Rules to abide by

Talk about a glorious morning! It poured continuously in Klang for about an hour from 6.30am, and the warmth of another body cuddled up beside would have completed the snug feeling...it's been so long since a lovely morning came by.

Anyway, the cleaning lady came by just now, and she was so sad to hear that today would be my last day."Alaa adik,baru nak berkenalan..adik sudah mahu tinggal kakak. Biasa tiada orang yang tegur, cakap-cakap dengan kakak. Mesti kakak rindu dengan adik. Adik jaga diri baik-baik ya, kalau ada masa tu, datanglah,jenguk-jenguk.."

I was touched.
We talk a bit every Thursdays when she comes in to mop and sweep. She thought I was married, though she also thought I was 18.

I'm gonna miss this place, the friendly teachers, resilient parents and their lovely children who come by everyday. And Uncle Mike, who has fed me well, who lets me try his new recipes, and appoints me as his critique. I guess it's in my face that I don't say no to food.The LRT officer at Asia Jaya who's perpetually smiling, and that old malay lady who sells nasi lemak by the stairs up to the station.Well, there has to be an end to everything good.

I'll quit jiwang-ing. It's the weather la, damnit!

I was on the bus to PJ this morn when I saw the back of this Indian lady who was wearing a lovely dark blue Salwar that I absolutely fell in love with, and I desperately needed her to do the baju some justice.Instead, I was mortified when she turned. I mean, it's totally okay if you're not blessed with stunning features, but the least you could do is like, practice some sorta enhancement, some kinda self grooming. She was wearing bright blue eyeshadow and coloured her lips a bright red. An Indian It. Such a pity. She could have done it differently.
Speaking of which, back in Penang, we had a couple of rules that we'd adhere to while getting dressed to go out.

1. When applying makeup, play up EITHER the eyes, or the lips. Do both, and you belong to Chulia Street.

2. Silver and gold DO NOT GO. I can't stress this more. Neither do pink and red. Neither do geometrics and florals (this goes without saying.. if you're like,'huh, really?' I suggest you pull the trigger on yourself)

3. EITHER an elaborate necklace, or a glammed up pair of earrings. Again, NEVER BOTH. Except of course, if its some Indian thingy you're trying to pull off. You know how they have the whole set, the whole works. Even so, pull hair away from face, in an elegant bun, perhaps? Imagine being ornately decorated like a dinner plate, with your hair all over, distracting from the intricateness of the craftmanship. Sad thing, dont you think? Key word here again is focus. Know what you want to highlight.

I know that there're a few more, but it's not coming to me right now.

BTW, you know those stupid counters like they have at post offices, or the NRD? How they have that separation with the hole at your supposed 'eye level'? Are you supposed to allign your eyes there, or your mouth when you wanna talk? It doesn't make sense, and it's so f*cking annoying. Do they think everyone is of the same height?
Not only that, I can't seem to hear these people mumble from behind the stupid counters.
So how does it really work? What am I supposed to do? Put my mouth there when I want to talk, my ears when I wanna hear, and my eyes when I need to see if she's filling in the details properly?
Really stupid!