Just for You, Rotidua

Rotidua (or at least half of the Roti) is my favourite sister in law, since I, uh only have one brother. She tagged me a couple of weeks ago, but I am kinda malas with tags because I hate answering questions, as a general rule. It's those years of being a reporter, you see. But since she's my favourite sister in law and all, plus she's currently managing our finances back in Malaysia, I am obliged to fulfill her wishes. You should always be nice to anyone who sends you money. So, here it is :

THE MOKCIKNAB 101 (cringe, cringe)
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THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:

1. Eli - if you're allowed to call me this, it means we're related and you were born before 1960
2. Jap - if you know me by this name, please sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
3. Mak Engku - generally hollered at me by News Editors, camera crew, audiomen, makeup artists and drivers. Those days.

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

1. Tengku Elida Bustaman
2. Mokciknab, the occasional blogger
   
3. Monica Bellucci (if you look closely at any of her films, you'd soon realise that Tengku Elida Bustaman and Monica Bellucci are actually, one and the same. That is why you'll never see both of them onscreen, at the same time)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. This 80's fringe that I have right now, the result of boredom and a pair of orange scissors
2. Dry skin
3. Not Brazilian Waxed. No courage.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

1. According to the internet, I'm from Lingga. We always thought we're just from Terengganu.
2. My paternal grandmother was half Javanese.
3. My mother, who was born in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, still has relatives in Pattani.

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

1. Things related to accounting and finance, particularly my own finance
2. Jakarta being overwhelmed by water (and gasp! this is already happening in parts)
3. Snakes

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

1. The Five Solat
2. Kunyit asem twice daily, from the jamu woman
3. Breakfast, which consists of Tan Ek Tjoan old-style "Roti Istimewa", with chocolate peanut butter; coffee, made from freshly ground beans bought at Pasar Rumput; and Saiffuddin at my elbow, reading me articles from Kompas or Republika.

THREE OF YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESIONS:

You only own what you won't lose in a shipwreck, but I'm not going to sea anytime soon, so :

1. People, namely my family and friends
2. My engagement ring, which was made by my late father in law
3. My furniture, wherever they may be

And of course, my books, too but I don't seem to take care of them as well as I should

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:

1. Lacy blue Rampage undies (Rp 5,000 at Rainbow, Bandung)
2. Some ethnic skirt (RM 50 at Giant Kelana Jaya)
3. A cheerful disposition

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:

Oh, so many!

The usual suspects : Queen, U2, Dire Straits, The Cure, Pink Floyd, The Killers, The Ramones, The Clash
Some others : Rufus Wainwright, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Miss Ella Fitzgerald, Smithereens, Cold Chisel, XTC
Indons : Ada Band, Dewa, Padi, Marcel (but not really for his songs)

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS:

Aiyah, cannot three lah. If I had a playlist right now, this is what it would look like :

Lullabye of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald
Desafinado - Stan Getz et al
Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Le Coeur Jameaux - Concrete Blonde
Cigarettes - The Smithereens
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Sheena is a Punk Rocker - The Ramones
Peter Frampton - Do You feel Like We Do
Pretty Girl - Eric Clapton (Saiffuddin tells me this is my song, heh)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Friday on My Mind - Gary Moore
Eton Rifles - The Jam
Total Control - The Motels
Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
Private Investigations - Dire Straits

dan banyak, banyak lagi. You come to my house lor and listen.

THREE THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAVE BUT WHICH YOU DO NOT HAVE RIGHT NOW:

1. A job
2. A three storey terrace facing Fawkner Park, in Melbourne
3. Iman yang sempurna

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:

1. Takeshi Kaneshiro
2. Hugh Jackman in an orange towel
3. Freddie Ljunberg in absolutely nothing

but according to Saiffuddin, the three things I should want in a relationship are :

1. sex in the morning
2. sex in the afternoon
3. sex in the evening

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:

1. Saiffuddin, only taller
2. Saiffuddin, only with more money
3. Saiffuddin, only with more teeth

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:

I'm so ordinary : books, film, music, subjecting husband to torture

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BADLY RIGHT NOW:

1. Go to Jalan Cokroaminoto for steaming hot putu bambu and klepon. So good on a rainy day!
2. See my friends at SSO because I miss them so.
3. Convince my husband to shave his head (Adam tells me the exact term for it is "boxy", ie "botak-sexy")

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:

1. Merang, Terengganu (the refuge of my childhood days)
2. Kyoto, Japan (because I didn't get to see everything the last time)
3. The Wali Songo Route my friend Iza and I are planning : Jakarta-Cirebon-Kudus-Pekalongan-Solo

THREE KIDS' NAMES YOU LIKE:

1. Adam
2. Aiysha
3. Aliya

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
Other than complete my faith as a Muslim, I would want to

1. learn to drive, preferably in a small and expensive Mercedes
2. simplify my complicated toilet routine
3. own every single Monty Python episode and film, and of Fawlty Towers, too if possible

And I'd also want to the usual things lah : inherit large tracts of land, earn lots of money, control my bowels, learn the mysteries of the cistern, et cetera et cetra.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A WOMAN, WIFE AND MOTHER:

1. I think my children's every shortcoming is due to my fault
2. My husband gets to worship me every morning; but
3. I'd rather have furniture than have sex

Hopefully, no one will try to figure me out just by reading this post. I'm not going to tag anyone, can or not?

mokciknab muttered at 5:23 pm ~ ~