Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The Day You Blog Me Wonder

Dear Diary,

Last night, my Srikandi STF friends and I got stuck at our usual joint at Jalan 223, PJ after our weekly gossip session futsal training for the rain poured as if it was the end of the world. As the clock struck 1am, we decided to hit the rain to make it back to our cars. Some people still have to go to work tomorrow, Ninie. So said one of my girls. Yelah, yelah.

I was drenched,
my car seat was soaking wet and
hitting hot shower when I reached home
felt next to best after Esalen massage.

Post-shower, I got too refreshed I couldn't sleep.

I watched Desperate Housewives Season 5 Episode 1 and 2 that I downloaded last week and I was still wide awake. Blame the shocking (WARNING: DHwives spoiler) Gabby that got fat, Carlos that turned blind, Susan that has a toyboy and Lynette's twins that are big enough to be writing sex poems to his own mom.

And so at 4in the morning
I checked my blog's sitemeter,
wondering who are all this




people?

When clicked at the link where the number is at,
I wondered even further.























I am deeply touched.
My blog has been viewed more than 5,600 this week
and it's only Wednesday.

I got itchy.
I was curious to know who checks my blog 4 in the morning.
Voila!























So I made my own blog's summary.
These are the people that contributed to heavy traffic to my blog,
if you fall into any of these, may I just thank you.
I honestly have no idea of what I'm doing here.

After midnight;
Malaysian students in UK
[perhaps my juniors (and seniors) that hated me more than anything back in STF, he he..
Wishing miraculously I'd break a leg or missing a veterbra one magical day just so that I'd stop being so gedik ya ampun]


Office hour entrance;
Young execs baru masuk office and just got their coffee fixed
[most of them that check on me actually hate me for I don't have to wake up that early in the morning to catch a train, rather than doing yoga by the poolside every morning. Just a little inside info, I still do wake up at 7 every morning. But yoga by the poolside, err.. not every morning though. Trust me, yoga can equate pain when done everyday and not getting paid for it or when you can't pay someone to force you to do 127 sun salutations daily)

But it doesn't stop me from wondering,
who reads this nonsense Diaries all the way from New York (it couldn't be SJP, she doesn't live in Bronx. SATC was all about Manhattan. Although SJP might actually live in LA), New Zealand (I would die happy if Lance Schuler or John Scott the Kiwi yoga masters actually know I exist), Toronto (is this the ex-boyfriend I am thinking?), Barcelona (could this be my beloved ex-housemate I am missing?) and I can't think of any Slovakian I know.

For whatever the reason and for your precious time,
I thank you.

* * * * * * *

I also have concluded that my style of writing blogging
can be very much influenced by the blogs I frequently read.

1. I love the Kinky Blue Fairy.
And love is an understatement.
She is so cute and oh so painfully funny.
And when you thought God is fair.
Joyce seems to have it all.
But she might not be as flexible after all. He hee..

On days I browse Kinky Blue Fairy's full page entries,
my next entry will deem 'I-try-to-be-Joyce-funny-but-I-can-never-be'.
'I is can never be Joyce.'
I will also feel like splinting my eyes like this -_- but then no one does it like Joyce.
From friends working at BAT, Joyce actually does look like -_- when she squints her eyes!


2. I also think my ex-classmate from STF, Marliza Yanti is one of the most talented writer I ever came across. Not to mention she has the most meticulous and immaculately neat handwriting I have ever seen! I love mine too :P but no one writes like Marliza.

Maka setiap kali baca blog Marliza lama-lama, penulisan saya akan jadi stail EH! begini. Walaupun BM saya sudah tidak sebaik dulu (waktu Form 5 di STF dulu, Marliza dan saya sama pasukan mewakili negeri untuk Forum Remaja Kebangsaan tau, jangan main-main!), tapi Marliza harus memberi kredit untuk percubaan saya cuba menulis seperti Marliza! Walaupun Marliza pasti ketawa, Ninie punya entry BM entah apa-apa. Muat naik pun tak tahu. Hu huu..


3. Kebelakangan ni
(once you've started writing in Malay,
it's oh so hard to switch to Manglish back!
Or maybe it just happens to this illiterate me..
Or let me just try again)


3. Lately, I found myself clicking and checking Hanis Zalikha's blog everyday.
Not because she's pretty, not because she was a Malaysian Dreamgirl finalist..
Ok lah, I lied. This is another Malaysian creature that seems to have it all,
pretty, tall (make-up might transform you to be a prettier you but when you are stuck being 5 feet..), SUPER FUNNY I tell you, blessed with a sporting mom and incredibly happy home and unbelievably down-to-earth!

