Krisis Pertengahan Umur

hello 2012

2012-01-01T21:14:00.004+03:00

hello 2012. today is Jan 1, 2012. yes i should write something here. The End :-)

let's rambling a bit lah. it's fun to see double tasneem growing. we got to be careful when talking because ameerah can simply reuse the words. she knows how to show rebellious now. "i dont want to be friend with u" and "all by myself" could simply comes out from her sweet mouth :p Arissa on the other hand seems pretty good in gaining attention by pretending choking. i do hope she does. else we'd be in trouble :p

we spent our new year countdown at home only. we were thinking to go to burj khalifa to enjoy the firework but we didn't want to stuck there until 4 am like we faced last year. surely we didnt enjoy much watching on TV. we just had movie marathon, started with "what's your number" followed by "abduction" and closed the 2011 with moneyball. i guess we just watched moneyball half-way only as everybody felt asleep in front of tv :-)

we woke up a bit late in the morning, after breakfast we decided to go to the paid Jumeirah Beach Park. i spent a good time making castle with ameerah at the beach while mommy and arissa enjoying the park. the beach and park were very nice. we didn't have something like this back home. something we gonna miss soon :-)
after maghrib we made a move and drop by Lulu to do some groceries shopping before heading back home. everyone was tired. Double tasneem cont napping. mommy started to cook her meal and me enjoying the cream cracker with tea :p I had enough late lunch already :-)

we're blessed with 2 kids now. actually it's not easy to handle two small kids without maid HaHaHa. we're so different from our old generation. we have so many things ahead. thinking of their education and the future. Deep inside i don't want my kid easily gets what they want, the reality is i can simply give what she wants now. i have to let her mom be the bad guy then HaHaHa. mommy always remind me on this ;-)

2012 resolution? this year i'm not specifically write on paper. most likely we'll be back for good in Q3 2012. bak kata ombak rindu saya pasrah keh keh keh.

sunriseee

2011-09-23T07:27:00.000+03:00

thursday morning wasn't so good. the sales guy wants the new proposal. arghh it's your KPI for having more sales and the reality you dont care much on the services. i don't trust this mat salleh at all. after all they invaded our country although our so-called historian (is this the right word) claimed we never been colonized by them :p rest of the day was history. malas nak cerita pasal kerja. tak best..

anyway once back home i just had hlaf plate of spagheti.. and just stick myself in front of tv. i was so sleepy so i decided to pary ishak first and return to tv. cont chatiing and didnt realize i was felt asleep. i woke up at 12.30 am to change to my sleepwear and landed myself on bed. towards subuh i had a nightmare :p; am not interested to share that stupid dream and after all towards subuh; there must be shaitan hehehe. after subuh i felt so fresh hehe. it happened just once in a while, i wish i could do it every single day. dream on bebeh!! i checked my fb and update my status that i wanted to jog at the beach to watch the sunrise and the moment of one of good friend "like" my status i decided to have a GO. I changed to my nike dry fit and running shoes and not to forget my short :p i straight away running towards the beach. i couldnt believe there are quite many people already enjoying the beach. some of them lying down reading the books, some groups having a boot camp and some slowly strolling along the beach. some having a nice body tone and some dont haha. after 10 minutes relaxing my eyes there i continued my journey towards end of jumeirah walk and ruinning along marina walk towards home. i finished it in an hour!!

back home i squeezed all remaining orange for my drinks. it's fresh orange jucie with no sugar. what a healthy morning i had today. now i'm in front of mel's public computer updating my blog.

gooooodddd.. things so easy when u update things that just happened for the last hour! Happy weekend everybody. love all and hate none

2.22 am from dubai ;-)

2011-09-21T01:22:00.005+03:00

Raya was over. i had a good one week trip in malaysia. Most importantly i could spent a quality time with my adorable princess Ameerah Tasneem. Indeed she's everything to me now. as usual don't expect i could write well as i always don't know exactly what to share tonight. what made me writing this, I just felt a bit warm after accidentally listening to the "sorry seems to be the hardest word". easy and nice song to hear at this hour when you alone. the perfect word we could say i'm in jiwang mode now. Yeah... it's better than surfing porn isn't it?
i ate a lot during raya and i just realized i've been gaining weight. I've to stop it. surely i dont want to be as big as my two eldest brothers. Ha Ha. let them be, they no longer can be saved kah kah kah. anyway they pretty happy with their life. i was 56kg before marriage and after 9 years i'm at 66-68kg now. the best I could drop was 63 and i started to enjoy the food again. Now i've been trying again to lose 5kg in in 5 weeks. I've been doing good exercise for the past 2 weeks; i've been running and walking at least 5km a day and stop taking rice. i take oat in the morning followed by an apple in the afternoon and a 1/2 plate of spaghethi for dinner. grapes and oranges always in the fridge now. i'm pretty good in discipline myself. of course i'm concern about all the jeans and shirts that i have haha. BUT.. Sha was depressed in the office and asked me out for dinner tonight where i was about to have 1/2 plate of my spagheti. She picked me up and we headed to Chime. we ordered sontam, a bowl of crab fried rice and a plate of char keow teow. It's very big portion! Seriously i was so full and bloated with the food, and started to lend my ear to her. Office politic is normal and everywhere. I believe it's part of the ongoing phase that we have to endure while working with people. She believe in that too. It just that sharing and throwing out what u kept for the whole day was good to release your stress. She's doing great in her career and my eyes wide open when she told me that she just bought a cartier watch for her father and was the price of Mi-V. WALAWOW!! I did buy watches for Ayah and Umi and it cost less than 2k for both of them :-) The expensive watch that I bought so far is the one that I'm wearing now which cost around 3k only after 8 years of working. I repeat after 8 years. It's not that expensive compared to most malaysian lifestyle that love the gadgets. Just tell me how many phones, lappy, ipad, BB etc have you changed? it cost more that my watch. How many phone that I bought so far since I landed myself in this corporate world. Only 3. Siemens, Nokia 8210 and Bold 1 Blackberry. I have extra now but it's a company phone. My Sony Ericsson was a birthday gift from my pretty Mel. I don't fancy gadgets. Thanks, so i dont spend much on this. I'm a bit lost in my story now hehe. What i wanted to share tonight; i felt guilty to myself after bloating myself with food with Cik Sha today. I was about to jog or take a brisk walk for 10km just now. Then suddenly aftter reaching home i was on BBM with Mel and stuck in front of the computer too checking the FB. Browsing all the pictures of my friends. I'm happy to see how we change and transform ourselves. simply say no calories burnt at all. the only thing i want to do and sleep a bit late to ensure the food would be processes and digested in a good way. I dont care much about tomorrow training; just make myself available before 10 am should be fine. Customer projects? so-so it goes pretty well and i've to put more trust on my team as i can't afford to follow up every details. Shouting? I don't bother much. I just let them bombarding me and I'll reply with my smiling face. I've to keep on putting all positive elements into me to face; I dont want to die stress HaHa. Yes we are in telco-IT industry but as a vendor we are part of service industry and I'm answerable to them, although I've no answer and look stupid when I'm lost. Yes they have the right to shout and now I don't care much because my philosophy become simpler. We are all humans and everybody will die someday. Let's enjoy life and live well

Well done; i managed to deliver my first point; I felt guilty after heavy meal :-)

Let's talk about life. If you want to do anything do it at young age before you have any commitment. That is the best. Just try out what you love to do especially when you are in early 20s. Let them explore the world and encourage them what they love. This is something that we've to instill in our next generation. Don't limit them to be a doctor, lawyer? unless they really love it. Most people including me I had no clear direction what I wanted to do. I was so afraid doing the thing that I wanted to do and ended up I just follwed and took the opportunity what came to me. i would say I'm lucky because besides my So So or not So-good college degree I had a good job. Then came the opprotunity to come to the middle east which i took the chance and planning to be here for 5 years at least. for the record by end of this year it would be 5 years inchaAllah. The reality i never liked what i was doing. i just worked for the sake of money and to support my families. That's reality. I managed to grow myself in the industry and i'm in the phase sometimes LIKE and DONT LIKE what I'm doing. I've to be realistic to myself too; I dont dare to jump myself into business and by taking myself out of Malaysia i can earn more. Still... I'm working on salary and being abroad you always dream to be back home for good someday. Now I have Ameerah and inchaAllah next month new kid on the on the block would be arriving into this world. I've more responsibility. Surely I love this responsibility because they mean a lot to me. They keep my momentum going. I'm happy with what I am and i can't deny the fact of having strong support from my beloved wife. She's stronger than me. She made a brave decision when she quit from oil and gas company and landed herself in unit trust industry. She did pretty well but she didn't have a good support probably - from me :-) anyway that was history; she tried and i believe she could could succeed more if she wanted to but that industry not her business. it didnt suit her personality. she's the eldest in the family and meeting me is a perfect match lah. Ha Ha. "Behind every successful man is a woman" is true atau still a man behind it if he's having gay partner keh keh keh.

when u were young u were very calculative during raya day.. but now abi tak kesah as long by the time i'm in kampung i can see my parents and all my siblings. that matter me most. Let's pray Mel is going to do well in 2nd baby delivery. Aminn.

