Tuesday, October 17, 2006

hello!

been spending the past eventful month in Negri Sembilan. Eventful with a Capital 'E'.
on the bright side, i got to taste the real Satay Kajang in Kajang. and went to my 40+yr-old doctor-friend's office alot in Putrajaya. she's the second person in the Ministry of Health in Putrajaya. she takes me out alot. we enjoy pissing each other off. i would snigger at her if the ppl in the building bow their heads so respectfully to greet her when she passes by.

i've been feeling sour in s'pore.i don't know why. the mood here is all diff. or maybe it's just me and my assignments. or maybe it's just, me.

i've been assigned by one of the Board of Directors guy, who is also a writer, to be in his translation team. Translate the malay books to english. right now, it's "Buah Firkiran Ust.Ashaari Siri II," and he assigned me the first EIGHT chpts. The complete expansion of Al-Fatehah, which is the first theme. it's a 620-pg book,btw. and he said "more books to come and that is where we may be bogged down." how delightful. hehe.

tough,i tell ya, veeery tough. u really have to canai-canai kan the facts, menghayati, and not to forget reeeally meirintih before u begin. i dint expect that i'd be so temperamental thruout the whole process of translating. must do reference frm the internet, kamus dwibahasa, qura'nic-english terms and then refer to Islamic english books to see how they make their sentences sound all...smooth.and flowy. i guess in more ways than one i'm really benefiting frm this project- to see who i really am when i work under pressure-- a lioness. i still have so much teen angst in me. eeee.

but it's been fun! i mean, i've always prayed to write my own book one day, so to get a taste of the toughness of publishing a bk, i first hv to get a taste of translating a book. mula-mula one chpter only, then got an sms saying "NURAINI TO TRANSLATE ALL OF PART 'A'(AL-FATEHAH)."

this is what my daily routine at home has been lately:

aft isyak prayers, i begin work till abt 2am or 3am. (actually i don't begin work straight aft isyak prayers, i walk around the house procrastinating, munch somemore on some food, flip the channels on tv,and then start work at about 11pm.HAHA.)
2.30/3AM:sleep.
4.45-AM :wake up for sahur and tahajjud, subuh prayers with family, sleep again.
12PM/1PM:wake up to pray zuhur, clean house, clear kitchen, do abit of laundry, rest and laze around and watch some Sesame Street("i saw a big pig do a wiggly jig." HAHA.), then watch Everwood at 3pm.
4.30pm:pray asar,then think of what to prepare for buke pose. if mum not home, go to the foodcourt downstairs and buy take-away food. then prepare buke, set the table, then eat.
7.30pm:pray Maghrib with family
aft Maghrib-8.30 pm:walk walk around the house, check and edit my work on the pc.
8.30/9pm: "start" work. while watching tv of course.
2.30/3am: stop work and land on fluffy bed.

yup my days have been like this. packed kan.

on the contrary, my rezki has been really really murah, alhamdulillah, i don't know why also cos i've been such a bad girl. i just received a Fujitsu laptop tht day while in Neg.Sembilan(which i've been praying for for so long), and more rezki are about to come my way. i feel so malu to Him. i guess if you really serah yourself to the path of jihad fisabilillah and "work" for God, He pays u your salary. salary for sustenance. salary for promoting Him on the face of this earth. Allah is The Source of Sustenance and Wealth. He'll really show it if u tawakkal.

so the fact that suddenly i got some dough makes me abit pening. suddenly realized i do hv a ton of neccessities to buy. lately, i hvnt had the time and money, so i've been walking arnd like a vagabond(or perhaps more like a peasant) looking dishevelled, looking so unglam. in laymen's term, selekeh.

so i need to get:
-most importantly, a 1 GB thumbdrive
-baju raya(yes, i HAVENT got my baju raya) and tudung raya
-kasut raya(which i plan to shop for in JB). if i can wake up.
-tote bag
-new bagpack/slingbag to stuff my everyday things

i'm too lazy to even go out to buy these things...i mean, look at my schedule above,it's all packed.(you: yeah right, packed with Sesame Street.) and i so don't wanna shop in s'pore,i need to go JB!! God give me the strength,time and rajin-ness.

ok la,it's getting late, and i have to start work. 6 more chpts to go, suppossedly due before raya. i need a miracle.