales team members personally emailed bos aku, saying that dia penat nak jawab email-email dari team aku, so kalau sesiapa yg tak paham on how to do their job (yesssss, ni mmg apa yg dia ckp - I told you diorg ni mmg direct to the point je. Tak de ayat bunga bunga), pegi tanya Alia. Alia ni sungguh cekap dan sungguh thorough.

Waaahhh.
Kembang kempis hidung ok.

Member aku ckp, aku patut print email tu, kasi frame. Sebab after a couple of years dia kerja kat situ, mmg tak pernah orang sales puji division kitaorg; especially to a specific person.

Waahhh.
Lagi la kembang kempis hidung.

Semua orang dok tanya apa black magic aku pakai.
Dengan selamba kodoknya, aku ckp "biarlah rahsiaaa"

Ok tipu. Aku tak jawab pun.
Sengih sengih je sebab hati masih berbunga-bunga lepas kena puji. harap harap dpt bonus 10bulan. 

Diorg asyik komplen yg orang orang NY ni rude betul.
Ntah la. Aku pun tak pasti. Maybe sebab orang MY pun mcm sial-sial belaka. So aku dah lali dgn perangai perangai taik mcm tu kot. Kah kah kah.

Seriously.
I'm not saying that everybody here is the sweetest human being ever, it's just, majority of them are really nice. Maybe it's a southern thang.

Diorg ckp org org south ni polite.
They call everybody "honey" "love" "sweetie".

But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about their overall manner.
Most people here are so polite.
Walaupun diorg ni jarang mandi (kah kah), tapi when it comes to public cleanliness, they abide to the rules.
Drivers kat highways pun tak de la se-babi drivers di Malaysia.
Drivers kat Malaysia semua kiasu, selfish. Pakcik yg konon berkopiah pun boleh jadi road bully.
Over here, majority (majority doesn't mean ALL - sila jgn jadi taik dan defensive sgt) of the road users are nice(r) than Malaysians road users.
Diorg bawak motor pun sama-sama queue on the lane kalau traffic jam. Memang jarang betul aku tgk diorg selit selit celah kereta.

The more I see how these people operate their vehicles, the more aku rasa malu dgn negara asal aku.

Bila la rakyat Malaysia nak jadi penyabar.

*sigh*

Tons Of Pictures

Fuh.
Lamanya rasa tak type full sentences dalam BM. Rasa kekok pulak.
Chey chey chey
Sila tampar sikit.
Perasan mat salleh sangat.

Hahaha

Anyway, kali ni cikkak tak de isu isu hangat untuk diperdebatkan. Kalau ada pun, I'm not interested to write about it.

Kali ni I'm just gonna upload tons of pictures sebab today is Easter Sunday and I had my first experience of coloring eggs yesterday.

But before that, mari lah kita throwback ke ntah beberapa minggu yang lalu.


DEADPOOL
We finally went to watch Deadpool I think after about 2 weeks movie tu keluar kot. Adik ipar ku memang fanatik betul Deadpool so dia la yg ajak.

We went to Starlight cinema, and I don't think I can ever go to another cinemas again because Starlight has spoilt me. They have reclining seats and seats dia adalah gabak. bagus untuk mak walrus ini.

 Tengok la laki 2 ekor ni. Saikosis tau.

Yes. popcorn adalah gabak.
I think size bucket tu is Large and the drink is a Medium.

Bucket tu lagi besar dari kepala aku ok. Jangan memain.
I think throughout the whole movie, mulut tak berhenti mengunyah, tapi at the end of the movie, mcm tak sentuh langsung popcorn tu.
Gila babeng punya banyak.

But one thing je aku kureng sikit, their popcorn bukannya caramel mcm kat Mesia. Theirs is salty uols. Kalau nak caramel, kena top up for toppings (or buy outside of the cinema).

Sini popcorn = salty. Sebab tu Americans saiz gempal gempal. hehehehe.

RANDOM OOTD 
Original goal ialah utk tangkap gambar OOTD. Tapi sempat tangkap 2 hari je. Pastu hilang semangat.

hahahahahahaha

Sila enjoice 2 gambar ni je.

ALIA BERKERJAYA DAN BERKERETA
I got my very own first car!

Ini maybe highlight of the month la kot.
Tak pernah seumur idup ni beli kereta sendiri, so ini memang first car la.

I'll have to say, walaupun I had to go through hoops sebab I'm considered a new immigrant (I have no credit report), tapi getting a car is relatively easier as compared to Malaysia.

okay maybe la nak beli kereta kat Malaysia tu pun senang, it's just aku tak de pengalaman beli keta kat Malaysia. But based from my relatives and friends punya experience, agak payah dan leceh la jugak.
 
Last weekend, we went to the car dearlership with the intention of finding what my options are, considering aku tak de credit report since I'm a new immigrant.

Having an established credit is everything over here. From buying/renting a house, to a car, getting a credit card, to even smart phones, semua diorg tgk your credit report. Credit report tu is a report of your credit history, how you bayar your hutang. Kalau you bayar on time everytime, your credit ratings tinggi which is good, which means you'd have no prob of getting a loan.

So since my credit report is basically "nothing", it's considered as "bad credit" sebab they don't know whether or not aku ni boleh harap utk bayar hutang or not. So sebab tu I was pretty nervous of going to the dealership. I didn't want to get my hopes high sebab kalau pergi sana then diorg ckp i'm not qualified to buy a car, mesti la punah harapan kan. hahahahaha

I'm a realist.

So anyway, after 3-4 hours there, I went home with a car uols.
Tak sangka that salesman berjaya men-convinced bank utk kasi loan. Gila terrer salesman tu.

I got myself a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic LT  in blue which I'm naming him The Hedgehog.

Plate and registration belum sampai lagi. Kena tunggu dlm 30 hari baru no. plate sampai. Tu temp plate je uols.

 Memula kekok jugak la nak drive on the right side. Tapi inshallah now dah biasa. I have to always keep in mind that bila nak belok, ALWAYS keep it to the right.

Pernah sekali I was on the wrong side of the road (oncoming traffic) and Don panik mcm orang gila.
HAHAHHAHAHAHA.

Nasib baik it was a backroad and tak de kereta.

I told Don NOT to give me directions on HOW to drive sebab nanti aku confused. I'd start questioning my judgement and that's not good when you're driving. You should always let the driver judge for him/herself.

Backseat driver = a big no no.




EASTER EGGS PREPARATION? 
Question marked because aku pun tak tau nak panggil apa. Nak panggil Easter Sunday eve mcm tak kena pulak.

Anyway, since today is Easter Sunday, so yesterday we had the kids mengaler telur telur untuk diorg hunt today.

This was my first experience of coloring eggs for Easter. Best pulak uols. Aku pulak yg lebih lebih bab bab kaler ni. Hahahah.
Otak artis la katakan. hahahahahahaahahahahah

Anyway, we went to ahkak dan abang ipar punya rumah yesterday and had fun coloring eggs with the kids.

He will never admit it, but bab bab ni laki aku ni pun eksaited. Pshhh.

 

My colored egg. ntah brapa banyak kaler aku letak, last last jadik purple.

Telur putih, senang la nak letak kaler.
Ce cuba buat dengan telur coklat.

Jadik telur pindang je la.


ok bai.

happy Easter to those yang celebrate!