Life is but a dream ……

There are friends, there are bosom friends (by now you all should know that, in appearance at least, I do not have girlfriends).

Rashid is my bosom friend, buddy, whatever. I lost him (not in contact) for the last 13 odd years. Somehow, according to him, entah apa ke halnya, he had a dream of me few nights ago. Then searched high and low for my wedding card invitation, called my home in Sitiawan and walla, got my mobile number and called me. Believe it or not, that was yesterday.

We had fun together while we were young and carefree (for the record, I’m still young at heart). We had been to many places like:

§ Pulau Kapas

§ Taman Negara (taking the train, 3-hr boat ride …)

§ Desa Rhu (without spare clothes, and coming back, I drove the car shirtless)

§ Singapore (Roxette, Pet Shop Boys concerts and all)

§ KL

§ Penang

§ Melaka

§ Pulau Besar

§ JB (this was endless)

§ etc..

Obviously, I don’t think we could do that again (well, why not?). We have gone far with our lives. Getting married, having children, with our own careers, and different geographic locations.

But, it is the good feeling, that comes again when my buddy Rashid called me.

According to Abu Hurairah r.a., our Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. said, “If there is good in one thing which cures you it is cupping”.

Last night, I tried my first ever cupping at one Darul (something) in Bandar Puteri, Kelang off KESAS highway. I had three cuppings at my neck area, and looking at the blood coming, thick and black, erghh…

Anyway, my neck felt a bit relief now. Should I have time, I will have the whole of my back and maybe some part of the head for more cuppings.

Try it …

A signature according to Wikipedia is a stylised depiction of someone’s name, as a proof of identity. In practical, I normally sign on the business lunches bill after spending few hundred ringgit on not-so-much-of-food rather than what information that I got from those 5-star lunches.

Many people said my signature akin to that of ministers. No way Jose. Nauzubillah min zalik. I will not let myself near those playing with politics. Politics are filthy, and this not necessarily confined to polical parties only. Office politics are worsts.

The other day, I was accompanying  Jay in a PECIPTA09 exhibition in KLCC. There’s this UITM booth which had the software to analyse signature. Without hesitation, I scribbled my since-1979-signature to the tablet pc and walla, there came the analysis, below.

Things, are not as I expected. I thought, I’m a very independent (self reliance) person. But no I’m not. Maybe, in business and in working culture, I will call this as the need of teamwork. In my personal life, I’m in dire need of my spouse, at all times.

The rest are believable. The inventor said that this application has more than 70% accuracy. I would say, it’s more than 90%.