Chapter 183 - Where It Belong

Tioman is gorgeous! beautiful place. i really encourage people to go there. especially when you're looking for bustling-city escapade. go there with the intention to get away from work, and you'll find your peace there. leave your messy things at home. laptop, paperwork, annoying children or your nagging wife. For me, the 3 days staying in Tioman is not enough. i need at least 4 days. Lot of things i didn't get to explore during my staying there. I missed the forest walk to Juara, the sandy beach on the right-side of Tioman. I read, along the way there, you'll encounter a waterfall and a place you wouldn't want to miss if you're going Tioman... and I missed it. it's OK, at least I tried 'mencandat sotong'. May is the best season to candat sotong. It's when the squids are getting hornier, I guess. Supposely, we cannot mencandat sotong in Tioman since they announced Tioman as Taman Maritim. Who Cares?! people are still doing it, and no sea-patrol doing their rounds. meaning that, they also don't care. We managed to caught 20 kgs of squids (plus the ice I think), and asked the chef at the hotel to make some dishes out of the squids. Nasi Goreng Sotong, Sotong goreng tepung and Sotong Onion. Sotong sotong sotong...

Also, if you're going, then don't forget to do at least this, snorkeling. The inn or resort where you staying might not give you with the best beaches, so, go snorkeling. I did, and it was a magnificent experience. I can say to that, beside me being a tow-boat during the snorkeling activity. forget about that... as i said, some beaches only can give you a tip of wonderful underwater scenery because most of them only have dead coral and not so many beautiful fishes. i went snorkeling for almost a day, while some of my friends were staying back because of their family, and they missed it... (see, i've told u about leaving kids and wife at home, or at least leave the kids with maid at the hotel room). So, i've only heard heap of praises towards petty corals and fishes from those who missed it during our small snorkeling trip to a spot a bit farther than our beach the day after. i laughed. i laughed until i peed in the ocean and gave the fishes some of my fresh juice. one thing that bugged me during my snorkeling activity was baby-jellyfishes. there are soo many of them, though they dont bite, u'll feel bit itchy when u swim through them. Oh yeah, if you're rabun jauh, u definitely need the goggle with power. I bought one for RM55. it worth it! So when u swim around the minah2 salleh, u'll see bouncy corals and round and juicy fishes..... just kidding, u still can see the bouncy corals and round and juicy fishes without the minah2 salleh around. they are everywhere... on the ocean's floor... of course..

Also, pack some food from home. things are bit expensive there. we're talking about cheezels, twisties and any other unhealthy snacks u can think off. I suddenly developed a sudden crave for Snickers there and bought almost everytime i went to a shop. bit expensive la...

below are some pictures taken so i can share with you guys, the beautifulness of Tioman.

Chapter 182 - Serious Doubt

"It's harder to forgive the right, then to forgive the wrong" - Dumbledore. Quoted by the white beard dude in the Harry Potter series. He's suppose to be more ass-kicking in both books and in the movie, but he's a bit wimpy thanks to J.K Rowling. Talking about too kind; the type of kind that farts lollipop and pony. So, OK, he's not real and dead by the way (in Book 5, if i'm not mistaken). Boo-Hoo for the spoiler (<-- for those who didn't read the series). Anyway, i watched Iron Man last week. It's awesome! The technology, the AI, the cars... mostly the technology stuff. This is one of the superhero without the superpower besides Batman and Daredevil. EVEN without superpower, he is gifted with the geniusity of producing destructive weapons and also robots with intriguing AI. Compared to the names above, for example Daredevil... he is blind, yet have this superhearing ability that helps him projecting what he's hearing.. wow.. that is boring. and I dont know if that's count as a superhero. Who cares if you can hear and visualize a cat shitting hundred of metres away and yet you cannot see one in front of you, and you step on it. Nice going there Daredevil!

Batman is the biggest superhero-loser of all. he doesnt have supersight, superhearing nor superstrength. he's just a rich guy who happened to live in a mansion that have an underground cave with a butler whom never aged (except recently). oh yeah, he got this bat-suit, bat-mobile and bad childhood memory. nothing more than that. he relies on his gadget to beat the bad guy... if a bad guy jump over me and i beat the crap out of him with my belt or my Motorola V3X, then i'm definitely on par with Batman or I can say that Batman's the one on par with us. Gadget used.... checked.

Chapter 181 - Enlightment

What's more hateful than work? MORE WORKS. there will be time when you enjoy doing work, and time when you bitched about your work. This is surely the later part. don't worry, i wont bore u with more work complaint. otherwise, this blog will become a 'work-complaint' blog. it'll be depressing for my readers and might cause some of my readers to jump off their apartment roof, or swallow dozens of sleeping pills due to depress-ness. i don't want that to happen. i love my readers as much as i love my cat. my cat died by the way.... from starvation.

What's more hateful than a backstabber? MORE BACKSTABBERS. what should we do to the backstabber? yeah... we stab them... in their back. how irony is that?

next week i'll be going to Tioman with my classmates. i hope it's worth the money which i didn't pay yet. Bye Bye traffic jam... aloha shorts, sunblock and topless beach. just kidding, there's no topless beach in M'sia.....right?

Anyway, what do you see in the picture below?
what?
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Nope, u got the wrong answer.
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It looks like it, but it isn't. try again.
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Give up already? Cmon try again..
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I've told u. it's not what u think it is.
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OK, enough.. It's a Lampria, an insect resembling a fly. what else?
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Exactly! It do has a part which looks like a dangling dongle. but it is not it. and what do u call the thing above that dangling dongle then? a mutated ball? definitely a NO. it's a Lampria's abdomen.
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Give it up already... it's a Lampria.

chow

Chapter 180 - Aint He Stupid?

I regret i ever add this guy in my YM list. 1st, because he's less intellectual. 2nd, he's a McLaren fan and kept bitching over McLaren's victory. And why he's a McLaren's bitch? 1st, because he studies in German (I believed if he studies in India, he'll be rooting for Force India). and 2nd, he's lack in intelligence. (Notice how I replace the word 'stupid' with 'less intellectual' and 'lack intelligence' just to prove my thesaurus software is working just fine). Recently he's quite placid and quiet, which is fine with me.. i guess it is because McLaren is not doing terrificly this new season. Padan Muka! Anyway, just now i noticed his status and decided to nominate him in my 'Most Annoying Being'. Just so you know, other nominees are cockroach, ants and pig. So, its gonna be a tough one.

DUDE, PUT SOME COMMON SENSE IN YOUR HEAD! SIGN OUT IF YOU'RE IN A PRESENTATION AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE DISTURBED! AND I SWEAR TO GOD, 'SERIUSLY' DOESN'T EXIST IN ANY DICTIONARIES I CAN FIND, YOU IDIOT!

There are few ways to sign out from YM:

• press Ctrl+D
  
• Click Messenger > Sign Out
  
• Right-click at YM Icon and choose Sign Out

probably he's the type of guy who doesn't silent his phone in a movie theater. What a walking crap....

Chapter 179 - Revenge Is A Sweet Motivation

3 days to go for Manchester United to embrace the League Champion. It's up to them and also luck. Wigan will not be easily steamrolled or easily giving the way to United. They will be a pain in the United's ass and also United supporters' ass. who knows the drama folds into a nightmare as United lost and Chelsea grab the 1st place. or who knows if United win and Chelsea lose with Drogba got sniped in the head, Ballack died from heart attack and Cech get another blow to the head and die instantly... who knows la.... Then the week after that come the final of Champions League. In Moscow it is... kalau ada Pintu suka hati dari doremon, boleh juga pegi tgk match. tapi sah2 doremon x wujud, apatah lagi pintu suka hati. Pintu ke alam barzakh ada la.. bukak pintu rooftop kat office anda bekerja, dan lompat dari bumbung ofis anda. sape2 keje ngan Petronas tu lagi bagus. Back to the main topic, i still believe in United. They can do the double. Member aku ckp yg dia x berapa suka ngan MU sbb derang ni suka boasting. Not boasting la sayang... that's confident's boast. they have to and should be. they're among the best in the business by the way. Also, Ferguson is the humblest manager of all. he always give compliment to the opponent, may it be their arch rival or some felda team. Say anything you want, i'll wait until they get their double. Glory2 Man United.

Chapter 178 - Pure Boring

Boring. That’s the word i can describe right now. My challenging works washed away by the simplicity of the infrastructure of this project site. It was expected earlier, but i didn’t expect the internet to be a pain in the ass here. Dunno why la gomen office mesti problem bab2 connectivity. Too many birocracy and unnecessary bullshit. Corporate company always goes for leased line or streamyx. But for gomen, it’s not that easy. Sigh....

