Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince

July 15, 2009... a date I've been waiting for for a long time. Before July 15, 2009, the date I waited for was November 21, 2008. I waited for that date for almost a year when they decided to postpond it to July 15, 2009. So, I waited, and waited and waited...for July 15, 2009. A few weeks before that date, there were rumblings. I saw trailers for it on tv, ads in the magazine, people being interviewed. I was so excited for this date to come coz I waited for it for almost 2 years! To keep me occupied, I reread the books gazillion times that I can repeat it word for word. I did quizzes and trivias about it online. I've become pretty good at it that I am ranked 1712 out of 324671 on Facebook (I'm still trying to get to that #1 spot but the current holder has about a million points ahead of me..he he he). The anticipation was getting a little overwhelming, I drove Jim nuts!

It finally happened! Wednesday, July 15 finally came....and went. I wanted to be first in line for the midnight premier but alas, I had to work. Maybe it was a good thing that I didn't go that first few days coz the theater was packed! The movie racked in US$30.4 million on its first day. Can you imagine that? I can! But still I haven't gone to see it...I was still waiting...For what? I don' know...

Finally today, Monday, July 27, 2009...12 days after it premiered, I went to see "Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince". I got done with work at the dental office at 10am. Since Jim has an appointment at 11am that he didn't need me to go with him, I went online to see what time the movie starts at the theater near my work. There was one starting at 10:40am so I quickly locked up my desk and drove over to the theater. There was a few people in line in front of me but all of them were getting tickets for the movie "G Force" which opened last Friday. I asked the clerk if the theater is full and he said it's almost empty.

After I got my popcorn and soda, I walked over to theather #18 (there are a total of 24). There was only 2 other people in there and 2 others came in after me! I was so happy coz now I get to enjoy the movie without the distractions by other viewers, especially those pesky little kids he he he.

The movie was pretty good tho the book is obviously a lot better. I really like it but I have to say that I am bias when it comes to Harry Potter. Of course they have to cut out some parts of the movie. I had hoped that they will include Ron's eldest brother Bill in this movie coz his character in the book is quite interesting but alas, they didn't. I also thought that they could have made the scene of Dumblebore's death/funeral a little bit more intense coz that is the point that Harry realized he has to face Voldemort in the end and that he might die in the process.

Anyways, watch the movie if you can....

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To Tell or Not To Tell

We have a customer (lets call him "M") who comes into our branch about every other day. He is a little eccentric in term of his mannerisms and clothing. He is a compulsive "collector" as in he collects things especially our freebie markerting materials (eg pencils, notepads etc). He also never fails to fill his big travelling coffee mug with the coffee that we provide at the customer waiting area every time he comes into the branch. Being that Arizona is warm mostly throughout the year, he normally wears a t-shirt, "fisherman's" hat, bandanna tied around his neck and short shorts (& when I say short, it's SHORT!).

Anyways, like any other morning, M came into the branch to do a small withdrawal today. After running his transaction, I went back to reading the "Ink" magazine that my bank prints out for their employees. A few seconds later, my assistant manager came up to me and whispered, "Did you see M's short?"

I looked over to the coffee table where M is standing getting coffee, and lo & behold his ASS was there in all it's glory for everyone to see. I was in shock! His short shorts had ridden up that you can see his butt even when he's standing straight up. I was in delima coz I don't know if I should go over to him to let him know or just let it go. I can see the other customers waiting in line were giving him looks but as I was contemplating on whether to tell him or not, he was done filling his coffee cup and walked out the door.

If it were you, what would you have done? I am still not sure what I would do since I do not want to embarass him and either way seems like it would.

p/s The picture above is NOT of M!. This was just something I found on Google

Goose Egg

The bank I work for closes at 6pm on Mondays - Fridays & 2pm on Saturdays. So, like any other Wednesday, we were closed at 6pm yesterday. After balancing my cash drawer and putting it in the vault, I ran to the restroom. There are 2 stalls in the restroom and I normally use the smaller stall instead of the larger handicapped one. The door of the smaller stall swings inward and I am so used to it. Anyways, someone was already in the smaller stall so instead of waiting, I decided to use the handicap one since I really needed to go...he he he.