Ameerah came to us on Feb 3, 2009 after our marriage on 31st Oct 2002. Can you imagine how long we'd been waiting for that. Those people never experienced it let me tell you one thing. DON'T PRETEND that YOU UNDERSTAND. you wouldn't and NEVER. The only person that I respect most is my Ayah only. Not even a word he asked me about it. I know that he's been praying for me. (berair sikit air mata gua cerita pasal ayah kat sini). As a normal human being I can forgive but I coudn't forget. It hurts indeed. This is normal questions.

These what was shooted to me directly: It still crystal clear on my ear.

1. Hangpa ni tamau anak ka?
2. Depa dua dua ni mandul
3. Itu la orang suruh ada anak
4. Ambil anak aku ni; ko memang takkan dapat anak punya. (Yes this one I was stumbled and i was crying like a small kid while Mel watching me)

From third party: (I shouldn't count on this. Come on i'm normal human being. and i feel to share at this hour now)
1. depa tu ada duit tapi kesian tadak anak.

Now what's the latest came to my ear recently:
1. anak perempuan kena usaha lagi, tadak waris...

Did i do anything wrong to you? Stop meddling in my personal life. To friends and families please do understand, all rational pepole who were married want kids. But that gift is from Allah. Remember that.
I don't believe in Bomoh and i never visited any bomoh. I have my faith in Allah and I'm Ok with the doctors. we visited Ampang Puteri and ended up Mel banned the doctor. we visitied the HUKM, Prof Zainol back in 2006 still no luck.
I decided to perform Umrah and pray in front of Kaabah during Ramadan in 2007. Alhamdulillah Mel was pregnant in June 2008 and Ameerah was born in Feb 3, 2009. InchaAllah.. if we still don't get what can we do. there's a very good reason why Allah doesn't grant it.
we decided to keep the same doctor until now and that's the reason we visit the HUKM back.

if we have other family members or friends that facing this situation we shall support them. please think before you say.

Let's go to the fun story now; Money can change people life somehow. As long as you remember roots and never forget your mak bapak inchaAllah selamat. I still remember the day that Mel made a statement that "yang takkan beli lah beg ribu2 mcm tu. baik yang buat benda lain". The reality is when she got her first LV, she started adding Gucci, Prada and Burbery into her collection. She's so kind :p and start letting out her Guess and ninewest to sisters. I guess is normal when you love your wife and you can afford at that particular time you don't mind of buying her such gifts. The 5 years plan is going to be over and she always have a good reason to do that because she has a very good projection because she wont get it once we back for good. Since we moved to Dubai a year ago mel didn't add new collection. Bag jer byk dalam ada 5 hengget! :p What;s the reality here? That's the reality of Doha expat's wife. you must have a Gucci at least :p we're in Dubai now and start counting down to be back for good.....when exactly? only God knows

I'm running of idea now and my heavy dinner had been digested well. Off to bed now.
2.19 am Dubai

lazy friday with ameerah

2011-07-22T22:33:00.003+03:00

mommy is becoming abaya tokey lately. she has been updating her blog and uploaded all colourful abaya at her fb and blogs. i could see this her one time business since she's gonna fly back home in 2 weeks time to deliver the baby in malaysia. i got to remind her to return the capital to ensure that she's really doing business :p haha. anyway good luck for her.

Sha has been spending time with us for couple of days since her new house is yet to be ready. ameerah is kinda happy to have her as well. mommy too as she could gossiping at home :p

anyway today sha went out with her bff and mommy left us at home for souq naif again. seriously nothing much i could do when both of us alone; ameerah would be all the time around me and forcing me to play with her haha. i tried to ask her playing in the bedroom in hoping she would fall asleep :p but it didn't help. probably this could be her revenge after 3 days missing in action to doha; so i decided to bring her out and heading to the jumeirah walk. it was great indeed; we run chaisng each other until we reached the beach. time to watch sunset and time for abi to cleanse the eyes keh keh keh. we stroll along the beach together while watching people having fun in the water. i checked the price for banana boat and it was very pricey. 65 dirham for each person is too much compared to what we had in PD. no intention to ride ameerah; it just so happened we met the place while strolling the beach. the water seemed nice too; it's warm which i could think of bring her again and we could swim together. as if i would be rajin after this. the sunset was over so we decided to go home; arghh i tot to drop by juice stall but they just accepted cash and i had 20 dirham in the pocket haha. we changed the plan by heading home and drop by Starbucks to have mocha frappucino and whice choc cheese cake. ameerah just had mineral water only. hehe. after spending 15 minutes there and suddenly said cheers and hit her glass with mine. one emirati was smiling and said "aaa cheerss... not good for her" deep inside i was a bit malu la; tapi i guess that guy must thought we were pinoy haha so i just asked ameerah to go home. hey don't blame me about that cheers ; it was her aunty sha Ok.

back home i let her playing with the bubbles in the tub while i was cleaning the shoes that has been dirt with sands. i joined her to wash... i need to have dinner for a while.. will conmt later

hello

2011-07-18T02:48:00.003+03:00

hello.. i woke up at the wee hours for isyak prayer. 2.45 am to be exact. we were forced to sleep to ensure ameerah went to bed before 9 pm. she had a very long nap in the day time and it was hard for her to go to sleep again. she was singing, rolling all over over and once in a while kissing us to melt us in hoping that we would play with her. the only reason she has to go to play school today at 8 am. if we keep her awake there's no way show would be fresh and excited to be in school. this lil princess is very talkative and everything she does at home basically would melt my heart. forget about how she flies and sweeping on the floor at the shopping malls. that really irritates me :p ; i just presume that her normal growth process HaHa that hunger for attention when she couldn't get what she wants.

She talks a lot although most of the words only she herself could understand it. seriously when she does something to us and says " say thank u ameeyah" and definitely we'll do so and promptly she replied "u're welcome" is a big thing to us. pretending crying in front of her; she'll pat you and says "no worry" abi would make me "cry"ing more just to tease her. she loves to imitate her mommy when she plays with her "katie" and "baby".. "clean up everything" she orders them :-) She does love music. she knows very well to dance to the music. her tokwan in grik would be shock HaHa looking at her dancing the no wonders number "nobody but you".

she's more than 2 years now. she's the best thing happening in front of my eyes now. Soon she'll be having adik. can't wait to see what's gonna happen next.

what about me? honestly nothing interesting in my job. i love this city. yes dubai is fantastic. everyone has changed their expat contract to local here, and that doesn't excite me. for now i've no plan to renew once expires. by end of this year I'll reach my target to be away for 5 years. i believe i should stick to my original 5 years plan. let's pray subuh now, and i have to take some sleep again :-)

i'm writing

2010-11-19T10:37:00.001+03:00

i'm writing.. let's see how it goes. we went back for Raya holiday on the last day of ramadhan. i managed to to get air tebu at least. 1st raya in kl, and followed by malacca on the second day. Ameerah was not comforatble at the beginning. she kind of refused to get close to any of families and she was being cranky all the time, probably due to jet lag. we headed back to kg and spent the whole week in padang jeri. the whole week was very relaxing and i'm pretty lazy to describe those feeling haHa.
Back to KL, just a normal routine. hang out with siblings and we managed to escape 4D3N to Krabi while leaving Ameerah with her atok + nenek. the last day was disturbing when nenek called and said ameerah was cring and calling abiii abiii abii. i felt like going to the airport and get the instant flight. unfortunately the flight just once a day, so we got to wait till tomorrow. i could felt the moment ameerah was running towards me when looking at me at the airport. I miss that moment. I guess i'm not going to share anythings on vacation day. I just miss my Ameerah pretty badly. Mel used to leave me alone for 6 months when she was pregnant. Ameerah just been away for 2 months now. i cant wait to hug her on 23rd next week. I'll be traveling to Doha from 21-23, and would be meeting them at the airport. I purposely cut short of Doha trip. my story ends :-) Sorry to bore u guys.

life...

