Jumble

the weekend came on went by in a whirl. took the plane for the first time with abdullah. he was pretty good when it comes to the take off and landing time. didnt cry one bit and i was quite worried about the uncomfortable feeling of pressure in the ears. next time, boleh travel abit further up the region. bali, maybe? or if we feeling SUPER adventurous, UK will be the destination of choice to see Dina and fam. so how abdullah? you up for it?

mil's majlis was good. one thing i kinda dont understand with the hub's maternal side is they ALWAYS under-order or under-cook the food. as in if they invite 100 people, they get the caterers to fix up makan for maybe 75 people. sometimes, their predictions were spot on, some people were unable to make it and the food is just enough for everyone but most of the times, (infact all 6 majlis i attended on hub's maternal side) they ran out of food three quarters through the majlis and the guests that arrive after that were not served food.

this is the TOTAL opposite for my family and hub's paternal side. we always make sure, die-die order at least 10percent more the total number of invited guests, irregardless they turn up or not. for us, it would be an embarrassment if the host ran out of food. and if there are extras, that would mean the close relatives would be able to ta-pao home the food. be it wedding, kenduri or just family gatherings, we always make sure there are more food for everyone. not about being membazir but its making people feel happy by feeding them. no one has to stress about not enough food to go around.

i wish i could change that tradition in hub's maternal side. its embarrassing. especially after i came back from their majlis and my parents asked, "tak bungkus balik for us?" and i had to say no because of lack of food. i feel bad for my parents and i feel embarrassed for my mil's side for not packing food for my parents even though they had probably contributed fruits or kuih to the majlis.

anyhow, my work attachment at apple is beyond awesome. i am learning so much. theres so many new technologies that could be used in classroom context. today we learnt making audio+visual podcasting that could be used for recording lectures and playing it back on the video ipod. coolness maximus. and i learnt how to many comic strips from their software, just like what i did the previous posts. i am tempted to get an ibook since educators get a hefty discount from them but thats a big-ticket item and i must so slow-talk to the husband about the intended purchase.

we doing bowling tomoro as part of team-building activities for all apple interns. this week i'm an apple intern. i am part of an organization that has 73Billion USD in their bank. quite a funky feeling. theres one of the 'trainers' that wore this tee which said "i've been to the mothership". cool gila. its especially for apple staff that has visited their california campus aka mothership.

they loaned us ipod vids to test and familiarise with their technology but all i really want is the black polo tee with the apple icon embroidered. totaly geeky-cool.

can i quit teaching and work for apple? steve jobs, are you googling this?!