Currently i’m spending my night at PD. None of the office concern as it is privately funded.. by me. Things need to be done, and it falls to my responsibility. So ok, if i wanna brag or bitch about my work, sampai esok lom tentu selesai. Forget about it. Sometimes i forgot my vision towards this blog. I admire Maddox whom u might know.. or not (his www is blocked by several countries by the way). His content never fails to make me laugh. Apart from that, he speaks with knowledge. Whereas, i speaks with nonsense. Q’s blog also entertaining as well as inspiring. Some gaijin –or- kwailo’s blogs are also fun to read. They just blurt out their experiences of living in some foreign land. Maybe i should change my style of writing. Read more materials, do some research, improve my grammar and tenses, improvise intellectual papers.......... nah! That is just too boring. Ah... i didn’t make any picture entry for quite some time now. Malas probably...

So... this coming month is my most favourite month. May is the best month of all. Birthday of my dad and also someone special. Hahaha. Stop speculate here. This someone actually a no-one. Anyway, talking about birthday, it seems like i cant forget few dates. Dunno why.. does 7^th Mac ring any bell? Or 29^th April? 6^th February is a must-remember date, otherwise i’m a dead meat. Oh ya. 29^th April is redzuan birthday. I always use his birthday when filling up some online forms.. sorry mate.

Last night, i took a quick quiz. Quite interesting. The questions goes like this:

You’re buying flower for your gf/bf, what color of rose would you buy?

A. White

B. Red

How many?

A. Sekuntum

B. A dozen

You’re on your way to your gf/bf house. There are 2 routes,

A. Short cut but the route is dark or pitch black

B. Bit lengthy but got lampu..kira cerah la.. siap ada kedai2 lagi (ß dunno la kalau dia menambah2)

Upon arriving, as you wait for your gf/bf getting ready..

A. put the rose inside a vase

B. put the rose on his/her bed.

After your date, u decide to go home (unless u getting lucky, if u know what i mean), at a similar junction, which route will u choose?

A. short cut but pitch black

B. Lengthy route but cerah gemerlapan bersinar2 disimbah neon kedai2 (exaggerating)

Done.

So, from the quiz, i am:

A rapist who like to take dozen of ecstasies before going to the strip joint and love to have salmon roe sushi after performing car theft at the police compound....

Just kidding, that was another quiz. The analysis of this quiz can be found at chapter 35, May 2005. go crazy!

Chapter 177 - Indie.. Me?

So ok... i was bit late on pressing the submit button. actually, my previous post was initiated last week. but, i put on hold couple of time because of the dispersion of mood during the process of rambling my thoughts into words. happened a lot of time. so, now i'm in a mood to post something. hopefully, i'll submit straight away..

first of all, gimme a round of applause as i finally managed to see through my 2nd semester. though the results aren't out just yet, i dont care! but i was bit anxious to get my result actually. if before i care less, but now i think i need to at least pass this semester. i dont want any 'lepas bersyarat' though i feared it might happen this semester. why i think it might? because i sucked at my math test. seriously dude... most horrible score i got in my entire math history. oh wait, i did get a lowest. "0" for my final exam during my study in UTMKL. yep... i thought i post it before, but heck, lemme re-iterate it. it is as easy as 'i was cleaning my fish pond during the xm'. and none of my friend call me to at least show some concern over why i didnt come. i remembered one asked me the day after, when i came to take the imaginary math xm. "ko x dtg ke xm smlm?".. yeah.. thanks for the delayed concern. it helped a lot. so...... i'm looking forward to get my father's reaction over my result this semester. last one didnt make him very2 happy though i thought the otherwise. i was disappointed at first, but later it just stop bugging me. oh, If you're praying, mind to put my name in the success list. thanks.

next week, the whole staff in my company will be going to Hong Kong for 3 days. paid trip by the company. as the 4 of us (the newbies) will not be going as we're...new. it's ok. it is understandable la.. if u work for 2 months and suddenly paid to go for holiday; overseas somemore... surely the applicants are like crazy. sape xnak keje cenggitu. so, the holiday is more like an incentive over their hard work during the year 2007. So, any of those yg pegi, i wish u guys happy holiday!

Chapter 176 - My Bad...

For the past week, i was in a SAN storage training, preparing myself for Math exam, busting my ass doing take home exam and term paper review. So friggin tired. Plus, after my math exam, we played 2 hours of futsal. aint that crazy? even it was yesterday, i still feel exhausted. my leg sored. my mind can't process well. soo tired.

Anyway, during my 3 days of training, something happened that made me feel guilty up until now. let me briefly descibe to u about the training 1st. the instructor is an indonesian fella and the attendees were 4 person which 3 of us from my company (<-- cewah.. bila lak jadi company aku) and one from another company, whom an indian lady, or miss 'P'. the training was all about storage area network, or networked storage. How to configure this and that, installing and managing the storage. learn about the related devices, how to clustering, segmenting and a bit about cabling. ok, enough with the training content, now, to the interesting part. brunch and tea break are provided. as for lunch, the instructor will take us out for lunch on his own account. the very 1st day, he brought us to a 'nasi padang' restaurant. tau la nasi padang, style hidang berpinggan2 lauk atas meja sampai xcukup tempat. since Miss P is a bit sensitive to the food whereas she can't have any meat (for religious reason), she tend to questioned any unfamiliar dishes. so she asked us about one of the dishes. i told her that, it's a chicken. well, it looks like one. anyway, she took it and ate it. then, after we had our dessert, she again try to reconfirm... the trainer told that, it is a brain.. "what brain?", she asked. we went on silent mode. i looked at colleague 1, he looked at me... then i looked at colleague 2, she looked back. the loop process of guilt stares continued between us for a minute... the day after that, colleague 1 asked her about yesterday's incident. Guess what she told us, "tak sengaja maaa..". hahahaah... funny, but above that, i felt a bit guilty. lucky for me she didn't come back the day after that and shove me with pork.

Chapter 175 - To Digress

Life's too short to procrastinate. when i looked back, i realized that i had wasted so many chances.. so many opportunities... some are bound to reasons, some are purposely done. anyway, i was reluctant to talk about my relationship story as it is a private issue, but as a celebrity, one has to know that celebrity are publicly owned... my stories are to shared with the rest.. ahahah... perasan celebrity.. no la.. just to shove things off my shoulder.. actually i need to set thing straight with my peers... they found that it is hard to believe that i'm single... (and available). sume ingat aku playboy, awek keliling pinggang, siap ada yg terkepit celah2 ketiak lagi. itulah mitos kwn2 aku yg menyangka aku ni jantan terhangat dan banyak awek.. well my friend, you're wrong. i'm just plain, boring, single bloke. my guess is because of all my love-luck had been depleted, and it was since my darjah 6. sedih mengenangkan fenomena ini. or maybe mmg aku xde luck bercinta. bangsa kawin yg makbapak aturkan la agaknya. lagi satu, aku rasa sbb awek skolah rendah x educated lagi.. tu yg aku pon diterima pakai dalam standard teman lelaki.. kata cinta monyet. bila dah menerjah ke alam dewasa, awek2 da pandai... tau mana kaca, gelas, besi karbon, aluminium, bijih timah dan zink. kalau diberi rating daripada 5 bintang, aku ni mungkin sekadar tahi bintang saje. hahahaha... one of my most famous self-depression lines...

People can fall in love every minutes and every seconds, but true love is about caring and respect to each other... quoted from my aunt. true maybe.

Chapter 174 - Estacy

el mucho gracias.. hahaha ..tetiba nk feeling2 cakap bahasa asing. actually, most of my post are done in english. and i think thats good to improve my english...well, some here and there.. but as i read from a newspaper article, they said that, most use language for bloggers are japanese, followed by english, then the rest.... BM? well, less than 1%. I cant agree more... even now i'm using english... maybe hoping for a foreign readers to bump in with my blog, so that they can understand what the hell i'm talking about. but, i do love my native language... so i decided to balance my language usage.. lagipon, aku ni pon bukan berapi sgt speaking english... takat bodoh2 je.. Anyway, this morning i've done my wireless presentation... sooo damn lega... hingat lecturer tu giler serius pasal presentation ni, alih2 ala kadar je... tapi bagus gak lecturer aku ni... walaupon dia buat ala2 kadar, tapi dia beri perhatian kat apa yg presenter ckp. siap bagi teguran ngan cadangan lg. bagus la... respect. before presentation, ada test lak... same lecturer.. tapi yg best giler, test dia open book + open laptop.... hapa lagi... macam syaitan la masing2. ada member bawak wireless router, pastu cabut internet cable kat PC lecturer, connect ke router... dapat la kami masing2 internet... yang xtahan tu, bila lecturer nk connect ke internet xleh (sebab cable da cabut), siap call data center tanya apsal xleh connect... hahahahah... tuan punya router da cuak... trus cover line buat2 tanya soklan... hape sengal...

adieu...

