Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Getting better

May 5 (happy birthday Mom!),

I did slightly better at predicting the Beard Award winners this year than I have in previous years. I guessed eight out of 19 correctly. For the previous two years I’d gotten seven right each year. So my batting average has gone from .368 to .421.
I guessed correctly that Jean Georges would be named outstanding restaurant, that Drew Nieporent would be named restaurateur of the year, that Momofuku Ko would win the best new restaurant award and that Le Bernardin would win for wine service. I correctly guessed that Tim McKee would win in the Midwest, Jose Garces in the Mid-Atlantic and Paul Bartolotta in the Southwest.
I hope to give you more observations once I finish my regular work. in the meantime, the full results for the restaurant awards can be found here, and the results for all of the awards (cookbooks, journalism etc.) are here.

tv plasma hot fm


ermmm... semalam. 4th may 2009.
sy check mail. kan ym sy x leh nak sign in...
time check mail, saje tgk tepi email tuh. ade bnde yg mcm ym.
'chat & mobile text' gi buat invi jap. lame da x bukak...
skali ade off9 msg. shahli si BH. hee. happy happy happy. whoaaaa.
die buzz mlm kelmarin. then mlm semlm main taram je reply...
skali die ade. tp buat invi jgk. owh, die mmg sgt jrg buat available.
huuu... then chat jap. owh, x dela jap sgt. almost 2 hours.
haha. lame x chatting begitu lame. yup. da jarang chatting.
ape tah lg die. wawawa~~~ last time 18th april. agak lame la tu. kan?
itupon last time tu x chatting sgt cuz both bz. less than 5 min.

then. semlm. ermmm. we talked bout study. that his fav topic. money.
bout our dad & their golf thingy, bandung, shopping, holiday, and...kawin~
wahaha. flip flop, twilight and yet a lot of crap!!! sambung2 reka cite tah pape.
murni jiran seblah, pak din, pak mail, pak hamid, mak ngah, eton. sume kuar.
and also bout tv plasma. grrr~~~ itu pon mengong2 & cam best. haha.
gile. and ade a few stupid jokes. salah ckp lg~~~


1. hot fm
BH : shahli nak buat rumah banglo.
me : gile gempak...
BH : tp dr papan je...
me: gile kaye!!!
BH : ape papan kaye? setinggan tu anak lord la?
me : wahaha. bukanlah! tp. kan kalau org kaye2... nak buat rumah.
kalau guna kayu kan lg mahal dr guna batu bata.
sbb kayu meranti, cengal ape sume kan mahal.
BH : shahli beli dkt carre4 je papan tuh.
me : owh. lebeih jimat dr biase la nih. ke lebeih hebat dr biase?
eh salah. lebeyh hebat dr biase tuh hot fm.
BH : bkn ke hot fm lebeyh hangat dr biase?
me : wahahahah...btol3. salah salah!!! haha. lame x dgr radio.
BH : kate ambik broadcasting. ish3... org dkt jakarta pon taw.
me: wahahah...salah skit je la! XP


2. tv plasma
BH : bile nak masuk dalam tv nih?
me : erm. x leh nak masuk dlm tv.
BH : owh yerla. org tu nak belakang tabir je...tak pun dpn tv.
me : x dela. tv kat umah ni kecik je. x muat plak nak masuk.
tgh tnggu bakal suami belikan tv plasma. wahaha...
BH : ape barang? gi je wyg or imax tu. confirmed dpt masuk.
kalau x dpt masuk. mmg kaget la.
me : wakakaka... btol nih kaget? nak buat2 x dpt masuk la.
biar shahli kaget. then blh la jual shahli dkt UK. kaye2! haha.
BH : mesti la bnyk agency modelling nak. blh beli bnyk tv plasma.
letak dkt sume sudut rumah...
me : eh. beli 1 dahlah. membazir tu amalan syaitan.
BH : la. org nak tlg die. masuk dlm tv.
me : owhh..nak tlg belikan tv plasma la nih?
BH : yer la. bnyk2 lg tuh. nak kasi msk dlm tv pnye pasal.
me : owh. bakal suami la nih?
BH : hehe...kte kejar cite2 masing2 dlu. then kte tgk mcm mane.

wahahaha... berade di cloud 9 seketika =P
okay2. tak harap pape pon. just happy. hehe. tibe2...
semngat nak belajar membuak2. wakaka. x leh blaaa. ermmm...
yup. die slalu pesan belajar betol2. aiyooo. baiklah...insya allah.
then nak dkt 2 hours tuh. die nak off da. cuz esok nak exam.
sy marah la x bgtaw awal2 nak exam! huhu. then. wish him luck.
and so on... die pesan lg. "doakan slalu. all the best 2 u 2"
dont worry. qila slalu doa. huuu...doa yg terbaik utk shahli.

die. antare org. yg ske panggil sy dgn name penuh.
aqilah. and nur aqilah. ermmm...buat pengetahuan sume.
sy mmg sensitif @ allergy skit if org panggil sy aqilah.
mcm sgt special. wahaha...kan org slalu panggil qila or qilah.
or qill je. so. sy if tgh marah ke, down ke, ape ke, if org panggil aqilah.
whoaaa. terus cam....ermmmmm...okay~~~ hee.
apetah lg if org tu special mcm mama, abah, dan die.

and sy amat bnyk keje minggu ni. bnyk amat. rase cam takot nak tempuh.
hari esok. lusa. tulat. grrr~~~ proposal vs presentation vs individual assignment.
doakan sumenye ok! huu. aqilah~~~ bergerak!!! ingt pesan die.
and mereka2 yg masih slalu ade utk kamu nih. hurm.
thanks utk semuanya. sy amat hargai kalian yg bnykkkk kasi nasihat.
and shahli... shahli ckp tnggu qila gi indonesia kan? tnggu la eh!
kalau bkn sbb study, maybe saje jln2 or... idk. but i will.
dgn izin Allah. hee. take care there. lihat bulan yg same taw. =]