I thought models are all (maaf ye, terpaksa generalize sebab MOST models I know memang begini) dumb and full of themselves. Yang Melayu tak geti cakap English, yang bukan Melayu pun tak konfiden cakap English, cuma yang celup je boleh cakap English, itupun dengan accent. Tapi Hanis lain, maybe that's why I love her. Serious love, bukan hate. Walaupun dia hampir ada segala yang saya bukan. Kalau dia fleksibel jugak dan sama cup size, baru lah tak love, he hee..

Maka bila terkena virus blog Hanis, tulisan macam perenggan kat atas lah jadinya. Bahasa Melayu yang comel (walaupun English Hanis juga sangat power!) dan tulisan yang ikhlas tapi laser tapi sebab dapat rasa ketulusan hati dia, maka jadik comel.

* * * * * * *

We should feel lucky that they share their beautiful lives and insights online.

I salute them for not only writing about people or food or things they hate,
for still being able to see everything beautifully and to write beautiful everything
and I thank them for the inspiration they never know.
Or maybe now they do.
:P

And I do know something else too.
AKULAH YANG TAK ORIGINAL, ha hah haa!
Kesian korang yang baca blog aku..

23 comments:

weezered said...

ye la ye la.. i lah terkantoi kat opes dok check ur blog..

govt kan.. banyak masa bersenggang..

hahah.

Hanis Zalikha said...

sumpah tengah pemalu sekarang. i'll tell you one secret ive never told anyone, not even one jiwa (soul). haha. i was your silent reader for years. you know when you had the brown layout from blogger. you said you were lazy to go and find layouts from other sites. apatah lagi nak create one. so you guna je layout brown tuh, yang macam wallpaper tuh. im not sure kalau the add of your blog now is still the same, ive lost track, because one day, you decided not to write anymore. you letak picture of your back with a tattoo on it and said your goodbyes. and recently, when ive started blogging once again (yes i used to blog for 3months, inspired by you, then hancur pemalas nak mampus untuk update dah la tak femes takde sape baca pergh bosan gila jenuh aku tulis, kawan-kawan pun tengah kemaruk friendster, bukan nak layan baca blog i), i found you! yes you ninie! yes the yoga instructor! when i was featured as nuffnang blogger of the month, and i was browsing thru who checked out my blog, then i saw THE YOGA INSTRUCTOR. hehe reunion. oke dah. mak panggil. bye. lagipun dah penat mengomel. oh oh kejap. pastu, masa i buat blog dulu, masa form3 kot, i pun teringin nak tiru your entry titles yang The Day, The Day tuh. tapi tak nak ah. tak ori. jahat jadi peniru. ya sila bangga ada orang nak tiru. haha oke bye. masih pemalu.

Anonymous said...

ninie, i love love love ur blog ;P ninie i rasa penin2 lalat tau baca bila u tulis bm, tp bm u xteruk pon, serius ok je, maybe sbb u rarely write in malay kot. anyway, keep blogging, update selalu, i lg2 suka. suka smpi try buat split tp xboleh sbb tak flexible langsung! ;P

Anonymous said...

The Barcelona one was me! :D

Feather's Mother said...

weezered:
I love you! nanti bila I banyak duit semula, I nak jumpa you and belanja makan OK?

hanis zalikha:
KITA LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGI LAA MALU!
Masih tengah tersenyum tersipu ni!
Macam rasa nak tulis blog entry baru The Day Hanis Zalikha Commented On My Blog sekarang jugak, tapi hati masih tak suci sebab nak jugak kompol hits biar ramai lagi baca entry ni dan tahu Hanis rocks! Like me. Ha haaa!

I love you Hanis!

himawari:
Terima kasih!

The split will come, one day. Percayalah. I lepas dua tahun buat yoga baru boleh spilt, sungguh! Sehari buat sikit,
lama-lama kurang sakit!
Tengok, I siap buat pantun dua kerat untuk you, semoga kurang pening-pening lalat you :)

tom hayton:
I was right then! :)

That's twice in less than 12 hours, Abang Tom. You must really miss me :D. I sooooooo miss you too! Henry and Anna are fun but they don't speak no 'cockroach' / 'raisin' / 'nangka' / 'McDelivery' like we used too :(

I know France and Barcelona are fun but Malaysia (is) My Second Home, remember? Come HOME anytime! KL needs and misses Tom Haytonnnn!!!!!

Anonymous said...

aww daymn woman. you crazy. your blog is memang very natural in going bla bla bla like mine too. thanks much for the compliment :) i heart yoga instructor ;) maybe next time when i have more TIME to take up yoga, you'll teach me yes? sorry rush comment cos in opis now :p

XXX

Zara in Germany said...

kalau weimar must be me...heheh.