Chapter 173 - Another Sideplace

Qayyum is currently indulging himself with Aizat's new single, Hanya kau yang mampu.. Dia tengah sedih lepas dpt tahu Melissa Maureen Rizal nk kawen dgn Malique Too Phat. Chill bro... bunga bukan sekuntum... byk lagi bunga2 diluar sana... rafflesia ada, tahi ayam ada, kerisintemum (<-- mcm mana nak eja entah)... lagipon bunga yg dah ada kat tangan tu nk letak kat mana? huahuahua...

Songs orchestrate your soul and emotions. Really really love to dip into songs. Masa kat Alor Star aritu gamat melayan Buble -Home. "Another sunny place, another aeroplane, i'm lucky i know, but i wanna go home".. kena sangat.. once, i remembered playing that song repeatedly during my weekly meeting with my colleagues and bosses. Ye la...meeting dari pkl 3 sampai pkl 7... dari cerah ke gelap. walaupon xde bini menunggu di rumah, tapi nk jugak balik. the "i wanna go home" bait played over-and-over.... dunno la kalau boss perasan. Then lagu-lagu macam Terima kasih cinta dari Afgan and also Nyala dari Aliff really puts me in the jiwang mode. Dropping few gears down, the songs really hit me as the melodies haunted me. Also, the song from Youme, Byul (translation : Star) is from 200 pounds beauty OST which is really suitable for some of my 'moments'. Again with the melody la... Currently, my media player is playing Shiro Sagisu - Here to stay. It's an instrumental play taken from Bleach animation OST. Let me list down few songs yg repeatedly played over in my player:

• Shiro Sagisu - Here to stay
• Youme - Byul
• Aliff Aziz - Nyala
• Afgan - Terima kasih cinta
• Andrea Bocelli feat Christina Aguilera - Somos Novios
• Buble - Home, You and I
• Nicholas Teo - Tears from polaris
• Andra and the Backbone - Sempurna
• Sweet Charity - Kamelia
  

Try watch Snoop Dogg's Sensual Seduction.. really funny. to me la.. sbb snoop dogg buat style old-school gile. pakai instrument hape ntah siap ada tiub masuk mulut. Nk gelak guling2 pon ada.

Chapter 172 - To Blog or Not?

none can deny the power of blog. recent GE showed us how the distribution of information or gossips or trash talks through digital media is sooooo important. the opposition took the opportunity to use such means, and see what happened? research showed that people are more trusting when it comes to blog. one of the reason is because people want to believe what they want to believe. beautiful words are more tantalizing..and by the 'beautiful words', i mean cerita2 panas ala2 tabloid. speaking of tabloid, i recalled my boss comment over Sufiah's story in the BHarian. If u guys wondered who Sufiah is, she's the smart whore whom grabbing national attention at this time. continue... He said that Bharian has become some sort of a tabloid by putting such story in the front page. i said, "of course la... they just print out what people want to know. even i want to know what happened to her. what kind of stress that made her doing such thing? what happened after her divorce? these such questions are what people want to read or listen". anyway, misi menyelamatkan Sufiah sedang giat dijalankan oleh sesetengah orang yg mampu ke UK. Aku nk juga menyelamatkan dia, tapi x mampu nk beli tiket kapal terbang... takat nk hitch-hike kapal terbang atau kapal kargo, silap2 timbul pulak misi menyelamatkan aku. the question is, is she wanted to be rescued? dia macam enjoy je doing things she's currently doing. dunno la... but one thing for sure, definitely harga dia lagi 'up' lepas kecoh2 ni.... fuhhh..rosak..rosak....

Chapter 171 - Short Relief

A moment to breath at last. not long though. I just recovered from a week long fever. I figured it started on Saturday as I played crappily in a futsal game with my classmates. I felt funny that day, and it peaked during my work-trip to Port Dickson. Damn. I remembered I slept on the table the whole Tuesday. The antibiotic and meds from the local clinic in PD didn't help much. I was worried that I'm infected with dengue. The last thing i would want is to be bed-rested while my work is piling up. So, this morning I went to the nearby clinic and had my blood taken for test. 6 pm, they called and told that I'm free from dengue, but instead have some infection from my tonsil bla..bla...bla.... they prescribed me with a new antibiotic. hope it works. Also, I felt relief as I was provided with completed Modelling assignment. thanks to Ammar. No need for me to do daunting programming shitssss. i'll just ask somebody from my group to do the report. A bit different from previous semester where I was more voluntarily in doing the team assignment...by myself. this time around, i'm having trouble in juggling my work and studies. As i found work is fun (<-- fun ke?), i'm more focused in doing my work than studying. sometimes, I stayed back until 8 just to escape from the stupid traffic jam, by the time I got home, i'm too tired to study. I guess this coming week will give me space to study as i'll be around KL. hope la...unless i have a sudden crave of Winning 11 or Megami Tensei....

2nd semester is coming to its end. Crap! Macam x ready haprak lagi pon. Furthermore, courses sem ni banyak kira2. FYI, sepanjang kelas yg melibatkan pengiraan advance ni, aku hadiri tanpa sebiji kalkulator pon. even the time i took math test, i didn't bring any calculator. Funny heh. I barely pass that test. now, i found back my sister's calculator and somehow it ignites my desires to revise and re-do the test and quiz which i sucked. somemore there are 4 presentations need to be prepared. HUUUARRRGGGHHH!!! time is ticking away......

Last night, i accidentally strolled on the memory lane of professional wrestling. through youtube of course! one of the unforgettable character in my life is Stone Cold Steve Austin. He's the best of all. u can throw names such as bret hart, hulk hogan, the rock, HHH, jimmy 'superfly' snuka, andre the giant or whoever. none can beat this ultimatum and pinnacle of world wrestling legend hall of famers. ntah apa aku sembur pon aku tatau. tapi bunyi sedap. SCSA years of reign was around 6 years. that's when his character is really2 super cool. afterwards, he was forced to become a crappy character, and soon after he felt that stone cold in not a 'Stone Cold' anymore, he left the federation. and that's when i stopped watching WWF (or WWE nowadays).
As i watched the clips, i'm still having a goosebumps. Wrestling Is Fake! i know that. heck, even the guys paying hundreds of dollars just to watch a fake wrestling pay-per-view knows that all are just an act, but the pain is real, and also the storyline is somehow captivating. the tagline 'don't try this at home' was obeyed, but we did try it at our hostel. hahaha. ingat lagi masa kat MRSM dulu.. siap katil patah, bengkok, herot-bengot dek angkara kami. waktu prep malam diluang bukan utk study, tapi utk bergusti. i remembered tricking my dorm-mate and giving him the 'stone cold stunner' and soon afterward he choked-slammed me. ouch. especially masa nk dekat2 SPM, boleh lagi fly ke gerai depan MRSM sebab nk tgk WWF RAWisWAR. hampir2 kantoi ngan pak guard lagi, nasib baik dia pon kaki wrestling, lagipon kami ni muka-muka penggusti. mana berani dia nk kacau. silap2 gerai tu jadi gelanggang wrestling. Hahahaha... those years la....

Gila ah.. macam poster sarkas pon ada.

Chapter 170 - Where To?

Soo bz these few weeks. I havent update anything post and pre General Election. Nothing much to say. Everyone has their own thoughts. So, anyway, i'll just scribble few things about the recent GE. It was my first time doing so, yet i questioned the transparency of the voting mechanism. but, i lacked the explanation from the organizing committee, as i only heard from the opposing parties. actually, it was bit quiet this time around as the BA shockingly won several states. i guess there's not much to complain (<-- psychologically won), compared to the previous GE. with the phantom voters and miscount issues. Hey, people has spoken. Democracy must be respected, yet the winner must be more merciful and the loser must be more humble. I heard unpleasant stories of hooliganism of the fanatic fans in the newly so-called 'captured' states. don't start a new legacy with a bad rep. u will never last if you do so. but that's not entirely the fault of the leaders, although they should expecting such matter earlier and take cautious measures to prevent it. people are by default stupid, regardless their race and color. as things around evolves, some people get smarter and mature, yet there are some who stays default. i am looking forward to the new cabinet; on how our PM will cater to the new expectations and environment. hoping the ministers to be more aware and concern with public demands and idea. without the constant stupid fights and berat sebelah in the parliament, together (BA & BN) paving our country into a better one. Free from rasuah and more citizen-friendly. insyaAllah.

at one point, i thought we (the government especially) didn't give enough attention to the environment. water and sky become polluted. Sg Klang and Sg Gombak had become teh-tarik-color since i remembered. the pembangunan is too damn fast. we're neglecting what's most important; the quality of living. It's about time we slow down and give our environment a chance to breath and helps in recovering what they lost. Japan and South Korea can be a good example. as what i saw and heard, even the river in the middle of their city is clear and clean. well, not that clean la... but at least better than a teh-tarik-color river. i know how it will effect the growth of our economy, but the appreciation to the nature is much bigger investment than the monetary revenues.