2010-08-28T15:34:00.002+03:00

I have a house in Dubai now. i don't own it. I'm renting it. although my company stated in the contract that i should get 2 bedroom furnished apartment but they set the max limit i could go for. With that limit I couldn't get at my preferred location. I found one which we are staying now. we love the place but it was not fully furnished. We decided to go for it and use some settling allowance to furnish it :P Yes I have to say my company is a cheapskate :P Have to argue for the things that you deserve. anyway the new deal quite OK. still within my target for the next 2 years.
Ameerah is happy too. the moment she stepped into the house she was singing and murmuring. We had one bed on the first day and the rest was empty. that was enough to sleep well ;-) quite lucky because the owner provided the curtain and blind so we safe some money there. we spent almost 3 weeks to furnish the house. we have good amenities too. the landlord paid 26k a year for the maintenance. I don't bother to know the price when he made it loud. I appreciate it however the rent price has been dropping more than 50% anyway. The fact is a lot more of empty flats and a lot more on construction. for some reason they cant bring the price down to sustain an elite surroundings. Hopefully they will maintain the same price next year so I don't have to bother to make a move until my contract ends.
I guess i should be back for good after 6 years which means by end of 2012, Ameerah should be living in Sutera Kajang. I know it's kinda hard to be back after spending so many years abroad. I have this kind of feeling inside me. I wish none of my close family especially my father will leave me when I'm away. I don't want that to happen. I keep checking on him. asking for blessing to continue my work here. I'm happy to hear that he's happy. we had a good chat this morning anyway. I plan on January 2013, I'll be back for good and spend my time in Malaysia. I can make a frequent visit to kampung. Ameerah and wish she'd be having a brother/sister by then ;-) could spend more time with their tokwan, opah, atok and nenek. not to forget all our close families in Grik. Of course I have to make sure I don't have much liability to sustain. That's reality.

Let's pray for the better day! Ramadan Kareem....

2010.

2010-07-17T01:14:00.003+03:00

half of year 2010 gone. gosh. this is my first entry of the year. looks like abandoned blog :-)
blame FB and blame BB!! try to figure out something that i can share at this wee hour. 1.17 am to be exact. Mommy is sleeping and Ameerah went out for sleep over at her god-parents ;-)
Shall I summarize what had happened, is happening and gonna happen?
I was at dead end in the beginning of the year. browsing the internet and tried to catch any good job back home. same lame story every year. always want to be back. In the end remains as it is. This year I could see myself grow a bit. Since I got the offer I decided to terminate the contract. Make it the long story short, I signed a new contract to be based in Dubai for another 2 years. I would say the new terms apparently fair for both parties. I managed to get a good house at a very good location and amenities and 90% secured. why 90%? surely it has to be signed by the management. Next morning a guy from mover company will come and do the assessment on our personal belongings so they could provide a correct quote :p
Pros: Officially based in Dubai and all families will be having proper residence visa. On top of that Dubai is so much to see compared to Doha. I no longer need the exit permit to leave the country
Cons: My job still in Doha, so i've got to come here on business trip. whatever it takes, I have to be back every week to see my princess....and not to forget my Mel ;-)
Later once 100% the unit secured ;-) I'll recommend my house agent to you. as of now she has been doing a good job to me. Alhamdulillah.
Let's start a brand new story for Q3 of 2010!! fingers crossssing.....

another year

2009-12-31T11:15:00.003+03:00

we tend to abandon the blog once all the update could be done via facebook. fb is the in-thing now where we could get connected to our friends and families. Now with having bb in your hands u could always update on the move. yes people are buying technology. to recall back, i started to use cellphone in my first year job.

anyway, once u abroad it's kinda hard to be back unless u r forced to at least too bad to be true for me. I keep on saying to finish off till the year end and decide to be back. the fact is, i'm still alive and kicking in this foreign land.

We just moved to a new place and pretty happy to be here for the last 2 days :P
will plan for next vacation later. plan to be back during raya too. perhaps before that, we'll travel somewhere.

i would like to wish happy new year to all my friends and families Happy twenty ten !!

safely back in DOH - fr istanbul

2009-12-04T01:24:00.004+03:00

Now i have something to jot down here. nothing much. just simply to update that we just safely back in doha from our short vacation to istanbul. 5D4N was not enough to cover the whole istanbul. Our free and easy trip seemed to be hectic, and we almost canceled bospharus trip due to ameerah's condition. she had a very bad fever and me and mel took turn to check on her. paracetamol for every 4 hours in 12 hours time seemed did not bring down her body temperature. after checking with the reception the nearest clinic in town that could speak english, ameerah was getting better. we made a consencus decision for bosphorus trip and alhamdulillah we made it. The rest of the trips, i believe Mel will update it later in her FB. check it out ;-)
I would say, Istanbul is really a great city to visit which u'll never regret it. One thing u probably didn't like when it comes to bargain on the price of taxi fare or things that u wanted to buy at the bazaar. They might be sarcastic with their words towards you ;-)
although i reminded mel that we would go there for sight-seeing but as usual, we would not be able to change back the money that we bought it before :P all gone until at the very last minute ..
..lupa plak.. we went there with asyraf + zura and their 2 lovely kids.

ramadan kareem

2009-09-05T13:04:00.002+03:00

Dah separuh ramadahan. secara jujurnya terawikh tahun ini begitu hancur sekali.
apa aku nak update tak tahu. will try to write something lah. here we go.

i'm alone in doha for now. mel and ameerah in KL. they followed me back when i was having training in KL before.
the schedule was very tight and i could't step my foot at KLCC at all. Since my training was in bandar utama and staying at one world hotel, i went to my brother's place a couple of times. after all his house just on the crossing of the main road.

I didn't manage to pay a visit to my uncle's place :-) so i just asked mel to go there with ameerah a week after. Well, my wife could go to my family place without me but NOT another way around hehe.
So back to doha alone, and ramadahan began. I realized that i have been spending my puasa abroad since 2005. back in KL, in 2005 and 2006 i was in jakarta and hongkong. 2007 spent a week in mekah and the rest in doha. AND never complete my 30 days (is it 29 or 30)? with Mel around. My wife love to leave me during Ramadan. hehe. For some very good reason, we have to be apart. For instance for this year. they followed me back for training and it happened to be close to ramadan, and we plan to have raya in malaysia. what's the point of spending unnecessary flight ticket just to be in doha for 3 weeks right. atok and nenek ampang could spend more time with Ameerah too. well ameerah just back to grik for 2 days ;-). To make it fair, we'll be spending our raya at Padang Jeri. That's how my fair rules work hehe. don't be so petty lah. when it comes to marriage there must be give and take. 60 for u 40 for wife oso OK (or vice versa) as long as mutually agreed by both hehe. don't be so rigid to have 50-50 all the time.

puasa in doha bujang2 ni oklah. dah ada advance plan. sometimes go to friend's house or having iftar together with all close friends at the restaurant. the bad thing here, no cheap restaurant that could fit yr appetite or sedap your tekak. Holiday villa just started their operation in doha since may. and they provide iftar buffet in malaysian way. the price a bit pricey lah jugak 130 each. the variety not so much lah compared to malaysian hotel. tapi you are no longer young that so excited to fill up all edible foods inside your tummy. CANNOT GO anymore!! remember the old days when u started your first job and u were invited to free buffet at any hotel and yr stomach was gonna bloat...mcm nak pecah perut makan. today nak makan mana? it looks like we gonna have it at penderossa. the price is very reasonable. 50 satu kepala. i guess that's the cheapest in doha. and someone has to be the macai to book the place. reserve by call will not help. so the macai has to be there early, seat and wait for all the gangs. org bujang selalu diarah jadi macai. tapi hari ni aku malas hahaha.

nak mandi lah

ameerah will be flying back.....

2009-07-28T21:48:00.002+03:00

i'll be having training in kl for a week. mommy and ameerah will be follwing me back and they will stay until raya. i will retun to doha alone and will join them back later a week before raya.
... just bought the ticket and first row and bassinet have been reserved..

ameerah is on solid food now...

