amin's way..

i don't know if i'm ready..
but please..
let me handle my own problems..
my pressure..
my way..

license to wed..

well.. would you believe it?..
i've completed this mandatory marriage course thingy..
at arraudhah mosque at bt batok..
it's a two-sunday affair..
and earlier today was its last session..

actually the week before our first session..
honey was pissed..
she felt that i wasn't serious enough..
in tryin' to source for any marriage courses..
i think the pressure is gettin' to her head..

and i thought i should be the one pressurized..

in the end she was the one who booked for the course..
and i'm just glad this phase is done with..
anyway at the course by chance..
came across an old school friend from j.i with his spouse too..
small world..

small world indeed..
the previous saturday at bbdc..
crossed paths with another old bro from j.i..
we were close back then during school..
then we went our separate ways and career paths..
unfortunately as years rolled by we got distant..
but i'm just glad the bond rekindled again with this chanced meet-up..

in the end we chilled at bt panjang plaza..
after our afternoon driving practices..
amazingly til' midnite..
so many things to catch up and talk about..
time well spent..
oh ya.. and he was the popular guy in school..
but i would always like to believe.. only after me..

and met another old bro yesterday too..

this time from my n.s days..

the last time i met him was in feb '08..

on his wedding nite..

but who would have thought..

the next time i'm meetin' him..

he would be a divorcee..

pity the old chap but knowin' him..

he knows how to bounce back in life..

women.. hmph..

chilled with him at arab street..

ate quail meat for the first time..

sheesha..

and people might think i'm still single..

the listening ear..

monday nite..

"min.. where are you?"

"i'm at bukit batok.."

"ok.. i'm in the cab.. meet me.. i'll pick you up.."

"no prob.."

tuesday nite..

"min.. meet me tonight?"

"where?"

"boon lay.. let's eat nasi lemak.."

"no prob.."

the listening ear in action..
no regrets on my part..
it's all for the best..
ultimately i can spend more time with my brothers..

but let me keep the record straight..
i don't practise favouritism..

race to witch mountain..

at first i was indecisive about goin' to genting..
but i've never regretted sayin' 'yes' to ahbui..
made the trip in the end..
and enjoyed every single bit of it..

went with bucky.. atikus..
ahbui.. peishan.. yat.. & zal..
of cos some of the usual suspects..
were missing too..

the last time i went to genting..
was in 1996 with my famm and relatives..
it was a huge family affair..
miss those times..
but this trip ain't diffirent either..
i dreaded goin' back home..
gonna equally miss this..

the chauvinistic male..

thank goodness..
inventory's over for now..
helped forum..
enjoyed my nite there..
although boss was livid at certain times..
due to some glitches..
but in the end it still sailed smoothly..

it's customary that every mid-year inventory..
somebody's gonna get wrapped..

it all started in '07 with su..
i remembered boss brought me and daniel from suntec..
went to forum after the stock take..
just to wrap the birthday girl..
she was openin' store that mornin'..

in '08.. i was the victim cos i was leavin'..
of cos i did not submit easily..
put up an honourable struggle..
but like the decepticons..
i was one of the fallen..


this year's honour went to wan panjang..
it was his last day..
as he'd be enlisted soon..
like i said.. it's customary..
once you're the chosen victim..
just let it be..

girls..

they are the most complexed creatures on god's green earth..

call me a male..

call me chauvinistic..

call me a pig..

they just don't know what they want..

bro would second that..

met naz and his close friend on fri evenin' after work..

chilled at marina..

sometimes i wonder if i'm still 18.. haha..

"aminurashid is still young"..

so says my facebook status.. haha..

*****

then late nite..

met some of the forum guys..

and karaoke the nite through..

hell of a nite after a mundane day in office..

and now for genting..

the line..

i wanted to blog about the newton supper last sat nite..
but atikus beat me to it..
and she posted my pic on her blog too..

copyright infringement!.. haha..

had the last inventory training earlier today..
at long last..
my only concern besides stock take tomorrow..
is what am i goin' to do in office the day after..
keep myself busy.. or act busy..
go figure..

dear thinks i'm too involved in my friends' problems..
well.. not all my friends..
just the close ones..
well.. she still thinks that should not be the case either..
i see some truth in her sentiments..
but it's just not my nature..
if the friend's a brother..
i can't possibly let him down..

i know how to draw the line ok honey..

if i can't.. don't worry..
i have a personal advisor..
in the form of a very stout man..

six months..

would you believe it?..
half of the year has passed..
time really flies so fast..
as if time can't wait to end itself..

6 months..
went thru the closure of j.p..
got my new post in training..
new brothers in my life (of cos i won't forget the ol' ones)..
pursuin' a license (and still am)..
some very very naughty escapades..
family issues..
and the sweet smell of marriage round the corner..

some good.. bad.. bitter.. sad..
but hey.. it's nothin' new to me..

i tot i looked good today (check me out in the pix below).. haha..

met some of the ex-j.p guys..

had supper at makansutra at gluttons bay esplanade..