Well, I wasn't thinking about the door when I pushed it inward to go into the stall. WHAM!! the door slammed shut on me and I ran right into it and hit my head on it. I was so intend on getting to the toilet that I forgot the door swing outwards. Luckily, I didn't hit my head too hard coz otherwise I would have gotten an enormous goose egg on my forehead! I felt so stupid and luckily whomever was in the smaller stall didn't outright laugh at me...LOL

My Week

This is how my week normally goes:

Mondays:

5-5:30am: Wake up, shower, make myself pretty, fill the boys' bowl with their breakfast.

6:00am-12:00pm: Work at the dental office.

Noon-5:00pm: Doctor's appointments for Jim or myself. If there is no appointments, then grocery shopping, laundry, clean the house.

6-7pm: Clean the boys' litter box, fill their bowl with their dinner, start making dinner.

Tuesdays:

6-6:30am: Wake up, take my shower, make myself pretty, fill the boys' bowl with their breakfast.

9am-6:15pm: Work at the bank.

7pm: Clean the litter box, fill their bowl with dinner, start making dinner.

Wednesdays:

5:30-6am: Wake up, shower, make myself pretty, fill the boys' bowl with their breakfast.

7:45am-6:15am: Work at the bank.

7pm: Clean the litter box, fill the boys' bowl with dinner, start making dinner.

Thursdays:

5-5:30am: Wake up, shower, make myself pretty, fill the boys bowl with their breakfast.

6-8:45am: Work at the dental office.

9am-6:15pm: Work at the bank.

7pm: Clean the litter box, fill the boys' bowl with dinner, start making dinner.

Fridays:

6-6:30am: Wake up, shower, make myself pretty, fill the boys' bowl with breakfast.

9am-6:15pm: Work at the bank.

7pm: Clean the litter box, fill the boys' bowl with dinner, start making dinner.

Saturdays:

7-7:30am: Wake up, shower, make myself pretty, fill the boys' bowl with breakfast.

8:45am-2:15pm: Work at the bank.

2:30-7pm: Grocery shopping, clean the house.

7pm: Clean the little box, fill the boys' bowl with dinner, start making dinner.

Sundays:

7am: Wake up, might take a shower, fill the boys' bowl with breakfast, might go back to bed.

Rest of day: Clean the house, laundry, cook etc.

Repeat this cycle every Monday...No wonder I am tired!

Food Poisoning

Monday was Memorial Day here so I had the day off for once since the bank and the dental office I work at are both closed. We were going to have a BBQ at my in laws but my mother in law wasn't feeling too good so we all decided to go to the the chinese buffet at the restaurant not far from their house instead. After lunch we went back to my in laws and watched the Chicago Cubs game on tv. We were there until about 8PM and when we left, I was feeling a little hungry so we stopped at the McDonald's on the way home. I ordered a McDouble and a couple of apple pies and devoured it as soon as we got home. After spending some time playing with my boys I fell asleep at about 11PM.

At about 2AM I woke up with a cramp in my tummy. At first I thought that maybe it's my normal monthly cramps but as I lay in bed, my tummy started to feel & get more and more bloated. Soon after I ran to the bathroom and threw up everything that I ate that day, the chinese food as well as McD. Sammy was so sweet that he came and sat beside me on the bathroom floor as I heaved over the toilet. He kept looking up at me with this expression that says, "Are you okay, Mummy?"

I thought that after that I would be okay but boy was I wrong. I kept threwing up for the rest of the night until about 6AM when I thought I don't have anything more to chuck. Since I am the only teller opening I knew I couldn't call in sick so I took my shower and left for work at 7:15AM. I was afraid that I was going to threw up at work, I didn't eat or drink anything except for water all day. I thought that I wasn't going to make it thru work but luckily I got off at 2:30PM... I went home and slept the rest of the day...

So, that was my little adventure with food poisoning....

Frost Nixon

We saw the movie "Frost Nixon" last night and really liked it. It was about the interview former president Richard Nixon (Frank Lagella) did with David Frost (Michael Sheen) after he resigned from the highest office in the US.

The movie mixed in actual footage of the interview and I thought it was very interesting. Of course, when the original interview happened in '77, I was quite young (6 yrs old to be exact) and did not have any interest to know about politics (not that I cared much now either). It was interesting to learn about the back story of the interview, how it came about and what David Frost go thru to get that interview aired. I do recommend you watch this movie....

Happy Birthday Aman

Happy birthday to my nephew Aman (Raja Irfan Asyraaf), who is celebrating his 9th today. Aunty Yin, Uncle Jim, Sammy & Tiger loves you very much!!!