2009-07-16T13:07:00.001+03:00

a quick update. we went to dubai last weekend. mel kept on pushing me to be there. she wanted to shop for ameerah and of course for her as well. I intended not to buy any for myself but i bought a few working shirt. almost colateral damage after heavenly shopping in doha last month :P.
Back to doha, after recalculating, i kept on nagging at mel and reminding her not ask any special gift for anniversary. Oh well she knew me very well when I got hot due to money, she just kept quite or obliged to what i said :P. Then Ameerah was ready for solid food. so she offered to use her 'hidden' money to buy the hand blender and comforting me by buying a juice maker :P. I was happy. but thinking it back, she could comfort me by giving me a juice maker? very strange indeed. From that day, i keep on buying fruits and starts blending anything. Just name it. mango smoothie, ice blended horlick, mango + kiwi smoothie.. anything. my neighbour must not be happy at night now listening to the blending tune.
I'm not saying i'm stingy or running out of money. But i'm quite particular in savings. anything less than my target will change my mood instantly.

For the past few weeks, i keep on thinking of going home for good. Mel prefers not to give any more input and the best she could say "i'm OK if u want to be back, and back to my work". and she starts thinking of decorating Ameerah's room. I know I have to make a pause and thinking it wisely again. We know the grass always looks greener on the other side. Once we step on it, the look could be another way around. That's normal and that's human. My immediate boss gave me a call and confirm that i'll starting doing a new thing from next week. So i decided to see what's gonna happen in a few weeks time. After all only a few monts left before year end. Times flies so fast isn't it?
Ok fine, i should be thankful what i have now. Indeed I am. But it's a human nature to treasure a new thing that has been hunting for years.
And the fact is i'm no longer happy what i am doing now.

running out of idea for now.. will update more soon ;-)

Limas

2009-06-28T23:09:00.005+03:00

most ppl call it tepung pelita. but our family call it limas. we decided to give a try so mel asked the recipe from Kakak and i prepared the "sampan" keh keh keh.
not bad for 1st attempt. the taste quite nice but the texture a bit hard. we'll try again tomorrow.
i'm quite good though in making the sampan compared to mel
1st row done by me and second row.. who else. mommy did it. keh keh keh

no worries mommy. i believe after a few hands on, u'll beat Kakak soon...
go mommy go!!

this kuih reminded me my late mom. this is my fav besides ikan bilis and telur when i was a kid. the day where i never shared glass/cup or plate with anybody. keh keh keh.

New update ngeh ngeh ngeh

2009-06-20T11:20:00.006+03:00

It has been a while. a couple of times writing a few notes but did not able to upload or i purposely deleted it. I checked the shoutbox, could see the message from cik kim asking me alive or not. anyway i do open and read my uncles and cousins blog frequnetly. somehow u stuck with the idea what shall you pen down here.

My working life is a bit change lately as I'm busier than used to be. a lot of migration need to be completed in june as everybody plan for summer leave starting from july. personal side, i kinda like it and i would say living in KL is more hectic. Ameerah, Alhamdulillah growing well. she bubles a lot and her shirt easily get wet. she knows how to face down and trying hard to crawl. she's making noise every now and then and behavin well when we go out to the mall. probably it was due to her mommy window shopping habit during pregnancy.

I called kampung 2 days ago, and umi complained the same thing too. i haven't called them for quite sometime. Like Adik said, we probably busy playing with Ameerah HeHe. Seriously we miss everything and all families back home. ayah and umi sounds OK and happy to know they have no problem with health. Umi updated me that Adik went to Sabah to visit her beloved sister there. I came to know that she is a blogger too and at least we know they are happy there. Anyway to keep on blogging and updating any issue is not an easy way. Mine still survive till this date ;-) although it looks like i'm no longer frequent writer.

Doha is having sale since last 2 weeks. Most wanted stuff by Doha mommies on 50% sale . poyos.. june and december is the best way to be out of doha so u won't spend much on those. the fact is human is human; the temptation is hard to resist. Mel gone wild by spending all her special gift for bringing Ameerah to this world. Shall she thanks to Ameerah :P

Yesterday was June 19, and it was mel's birthday. I kept on wishing it 3 days before and i believe she wouldn't expect any as she got her birthday gift in advance. I was busy at the office too doing load testing and suddenly shambeng asking me to be in leo's place. I told him that i couldnt go anywhere as it was mel's birthday. Then he suggested to make surprise birthday party for Mel. I was quite reluctant to do it because i never done it before. So i just passed the money to him to buy the cake and coordinate the event. At home before heading to leo's I was quite good in acting HaHa. Being sarcastic to anything that her doing would do a job well. She nagged me all the way to leo's. Reverse physcology by saying "yang mesti perasan kan, kot kot lah depa tuh buat surprise party kat yang". i really pissed her off. HaHa.

Once we arrived there, the plan was not so well. one of our collegue had punctured tyre and some of them had to go out and rescue her. The guys had to hide the cake first. A few minutes later, everybody home. I went to the kitchen, and lights off and everybody singing Happy besday while I carried the cake to Mel. keh keh keh. Sebenatnya gua pun malu2 jugak since i never done before and it all well planned by our friends here. Mel was blushing and as usual, she couldn't react and stunned with the event. she was clueless. I knew deep inside her, she must be happy then. Then the party began.......... well nothing much. we just had makan2 and borak2 while kids playing all around the house.

yeahh Opera Cake

Guys

Ladies

Mommy, abi and Ameerah :-)

ameerah - baby talk

2009-05-20T18:59:00.002+03:00

Dah start panassss 41^C

2009-05-10T12:27:00.001+03:00

i'm working

2009-05-06T03:50:00.003+03:00

so everybody does.. anyway it's quite rare for me to work at this hour. i woke up at 2.30 am to do another round of testing. tapi tak setel. aku test jer, but my colleague from Finland were the one updated the code :P Cool gak. u just did the test and tell them, either is working or not. but u have to make sure it's working else u have to repeat the same process again and again. Bosan lah citer pasal keje.
Haha, nyace menakutkan aku konon ada hantu. I work remotely, just a 5 meter from Ameerah.
di sbbkan mamat tu tgh fix sbb tak jalan, aku nak gi makan makaroni sat yang mel buat malam tadi. ciao.

update on ameerah

2009-04-29T22:43:00.011+03:00

sudah pastu tgh tika ini sepupu2 aku dan pakcik2 aku tgh sibuk tgh MU lwn arsenal. donno much about the game though, but will be nice to hear if gunner wins the game :P
dok tahu la bila nak kelik kapung. plan raya, tapi tiket dok beli pun lagi.

tadi baru kawan mai melawat ameerah. so ameerah dapat baju lagi. thanks to aunty dila, diba, and sha and the CO.

Here are the pictures of ameerah on her 2 months old ++
untuk tatapan semua terutama keluarga. che pakcik dan opah cik di pandan, mak2 dan bapak2 sedara ameerah di merata2 tempat. atok dan nenek ampang selalu skype. atok dan opah padang jeri susah nak kenal ni. since ameerah blom balik padang jeri lagi, hopefully we can make it this raya. apa2 pun hanya mampu merancang.

ameerah dah cukur...

aktiviti minggu lepas

2009-04-29T10:34:00.006+03:00

ini group bujang. so semua isteri kena tinggal. kami pi inland sea dan tangkap kupang.
balik masak sedap..

what a bad day...

