Tuxedo Time ...

It's a nice lazy Tuesday so far. The office is practically empty right now except for me and another colleague. The rest of the staff have already gone for their Hari Raya holidays already. Seeing as how my office is 90% Muslim staffed, that's practically the whole office ... hehehe ...

It's really nice, quiet and tranquil and that's the way I like the office to be. The only slack thing is I'm also a part time receptionist for now. The Hari Raya celebrations is just around the corner, well tomorrow actually and I'm looking forward to the nice long break we're going to get. No work until next Monday. Just imagine the amount of sleeping I could do :D

It's also been a while since my last post, which was last Friday and I usually post every other day. But then I was busy over the weekend redecorating and cleaning up the room with wifey to the point we were both totally exhausted that I didn't have the strength to even blog. All I wanted to do was lay down and sleep. And yesterday, some personal things cropped up that sapped the will right out of me.

But now that all that's been settled, I'm back to my normal frame of mind and of course, back to my blogging ways. I'm probably going to be free all day cos most businesses are already in the holiday mood with some either already closed or will be closed after lunch. I wish my office would declare a half day over here too seeing as how there really is nothing to be done at the moment that can't wait until after the holidays but I don't think that's going to happen anyway.

But it must be great for people like Perry and Chegu Carol who are teachers and get the whole week off. Darn, how I envy the two of you guys. I knew I should have listened to my momma during my younger days when she was prompting me to be a teacher ... hehehe ... well ok, she didn't really prompt me to be anything at all. In fact she probably would have been happy if I even got a job!

Anyways, last Wednesday, I got a message from Marzie asking me to drop by her blog cos she had something for me. Not another tag, I thought cos that woman just loves tagging me and with difficult ones at that ... hehehe ... but when I got there I was basically stunned speechless (and that is something very difficult to do to a big mouth like me). Instead of some tag or meme waiting for me, there was this wonderful award waiting for me to collect.


Now, I've received awards before but this one is a little different. And why is that? Well, it's the first 'local' award I have ever received from anyone and that makes it different. The award is called Anugerah Blog Paling Hebat 2008 (Most Outstanding Blog award 2008). Like I said, I was stunned speechless when I saw the award and my name listed with three others. I reread the post at least 3 times just to be sure it was my name there cos I honestly don't think I truly deserve this award but hey, I'm accepting it all the same :D

Thanks so much for the award Marzie. I'm truly honoured to be one of the recipients for this truly local award. Makes me feel like being selected for the Anugerah Industri Muzik awards or something. Do I need to get a tuxedo to collect my award? Will a limo be picking me up? Where is it going to be held? LOL! I'm getting way too big headed here! Better keep my excitement in check ... hehehe ...

Besides the obvious money I make from blogging, this is one of the reasons that makes blogging so much fun. I didn't create this blog for recognition, fame or fortune. It was just on a whim to see what the big fuss was all about. And over time, I grew to like blogging so much so, to the point of being declared an addict. And then I discovered that you can make some decent money from blogging and that excited me even more.

But to be acknowledged and given awards like these once in a while is a nice feeling. It's nice to know that at least one or two people think my blog is decent enough to read ... hehehe ... well, I hope it is anyway. And for all those of you who visits this blog and leave comments for any of my rather extremely long winded postings, I thank you all. This awards really belongs to all of you too.

Well, that's all from me for now, seeing as how I'm the only one in the office at the moment, I wanna go and bask in the serenity of the office by blasting some Santana on my tiny little horrible PC speakers ... LOL! And to all of you who are celebrating the Hari Raya, I'm sure you're all anxious to go back to your hometowns and I'll bet you've got all your luggage packed and ready. Just remember one thing, ya? And that is take care on the roads and drive safely.

Till then, I wanna wish all my Muslim friends and blog buddies a Selamat Hari Raya :D
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