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE.....

Mummy, there's a giant mouse after me!

I got off from work at 6:15pm this past Thursday. As always, I try to take the shortest and fastest way home so I reached home in about 10 minutes. Tiger was already waiting for me by the back patio sliding door. He jumped up as soon as he saw my head popped up from behind the wooden gate and started meowing. A few seconds later, Sammy came by the door too to greet me home. My feeling of exhaustion always melts away when I see my 2 boys greet me when I get home ;-)

Sammy & Tiger are indoor cats so they are rarely out of the house much less out of the back gate. Once in awhile I will let them go onto the back patio so they can "explore" a little. Tiger normally would go straight to the little patch of grass that we have and start eating them while Sammy will explore the flower bed we have. He normally checks the bird feeder & birdbath we have to see if there is any birds lurking around.

Well, I let them onto the patio when I got home on Thursday. I left the patio door open while I cleaned their litter box and took the trash out to the big garbage bin in the parking lot. As I was walking back from the garbage bin, I noticed that Sammy had ventured out past our gate and was checking out the front of my car. He kept walking along the pebbled boundary of the carport and came up to a car parked 2 spaces away from mine. Up to this point, he was not paying attention to the cars that were parked. He looked up and jumped back really fast and ran back to our gate. He stopped and looked back at the car then to me and gave a loud meow and ran into the house. I was laughing so hard that I almost peed in my pants.

Sammy got scared coz the car that he happened to look up at was a yellow VW bug that the company Truly Nolen uses so it was suped up to look like a mouse. He thought that he was face-to-face with a giant mouse ;-)

Happy Birthday Tiger

Happy birthday to my son, Tiger "Gabby" William Pergo, who celebrated his 4th yesterday (May 1). Mummy, Daddy & Sammy loves you very much!!!

50 Things I Have Learned by Being a Bank Teller

1. I know everyone in the world, so I never need to ask for ID.

2. "I'll be with you in one moment," means "Come right up here into my business and breathe your popcorn breath in my face for a while."

3. Every bank in the world steals money from its customers, particularly the ones that don't keep a register.

4. I'm always kidding when I tell people a check is not any good. I'm a good kidder.

5. I know the balance of every account at the bank.

6. I am at the bank just because I feel like it; my window isn't actually open when I say, "May I help you?"

7. I know everyone's account number.

8. I know everyone's address.

9. I don't understand how banking works.

10. I have to do whatever the person who gave my customer the check said.

11. I don't know how to count.

12. I don't know how to add.

13. I don't know what the date is.

14. I can read everyone's mind.

15. If I ask for your social, I'm trying to steal your identity.

16. I know when every new coin will be arriving.

17. I know how much everyone's bills are for the month.

18. We DON'T sell stamps.

19. We are just here for fun on most holidays, we're not really open. We love it when you rub it in.

20. When someone asks how you want your cash back, you are supposed to tell them after you get your money back.

21. Apparently people have different definitions of commercial.

22. Your time is more important than mine. I have no life. When you show up 5 minutes before we close to make 10 deposits or open a new account, we don't mind.

23. Everyone with the Bank name tag is related.

24. I am your secretary.

25. We love to place holds on your checks for fun, we are the only bank that does it.

26. 13 hours and 10 minutes is not enough time for people to do their business.

27. I am in charge of the never ending popcorn, smarties, and coffee.

28. It is polite to ignore someone when they say hello.

29. It is my fault when someone cuts you in line. I should have been paying attention to you and not your money.

30. I know what a checkingdepositwithdrawal for savings is.

31. Being rude should make me want to help you more.

32. I am not really human, I should not make mistakes.

33. It is okay to go into someones office when their door is shut.

34. I have a secret collection of driver licenses in my cubby.

35. I can't hear. I need you to ding the bell 5 times in a row.

36. The sign that says Next Window Please is just for decoration.

37. I make people wait on purpose. it is fun to make them mad.

38. I know everyone's pin number to their ATM card.

39. Fraud isn't real, I should give customers exactly what they want.

40. The bank gives out free poinsettias at Christmas, we order them for you, not the bank. Display only means whatever you want it to mean.

41. Please and Thank You are forbidden words at the bank. We hate to hear them.

42. Deposit and Withdrawal slips are EXACTLY the same, we just like the color pin and wanted to make them more colorful. Marking through the word WITHDRAWAL changes the DEPOSIT slip completely!