2009-04-22T22:48:00.002+03:00

2 hari berturut2 ni agac hectic lah. rasa mcm dah tak sesuai dah aku nak kerja2 malam.
woke up at 2.30 am and did the testing and went to work by 6.10 am. back from work, we had a group of visitors, which is our good friend indeed and off to bed at 12.00 am. then by 2.30 am again woke up heading to airport, off to dubai. surprisingly i was denied to enter dubai, and was asked to get the copy of visa from the visa section which i followed bluntly and was told no visa required for malaysian. so i chose different lane and went through without a problem. i had my breakfast at the airport, then made a move around 7 am. I was second in the office, which i only knew a few. of course i am, since i live in the isolated island. the workshop was quite short and had a plenty of time to mobile. had a discussion with my VP and manager on my family visa, and no firm decision being made. then got a cab all the way to mall of emirates to do window shopping . buat muka konfiden sikit :P ada 500 dirham ja nak beli apo. then i was damn sleepy like zombie. so drop by at coffee bean for mocha and unconciuosly slept there for 30 mins. i couldn't hold anymore so got a cab to airport. tried to change to early flight and was advised to check at the boarding gate. i was the 1st in the queue and quite confident to get the seat then suddenly 3 man in white robe came in. f***!! they got the seat so i got to stay on my orig flight. then found out the flight was delayed. so here i am, writing this .
dubai and doha just pretty the same because we live in hierachy system. ya ya ada hukum kasta

berak

2009-04-09T10:10:00.001+03:00

yesterday, mommy and nenek went shopping while me and ameerah stayed home. like before i wish she wouldn't poo poo, or at least she could hold it until they came back. my prediction was wrong. Suddenly while watching cartoon she started to cry, and i gave her bottled milk, which she refused at first. i persuaded her and she suck it slowly and kept on making noise. Ok ek ok ek. once done she continued merengek. She must be baking then. goshhh. I put her on bed and had to change her diaper. I was a bit panick haha looking at that spoilt cake and with the smell. erkk. I took a bowl of water which ended up pouring on my bed, and decided to wash her in the toilet. Then sudddenly, ding dong, ding dong, the doorbell was ringging. Thank God mommy's home. So the job had been taken over. hehehe.. will try again next time :P

Wee wee and poo poo

2009-04-06T09:55:00.002+03:00

OK, now everybody is here. mommy, ameerah and mama. Ameerah is 2 months 3 days now. she is growing well and so manja la. she cries for milk but they way she cries will melt you. sounds manja or benyek hahaha. I love to tease her and let her be especially in the morning. kiss her until she cries before left for work.
the beauty of living here, you have so much time to spend with your family and it means not much job at work HeHe. Although i find it pretty bored at work, it changes me once home. Cuddling Ameerah and do baby talking with her such a lovely thing to do now.
I can change her "huggies" if she wee wee only for the time being and never tried when she poo poo. HaHa. Later lah mommy. The color so yellow now HaHaHa.
I just received SMS from abg jan and my parents safely return from Umrah. Alhamdulillah.
if you want to see the collection of photos mom at Doha, just check at Mel's facebook. a picture says a thousand words, but there a lot of pictures, so millions of words are there ;-)

apa nak jadi...

2009-03-25T13:04:00.001+03:00

State paid for MB’s wife to visit son in Melbourne

By Neville Spykerman

SHAH ALAM, March 25 — Permodalan Negri Selangor Berhad (PNSB) chief executive officer Datin Khairiyah Abu Hassan testified before the legislature today that the state subsidiary was ‘instructed” to pick up the cost to Melbourne for the wife of former menteri besar Datin Zahrah Kechik to visit their son who was studying there.

Khairiyah told the Special Select Committee for Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) that she received the instructions directly from Zahrah and was “told” to accompany her on the three day visit, in 2007. (continue..)

spm

2009-03-12T11:37:00.003+03:00

hari ni spm keluar, so pun terus bukak blog pak cik aku sbb nak tgk result izzati. as expected she scored A1 for all papers. Sungguh menakutkan melihat keputusan budak2 sekarang. Huhu
penuh piggy bank dia lepas ni hehehe

Sabar itu separuh dpd Iman keh keh keh

2009-03-07T22:42:00.007+03:00

i donno so much ppl in doha, but i do have my own circle here and we pretty close to each other. I do realize that some people are comfortable be friend with me although my life quite dull with no interest to share. I found it funny too. Sometimes they do share their personal life which I listen and understand it well but no advice to be offered. Firstly they did something that i never did and how could i advice them? still they love to share it with me.
With not so much friend around, i found my life quite occupied though. I'm temporarily single for the time being and people would love to invite me for brunch, lunch or dinner which i never rejected it. Besides having free food, i could pass my lonely time easily. But it would give another problem for my other half far away in malaysia. She is currently busy taking care of Ameerah and has little time to be on net. Once she has the opportunity to do so while Ameerah is sleeping, I'm away with my friend. I do understand her feeling but to rush back home to be on skype or YM is something hard for me to do. I would text her back by saying, I'll be home soon. How do you define soon anyway.
Once home, i text her again with "i'm home" then she replied "great, then" which i found it amusing because i know, she is sulking now and no easy way to calm her. I called her but the call was rejected. It is like a cold war right. To me, i don't take this seriously as i believe time will heal. Having long distance relationship is not easy and both of us know it very well.
Life is like that. When your life is occupied with happiness you wont feel depress whereas when you have so many things to do with so little time to rest you need a shoulder to cry at a right time. When you don't get it you will blame your other half for no any good reason.
Oh Mel will be reading this and perhaps she doesn't like it. Anyway, there are 8 more days to come, and she, Ameerah and mama will be here. I can't wait to have more responsibility although i know it is a challenging experience for new father like me. Ameerah's mommy bad feeling will be over soon. No worries ;-) Wish me luck ..... hehehehe

Back to ...

2009-02-17T10:12:00.000+03:00

With a heavy heart i got to fly back to doha. i'm going to miss ameerah and Mel for another a month at least. Ameerah doing well now although she had jaundice for a couple of days. We managed to do aqiqah for her on her 5 days old, and we were very happy to see our families and friends coming to celeberate the joy. Ameerah must be very happy with the gifts and angpows that she received that day.
From my side, cik kim's family was the first, and almost all my cousins in Klang Valley managed to come. No excuse for abg jan and happy to see adik and abg mi turned up that day. They came all the way from pahang and penang respectively. Kakak missed the event as she starts living in the jungle far away in Sabah ;-) and abg Dan for number of years didn't see him. Perhaps he just knew the news from Ayah that he just got another niece. As told by Ayah, he hasn't changed and remains as he is. It seems like no way to change him unless he has his own will to do so.
Yesterday Mel brought Ameerah to see pedectrician and was informed that she is growing and doing well. Then she met breastfeed consultant to get details on getting more milk. The next check up will be on 4th march for vaccination and InshaAllah they will fly to Doha on Mac 15. I can't wait to see them.
Back to work, I was quite busy downloading all the emails on my first day and answering some questions from customers. It all done in a day, which today I manage to blogging. I wish i could write more or a few lines a day, then it won't look dead.

ameerah tasneem and me

2009-02-16T13:19:00.005+03:00

I love this pic very much...
After 6++ years of marriage, she came to us on 3rd Feb 2009 at 1.10 pm at HUKM.
Of course we are happy and so does everybody around us. My pray that she will always be healthy, and be a good muslimah and hopefully we are able to guide her.

Today, she just 13 days old, and still a long way to go. ....

demam

2009-01-08T10:30:00.003+03:00

If i remember correctly i never got any fever since i came to doha since january 2007. it has been 2 years anyway, and i never claim insurance on my name. I was fasting yesterday and got back home early and prepared my meal. I had sup tulang and the fried rice. I invited Khai to join me for bukak puasa. Then i just be in front of my notebook and kept on browsing while chatting with Mel and stop once we started word fighting. so bad isn't it? Then i decided to sleep at 10pm as i planned to wake up early this morning which i did. However i was shivering at 4.30 am; not because the temperature was very cold but i was having fever. I went to toilet for a while and back to bed again. Then i woke up at 6 for Subuh and looking for Actifast panadol, which I failed to locate it. I called Mel and being sissy to her by telling that i was having fever. She just said, it could be god punishment ;-) which i guess very true for a few things I did. I apologized to her and praying to God to get better. I had my shower and stopped by at pharmacy while on my way to work. I had my nasi lemak too at taste of asia. 2 tablets of Actifast for me and i'm hoping getting better. I bought 3 nasi lemak for my malaysian friend as well as a repentance. Poyo ja.

I was second to reach this room today, and started my daily routine. Usually it just last for a few minutes and I had nothing much for the rest of the day... No more to update because I have nothing interesting to share today.

sudah sejuk..