Oh yeah... i was assigned to supervise the KL site, but since my workmate had a bit problem stationed in PD (since she's a she, and also have ongoing commitment with her family), so i agreed to change place. I actually was looking forward to be stationed in PD. but thinking about my mom, how she'll be alone if i'm not around... it like some sort of heavy chain tying my heart and leg. but i guess i'm worrying too much. i still got my brother to look after my mom, but i dont think my brother is that reliable.. hahaha.. sorry bro.. anyway, i'll find ways to overcome such dilemma.

ciao.

Chapter 169 - Good Deal

ANDA MAHU KURUS?!
DO YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT?!
MAU TULUN BELAT BADAN?!
BERAT BADAN JUGA MAU TURUN?!

Percayalah bahawa anda akan kehilangan 14 kg dalam masa 19 hari. Malah lebih lagi pon boleh. Just enroll in our programme; anytime. U are guaranteed to lose those stubborn fats and cellulites. U can have the sexy looks that u always dreamt of. Angelina Juli, Shakirah, Beyoncit... all you can be.

Package tentative:
Day 1

• Brought to the camp location, Gunung Tahan. Any telecommunication devices will be taken and anything in your pocket will be confiscated. For isolation purposes...
  
• U will blindfolded and brought to an unknown location.
• U'll be leaved there and hence commence the survive-on-your-own program
  

Day 2-19

• U are still in the mentioned program*
• Lost

Day 17

• We will dispatch a team of search-and-rescue

Day 21

• We will call off the search-and-rescue team as u will declared 'unable to be found'**
  

*IF you're still alive
**Dead

Testimoni

"Masuk muka tongkang pecah, keluar macam maya karin" - Suraya, penjawat awam

Ya, seharusnya Hutan Gunung Tahan dihuni oleh bunian2 yang berkerjaya sebagai plastic surgeon.

You will get your desired results as you got through the program.
Enroll now!!

Chapter 168 - New Sweetheart

no kidding, i was given this new (not that new, by the way) laptop by my employer. Bye-bye Toshiba Satellite M100, and welcome Compaq Presario F700. some of my new colleagues are bit jealous of my fortune. well, they should. i came in at the right time as they just bought this laptop. if previously i adored the 'harman/kardon', now i'm satisfied with 'altec lansing'. why did i exaggerate such matter when i'm not that 'boom-bang' kind of guy? i even put on headphone while using the laptop. dunno laa. maybe that's just my laptop's benchmark. my brother will start working next week, so i need to return his laptop. such memorable period..... sigh...

oh.. i should mention this first. i'm employed now. so qayyum, change my link to 'aPai not jobless anymore'. hahaha. well to tell u the truth, i sworn not to work here anymore. and as u get confuse over my statement, i used to work with this company. remember the temporary job i did last year. yeah, the one at Sabak bernam and few other locations in KL. the same company, but not the same project. i'm involved in different project now. a pilot project. i cant tell much about it as it is confidential. it's all good, except for the Gombak-Cyberjaya commuting. Soooo daunting. plus, i was bit light-headed and flu'ish the whole week. i think i spread the virus over the office as i heard colleagues started to sneezes here and there. hopefully i can make myself useful here. there's no better place for me to achieve my vision than being a project team. although i bit lacking in technical parts (consider i forgot everything i learned in University), i am lucky to be trusted on this project. i'll be supervising site when everything is in it places.

My cubicle still looks boring. baru satu minggu... i forced myself to hang this piece of assignment given by my boss, and that's all. maybe i can start by bringing pillows and blanket, and my sister's teddy bear. anyway, jahanam btol pengurusan bangunan ni. air-cond exactly open at 9 am and closed at 5.30 pm. outside that period, panas.

ok. im out. ciao.

Chapter 167 - Nearly Becoming One

the only problem when u are unemployed and live with your parent is that, the errands and chores are somehow multiplying. lucky for me, currently i'm living in a small-sized family which consists of my parent and my brother, and in a small house. Xde amah or bibik to do the daunting tasks ~ laundry, gardening, cleaning and cleaning somemore. not enough with the household chores, i need to drive my mom here and there. Going to rumah makcik around the taman to collect duit kutu, going to post office to pay the bills, going to bank to withdraw/deposit money... aiyooo... my mom is a well-planned lady. every time i accompanied her out, i somehow knew that it'll cost me 2-3 hours of my youth. hahaha.. youth sangat la aku ni... as soon as i start the car's engine, she'll read me the 'to do' list. "1st we're going to the post office... follow the kampung road, then we're going to the bank, then we'll go to Giant to buy groceries, afterwards we're going to pak ngah's hse, bla...bla...bla...". and by the time i got home, i finished downloading 2 episodes of j-drama (yea..i leave the laptop on all the time). there you go...

one time, i went to pak ngah's shop in sentul with my mom. he's operating his own business of kad kawin, printing, topup and also a Zhulian dealer. so, i was sitting in front of the shop lot when a mother and her 6 years old daughter entered the shop. before, i was inside, but since i had fever and felt uncomfortable inside, i went outside. then this daughter went outside to play with a cat since her mom busied looking at the katalog barang kemas. this pregnant cat, white/black in color which slendered around me earlier. i overheard my mom's conversation inside the shop.

"suka dia dengan kucing... setengah budak2 takut dgn kucing" - mom

"aah.. kami pon baru hilang kucing, tu yang dia dok cari kucing baru" - no named makcik

so, i asked the kid,

"kucing adik kaler apa?" - aku

"kaler putih" - 6 y.o kid

"ooo..ntah2 kucing yang kat sana kot" - aku trying being friendly... and actually true. mmg ada kucing bawah kereta few meters from where the conversation took place.

"mana?" - 6 y.o kid getting curious

"meh.. kat sini..." - i halfway led the kid to the cat, then suddenly stop because i realized.... I'M BECOMING LELAKI KUCING or MIGHT ACCUSED OF BEING LELAKI KUCING. mampus aku kalau makcik tu tiba-tiba jerit "Tolong... lelaki kucing nk culik anak aku!!!".
mampus.....so before anything happen, i called off my intention, step back and pretend nothing happen.

meow...

Chapter 166 - Sick Me... Me Sick

i've been in a sluggish mood recently. due to fever probably. but who am i to complained. everyone's getting the privilege of falling sick. some are worse than just fever. at this particular time, everyone just wish that somebody would be concern with things happening. somebody 'special'. hahaha... no need the braces, everyone who read this surely know what it mean. so, these few days, i'm in an himono-otoko mode. there is a term used for japanese to address particular person who laze around in house, wearing jerseys or lazy clothes, looking pretty worse than friends usually sees ~ like the look of somebody who just woke up. some more, lying around doing nothing, talking to themselves or to cat. how to differentiate from other normal people, is that, himono prefer staying home than going out socializing. i learned it from j-drama by the way.

i went to friend's house yesterday celebrating chinese new year. he is half indian, half chinese. he hang-out with us as long as i know him. so he's just like another malay to me. then, what is he? he's my friend la... hahaha.. that's best befriend him. every holiday he celebrate... CNY, Raya, Diwali, christmas.. talking about open house and free food. hahahaha... he and his mom made nasi ayam with different styles of chicken.. got black-pepper one, grilled one.. also got mutton. sluurrppp... unfortunately, i wasn't in mood of being glutton as feverish mood strikes. anyway, thanks Choops. hontou ni saigou da yo!

Chapter 165 - Show Me

Not long ago, i read somewhere in the newspaper regarding the lack of attention of Msian Media over local sports. In newspaper, the focus is all over the foreign sports coverage. Especially in football. It infuriates the media as the accusation a bit harsh, but later on, someone from the berita harian admitted that the news of foreign sports sells, and they just fulfilling the needs of the readers. I'm one of them. So does everyone. it's true actually, most of us prefer english football than local football. i even can list the full squad of my favorite football team ~ Man U... including the subs and reserve. also, able to at least named a player from each team in EPL or La Liga. But when it came to local football team, i failed to do so. same goes to most of us. So, what the heck is going on here? why such phenomenon occurs? Local lads doesn't even know their own local football team? What went wrong?

With our national ranking thrown into the pit of shame - the worst ever for us ~ #165, it's kind of shame that our football squad which once feared over the continent becoming nobody. below is list of solutions i came out with.

1. A picture worth a thousand words
the quality of coverage must be improved. even main macam sampah pon, make it as if the match is world-class. the photos i mean.... get the best shot with the best camera. you know what i mean by comparing between these pictures :



sekali imbas, u should recognize which photo taken from EPL and Liga Super. if it is hard to tell, lemme give u hints, Msian photo is recognized by the bad pixel which is probably taken by a disposable camera and also, the fan or supporter is almost none in the background. u might questioned the outcome of this solution, ye la... apa guna kalau gambar cantek tapi main mcm budak tadika... i agree, but at least, when u flip the pages in the sport section, the picture surely gonna catch your eye and get your attention. something need to start at somewhere, right?