43. When I tell someone the same thing over and over, I'm just doing it for fun. I like to waste my breath.

44. We will break the rules for anyone as long as you gripe for more than 10 minutes.

45. I am a professional coin counter. Even when the machine is broken, I will count the coin for you by hand!

46. I am psychic; when you call I can recognize your voice and pull up your information. My computer is voice activated. Its that fancy technology we have.

47. You don't have to tell me that you've been with the bank for 50 years...I can tell.

48. Even after 5 years, I am a new teller to anyone who has never seen me before. If I've never met you, I have no idea what I am doing.

49. I make the rules for the banking industry. You can blame everything on me!

50. I'm an idiot.

What should I have done?

I got off from work at about 6:15 pm yesterday and stopped at our neighbourhood Walmart on my way home to get some groceries. Spent about 20 minutes in the store and I have to say that for the amount of stuff that I bought, a US$100.18 bill is not too bad.

Anyways, I was pushing my cart across the pavement to where my car was parked when the wheel of the cart rolled over a piece of paper, folded in half. I almost didn't notice it since I was trying to decide what to make for dinner once I get home. I did a double look at that paper and could not believe my eyes! I looked around the parking lot, there was a few cars but there was no one in sight. I didn't pass anyone coming into Walmart as I was leaving either. I stood over that piece of paper for about 5 minutes trying to decide what I should do.

Figured that even if I take that piece of paper to Walmart's customer service, their employee(s) would probably claim it anyways. So, after much thought I picked up the piece of paper and pocketed it. I still have not decided what I want to do with it. Wanna know what it was? US$100!! If it were you, what would you have done?

P/S: I am contemplating going back to Walmart when I get off work today to see if anyone ask about that money. I don't feel right about keeping it (I could definitely use an extra $100) so if no one claims it, I am going to donate it to charity.

"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"

I await July 15 with great anticipation!!!!!

Sammy's 8th Birthday

Happy 8th birthday Sammy! Mummy, Daddy & Tiger loves you very much!

Dust Storm

Man was it windy yesterday. I worked 7:45am - 6:15pm and around 3:00 pm I noticed the wind started to pick up. By the time I got off, the wind was in a howling capacity and since we live in the desert, dust was everywhere. It took me about 20 minutes to get home when normally I would get home in about 10 minutes. The picture on the right is was I saw as I was driving home.

"Rachel Getting Married" & "Quantum of Solace"

We rented "Rachel Getting Married" & "Quantum of Solace" over the weekend. Saw "Rachel Getting Married" on Sunday. It was about a woman, Kym (Anne Hathaway) who has been in and out of rehab, returned home for the weekend for her sister, Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt) wedding. The home environment was challenging for Rachel since she is a recovering addict. While the sisters are effectionate, there is tension in their relationship. Rachel feels that their father dotes on Kym too much. Their father is genuinely concerned about Kym's well being but does not realize the stress the relationship is causing. The sister aslo has to deal with their mother who is more concern with her own well being rather than her own children.

The movie is very good especially Anne Hathaway. She was nominated for the Oscar last year for this role. Watch it if you can.

We saw "Quantum of Solace" last night and I have to say that of all the James Bond movies that I've seen (and I've seen all of them), this is my least favorite. Seems to me that the movie is more concern about the action rather than the story. Yeah, yeah, most of James Bond movies are action packed but at least there is a story to it that make sense. I wouldn't even bother with this one if I was you

When You Say Nothing At All

I fell in love with this song when I heard it on the movie "Notting Hill".

When You Say Nothing At All (Alison Krauss)

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying a word you can light up the dark

Try as I may I could never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud

But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd

Old Mr. Webster could never define

What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

Time

I received this from my regional manager and thought it was good...

If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86400, carried over no balance from day to day, allowing you to keep no cash in your account, cancelling all unused funds at the end of each day, what would you do?

You have such a bank. It's called time.

Every morning, each person's account is credited with 86,400 seconds. Every night, each second not put toward a good purpose is cancelled. Time carries no balance forward. nor does time allow us to borrow against future allocations.

We can only live on today's deposit and invest our time toward the utmost health, happiness, and acquiring new customers to drive our financial success. Each day is important, make it count!!!

100 Truths...(Tag)

This is one freaking looooonnnnnggggg tag...