2009-01-04T09:52:00.002+03:00

yesterday, i started my day quite late. I settled 2 months in advance of my tida (latio), handed over the house contract and browsing doha looking for pet shop. The first shop was closed so i decided to google at home. I read a few review about the pet shop and none of them recommended any. I really dont care as my intention was looking for tortoise to replace the dead one. It wasn't mine. it belongs to my friend's daughter and they asked me to take care of it while there were on holiday. It survived for 4 days in my hands, and perhaps it was fated that it just had a short life :-)
I buried him peacefully crossing over of my parking lot. So I managed to get replacement today before their return on 10th. HaHa. I will tell them later ;-) or they manage to find out by looking at it.
The weather was nice and my favorite sweater could not be used anymore as the temperature getting colder. It is around 11-12 degrees now and i should be thankful because "own" left one due to excessive luggage that he had last week. He asked me to bring it back which I will but let me use it first. For ladies, it could be good time for them to look fancy and funky with your winter jacket now :P Surprisingly the guy sits next to me just have T-Shirt over him. Me my self starts thinking of having glove. HaHa

update lerr

2008-12-17T16:43:00.002+03:00

Mel text me just now and asking me to update my blog. It almost a month from my last entry. I had one interview which i guess i didn't make it. Then I failed to get what I want in KL. I dont have much choice left. There are rumors KL will be badly hit next year. Since we live in state of speculation it could be true. It used to be true at least.
Most likely I'll still be here. I just agreed to be here and my superior in Dubai promised me something new for my career. To good to be true but let's see how it goes. Let me cool down for a while, so I could sort things properly. Mel is expecting by end of January, my sister and brother in law are getting married. I need to be back and most importantly I have to be by Mel's side. Mel keeps on talking to our baby to wait for me. Mel went to Pantai Cheras last week to see 3d ultra sound. Prof at HUKM too busy to get that fancy machine. Anyhow we still prefer him as he knows details of Mel. She went there just to see Amyrah. The doctor said the baby would be a girl ;-). It doesn't matter as long the baby is healthy and cukup sifat semua. InshaAllah. Mel started to buy everything in pink. I bought a couple of stuff at Carter's sale last week.
Once decided to be here, I called my ayah, to get his restu to continue my life here. he keeps on insisting me to be back. He seemed not happy at the beginning, then I called him again to cheer him up. I used to do that to my late mom. sob sob sob. We chatted for quite sometime; talking on kakak's wedding preparation, living cost at Grik as the price of rubber is going down hell. It reached RM4 ++ once, now it is arond RM1. Then he passed the phone to my adik, and we just rambling. she convinced me to pass over her sister allowance to her instead. This little girl is like a princess in the family. Everybody in the family knows her well. There will be special entry for her later HaHaHa. i cannot tease her much, else she will scream loudly and the last resort she will use the father.
After many times having teething problem with Mel on our parents to be status, we finally agreed to be called ABI and MOMMY. no change on mommy side as mel insisted to be called that way. She wanted me to be called DADDY which i rejected it for some reason. the reason coming from Padang Jeri I guess ;-), Then Ayah, Abah, Papa wasn't endorsed by Mel, and suddenly Zapri came into picture. His daughters called him Abi. at first i didnt know what supposed to mean. HaHa. Hey studying or living in arab country doesn't make u any better in arabic LOL. Anyway Abi and Mommy is kind of match. Deal closed!!
will update u more if i have something in store :P

spice up yr life!!

2008-11-24T14:51:00.001+03:00

dah nak bersawang? eh blom lagi.
i donno what to write. There's no color in my life lately. After 6 years of waiting, i miss the moments. I dont feel my baby is kicking. Only Mommy keeps on updating me. How many kicks for today? Perhaps I will feel at the last bit.
To be frank since last august, everything runs smoothly and once in a while there is a hick up which u can easily swept away. I have been here for 2 years and basically I'm pretty happy what God gives me. Now I'm thinking to move on. I couldn't be like this for the rest of my life or just simply follow the flow. I have to chart my future, work and pray for it. I have a big dream which is not easy for me to achieve, so at this particular moment I have something that I have been hoarding for my career advancement. I keep on looking and hunting now. KL office is not eager to have me for other posts. Just back to old post and doing the same crap just bring me nowhere. In 2 weeks time they will renew the contract here, and if things do not go well i just need to abide and keep on hunting the best possibilities back home. Yeah.. pray for me as I have one call interview from KL this week and hopefully everything will go well and will keep me going. It's a challenging job but I believe everybody can do it if they have the chance to do it.
Mel decided to stop working for at least another 1 1/2 years if I back to KL. She plans to take care and breastfeed the baby. It sounds good isn't it. I'm happy for her too. It just that I need to earn a little bit more, so there will be no money issue. Crap if you say money is not important. at least you have to maintain what you have now. Of course I couldn't expect to get the same amount like here and we got to be rational if we decide to be back. Mel as usual is a long supporting wife really understand me. She won't ask something beyond me. HaHa, so I guess "Guess" is the best brand in KL. Forget "coach" and never dream of LV or Burberry :P Unless your husband has a fat wallet.
We will keep the same car and the same house.. Living in KL is not bad at all.. Let's pray.

Bendi

2008-11-07T12:52:00.001+03:00

This was in my email, could be helpful to us. As a precaution kindly check with the doctor.

Remedy

Lady Finger for Diabetes

Note: This is a mail which I have received from a friend and do not know any one who has tried the following remedy. Though you will learn, it is not harmful,

Please note that another name for Lady Finger (Bhindi ) is " OKRA ".

Last month in one of TV program I learnt of a treatment of Sugar
(Diabetes). Since I am diabetic, I tried it and it was very useful and my
Sugar is in control now. In fact I have already reduced my medicine.

Take two pieces of Lady Finger (Bhindi) and remove/cut both ends of each
piece. Also put a small cut in the middle and put these two pieces in
glass of water. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during
night. Early morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady
finger (bhindi) from the glass and drink that water.

Keep doing it on daily basis.

Within two weeks, you will see remarkable results in reduction of your
SUGAR.

My sister has got rid of her diabetes. She was on Insulin for a few
years, but after taking the lady fingers every morning for a few months,
she has stopped Insulin but continues to take the lady fingers every
day. But she chops the lady fingers into fine pieces in the night, adds
the water and drinks it all up the next morning. Please. try it as it
will not do you any harm even if it does not do much good to you, but U
have to keep taking it for a few months before U see results, as most
cases might be chronic.

new visa ruling

2008-11-02T14:18:00.004+03:00

I visited UK once, and 3 times to EU. It is a privilege holding Malaysian passport as we did not require any visa to be there.

Frequent traveler would be more happy because they could save the pages.
Now, Malaysia is in their final attempt to convince UK, not to impose a Visa towards us. As accommodating Malaysian :P we will not retaliate if they still wanna impose a visa for Malaysians.

It would be a big loss to Malaysian because there is concern EU may follow suit.

Should we blame overstayers and the counterfeiters?

i'm just plain gullible

2008-10-30T14:27:00.002+03:00

it is very sad day when you came to know you just plain gullible. It's very hard to get over it but I always believe time will heal.

I have learnt my lessons....

facebook

2008-10-21T18:21:00.003+03:00

it's nearly end of october and this is the first entry :-)
after spending all my time catching up with my old friends at MRSM Penang, iTTM, MMU and our close friend in Doha via facebook, i slowly forgetting my blog. This is not fair HeHe.
Fesbuking indeed the best thing to do. I don't really enjoy with those embedded applications there but my interest is to see the old friends and keeping close to a newfound friend here. Once the pictures uploaded, loads of comments would be there and we had fun over it.
Seriously, some of my friends back in mrsm penang, changed tremendously. We could notice them by the old pictures only. Then by keeping all your pictures and caption here, will not worry you in case of hard disk failure ;-). Those will be your "down memory lane"...
anyway, i just back in Qatar. i had my 2 weeks++ holidays, although i got to work remotely for a couple of days :P. I didn't manage to see all families and friends and sorry for that. We planned it very well and that the best thing I could do.
Politics? sept 16 and Oct 15 is over. I guess we could forget Anwar to become PM. I doubt he has the numbers. It's better for him to concentrate on 5 opposition states instead. The whole world is going down now and hopefully Malaysia is resilient enough to face this bearish economy.
It is good that fuel price was dropped to 2.30 although malaysian expecting more. unfortunately, the increased goods will not go down anymore. Raising fuel price will cause domino effect but bring it down will not change anything. too bad.

from babycenter.com

2008-09-16T00:44:00.002+03:00

Hello, haziran!

Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. The hair on her scalp is sprouting. This is a crucial time for sensory development: Your baby's brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, taking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.

>> Read more about this week

A new malaysia and ISA.

2008-09-16T00:31:00.003+03:00

I can't wait to embrace a new Malaysia, and I'm eager to see for the first time in life, Malaysia will be ruled by opposition. I would be very glad if it happens in a few more days. no more dragging. we have to save our country indeed. If it not happens in a month from now, something is rotten here, and those people up there regardless of what party they belong to must think of "rakyat" and the country. Enough said..
Then on ISA issue, out of three, Teresa Kok should be punished somehow. She did cross the line. A picture says a thousand word. If you looked at a few emails picturing her taken out the "jawi" wording from the street name is enough to spark the fire. Hey, it's not arabic. It is JAWI, and one of malay heritage. My father preferred jawi rather than "rumi". Then you tried to revoke it from us. No way!! I'm sorry for you because you can't say No to racism. You just spoilt the DAP when malays started to believe in your party. Luckily Guan Eng quite good for now to save the boat :P
There is a need for ISA to be reviewed... Thoroughly studied must be done again.

erkkkk

2008-09-08T10:49:00.001+03:00

I feel mentally tired and leading a very boring life...........
How to get over it?????