2. Start our own sport channel(s)
It sucks when I want to watch my national representatives' matches and there is no single channel showing it. in argentina, even matches yg bertaraf felda pon ditayang di TV, tahap main kat padang koyak punya. Actually there are several sport channels in Argentina. So no wonder they can afford to do so. So, why we don't have one? Astro kan bersepah free channels, sampai nk krem jari tekan butang 3 angka. we should have one. 24-7 showing local sport news and live-match if any. Last time when our badminton squad went to Korea Open, Japan Open, etc.. I can only get the results through Berita jam 8... even though the matches are in the morning. spend la sket govt money utk buat live coverage, kata nk martabatkan sukan negara, xkan xleh spend juta2 ringgit untk masa depan sukan national? X kesah la kalah ke menang, at least i can support my national team on the spot. even xde live pon, show classic matches... zaman2 mokhtar dahari, kasi penonton teruja sikit.

3. Animate our sport
to be honest, the thing that honed my interest in playing basketball was and still Slam Dunk. the japanese manga didn't just inspire me alone, but world-wide readers. ask those yg men basketball kat M'sia if they know the manga. surely they do. In Msia also got good cartoonist, manga-kun or illustrator. have them to produce an inspiring sport-based mangas/comics. buat la yg menarik sket, yg ada jalan cerita. kalau buat bangang2 pon xde sape nk baca nnt.

4. Sport dramas/movies
same with my #3 point, produce a drama based on sport. gol n gincu is not sport drama. it's just another teen-flick. bukan nk kata u cannot mix love and sport...u can, but the mixture must correct and strictly following the theme. kalau nk buat cerita sukan, do so full-heartedly.. jgn tunjuk main futsal 2-3 minit, pastu make-up, dating n gaduh 45 minit. macam drama H2, pasal high-school baseball. ada jugak cintan-cintun, tapi berkadaran dgn msg yg nk disampaikan. somemore, movies mcm wimbledon n goal. we can also produce such movies apa..... oh, cuci dinding bangunan bukan sukan OK! forget that one.

5. Supportive parent
one thing i noticed, not many parents in Msia support their kid to do sport, or at least going far in sport. i saw many talented football player in my batch during my school years, but the reality teaches us that academic bring in money, not sport. so, these friends of mine stop playing and concentrating on studying. well, first, it is partially wrong. byk ahli sukan yg kaya raya, but the parent only sees the failure perspective, not the success one. for example, apa akan terjadi kepada player yg dah bersara. without monthly paycheck, what he/she gonna feed their family. or what happened when the player forced to retired due to the injury half-way? stop thinking the down-side for a moment. if your kid talented, then let them to be someone they really can be. ada problem pulak bila parent xtau anak2 dia berbakat. never aware of their children sporting abilities. to parent, please be more concern. be more supportive. parent di US dtg tgk anak2 main sukan, support giler babi padahal, parent Msia sibuk carik duit. byk parent di England yg mahukan anak2 derang jadi player bolasepak, padahal kita pulak ramai yg nakkan anak2 jadi doktor. abih tu, kalau semua jadi doktor, sape nk main bola? betul x?

Chapter 164 - Back to Unemployed

Hahhaa...the title tells all. I finished my contract officially this friday. or it is? my technical boss told me my contract finish earlier than i thought, which was on the 11th Jan. heck! i dont want to look neglect by saying that i dunno when my contract gonna end, so i insist that my contract ends on 25th. Keji kan? Lantak, asal dia percaya and also my paycheck gonna be exactly as what i expected. I went back last saturday to the civilization ~ KL. Hahahaha...mengamuk orang Sabak bernam mengetahui aku kata sana xde tamadun. Kidding folks. i went back to KL for my masters classes.

Saturday is English class and also Mathematic. My English lecturer is a 52 y.o, but i thought she was early 40s until she told. Going to her class is like watching Oprah. She has this big obsession of reading, and getting goosebump herself just by telling how fun reading is. She encapsulate everything with positive things. that's why she's like Oprah. No comment on mathematic class. the lecturer was my SIG during attending my degree final year project's presentation. He's OK.

Sunday is back-to-back class. the same lecturer teaching 2 classes. His class is a cross of Al-Kulliyah, Bicara Siswa, TV Pendidikan and iklan PNB. For those yang tatau apa iklan PNB tu, cuba2 la bukak TV3, ada je tunjuk pasal sorang ustaz ni yg berbahasa baku mendidik anak2 muridnya yg juga berbahasa baku walaupun bersembang sesama sendiri tentang ilmuwan2 Islam terdahulu. Yup, at times, he will give some tazkirah agama for 4-5 minutes. pity Twinie... she's a Christian. Sunday mass pon belum tentu dia pegi, tau2 kena dengar ceramah agama di pagi Ahad. Hopefully hati dia terbuka utk memeluk Islam. marilah sama2 kita berdoa.......
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Amin.

So, now i'm unemployed. maybe considering to rest for a week before shooting my resume.
ciao.

Chapter 163 - 11.40 PM

here i listed few movies which are so gonna make you shed your tears. not me though. i'm tough. sob. sob.

My Girl and I (Korean movie)

A Millionaire's First Love (Korean movie)

Summer Snow (Japanese drama)

1 Litre of Tears (Japanese drama)

this one succesfully made my friend into a slump for a week. xselera nk study, makan. he blamed me for introducing him this drama. i warned him already, but he think he's da man. he's wrong. hahahah...

Chapter 162 - Lemme Think

the program draws its end. seems like the holiday is nearly end. just another week to go. the trainers going back to KL. if God-will, i'll be working for them again. that's if they offer me a good contract. increase in pay and also start working as soon as possible. i don't want to be idle for long. 25th is the last day and also pay-day. after that, my schedule involves going to class on every weekend. still i'm looking for job to fill the remaining days. i know it's tiring. i must be stupid to do both. but, that is something i'll looking forward to experience. i also have friends in class who are doing both, yet they still can score. I mean really-really score. we're talking about 4 flat here. trying to achieve something like that la.. above all, i need to be smart in jugling both works and study at the same time. try dulu la... who knows... this might be my calling. cewah. actually, i had doubt whether i'm going to continue working for this project in future or not. but since i spent time here, with the trainers and students, i realized that, this job is soo much fun. maybe its because the project is here in sabak bernam. as i mentioned, this is more like a holiday than working. i maybe wavered by that. the expectation of having this kind of environment on every project site. takut kalau2 ada next project kena duduk bawah jambatan, mau menangis aku. just let me wait-and-see la..

not this recent, but sometimes i do think. something religiously. i dunno if the word 'religiously' exist. hahaha... nothing much to share. even if i share, it will confuse me more. i just go with my logic. as long as i have my faith.

the smartest human only uses his 10% of his brain. even if human can use his brain 100%, he is still human... not a God.

Chapter 161 - A Letter to Starry Night

oh starry night
i saw a star so bright
and another one that shines
made me wish
to touch
to hold
and to fly

oh starry night
my extended arm wouldn't reach
no matter how tall i stand
the stars can never be in my grasp

oh starry night
in pitch black
i shut my eyes
standing still while dreaming
the wishes that will not come true
i shut my eyes
hoping to hear the stars calling my name
but the silent grew

oh starry night
tell the stars
how i wish i'm blind
so i will not see their radiance
that made me hopeful
it hurts
knowing the impossible

oh starry night
i'm tired
i'll be going now
hurt yet i'm smiling
to the starry night

Chapter 160 - Away

today is the officially 2nd day of my 2 weeks stay at Sabak Bernam. Yeah, still with the temporary job. Instead of doing the installation, me and one colleague are doing the maintaining stuff. melayan kerenah trainer and also menyelesaikan petty problems includings masalah makanan student x cukup and also air-cond x sejuk. Installations were done 2 weeks ago, just when I'm still in-charge in KL. so, i'm back to admin tasks....but compared to the one i've did in KL, this time around much much more time to waste. both of us doing the data entry, delivering books and problem solving... which i did that all alone in KL.




