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The L word!

Now what L word are u thinking of!?? We all know that there was a drama series where L was the word! But my L word is not that L word! Mine is the Manglish L word , the little one with a huge purpose! Yep, its the LAH!
We use it too often and in too many versions. I looked it up in Wikipedia and they have it there. They say that its an "ubiquitous word" used at the end of a sentence. It can also be described as a particle that simultaneously asserts a position and entices solidarity. Whatever, lah!!
So, what about its usage? Again, in Wikipedia , they said that "'lah' is used to change a verb into a command or to soften its tone, particularly when usage of the verb may seem impolite." I say , Yes, meh?
The reason i am doing this post today is not cuz i want to be some expert on the L word. Today the L word appeared in my email as a way to express rudeness, annoyance and sarcasm! It comes after a polite word called Thanks. So here starts the story:
I have email contacts in my address book of people i do not really know. They are the middle people who open emails and then calls out to the people i know to come look at materials sent! These middle people are usually the spouses (always the males) or the kids ( always the teens!) . These people i know ( always the middle-aged females) are not very tech savvy people. They know what emails are , but they don't have their own personal email accounts.
I don't send these ladies fwd mails since they aren't the ones to check them. But they want me to send them dance sheets and video clips of dances I have taught them. That's part of my job and what i am paid to do.
Somewhere along the way , a couple of these middle people will eventually include me in their mailing list. I have no complaints cuz its as easy as a click away if i do not want to read the mails. But yesterday i got this one fwd email that i have seen being circulated over the years. And it had this huge bold question that goes " AMAZING! HOW DOES HE DO IT? " Usually i just hit Delete and forget about it. Yesterday however was a very very boring and slow day for me , and i very very Kaypo hit the Reply button and explained that Mr Copperfield wasn't all that magical nor amazing in 3 short lines.
What came back to me this morning in an email was the L word! It was typed in a font that's bold and black , size 24 , accompanied by a THANKS! ( with a LAH! ) Now if u read it in bold and big , it goes :





So u tell me , does this soften the note? I saw it and went OUCH!
E-mail slap!

My many little jobs !

I just completed a 3 month stint and got paid yesterday. This year has landed me many different jobs that has paid well. Basically i am a line dance instructor who teaches 3 classes a week. Every once in a while i conduct English courses for adults in the corporate world. This year's course was a long one that lasted 6 months. It was too long and grueling for me as i prefer shorter terms cuz they keep me on my feet with interest !! When i was midway thru this course i was asked to teach these young ladies some fitness class as well. They are obsessed with lean slender bodies and wanted to lose fats that they don't even have!!! Some of them wanted to learn line dance and some wanted hard core workouts. Finally the majority won , and i had to teach them aerobics with weight training as well. That was not difficult as i knew all the routines but the hard part was getting them lots of varieties. The distance i had travel was the part i hated most! It usually took me 30 min to get there on a good traffic day but coming back was always an hour's drive! But the money was good so i stuck to it for 6 months but finally considered it quite a hassle esp since it cuts into my Friday nights . So now i have my Friday nights again and ready to PARTYYYYY!
Another new job this year is the K&B Recognition Awards survey. I was asked by a friend who was offered this job but she didn't want to do it alone , so now we do it together. We are given questionnaires that are like 5 or 6 pages long , and we have to make appointments with the CEOs or Directors of several companies dealing with Kitchen and Bathroom products. They are big guns from big companies like TEKA and Rubine, etc. So it is a fun job too with its perks :) The money is good as well , and it has got me a bit more knowledgeable in that department. Special cooker hoods and appliances are now more meaningful to me !! This job is still on going till the end of the year when the Awards end.
The most interesting job this year is the one i just completed. And that's the dance training sessions i had to do with an engineering company that wanted their staff to perform during the annual dinner. It was very fun and i had a good time. But i have pics and videos to show for that , so i will make that another post in this blog.

E-xtra money

something to yak about..how bout ?

i can't believe its been over a month since I last posted. Im not sure if anyone still reads (hard to "still read" when nothing new is posted). One of my friends who watches our blog has commented that nothing or no one is blogging anymore......

Guess, femps must be procrastinating, because in truth, I just don't know what to post about and its really tough to blog when our mind is either busy, empty or too lazy to write ??

We have just added a new member to our blog, P. P... mentioned that she is not a person that likes to write. Same with M as well. So that just leave F, E, and S to contribute to our dying blogsite. P.... just a few sentence also is acceptable.

These last two months was hectic as too many happenings, good, bad and sad. Two of ship crew died while on duty. Typhoon, land slides, earth quakes, bombing... ...... what else ?? Is the world coming to an end ?

I enjoyed my last trip to cambodia with 6 other friends, three of which are sisters. All 7 of us had so much fun eating, visiting places of interest, walking, climbing and buying stuff at bargain prices. Looking forward to our next trip in year 2010.

Over to you other FEMP members...... C ON T R I BU T E....

s......