I dont hate u masa sekolah pun ninie..if that's what ur worried about. i like reading ur blog because ur honest like `lantak aku la aku nak wat apa´...and i like that heheh

Anonymous said...

i am a malaysian (professional ye, bukan student) living in London stumbled on to your blog over a year ago. I googled 'doa qunut' (don't ask...) and your blog was one of the hits.

Now, how random is THAT?!

Anonymous said...

"Small girl turning BIG WOMEN into human pretzel.." ???? BIG WOMEN???

reena said...

Suka baca blog Kak Ninie sebab kelakar dan sangat "Ada.aku.Kesah".Hehe.

Penulisan Kak Yanti memang tak perlu dipertikaikan lagi.Hehe.Memang sempurna di mata saya :) Memang dari sekolah rendah kan Kak Yanti rajin menulis (Kan Kak Yanti kan? :p)

Yeah, Hanis memang sgt cool! Macam The Yoga Instructor.Dua-dua cool.

Anonymous said...

Hi Ninie. Sending some love. I love reading your blog because youre frank.. ure not afraid to blog about something sad which happened..which shows that u dont have any insecurity to hide.. or at least thats what i think.. love it!! keep on blogginggg~ :)

shoe-addict-mom said...

ninie, :) im one of those people yg baca blog u kat office, before i start my day! haha! i'd rather spend my time reading and be amused by ur writings than doing ur work! keh keh keh
nanti dah buka ur own yoga centre, jgn lupa update i! im ur future student (kalau masih tak terlambat laa)

Diha said...

saya seorg pembaca yang senyap sahaja.pernah juge mencube beberape yoga pose that you posted here tp selalu akan kekejangan otot right after the 1st attempts.

me heart your blog.always have and always will...

cheers! =)

Anonymous said...

hahaha.. google doa qunut dapat blog ninie.. muahahaha.. jgn marah, tp aku mmg tak tahan nk gelak weh.

nin, ko hutang aku DH season 4 part 2! ganti balik!! tak pasal2 aku terjebak tgk porn! haha.. dan walaupun skang astro dah pasang DH season 4, tapi futsal dah start balik.. huhu..

Nak nak!

Marliza Radzi said...

aaaaawh :) I'm deeply touched. ngeeeeeeee.

weezered said...

i love you too la ninie!

tak payah la tunggu banyak duit. I leh bawak bekal pastuh share ngan u. Heheh!

Moose said...

Dear TYI,
Saya seorang pembaca tegar blog anda, dari zaman anda 'pixelated' semua muka dalam gambar sehingga menjadi seorang guru yoga terkenal. Teruskan ber'blogging'. Tanpa membaca blog anda, hidup saya terasa kosong.

*obviously also bitten by the Malay bug*

Anonymous said...

saya suka blog kamu.dan kamu adalah comel.ok lah cantik la..senang hati x?

Anonymous said...

Hi Ninie!

I'm your reader from northern New Jersey (close proximity to NYC).

Saya terbaca yg Ninie akan datang ke NYC satu hari nanti. Jika datang sini, jangan lupa bagitau saya okay! saya akan bawa berjalan-jalan!

All that to say, I do enjoy reading your blog!

Anonymous said...

i got addicted since your MiniNinie days. woot.

all the best ninie, and keep on blogging!

Unknown said...

Hi Ninie, my name is Nina. I've been your silent blog reader since u were still with Yoga Zone. Found out about u when i watched Wanita Hari Ini doing live coverage from Yoga Zone. Mcm mana i found out about ur blog, i pun tak ingat lar... but i love reading ur blog.

I ingat lagi dolu-dolu masa kecik2, kalau kita ada diary, kita mesti sorokkan from parents or siblings, apakan lagi kalau org kita tak kenal. Tapi sekarang, zaman dah berubah (mcm iklan berita harian plak...), kalau bole kita nk satu donia baca kita nyer diary.... :)

So... i just don't want you to wonder more (my favourite quote - "knowing is better than wondering!"), i believe there's a lot of silent readers out there, but i think i tak nk jadik silent lagi lar.... :P hehehe

p/s - sory lar kalau i termerepek panjang lebar... too excited to let u know that i'm one of your fans! :D

Anonymous said...

I tak sure lah I ni kategori silent reader ke tak tapi nak confess yg I start belajar yoga sebab tengok you dalam nescafe kickstart dulu tuh.
entah macam mana jumpa your blog tru google (bukan doa qunut..ehehe) and now boleh katakan addicted lah.

yieng said...

heya~ i'm one of those who read your blog from glasgow city..all the way..
anyway, just dropping by to send love and wishes..
love your blog n the yoga too~
:)