Sabak bernam is 155 Km from KL. that if u drive through jalan lama. honestly, better to take jalan lama than highway. toll 40 sen je... aisey, da lupa, effectively 1st Jan, naik jadi 60 sen. plus, lagi dekat compared to highway. i tried going back to KL ikut highway, dah la lalu celah2 hutan dan ladang kelapa sawit... there were time i wondered if i'm using the right route, nasib baik jumpa jugak signboard kaler hijau. although guna jalan lama dapat kurangkan dalam 20 km, but as people said, "it's not the destination, but it's the journey that counts". lebih kurang macam tu la... throughout my journey to SB, byk panorama2 dan tempat2 menarik utk disinggah. ada bukit melawati yg terkenal dgn tmpt mencerap anak bulan dan juga tinggalan kota penjajah belanda. also kampung kuantan yg terkenal dgn kelip-kelip/api-api. tapi rasanya nowadays, kelip2 da kurang... macam cicadas, kelip2 juga serangga yg sensitif dgn cuaca. no wonder kalau binatang tu nk pupus memikirkan kesan pemanasan global. last time aku tgk api2 pon masa sekolah menengah dulu2. Kalau ada kesempatan, nk juga singgah di Kuala Selangor Nature park, hutan simpan paya bakau. tapi kalau rajin nk merayau la dlm tu. Bab makan lak nak try ke Pasir Penampang yg ada fresh seafood. As for SB, which is around 40 km from Kuala Selangor, on your way there, u can see paddy fields seluas2 pandangan.


as u can see from the picture above, the place where i work is just a walking distance to the beach. not actually a sandy beach, instead its a grinded-shell-&-clamp beach. that's what the philipino trainers said. just the other day we went to the beach. those trainers are fun to be with, since they're trying hard to learn to speak malay. malay language is somehow unique and easy yet confusing at times. they always having trouble with some words as the words has double meaning. even so, they're not having problem to order for food. "teh ais satu"... "nasi goreng ayam satu". that's the only dish they know apparently. hahahaha... they also cannot stand spicy foods. so, it's whether nasi goreng ayam or nasi goreng cina. the one sticking his butt out is my roomate and also the operation leader here, while the 2 fellas is the philipino trainers ~ dennis n sagid. turn out that dennis can play basketball, but it sucks to have only 2 guys know how to play basketball here. turn out, after few hoops, we played futsal. the sport facility here is great actually, but since the co-ordinator of this college (the one with authority) is a big ass-hole, we cant fully enjoy the facilities here. the hotel got this beautiful swimming pool, but we werent allowed to swim. also cannot go kayak at the lake in front of the hotel. we even need to request for balls (volley, basket and football). supposely they should try their best to entertain us, not letting us to beg them. The picture on the right is the pool that i mentioned. my room facing the pool... it feels like the pool calling out my name each time i see it. damn.

Anyway, this project here in sabak bernam, i think it is more to a holiday than work. i didnt recall any heavy-duty task like what i did in KL. i brought my PS2, so everyday i 'kitai' my boss here in Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. hahaha. he's getting better though. but still no match for me. he won twice (just to make him look good ~ hahahahah). everynight we went out with the trainers for dinner. looking for new places. just the other day we went to Hutan Melintang in perak just for ikan bakar. its worth it. because the food is great and also i'm not driving. hahahah. why? because the journey itself took nealy 1 hour to get there. after asking around, i thought we were bluffed by this old uncle. because he told us that the ikan bakar place is about 15 minutes away from pekan sabak bernam, turn out to be 30 minutes. so the extra 15 minutes is mostly filled with doubt and hope. but we did reach there.

it's a holiday... and a getaway. au revoir.

Chapter 159 - Sob

Bye bye Targa. U've been my best friend since kak Sarah lend u to me. u helped me during simulating the network for Mr Faisal class, u also give space to install zenoss although the presentation was pretty much crappy. U provide space for me to put all my movies and dramas... also u never shut down on your own (unlike my old pal, Acer... he's still around). I still remember the time i YM with you on my 'toto' both at gombak and shah alam. How i hooked u up with 3Com wireless dongle even though u have ur own wireless mechanism.. but u guys looks like a match made in heaven. anyway, did u remember the time i dropped u on the floor..oopps, sorry, that was an accident. also... Sorry to wear down your battery life. if before u can stay awake for almost 1 1/2 hours, now u can only stay up for 1 hour. but hey, u can always plugged urself to power supply, right? it sadden me to depart with u. but hey..u're not mine.. goodbye.... WILSONNNN!!! eh silap.. TARGAAAAA!!!!!

now i got a new friend..i called her Toshi, but her real name is Toshiba Satellite. I stole it from my brother. hahahaah... right now i'm enjoying every moment with her. Centrino Duo, wide screen and most important... Harman/Kardon speaker!! So freaking awesome! hopefully the loan spell going to be a long one. otherwise, i'm back to the ol' Acer. Sigh**

new sweetheart..

take that!

and this!! the killer-blow

la la la...

Chapter 158 - Grumpy Me

i dunno why..suddenly i'm feeling rebellious. and grumpy. and unacceptable. I'm synical... with jelous remarks. It may due to the fact that i'm limping like Dr House..so the mentality is there. My left leg is stiff and hurting since the past 2-3 weeks, and area of effect is the knee. I blamed in on bad sleeping postures at first. but now, the pain is still there, and there are times when i walked like Gregory House. My work requires me to sometime move here and there. as much as i thanked for the elevator provided here at the project office, elsewhere are shittiest faculties. ever. but i bitched bout that before, so i wont this time. just like to point out the sensational of mocking House each time i rode off the elevator. Cool.

Just when i thought i can go home early today, the boss' PA suddenly came. Damn. now i hate her because of this. later i'll find ways to tricked her into letting me go home early. May it be bills to pay at the post office before the post office close today.... or need to bury my dead cat.... anything. I almost completed my job today. "almost" is where i suppose to go to this lab and reformat the drive D. The same lab where i received the title 'mangkuk'. Yeah, my job basically hated by lab techies and also some lecturer due to the lab-hogging by the program. meaning that nobody can use the lab during our program. This furiated some of the lecturer who turned out to be a mere monkey to me. One day...not so long ago, i was assigned to do the installation at this lab. I refer this lab as "Lab 203, 5th floor, Block R" or "Lab 203" in order to protect the lab's confidentiality. The lab is quite large, with estimated 50 PCs in it. but my program only gonna use around 26 PCs. So, during the installation, one lecturer coming in with his friend while holding each others' hand and they made out by the door before coming in (<-- the gay-ish part is exaggerated just to make his character looks gay). he met the lab tech and said that he need to use the lab. the lab tech then reply that, the lab will be used for some program. they argue some more, while I was occupied to a PC which is few feets from where they were standing. then the lecturer shouted this, "Biarla mangkuk tu pakai PC belah sana, kita pakai la belah sini". I turned to look. The lab tech quite startled, he knew i somehow listened. i dont think the lecturer realized i'm with the company, he thought i am a student maybe. he only knew when his friend trying to cover his shit-trail by asking me politely, "berapa PC yg program ni nk pakai?". i answered and still staring at that monkey who called me mangkuk. he looked a bit shamed and just leave without continuing arguing with the lab tech. I do remember him, and also i believed he remembered me. because i keep remind him each time we crossed path. always giving him the cold stares. one time, we were in the elevator, i was holding a box of papers. i then knocked the box in an annoying manners, and whispering, "mangkuk...mangkuk". yeah more likely a chant. i'll do that until he die.

Chapter 157 - No Meaning

i was at my desk. doing my job, then my phone vibrated, check the mailbox and read 1 new message. it sound like this...

"fairuz we r done."

i was confused for a moment. who's breaking up with me? which girl? (<-- cewah..macam playboy pulak). Ya la..no girlfriend then should be no break up right? i waited some more. then another sms coming in.

"Exam done"

i laughed. she's the one from the Test Center. usually after the trainees' exam, i'll be going to pick up their results. Damn. she gave me a chill for a moment. i went there and told her about the sms. we laughed at it. Anyway, today got 1 fail. quite bad for an easy exam. (<-- senang ke? Adeh...aku dulu pakai toyol boleh la). last monday quite historic. 3 out of 43 passed the Java Exam. Others' U ada yg semua student fail. at least we got 3 pass. Tapi surely yg ada cert dalam Java akan terjual macam goreng pisang panas. I know... i was digging around for new job in Star. Most of the IT or non-IT companies looking for programmers. JAVA is a must. Cert is a bonus and able to get them extra $$ in their salary. Ah... i wont look for programmer post. m.a.l.a.s

Chapter 156 - Is There a Doctor In Here?

Congratulation Chah for passing the doctor xm. She was worried about it, but I knew she'll pass the xm. So, there's going to be another doctor in the world. Another doctor~friend..meaning i have options for 'free treatment'. Dr Izah ada... Dr Chah ada... hahahaha.... Hopefully i'm not going to be sick all the time.

So, as a present, i dedicate this song. I'm not being cheesy, just happened to remember your fav song. Oh yeah...it's in the video box below.

Chapter 155 - I Am Damned?!

Punca kesesakan aku setiap hari. Jem x hingat. orang yg sibuk keluar ke ibukota dari 3 arah di asimilasikan kedalam satu lane. apa kejadah semua ini? Tambah pula dengan construction yg menyempitkan lagi lane2 yg sedia ada. nasib kereta ada radio, kalau x... jadi sewel aku. InsyaAllah, construction of the new flyover akan memudah sekian makhluk yg menumpang di jalan sentul itu. rasa2nya mid-next year dah boleh aku merasa nikmat tidak jem dipagi hari. That if my new job requires me to commute on that route. That's right...new job. I mentioned before that, my current job is just a temporary. NO epf, kwsp, socso, perkeso, tesco, carrefour...none what-so-ever. by the end of each month, i'll only receive a naked check... with the agreed figures of course. Nk clear check pon amik masa 3 hari. Sooooo uncool.