Hubungan jarak jauh

2008-08-28T10:24:00.004+03:00

I talked to Mel yesterday and she looks happy dwelling in Ampang now :P. Her mom cooks for her two times a day, and her dad will make sure the food fits her appetite. She went to Konikuya to get a few books and all had been read. Then her sister brought her to one shop at central market where she could rent a book at the price of RM4, and she grabbed 12.
Just now I received an email from her informing me that she wanted to go to Pavillion with her sister. I advised her not to take a long stroll. I read from babycenter.com, she supposed start talking to the baby now since she's in her 4th month. I opened her closet here, and I could see her books nicely packed and I smiled. I tried to read one, but I have no passion when I came to know I got to finish off 300++ pages. I slept after a few pages and did not remember anything. Sometimes I read the same line a few times and tried to imagine what the author intended to say, and in the end the book would be watching me. Suffice to say, I'm not an art person and won't be.
I guess it will be good for my baby, because her mom loves to read, and a movie maniac. She shared the same interest as my nephew, watching Anime, reading MANGGA (anime comic), and never missed CONAN. in terms of this, she has not grown up HaHa. Most likely she will enjoy the hobbies with the baby soon :P
On the other hand, I'm leading a boring life and never found one good hobby. excite first and easily get bored. That was why when were alone, I would disturb her until she got annoyed just because she was busy reading novels and I had nothing to do. I used to fall asleep besides her, then she started teasing me back.
Luckily at this moment the dawgs keep myself busy. We went to Zubara fort last week and we plan to go to banana island tomorrow.

Getting bored..

2008-08-25T13:44:00.005+03:00

It almost 2 weeks Mel being away from me. Being alone is not easy lah especially when it comes to "nak tidur" part. after 30 years plus breathing in this world, I've got to admit that I'm still afraid of the dark, although i never seen what was in the dark and i'm not interested to know or to see it. hahaha. When i'm alone, i just switch on all lights. I don't mind paying more bills as long as i can sleep well. It may sounds funny but that's the fact that i've got to treasure it. I hate it so much :P
Since "Own" is in Qatar, and recently zapri came over here, i invited them to stay at my house. once in a while they back to their house to get some stuff. there are two rooms only so one of them got to sleep at the living hall. I provided a very nice duvet to zapri so he would not complaint and stay there until he gets to fly off to Algeria :P
Now, i could sleep well without turning on any lights in my room :-)
Since they are here, it just reminded us in college times. everyday, each of us will take turn to shower, and go to work together. Just like we went to lecture hall. back home, starts finding food, now the food is better than last time :P. Since we have wifi, everybody just stay on the internet. Own will talk to his gf where else zapri will call his wife and daugthers over skype. I used to call mel 4 times a day when i was alone, but now i just sms or writing email at least once a day. I haven't uploaded the money into my skype or yahoo account and my 013 was barred, so i couldn't call Mel. Then she text me that she was disappointed because i was not bothered to check on her. HeHe. Sorry mommy, you know that every single minute i'm thinking of you and our baby :-)
Came to office, I would see another malaysian here. syam started to ads his x-trail because he plans to rent a car instead. Once you start renting the car, you are planning to return home actually. Then we talked about 2 of our colleagues started counting down to fly back for good. Indirectly it demotivates you to continue your life here. Then you start thinking and it does make sense. "kaya" is too subjective. Some people might having a good life, living in a big bungalow and driving a luxury car, but the fact they don't have cash in hands at the end of the month. Still they are enjoying their life before they die. Then there are some people that having a lot of money in bank and afraid to spend it wisely then he dies. Ruginya. because he can't afford to spend his money. Pity him. What am I thinking right now?
I'm thinking of settling all my debts back home. do not buy new house or car! Save some comfortable amount in bank or trust fund and let it grow. Then just spend any amount you earn every month happily. I won't be rich then but at least I have no debt. One thing for sure, once a year i need to spend my holiday with families. Since I failed to be a pilot so the countries I have been to quite limited compared to them. Still I managed to cover all continents but America. Now I'm planning to go there in 2010. Hopefully by then I will know someone there so i could pay them a visit HaHaHa. I heard they treat you badly at the immigration but it's OK i guess. I bet at least it's better than Africa :P
Guys, if you are thinking to work or do your phD there just let me know....

Anwar make sure you win, become PM and cut the petrol price 50 sen. Now people don't care lah, u did it or not. Sex is common for "org org besar" cuma depa find woman only. Dosa? depa pun berdosa. what's the big deal. You have my faith because tok guru Nik Aziz and Dato Harun Din are supporting you.

I was bored just now, and i took a look at this link...
our cina-melayu friend kawin... adrian and zaini.
i still remember the day adrian came to my kampung and snap everthing inside. my kampung toilet also was put on net :P. teruk betul mamat ni.

check their link here. u will love it.
http://www.zainiadrian.info/

updat3

2008-08-17T14:48:00.001+03:00

As planned, we had a farewell dinner for Mel on 14th after Maghrib. Main course:
1. Nasi Ayam
2. Bihun (or meehun?) goreng
3. Air sirap kenduri

Those prepared by our caterer. Kak Ika. Guys since you like it, just contact her directly if you want to use her service. The price is affordable.

Haris family and dila's were the first and I was away to get a few packs of small bottle of mineral water. The event was jovial. People came and started having their meal. Ohhh I forgot to ask someone to recite doa makan at least. Too bad. But God knows my intention.
I did not able to snap everyone in the picture. Sorry for that. I tried to upload those into my facebook but failed. I will try again at home. Mel was in happy mood, although she just had fried bihun. She still couldn't smell ayam. But seriuously this nasi ayam could sell well at pasar malam. If you market well. most likely it could beat "chicken rice shop" HeHeHe. This tiny size of my apartment at last could fit more than 60 people at one time.
The event ended before 12, and we went out for coffee. Back to flat at 2.00 am and slept at 4 just right after Subuh. Then on Friday, we woke up quite late, and spent most of our time at home. "own" had to stay too because I put him on leash. Dila came over to had a chat with Mel. Not to disturb them having mommy chat, so me and "own" went out for a while. Once back, mommies still gossipping. Hehe. a few minutes later, Dila left.
We went to the mall after maghrib, and zul joined. we headed to Jasmin house for another get-together event. We decided to go a bit late because we didn't know so much people there. there were a lot of "oil and gas" people. Headed to souq al wakif and had super duper ice cream. Then went to malaysian restaurant which is 2 blocks away and joined the crowd for Karaoke. I had no guts to sing there although some of them just a par with me HaHaHa. "Own" and Zarul sang a few numbers.
Back home, start packing the bag for Mel. and we weight the bag. it turned out to be wrong reading because the outside scale was in pounds. 20 kilo lost!!
then.... staurday came at last. Send Mel to airport and a few pictures taken with her. I kissed her left and right and bubyye.... mom-to-be already home by now :P

Padang Jeri

2008-08-12T11:15:00.002+03:00

While googling, I found this

http://www.padangjeri.kkgri.edu.my/

mcm tak percaya, ada portal for my kampung.
I could see my ayah's name is there. pengerusi masjid and pegawai imam 2 hehe

cool cool

4 more days (sigh)

2008-08-12T10:54:00.002+03:00

4 more days to go.. (sigh)
Mel will be flying back for "good"
It's hard for me to be away from her. That's the fact. This lady understands me very well. She knows how to handle me. She knows what are the consequences, if she says something when I am mad. She knows how to calm me. She knows what points to be added in my email if i want to write something to my boss. She teaches me not to be emotional in anything I do. If any irritating email comes, she asks me to wait at lease an hour before replying it so the answer will be convincing and in professional way. She tolerates when I say NO to her parents order. Sometimes she lies for the sake of me. She knows when I am happy, so she could get something. Still she knows what is the limit. She never ask anything beyond me. In fact she helped and shared every single ringgit when I was out of cash. She never ask for the equality. She just listened to me when I asked her to see my parents in Kampung when I was away. She drove back to Grik without me. She voted for DAP just merely because of me although she thought that the worst thing she did in life. Politically she betrays her parents. She's the only person that could stand me.
The longest was 3 months, when I got to be in Africa. One month is normal. but not 6 months in a row. Eh tak lah. Most likely I'll be flying back for 2 weeks holiday in October too. I'm gonna miss ultra sound session where I could see my baby keeps on jumping inside her tummy.
There will be a farewell dinner on 14th after maghrib. We invited all our close friends here. Hopefully Mel will see them again next year. As for now, everything is uncertain. My mother in law called me and wanted to bring her back to Malacca on 17th. I said NO because she will be arriving in KL on 17th at 3.00 am. It is a long flight. I want her to rest. My MIL will not happy with me but slowly she will understand me. I called HUKM to have Mel for check-up with Prof Zainul on 18th. Mel's record is there.
I'm back with normal notes......

