Sunday, February 04, 2007

Confession of a guilty Binx



psssttt.... let me tell you a secret...





Did you watch the episode of Desperate Housewives, where Bree's son accidentally hit Gabrielle's mother in-law and Bree managed to cover
it up and didn't tell a soul about it?

Well, I faced a similar incident last Thursday. No, I did not hit my neighbour's mother-in law or anyone else for that matter. However, I did rammed into the back of my neighbour's MPV and didn't mention anything about it to the owner!!!

Before you start to form any judgment about me, let me tell you the whole story.

On that Thursday, my car refused to start - maybe due to a weak/dead battery. Hence, I decided to try and jump start it with the help of my sister's car, which was parked in front of my car, at the side of the alley next to my house. However, since her car was facing forward, I needed to turned it 180 degrees to face the front of my car in order to be able to hook up the jumper cable. So without much thinking, I got into her car and began to try to maneuver it out from the parking position. Oh yeah, I forgot to mentioned that her car was actually sandwiched between my car and a neighbour's MPV. And have I mentioned that my sister drives a manual car?

So I guessed most of you know what happened next. Since the alley was slanting downwards, it was really hard for me to reverse the car (being a non-expert at handling a manual car and all). Instead of going backwards, to my dismay, it started to moved forward. I tried hitting the brakes to no avail. The next thing I know, my lil' sis was standing next to the car with a horrified expression.

Panicked-stricken, I jumped out of the car to inspect the damage. However, I couldn't see anything because the two bumpers were glued to each other. Hence, I jumped back into the car to try to reversed it once again, but it won't budged.

"OMG! OMG! OMG!", that was the only thing that I chanted the whole time. In my head, the vision of my angry sister and few hundred ringgit with wings flew out from my purse popped-up automatically.

So nak tak nak, I had to call my sister to the rescue. Only she can expertly maneuver the car out and maneuvered it out she did.

After careful inspection, there was no damage to her car (thank GOD!) - everything was intact. However, the same can't be said about the neighbour's MPV. If you were to take a hard look on the bumper, you can see a crack, formed at the crook of the bumper. However, you won't be able to notice it from far.

I was adamant to knock on the neighbour's door and tell them about the incident (since their house was just opposite the lane and there is a clear view of the lane from their master bedroom window upstairs). I was afraid that they would have heard the commotion and was just waiting for me to own up to my mistake. Nevertheless, lil' sis said not to bother doing so since the crack was not visible in the first place. No one will notice it so why go to such trouble...

She got a point there. Why should I inform them about it. At that time, I kinda felt relieved and saw all the few hundred ringgit with wings earlier making their way back into my purse... hehehe...

However, my nerves started to go into a rollercoster mode when I saw the maid of owner of the MPV came out of her house, walking towards the lane. She gave me a "I know what you did!" look and I started to panicked. I thought she was going towards the car to inspect the damage and then run back to report to her employer. Imagine my relief when she walked straight passed the car towards the playgound. Phewh.....!

Then after a few minutes, the owner of the MPV came out and walked towards his car. On the way, he gave me a very weird look, as if he knew of what had transpired earlier.

"Argghh.... Oh shit! Oh shit! I am soooo busted!"

Then I heard the car's alarm being disabled and the sound of the car's door being opened and closed again. Once the sound of the MPV's engine disappeared, only then did I managed to exhale and began to breathe normally. Lega youuuuuuu......

So I'm off the hook, for now!

I just hope there was no other witness to the incident that will leak out my dirty little secret to the MPV's owner.







binx: sssyyhhhhhh.......

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Getting to know you...



Sometimes I just wished that you can record every significant episodes of your life and just popped it into the VCR (for the old skool ppl) or DVD player and just hit the play button every time you meet someone new. That way, you don't need to go through the whole "I used to do this and that when I was..." mumbo-jumbo and just fast forward everything into the present day. Wouldn't that be great?

Or would that defeat the purpose of the whole 'getting to know you' process?



Getting to know you,
Getting to know all about you.
Getting to like you,
Getting to hope you like me.

Getting to know you,
Putting it my way,
But nicely,
You are precisely,
My cup of tea.

Getting to know you,
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you,
Getting to know what to say

Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day.

Title: Getting to know you
Album: OST of The King and I


On a totally different subject, I came across this video while searching for the above lyric.. I almost forgot how great this movie is... Enjoy!







binx: etcetera... etcetera... etcetera...