001.Real name → Raja Norshirin Raja Jalil-Pergo

002.Nickname(s) → Yin, Shirin

004.Male or female → F

005.Kindergarten → St Margaret's

006.Elementary School → SRK Kg Tunku & SRK Damansara Utama

007.High School → MRSM Taiping & The British School in the Netherlands

008.Hair color → Salt & pepper

009.Long or short → Long

010.Loud or Quiet → Depends la with whom ;-)

011.Sweats or Jeans → Jeans

012.Phone or Camera → Camera

013.Health freak → Absolutely NOT

014.Drink or Smoke → Neither

015.Do you have a crush on someone → No

016.Eat or Drink → I love food!

017.Piercings → Ears

018.Tattoos → None

HAVE YOU EVER?

019.Been in an airplane→ Yes

020.Been in a relationship → Yes

021.Been in a car accident → No

022.Been in a fight → No

FIRSTS:

023.First piercing → Ears

024.First best friend → Ari, not sure where she is now

025.First award → Can't remember any

026.First crush → A boy named Jeffry while I was in elementary school

027.First pet → A cat named "Kuning"

028.First big vacation → Europe when I was 11

LASTS:

029.Last person you IMed to → Sid Tamrin

030.Last person you texted → My dad about a month ago

031.Last person you watched a movie with → Jim

032.Last food you ate → Waffles

033.Last movie you watched → "Towelhead" - Awesome movie

034.Last song you listened to → Pink's "So What"

035.Last thing you bought → Mexican food from Filiberto's

036.Last person you hugged → Jim

FAVES:

037.Food → Too many to list here

038.Drinks → Tea

039.Hobby → Sleep

040.Books → The Harry Potter series

041.Music → Oldies

042.Flower → Tulips

043.Colors → Used to be black but now Red

044.Movies → NONE of those gory screaming bloody murder stuff

045.Positions → Err?

046.Subjects → Geography

047.Rarely : Swear but when I do, watch out!

048. Started : at my new job last December

049. Met : Nobody worth mentioning

050. Gone : to the bank this morning

051. met : N/A. SAME QUESTION AS NO. 049

052. Learn : to fix (sort of) the refridgerator last night

053. MIA on : Myspace & Friendster

054. always : Sleeps with my bantal busuk ;-)

055. always out : of patience with "stupid" people

056. had too many : miniature houses

057. missed my : Mom

058. think : that ignorance is the downfall of mankind

059. weight : could lose some

060. cut my hair : when it gets pass my boobs

061. worked : too much

062. tried to save for : my old age

063. heard a lot of : bullshit from everyone

064. been very : tired

065. Drink : Tea, mostly

066. Smoke : No

CURRENTLY:

067.Eating → Lays Chips

068.Drinking → Diet Mountain Dew

069.I'm about to → Burp

070.Listening to → The fan whirling, the computer humming, the radio, the dentist's drill & patient screaming (Not!)

071.Plans for today → Grocery shopping & catch on some sleep

072.Waiting for → This tag to end

YOUR FUTURE :

073.Want kids? → Yes but I'm glad I don't have any at the moment

074.Want to get married? → Done

075.Careers in mind → Writer/Author

076.Lips or eyes → What?

077.Shorter or taller → Wish that I'm a little shorter

078.Romantic or spontaneous → Spontaneously romantic?

079.Nice stomach or nice arms → Stomach

080.Sensitive or loud → I guess sensitive

081.Hook-up or relationship → Relationship

082.Trouble-maker or hesitant → Hesitant, I always think of the consequences before I do anything (well most things)...

HAVE YOU EVER:

083.Lost glasses/contacts → Off course

084.Ran away from home → Almost but my sister spilled the beans so had to abandon plans

085.Hold a gun/knife for self defense → No

086.Killed somebody → Hell NO!

087.Broken someone's heart → I think so

088.Been arrested → Almost

089.Cried when someone died → Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

090.Yourself → I guess so

091.Miracles → Yes

092.Love at first sight → More like Lust at first sight

093.Heaven → Absolutely!!

094.Santa Claus → Isn't it just a fat man with beard in a red suit who like to have kids sit on his lap?

095.Sex on the first date → No

096.Kiss on the first date → No

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

097. Is there one person you want to be with right now? → My 3 boys

098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life? → Contend is more like it but things could be better

099. Do you believe in God → Yes

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