Farmer E

I have been away for a very very long time! Its not that i had nothing to blog about . On the contrary i had a zillion things on my mind~ things to rave about , ideas to share, Happiness to spread around, but time and my sheer laziness did not permit me to log into this site. Instead when i sit on this chair , facing the PC, my first click on the mouse brings me to the latest of online craze , the famous Facebook . To be more specific , let's put all the blame on virtual farms! They seem to sprout like daisies in a field and now there are way too many applications.
this is my Barn Buddy! >>
I started out with Barn Buddy and its a very simple application , which doesn't take up much of one's time. Then i received many urgent invites to join another farm game called Farmville.

And this is my Farmville>>Apparently this one relies on the fact that u have to invite more friends to join in order to expand your farm. So i got endless pleas from my friends and eventually i became their "neighbours" . it didn't take me long before i got addicted as well . ( i think "SUCKED in" would be the more appropriate phrase here!!) It got very competitive and soon i found that i spending way too many hours farming ! I had to calculate and select what seeds to plant to advance to the next level as quickly as i could! Unlike the Barn Buddy one, the crops can wither if u do not harvest them on time! So its plant plant plant, harvest harvest harvest, plow plow plow and its goes on and on !!
Another farming application cropped up as i was indulging in Farmville , but i am adamant about not getting sucked in again. Farm Town is a more complex one where u can interact with other "farmers" online and get them to help u out in your farms. But i am staying away for now! I am all farmed out!
E-farmer

updates

Hi all.... its been awhile since anyone of us from the FEMS circle has update or posted anything in our blog. E was busy the last couple of months with her two older girls back from overseas (summer holidays). Phew... how time flies!!! Both girls came and left. Like the saying goes... time really flies when you are having fun. E.. lets start blogging.. how bout ? Anyway, with the two girls back to UNI, E has adopted another "daughter" to care for. P. The story line is P is E's sister in law (hubby side). P went for holidays with her group of friends and while bathing, P fell and fractured her ankle. P created much drama as ambulance came n pick her from her hotel to hospital for medical attention. P couldnt do much for the rest of the tour and came back hopping back home via "Now everyone can fly". P is now recuperating at E's and hopefully early next month, P will be completely cure.

F is busy with her new addition member to her extended family. She got "Mong Mong" as a gift from her younger sister. Understand from F, Mong Mong has grown so much that she is almost catching up with Storm (E's son).

As for me, well, I was also kept busy with lots of things one of which was, I also adopted a "son" named Renji. I had him for almost a week. Both my children adored him and with much regret, had to let Renji go as my mum cant cope with the extended family. I thought Renji would be a good therapy for mum to relax but alas how wrong I was. Sadly, we had to give away Renji to another family. My son was devasted over this but luckily he got over it. Maybe next time, we will try to have another extended family when both of them are older.

S..... Sad but surviving.

P/s... girls please continue to keep our blog alive.

Yasmin Ahmad 1958-2009

- Read tributes to Yasmin on www.thestar.com.my


Published: Saturday July 25, 2009 MYT 3:06:00 AM
Award winning director Yasmin Ahmad dies
By NURBAITI HANIM and ZALINAH NOORDIN
KUALA LUMPUR: Award winning film director Yasmin Ahmad has died from massive bleeding in the brain at the Damansara Specialist Hospital.
She died at 11.25pm yesterday following a surgery due to her collapse at the Seri Pentas on Thursday.
Yasmin never regained consciousness after being admitted into the intensive care unit. Burial is scheduled for today expected to be before zohor.
The 51-year-old creative director was famed for her advertisements and films capturing the essence of racial harmony in Malaysia.
Family members, relatives, loved ones and friends, including artists had gone to the hospital on hearing about her death.
Fatimah Abu Bakar, an actress and a close friend of Yasmin, and Media Prima International chief executive officer Datuk Seri Farid Ridzuan acted as the spokespersons for the distraught family.
Fatimah’s daughter Sharifah Amani Syed Zainal Rashid had acted in Yasmin’s two famous movies Sepet and Gubra.
Yasmin will be buried after Zohor prayers although at press time the location of the burial has yet to be determined.
Her body will be taken to the SS19 Mosque in Subang Jaya for prayers before that.
A large group of luminaries from the local movie and television scene gathered at the hospital the moment they heard about the death of Yasmin.
Although distraught, those present paid tribute to the award-winning director. “We would come cross a few great people in our time on earth. Yasmin was one of them.
“She wasn’t an easy person to live or work with, but that was only because she was so talented. “She had a big heart and vision that we usually don’t understand. That was why people misunderstood her. But she never intended any malice,” said Fatimah.
She added Yasmin’s films had always been about love and forgiveness because that was the way she was brought up by her parents.
Sharifah Amani looked distraught as she stood by at her mother’s side. She refused to talk to the press.
Fatimah and Farid acted as the spokespersons for Yasmin’s family to announce her death and details of her funeral.
TV host Aznil Nawawi, said he had always admired Yasmin’s work although he never had a chance to work with her.
“She possessed the knack on how to capture the essence of Malaysia through her movies and commercials.
“I last saw her when she was promoting her movie Talentime at Radio Era office,” he added.
Suria FM chief executive officer Engku Imran Engku Zainal Abidin described Yasmin’s death as a great loss – not only to the entertainment and movie industry, but to the nation as a whole.
“Her movies are watched by all races because they can all relate to the messages conveyed. “We have lost a great, intelligent and creative director,” he added.

Will be missing her movies and advertisements....

S...