Sunday, April 22, 2007

My Quotas

I wonder why it would be so hard to make quotas; don’t we do them all the time?
Let’s take my case for example.

-Internet time quota:
limited to 1 card per month (around 200- 300rbls, especially since the rates increase the past few weeks)

-monthly expenditure quota:
everyone has this, unless they're freakingly rich, or have freakingly rich and maybe overly generous benefactors, so I’m not going to elaborate more.

- Daily/weekly expenditure quota:
one of those I bend a lot. Depends on my wallet (the one in my pocket, not the metaphorically speaking one u idi- ehem, the next one..)

- meeting people quotas:
after some time, I’ll get tired, so this is an energy-saving measure. This quota is a subconsciously active one. It might be different for different people. I even have a friendliness quota with girls, and other human types, even online…the only ones I don’t have these quotas with are animals and me. I think I treasure my quality time alone.

- Talk quota:
I don’t know if everyone has this. I give my mouth limits quantitatively and qualitatively. I can still only guess the maximum limit, but I try only to talk when it feels right. meaning I’m learning to keep my mouth shut.

-sleep quota:
kinda the other way around, it’s the amount of least sleep hours I need. I’ve been trying to get this one straight (and less), but it’s an uphill battle with my sleeping habits

- Food quota:
I do have it, how else can I get my expenditure quota right, then? Actually, there is not much of it, because it’s a substantially large quota, because I eat a lot, and it can grow depending on my lifestyle.

- Exercise and rest quota:
ok this sounds like bull, and p
artly like a community service message phrase, but I try them too.

- work quota:
if you want proof that I am the opposite of the traditional workaholic, here it is, I try to make it only just enough so that I can get by without too many complaints.
My work motto seems to be “why procrastinate tomorrow what you can procrastinate today”. Man I need motivation.

- My fun-and-games or time-wasting quota:
you’ve been a bad boy zyryx…very,very bad...

- My hobbies quota: again this one works mostly like the work and sleep quotas. I must do my least number of hobby stuff in a minimum number of times allotted. In other words whenever I have the time I must make my decision either to do them or go to sleep, chat etc.

- my ibadah quota- again, no upper limits,just lower ones

- my sin quotas : i'm trying to nail it to zero, but think about what i should do about my visual quota, hearing quota and others that i might not know of...insyaAllah i'll try to in every breath i still have

Sometimes I can be mad enough to break these normally human quotas (I believe these quotas are subconsciously hot-wired to our brains o that we can function normally), and there u’ll see a dysbalance in my character, like some nights when I don’t sleep, which is a cause for me to sleep more on Sundays.

I’m trying to be a good muslim, and I’m trying not to be a spendthrift at anything, but not too penny-pinching either, so I made these quotas with both upper and lower limits, as a means of achieving what they call “wasatiah” in my life, insyaAllah.
or maybe i'm just another wannabe control-freak for some

p.s. – rather than quotas, you might consider this more as aims, but the word quota seems to pop in my mind somehow, probably from the last comment I read here in my blog. Whatever.

End of April means...


- Hitler’s birthday: Watch out!
- The games are coming up!
- More holidays! Less lectures! Yeay!
- Estestasias and long- postponed referrats! (and the upcoming exam session) Boooo!
- Summer’s (or is it spring?) coming! Goodbye freaky cold winds see you next semester (I’ll miss you when it gets hot and sweaty and people stare at me because I sweat too much), and light jackets too
dont these fallen seeds look like furry slithering caterpillar-like creatures?i wonder if it helps them in some way. Wallahualam

Friday, April 13, 2007

a bad excuse

hello..this is your wake up call..meow ---what the-ouch!hey!
Can I blame my absence of entries to writer’s block? Coz I can’t seem to write about anything even if I try, like right now. A lot can be said, and I can think of many things to talk about, but I just cant seem to find what I want to write. Here’s a thought, I’ll put a key word, and I’ll write a little about it

Studies: quite ok, but I’m not really into my studies right now, maybe. I dunno .it started with the headaches and maybe a bit of neurasthenia. On the other hand, I exercise quite a lot nowadays, and that seems to keep those headaches at bay (or at least minimize it), or my brains from frying. I’m waiting (I hope) for the moment my brain functions start to kick in Right now I’m like on autopilot.

Life: seems synonym with football (and volleyball) nowadays. I’m trying my best to get up for fajr, which gets earlier each day, like every previous years. Back to football, that’s where I train, play, talk about with friends, discuss strategy with, joke around (ok, maybe I do this almost everywhere else too), winning, losing, wondering why and how,and get good home-cooked meals made by the girls and boys who are great cooks and sell it every Sunday (and Love, if you think I should put mushy stuff in my blog here, is synonym with food for me…yeah, all that great delicious delectable, mouth-watering, irresistible food- nasi lemak,nasi ayam, nsai briyani, nasi minyak, milo ais, cucur udang, karipap to name a few- ,as long as it’s halal, hehe..mmmm) . Don’t worry about the football fever, I’m not much of a football fan and so it’s not that serious.

Internet: had increased its rates the past few weeks, so I had been cutting time surfing to make my internet money quota. But next Tuesday, I’m getting new cards with cheaper rates, as the Flintstones say it- Yabeddabeduu!

Sunday, April 08, 2007

yeah, i havent updated in a while..

Hey it’s already a week into April and I haven’t even updated. Sorry blog*stroking screen*,and sorry to all those bored enough readers out there, who still pop in here once in a while to see if this site is ever going to be updated…
To make a 3 week absence short, I’ll try to give my usual post-long-absence highlights of the month (not including ones I have posted, of course)
(Yeah the usual- my classes, have I changed the way I brushed my teeth, did I have a haircut, have I gone insane yet..etc)

My first counterstrike tournament!
This was during the MIRC (Malaysian Indoor Recreational Competitions—I’m hoping next year we could change it to MIG- Malaysian Indoor Games, hehe) made by our UMNO club.i didn’t play, I was too much of a fanatic, so I became the tournament organizer, hehe.. kinda fun..

Next up-

My classes-to put it short ICU- oncology- therapy
(Very interesting, we learned stuff-like, d’uh what else right?-I think I heard this somewhere but I’m on a rush here before you get bored again)

The big MacD’s in town! – It’s a gold rush for atherosclerosis risk increments!
Quote form my lovable onco-lecturer “other places are closing MacDs down, we’re opening one”
i'm more excited about that jar of cili api/padi in rinak that costs only 70rubles!

La Liga Volga numero duo- not the official name (makes a nice headline for me), but they’ve even got a website or 2! Our very own Malaysian football league (demam bola melanda lagi!!). Filled with its own unique blend of drama, passion, fans, paramedics and people cashing in on the hungry and thirsty players and fans, the second season, and already in it’s 3rd of about 7 weeks. I hope the food court gets larger. The food are great and at reasonable prices. I love it!

Russian poetry anyone? - Ever seen Africans reciting it? They rock, but yeah, they sound more like rapping too. At least they didn’t forget any lines, hehe

Maulidurrasul- selamat menyambut maulidur rasul...we celebrated in the hostel with a get together, some tazkirah, and selawat… a wonderful day celebrated in a beautiful way

Happy birthday Mak and Abg Awg!
My mother celebrated her b’day on the 12th, and Abg Awg on the 21st, I’m sorry I missed it.

I, SIRED
I don’t know when it happened, but I’ve somehow penetrated into this group whose aim is to make our first annual student publication.

Dial-up Internet hikes up again!—but as a card seller, I promise u guys a new card with the old rates will reach Volgograd in 2 weeks, insyaAllah
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