It’s not like that anymore. I can never leave the house any later than 7.10am. Just to get to Bukit Jelutong toll from my house now takes me nearly 15 minutes. When I hit the NKVE, the cars were annoyingly sluggish. Usually you would think there must be an accident or a car stalled in the middle of the road that’s causing the jam but no, the cars were going slow for no significant reason. Past Subang exit the highway was clear until I reached Jalan Duta toll. Traffic would crawl heading into the city. For the past few weeks my journey to work took an hour and a half. A couple of times the traffic was so bad that I got to work at 9.30am. I am not so worried about arriving late to work because fortunately for us lecturers, our time in and out of office is quite flexible. But it certainly irritates me when I have to cancel my class because I got stuck in some stupid jam (I am sure the students were very pleased).
The thought of driving home filled me with apprehension. I have to leave for office well before peak time to avoid the jam going out of the city. Yesterday it was almost like I was in gridlock. I was on the road in front of HKL and the traffic was static. I got tired of watching the lights turned from red to yellow to green for god knows how many times so I switched on my KL-ian driver mode and pushed my way to the very right lane to made a U-turn and head south on Jalan Tun Razak. I had no faith that the road would be smooth flowing because you know what people say, when there’s traffic jam in KL, no matter which route you take you will still get caught in the jam. However, I was very lucky that the road was clear. So I took the SMART tunnel (which was surprisingly opened in spite of the heavy downpour earlier), onto KESAS and then ELITE to Shah Alam. Finally, after two hours I left the office and paid about Rm8 for the tolls, I got home feeling physically and mentally exhausted!
What is the matter with our roads today? Do people find it more convenient to drive? I remember when we moved to Shah Alam 9 years ago it wasn’t like this at all. The jam didn’t start from the moment I left home. Nor was there any jam on the expressway. It was only going in or out of KL. I don’t know how long I can put up with this traveling. Drives me mad sometimes. Being on the road for 3 hours or more everyday is just totally absurd.
I need to move..!
Hmm...a ‘blog reviewer’ commented that my blog is all about my son. Should that bother me? I mean it is my blog. It is up to me to write what I wish to write or not to write at all. So what if I write a lot about Norman? I am his yummy mummy which gives me every right to be obsessed with every little thing that he does. He is the only person who changed my world and I love him very much. Too much.
Oh well...I guess I just have to prove this ‘blog reviewer’ right by posting this video of Norman.
‘....having the time of your life... ooo
see that girl, watch that scene
dig it the dancing queen...’
I’m all in the mood for ABBA this evening. I have watched it twice in London and again tonight for the third time. I know the people I am watching with tonight will be singing their hearts out to all the songs. I just hope we won’t be kicked out of the theatre hall!
‘Is there a man out there
Someone to hear my praaaaayers...!’
It is this year that I have travelled the most. I never thought that I would get such opportunity and I am very grateful for that. It never crossed my mind that I would go to South Africa yet I was thrilled that I did. The safari and Victoria Falls was amazing. The walk across the border of Zambia-Zimbabwe was a little nerve wrecking (well at least for me it was). I ate a worm! Euww. I am not doing that again! I thought Manila was going to be my last trip but I ended going to two more countries after that. I don’t know if I will be lucky enough to travel next year as much as I did this year. I am a little disappointed that I didn’t manage to go to where I have always wanted to go but I hope to make it a reality =).
I reconnected with a long lost friend this year. She lent me her ‘baju kurung sekolah’ for a week when I was in a boarding school in Raub. I didn’t realize that you were only allowed to wear ‘baju kurung’ there. Hehe.
Beautify my car only to wreck it two weeks after I did it.
Got an iphone.
Lost my iphone =(.
Got a new ipod =).
Had four of my teeth pulled out. (I am still suffering.)
I remembered at the end of 2007 I was tagged to make a list of my new year’s resolution so I looked through the very few posts that I wrote last year and found the list that I made. Did I achieve any of the things I listed? Let’s see..
1. I said I wanted to go the gym 2-3 times a week - I do go 2 or sometimes 3 times a week but I am not very consistent.
2. Make time to read - Nope don’t think I did that.
3. Be less extravagant - Hahaha. Definitely a failure.
4. Better myself in my career - This is an ongoing process. I have achieved some of the things I planned to do but it doesn’t mean that I am contented. (Oh I discovered that someone at work calls me a b**** haha.)
5. Not to bring work home - Unsuccessful.
6. Take Norman for a holiday in the USA or Australia - I only managed to take him to Hong Kong and Singapore. He loved the Hong Kong Disneyland and enjoyed the Night Safari in Singapore. Hmm... I might have to rethink this one...or maybe let his daddy plan the trips.
7. Play golf - I didn’t make an effort to even go to the driving range!
8. Learn to swim - No effort made on this one too!
Having looked through that list, I don’t think I should ever make new year’s resolutions ever again!
Selamat menyambut Maal Hijrah.
Happy new year everyone.