Monday, January 29, 2007

This could be nothing...



but I'm willing to give it a try....





James Morrisson - You Give Me Something



Such a perfect voice and perfect tune.. Don't you think so?



binx: *swoon*

Friday, January 26, 2007

The Spelling Game...





These scenes happened during class, yesterday...


Scene I

Me: Ok.. can you spell 'TRAIN'?
Kid1: TRAIN that goes choo-choo-choo (doing the hand move bit)?
Me: Yes.. TRAIN that goes choo-choo-choo...
Me: Can you spell it for me?
Kid1: The TRAIN go very fast one you know...
Kid1: It goes choo-choo-choo.. choo-choo-choo..
Me: Yes I know... So, can you spell TRAIN now?
Kid1: Teacher, don't lar let me spell hard hard...
Me: Hard hard? *dumbfounded*


Scene II

Me: Can you spell 'SNEEZE'?
Kid2: That's easy.. Can't you give me a harder word to spell?
Me: Well, you've got it wrong in your exercise....
Me: So spell 'SNEEZE' please...
Kid2: S.. N.. E.. S.. E.. easy peasy...!
Me: That's incorrect! You wanna try again?
Kid2: Come on....! It's correct!
Me: No.. That's not how you spell 'SNEEZE'
Kid3: *menyampuk* You don't know how to spell 'SNEEZE'?
Me: Do YOU know how to spell 'SNEEZE'?
Kid3: Of course! S.. N.. E.. E.. S.. E.. 'SNEEZE' *wide grin*
Me: *pening*


Scene 3

Me: So how many words do you want to spell for me today?
Kid4: 10! *huge grin*
Me: Wow.. very ambitious eh... Ok.. 10 it is...
Kid4: Cool.. First word please... Give me the hard ones...
Me: Hard ones eh.. sure... Spell... "INTERESTING"
Kid4: That's easy... I.. N.. T.. E.. R.. E.. S.. T.. I.. N.. G.. *huge grin*
Kid4: See.. I told you that it's easy!
Me: Ok good..! Next spell....
Kid4: Can I spell 'BIOLOGY'?
Me: Ok spell "BIOLOGY'
Kid4: B.. I.. O.. L.. O.. J.. I..
Me: tsk x 3




binx: I need panadol...!

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

When you know that you just don't know...






I don't know why that person is avoiding me. Did I do something wrong? Did I accidentally said something to hurt that person's feeling? That person used to tell me everything. However, now I will only hear from that person when that person needs something from me... It sucks, but I guess that's just the way it is...


I don't know why I feel this way when there's no clear indication of the future. There are still doubts about where we are heading. In fact, I don't even know if we are gonna head that way. Will there be a future? Only time will tell...


I don't know what to do anymore.
Should I fly?
Should I cry?
Should I lie?
Or should I jump with joy?




binx: do you know?

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Scrabble @ Starbucks



We were stuck in Starbucks for hours, last Sunday, while waiting to finish reformatting mom's hard disc drive. After the 3rd hour, we didn't know what else to do to entertain ourselves, until I saw the box of Scrabble on the counter.

So Scrabble we played!




2 hours and 2 cups of latte later, with the help of Dictionary.com, I emerged as the winner.. woohooo...! (I wouldn't have mentioned it if I didn't win laaa kan... hehehe...)

Anyone else up for a game?


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Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.

Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a Double word score box!
Hobbes: ZQFMGB isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel!
Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that!




binx: me likey!

Monday, January 22, 2007

If I had a million dollars...



*berangan mode: ON

... I would

1) give half of it to Mom (for everything that she had done to pull us through all these years)
2) pay off all my debts
3) buy that expensive teak four-poster bed that I've always wanted
4) go on a shopping spree (ambik semua... ambik...!)
5) donate some to charity
6) make sure I invest/save some to ensure continuous cash supply
7) treat all of you to a free round of frapuchinos
8) buy a full DSLR camera.. (sweet....)

Nak buat apa lagi ek...?


What would you do if you have a million dollars?


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Congrats to Adibah Noor for her well-deserved win! Finally, she's being recognised for her talent...

Kau terlalu istimewa...!


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My prayers goes out to those in East Malaysia that are facing the Tsunami threat due to the earthquake that had erupted in Indonesia....




binx: *sigh*