I bought a new WiFi Modem the other day, i went to DigitalMall with Ammar n Apis. Ammar also bought the same modem. Alasannya, mudah nk troubleshoot. previously, i use the 3Com WiFi modem, which was strucked by lightning...twice. That's why emak dan ayah pesan suruh guna lightning adapter kat phone jack. Maaf..saya ingkar. Lesson never learned....skrg ni agak2 kalau hujan, cabut cable. abih cerita. X yah abihkan RM15 nk beli bende alah tu.

So, with the new modem, i can surf internet on my bed. that's something everybody know already, rite. of course dengan WiFi, anybody can surf internet even tgh berak ataupun menjemur kain diluar. Ish...apa point aku nih. oh... actually with my new sleeping habit where my sleeping time averaging at 10.30 pm, oftenly i got home at 8 pm, mandi, trus baring atas tilam while YM. daily...... MY LIFE'S BORING!!! i don't watch TV anymore (<-- except for Man Utd football matches). for now, i'm sticking with the habit. hopefully, with the new year just around the curb, i have the strength to change. Like Mr Pang and Mr Ng from my 'soft skill' seminar said, "Everyone have FOC (freedom of change)". Bless me with that opportunity, Allah...

Am I a Flirt?

I blame it on genetic. Hahahah... terbatuk bapak aku. But one thing I realized, I'm great at giving love advices to my frens. Those yg masih mencari cinta, yg dalam relationship mahupon yg dah putus cinta. Cakap aku sungguh berapi-api. Nasihat aku pon kalah Dr Fadillah Kamsah mahupon Prof Mashitah. Siap boleh jaja buku la kata orang. Tapi untuk diri sendiri? Huuuuu..kira nasihat tu x effective kat telinga sendiri... sah laku hanya utk telinga dan hati orang lain. Nk buat macam mana... I am Hitch... I am not Legend.... nor Pitt.

Am I an Idiot?

Yes.

Next

Amirul Fahrin Thambychek is becoming 2 years old this month. macam2 budak tu reti buat. Paham bahasa tapi degil. Namun menjadi kegilaan adik2 aku dan sedara mara.

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Pic belah kiri tu adalah ketika kami membuat pertandingan muka hodoh. Semestinya aku menang. just hours before, he got stomachache and vomit all the time (picture on the right). So the bucket is ready next to him all the time. Terbungkang layu je...

Thanks for listening my mumbling-jumbling...ada sedikit mamai arini...

Challooo....

Chapter 154 - Final Day at 405

Suddenly ada feeling2 nk post pagi ni. It is the last day for me at 405. Actually, last day for us here. i'm here with ammar, apis n faibo. after menyewa for almost 2 1/2 years, the tenature ends today. now we're waiting for our landlord to come, just before that, i steal some time to post. Last night, we went to play badminton at HEP. it was my first time playing there. facility is great, highly maintained and all. lantai lembut, so no worries kalau jatuh. but luckily x sape nk dive amik bola net. but, it is refreshing to sweat after quite some time. Sebok keje beb.

planned to play with my classmates, but only few came... ok la...organize last minute punya cerita

our dedicated ketua darjah (most right). he's the one making almost everything happen.

After badminton, ammar, faibo n me went to tepi lombong sek 7. also the first for us. never been there although tiap2 hari lalu. lepak sana until 3 am just sembang2, kutuk2 and reminiscense the good times.

woke up this morning, gosok gigi then went to HAKIM for breakfast. i just hope that it is not the last for us to gather. after this surely susah nk jumpa... but we'll try to catch up and meet once in a while.

Had a cup of tea o suam

bye 405. i'm gonna remember u and all of our moment together.

Chapter 153 - The Day After Saturday & Sunday

so there i was. waiting in front of Project Office (PO) at 8.40 am. The boss told me to come at 8.30 am. Punya kelam kabut ingat dah lambat, rupanya boss lagi lambat. Heh..it's all forgiven because aku pon lambat (<-- 10 minutes je beb) and also dia yg akan amik paycheck kat HQ. So, i was waiting for another 15 minutes. She's there, so i straight went to load the boxes of books onto the trolley because i was supposed to delivered them right before the class starts.. Man, the boxes were damn heavy. then i did the routine of checking the books and all, with a pocket knife in my right hand, i cut the cellotape confidently and ZASS (<-- dramatic sound effect), i slashed my left thumb. it was the moment of silent for me. then the blood started to gush out. nobody saw since everybody were busy with their own stuff. My boss' son kept bugging me to play with him. I reached a tissue pack on a desk and applied pressure to the wound. Soo many blood and i walked slowly to the toilet. i wasn't suppose to wash the wound actually, if im not mistaken, but i did anyway. Aritu pulak tisu toilet abis, i then sebat the tisu lap punggung (<-- it was clean by the way), and again, applying pressure to the wound. buku x anta lagi. so, i just clenched a fist with tissue covering the cut..and at the same time pushing the trolley, load the boxes into my car's bonet, unload, angkat naik those boxes sampai tingkat 3 building chemistry. then delivered the boxes to other departments. The whole time i was maki hamun the U sbb tak provide lift / elevator. Susah giler nk deliver buku. Abis kuar peluh jantan. Sio-sio den pakai baju centek2 ni ha..poluh satu badan. macam baru lopeh poe main bola la pulak. OK. tetiba lak nk ckp nogori. continue.... as there are movements with my left hand, lagi kencang darah keluar. so basically i was swapping tissue all the time. *sigh* later on the afternoon, i went to BHP and bought myself the hensoplas. a lot of them. in case.... Then, i found that i delivered the wrong set of books. ADUIH!!! tired already. but dah nama keje, has to be done. Pegi la aku terkial2 menghantar buku yg betol..macam OKU aku angkat buku2 tu. :P cuma peluh dan keringat yg menemani daku. tu belom sembang pasal trainer. i'll talk about the kerenah trainer later la... So, at the end of the day, i reflected things that happened. how careless i am, how mismanaged i am. it's all a learning process by the way. my friends kat U lain surely rilex je. but at least, i have tale to tell.
i win. (<-- nk jugak menang)...

chow

Chapter 152 - The Saturday and Sunday

One of the best Saturday n Sunday. Went to Melaka with my friends. Having soo much fun. But, it's just like what people said, "time flies when you're having fun". That's right. The more fun, the quicker time flies. So, to sum up (<-- save my time also because no need to go into details, u guys bukan kenal pon these people), the journey started from Shah Alam where all my passangers are from there. breakfast there...somebody belanja, dunno who (<-- nasib dia la). arrived at RnR Seremban to meet up with one of the organizer (<-- I'm just a co-organizer). Then from there, we convoyed to exit toll Ayer Keroh so that the tuan rumah can fetch us and direct us to his house. Oh man...ayer keroh is soo different. last time i was there when i went and visit Qayum at MMU. Now, ada intersections and mini-highway.. soo buleh sesat.... OK, picture above is the one taken at Ayer Keroh toll. since my masters' classmates ada yg dah kawen, so they brought along their childrens and some brought their anak sedara..

When the tuan rumah arrived, we went to his house for free lunch. Kira open house yg terlambat...dah lepas syawal pon. Xkesah, janji free. Ada Sate, nasi briani gam, and dadih for dessert. Bila masing2 kenyang, we decided to continue the program after Dzuhur. So, around 3.30pm, we arrived at Tg Bidara Beach Resort. First of all, i've read the comments from the Internet. It was horrible, which I found true. but exactly, i can say that, the place is suitable for outgoing guest. meaning that, if you're looking for stay-in hotel, Tg Bidara is not the place. look somewhere else. It's not that comfy. Anyway, the time we're in the chalet was around the time we sleep and bath. that's all. the rest semua outdoor. OK, upon arriving, we straight went for futsal, which my team won. then continue on for some beach volleyball. The pic below is taken when i was about to serve.

My team also won this. Then some went back to get ready for dinner, and some dipped in the sea to cool off the heat (<-- that's me).

Dinner time. we decided to go to pengkalan balak instead of Umbai, which i found as a wrong one. not because the food, but the logistic and all. i'll tell u later. So, the food were ready on the table as we arrived. We were actually late by 15-30 minutes. so, ada yg dah sejuk...but that's ok. semua dah kebulur. we ate, but byk yg x abih. even i ate a bit. macam dah kenyang belasah briani siang tadi. afterwards, the girls and some guys nk explore bandar hilir. some other guys (<-- yg dah kawen ~ somehow including me) macam dah berat badan. yela...kami pon bukan muda lagi...cewah. So, after main tarik2 tali, most agreed to go. ada la 1 family yg balik chalet. this is what i mentioned about. supposely if we went to umbai, kalau nk singgah ke bandar hilir tu kira on the way back. so, rugi sket kat situ..plus Umbai is said to have the best ikan bakar around. since malam tu malam minggu, traffic quite bizzarre la jugak. tapi kat dataran pahlawan tu ada parking spaces, and we parked there. sana, we took the liberty of visiting the infamous A Famosa. Some of us panjat the ruin uphill, church apa ntah.. (<-- if you remember chah, the one yg Ustat Din daki x guna tangga tu..that was and still hillarious to remembered). then ada yg naik beca but afterwards, we all went to kedai mamak and had a drink while watching Man U got beaten by Bolton (<-- DEM!). Not a great night for me.... anyway, after that we headed back to chalet.

Sunday morning starts with breakfast provided by the hotel. then straight to the beach. brenang sikit. then half-buried me under the sand (<-- why is it always me?). Then we played touch rugby which my team was beaten badly. Hahahaha... we sux at touch rubgy. Neway, we went into the swimming pool and swam around for about 1/2 hour. then we get ready to check-out. later, before lunch, we went to Taman Mini Asean, which was the first visit for me even i stayed at jasin for 2 years. OK, nothing much inside. most of the time waiting for those yg masuk each houses. Then we had our lunch there.. makan nasi ayam yg sgt sedap. still terliur kalau diingatkan.... so, after lunch ada yg balik sendri dan ada yg konvoi. Those yg konvoi adalah kami yg gerak dari shah alam. sampai SA around 5.30pm. Minum kat Hakim dulu... then baru berpisah.

Fuh...panjang jugak summary ni. anyway...that's that. we had soo much fun, and it's a shame that some of the classmates can't make it. plus we felt that it was so short holiday ~~~ next time we'll make it longer.

chow.

Chapter 151 - A Day Before Saturday & Sunday

my classmates and I planned to go to holiday months ago. It was set to be on 24th November. Everyone were excited; throwing ideas to do this and that during the 2 days 1 night holiday in Tanjung Bidara, Malacca. It was very energizing. Everybody were looking forward to that date. The idea was to go with all my Masters classmate, but some can't make it. even with few key persons missing, the trip was soo much fun. But that's that. I knew that something gonna happen when I'm going for vacation. Things that ring my bell are, during the MRSM Jasin's semester break, i was soo sick that i wasn't able to leave my bed. Syukri's wedding vacation also the same. Along's wedding vacation; my uncle involved in a terrible accident which killed his 2nd wife. And for this vacation, i tried my best to hush away any flu, fever or stomachache. Thankfully, none of those inflicted me, but Friday morning, my oldest brother caught in an accident. It was horrible. My mom called when i was at my workplace, and she sobbed. and I was, "Here we go..I knew my hunch was right. something surely gonna happen". She told me the horrible news but I was mentally prepared.

The accident was at 9 am..somewhere in Kluang. He hit a moving lorry from behind. Why he did that? because he slept..that's why! I did experience the same thing, luckily i just drove through an empty bus stop. But it was a different case here, he was submitted to Hospital Kluang. and since he needed to do the CT Scan, he was transferred to Hospital something-Aminah at JB. Those incompetent doctors and nurses didn't do anything at all. It furiated my mom and dad. They arrived at 4 pm and those so called doctors and nurses didn't even clean my brother up. The dried blood, mulut koyak, small pieces of shattered glasses in his hair and eye! even I who do not have a medical background can say that, those things can cause potential infections if it were to leave like that. I can't imagine what he'd gone through that 7 hours. So my dad transferred him to KPJ. A private hospital i guess... there he was treated as soon as he arrived. 10 stitches at his mouth, some cleaning, taking out all the glass in his eyes, scheduling a facial surgery on sunday. Everything.

I posted at my class forums mentioning about the accident. Everyone gave their kind words, wishing he'll be OK... and I'm so thankful to them. So I called my mom the night before saturday. She knew how bad i was planning for that holiday. She gave me the green-light. And that night i sleep soundly, but before that, praying to Allah so that my brother will be blessed..

Chapter 150 - Cheers

alhamdulillah... after 3 years of hardship, finally it ended in a beautiful convocation ceremony yesterday. the friends i made, along with sad, fun, happy, makan hati.. all those feelings and memories, i won't trade it for anything. i remembered 3 years ago, Zaza drove me in the iswara hapak (skrg tidak lagi), thanks to the leaky aircond. That time haram jadah aku tatau jalan kat dalam university, so dad asked Zaza to give me some tour guide since she studied there. So, i went all over the places due to the university's crappy birocracy policies. Ye la...nk daftar pon abis satu U aku round, macam masuk explorace plak, padahal nk letak nama aku dalam database je. Even saman pon 2-3 tempat kena pegi utk settlekan. Sigh*. Anyway, i begged for hostel and got it. Heheheh...using the excuse of 1st time being there and also i was a graduate of other U. The guy gave me a room which he claimed 'baekkk punya bilik'. Why? because it is located strategically overlooking the route where siswi use to go to cafe, restaurant and class. Nice huh... well lemme tell u, boys always be boys. especially boys in my dormitory. Those people are much gersang and jakun towards girls just because they are in the military boys. And i dunno how much trend it is for them, but most of them own vespa which is the ultimatum of noise and shitty morning sleep for me. Hate them and their vespa.

Anyway, i met new friends, but still blur and all. I dunno which subject to be taken, and cost me a year of study. but despite that, i met more friends, a batch of guys 2 years younger than me. They are fun to be with and as people says, 'being with young makes you young'... that's what i did. Hehehehe...so there i was, for 3 years. And lemme tell you, final year project aint easy if you are a procrastinator like i am. i nearly repeat the final semester, and with 2 weeks of full force, i managed to dodge the repetition. Actually it's kinda suck that we're not graduating together... i got friend whom supervisor got mixed up and unable to finish that semester even though he passed his project. Sian ngko... also, friends yg repeat semester, they'll be graduating next year.... to those yg still need to repeat the final semester, i wish you all the best.

ciao.

Chapter 149 - Just Act Stupid...Like You Always Do

Good Sunday... this is my first holiday since i worked. If you guys wondering if I miscount the other saturdays and sundays before, dont bother. Those days I spent in class whether doing presentations, exam or studying. Now, I feel bored. After 2-3 hours of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, my fingers starting to ache, and my head getting numb, i dunno what else to do. Maybe i'll watch some movies I've downloaded weeks ago. Hahaha...pending!

Just yesterday I got back from Shah Alam after settling with jubah konvo. Yep.. just another 6 days to shake hand with someone i dont even know, and get to hold a fake scroll. Nice huh... the downside is, parent aren't getting into the hall. they just gonna watch from another hall with this big ass screen showing realtime video of their son/daughter to graduate. Sian kan.... Anyway, im gonna look like a fat Gandalf in that jubah. Labuh la... but heck with that... asal dapat konvo.

I was, and still amused by those who admit they are "Bersih". Hahaha..no methaphore here, they are the one causing traffic jam in KL yesterday. Yeah, the riot thingy. Hey! Im not in any side here, but it kept me thinking. It's good to form a protest or any sort of demonstration...part of democracy, they say... meaning that there's something to fix and people are aware of it. Gandhi did once, except dia x kaco traffic. Hahahaha... Anyway, yesterday's gig was rarely to be seen in few years, i admit. The biggest purpose of protest is to be acknowledge and to get attention, but dude, you guys just menyusahkan orang ramai. Massive traffic jam around Klang Valley...... ingat travellers sronok ke terperangkap dalam traffic jam. I for sure don't! If derang nk sangat attention, why dont protest masa hari bekerja? Even the world gonna acknowledge them, ye la, protest hingga melumpuhkan ekonomi. Yeah...and why they didn't? because even the protesters pon nk cover periuk nasi derang. Yeah... the same periuk nasi yg musuh laknat mereka bekalkan. now, thats a methaphore. Knape x ikut Gandhi berlapar? nah..its too peace. where's the fun in that?

please to the readers yg tersinggung, dont hate-comment me. Let me phrase this, "This is not a political Blog!". People just amuse me, that's all.

Chapter 148 - Welcome

Just to shout out that my brother just got new baby on Thursday. Its a boy. The name is Arif something bin Ahmad Syukri. Dont blame me, i just got to see the boy and called him so up till now. Whole family is excited. My brother is in estatic mood. As for me, im happy to get another bully subject.

Well, congratulation to the couple; and Arif, welcome to this world.

Chapter 147 - The Moment

Yippa.... this is the moment i've been waiting for. End of the 1st sem Masters study... again, Yahoooo!!!! it's been a tough few weeks with the exams and presentation. even now i'm in the comp lab listening to others' presentation. Me? Well, our group presented first. My decision. It was a planned act becos I hate to present last. Why? because the expectations is much higher and i just want to finish this up as soon as possible. but i have this feeling that i'll be bored later on. because these few weeks, the days were busied with work, and nights were busied with study and assignments. afterwards, the night gonna be lonely. so, i guess that i'm going to miss the hectic day-in-day-out activities.

continue later.. just want to enjoy this short independent.