Fara Fauzana ekekeke

2008-08-10T14:54:00.002+03:00

In the old days we just depend on mainstream media. When it comes to politic, the opposition has no space at all neither on TV nor paper. Nowadays, although the mainstream plays the main role, the internet media play a significant job to counter-attack the points from them. I bet malaysia-today, malaysiakini, harakahdaily, and malaysian insider are taking the top hit compared to other portals such as utusan malaysia and agendadaily. Does it sound politic now?

Although I don't read Utusan Malaysia much, my blog still linking to that portal. I need to read some malay entertainment there. HaHa. else i wouldn't know how fara fauzana looks like now and Maya Karin is getting married. Recently there was an article about Fara Fauzana and I'm very impressed with the way she works. Wake up early in the morning at 4.30 ( i presume, she won't miss subuh prayer), and starts entertaining people on air from 6 to 2. then she goes for shooting or host and emcee any show. Then she sleeps less than 8 hours.

Back in KL, when i came to know that she moved to Hot.FM I replaced my favourite channel from Era to Hot.FM. The first day i listened to her and FBI, it sounds weird and seemed like no chemistry. Fair enough. that was her first day. then slowly they became the most wanted DJ. Then every sunday, I would see her on Melodi. I will let Mel to swicth the channel if she couldn't make it on that day. Sorry to Wahid HaHaHa. Recently, Kedah government wanted her to cover on the Nescafe Billboard. She made no fuss and obliged to the rules. Don't ever make statement that you want to wear tudung when you get married or after hajj. Just do when your heart tells you so. Later, if you made promise then you couldn't make it, you just be like Siti Nurhaliza. Poyo saja.... (mesti ada org marah aku kutuk siti)

Don't get me wrong. I just like to listen and see her on TV. at least I managed to convince Mel to like her too. I have a good friend (landeniel.blogspot.com) back in TM and MOT. This jerk used to listen to linkin park and foo fighters. It surprised me when I found out his favourite channel was no longer Hitz.FM. Last time i checked, it was Era. landen you should switch to Hot.FM now HeHe. When Marsha Londoh used to be in AF, i used to like her too, but Landen every single day condemning her. "Ish, bosan aku tengok. gedik" Where is Marsha now??

Mel? She's more oriental. Korean, taiwanese, china, HK, Japan, and ANIME will do her day. She remembers most of their names, especially korean. She even has dream that one day her son or daugther will marry korean. HaHaHaHa. To my surprise, she just completed Cinderalla series. Try to ask her any malaysian artis (especially in drama), she could spell a few only.

Adun, some comments about politic ok lah kan. Nobody could stand Pak Lah now. Anyway we had a good argument last few days. One guy expressed his view that he didn't trust anwar because once he becomes PM, malay right will be gone just simply because he owed DAP for supporting him. Then we argued back, those thing would not happen because PAS and PKR MP would not let it be. He argued back, "so what's the point of switching the government if you want to preserve your malay rights. everything will be back to square one. You just wasted your time talking about sodomy because it would not help economy at all." Why charge him then. He has the right to defend himself too. We had a good moderator HaHaHa

Ok lah. I'm getting fed up with malaysian politic too because it is dragging for so long. If Anwar couldn't be PM on 16th September, then he will drag thing forever. He will never rest until he gets what he wants. So give him chance lah. penat lah. or you could put him behind bar and no more news from him. Be realistic lah. he has the charisma, he could pull the crowd and no one could beat him. I have faith in him to lead our country but I have no passion to wait for so long. If he becomes the PM, i don't get a penny from him anyway. I still have to work and find my own money to feed my family. majority of malaysian want to see the change but at one point people are getting fed up.

So Anwar, make sure you become PM by 16th September. else just forget it lah. by next year if you keep on saying that u have enough numbers but you don't nobody gonna believe you anymore. Pak Lah could save the boat if he steps down now and hand it over to anyone but Najib and don't beat Anwar because you are hurting more. Try Muhyidin or Kuli. PKR will go down if Anwar is gone. But if he becomes PM, he could grow more leaders to be like him. Tun felt Anwar betrayed him last time then he forgot to groom anyone else. we have a lot in PAS like husam musa for instance, but quite hard for them to convince non-malay. Basically we are OUT OF STOCK.

suke sama suke

2008-08-07T09:20:00.002+03:00

Just came to office and did some routine stuff and checked on malaysian news.
wallaa..

Anwar dituduh mengikut Seksyen 377B Kanun Keseksaan yang membawa hukuman penjara sehingga 20 tahun dan sebat.

seksyen 377B adalah kes luar tabie suke sama suke. Tapi yang kena dakwa seorang saja.
saiful yang suka itu pula di beri protection oleh Kerajaan Malaysia???

erkkk. awal awal dah fishy...

a lil bit on politics....

2008-08-06T23:20:00.005+03:00

I just couldn't hold it.....

A lil bit about politic. Now there is another repeat of 1998 case. If you read main stream news you tend to believe that Anwar did it. Then if you use your conscience by checking the fact revealed by Malaysia today especially, you have no doubt they want to kill him politically. Read this

http://us3.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/10901/84/

It shows the SD from the first doctor checking on Saiful. It pretty strange isn't it? Then what happened to Bala SD? in less than 24 hours, he changed everything and all najib's name had been taken out. then this guy has been missing. It scares me indeed. I rather selling noodle from being opposition politician.

How are you going to believe in UMNO, if they start bickering just to fight for the post of ketua cawangan. you read from the main stream, it told us there was money politic involved. I lost my trust in Pak Lah, so does Najib to lead our country.

Now we heard of malay unity. UMNO would never gave a glance to PAS if they won the election handsomely . To Malay malaysian if you have doubt in PKR, why don't you support PAS. UMNO is no longer relevant.

Let's wait for the court begins. and more will be revealed and let's see if they manage to convince people like me that "He did it again" :P

mom-to-be gonna be home soon.

2008-08-03T11:41:00.003+03:00

The check up went well yesterday. We glad to see the baby is active and keeps on jumping. Everything is fully formed, moving very well and the heart beat shows that he is healthy. But his mom doesn't look well. eat less and nauseate all day long. At this moment we are not sure either boy or girl, but we refer it as "he" first ;-). After 6 years of waiting, we just pray that Allah will give us the best zuriat to us. As of yesterday, he's exactly at 13 weeks and 4 days. ( 3 months ++ ). Mel's weigh is loosing. it started at 49 then slowly decrease to 47 and yesterday it was 44.5 . According to our gyne, it's normal for the first trimester, and hopefully her all-day-long morning sickness will be over soon. Mel kept on asking the doctor. "so the baby is healthy?" ."you see, he's jumping" We spent for quite sometime checking the baby on ultra sound. The doctor has been nice too, explaining the fully formed baby to us. It's miracle because the size of the baby just 2++ inches.
Then after the check-up, the doctor advice Mel to take more water because she looks dehydrated by looking at her dry lips. I pity mel because it's very hard to get malaysian food. I tried to cook but it didn't taste good and Mel said "tak payah masak dah abang. tak sedap".
So far I'm OK with all comments from her :P. Luckily i don't have to sleep outside, we just need to have some border and I'm trying my best not to cross the border. She conquered all the pillow and left one with me. Once in a while she will push my face aside because she smells garlic?? Huh !!. HeHe. Sometimes it's funny looking at her. Some friends reminded me, it will be 9 months of hell for you. HaHaHa. No lah. when we played card, she wanted me to lose, and would stop the game if i won. We have a board game that we used to play every weekend with our friends here, and I will remind her not to play if her intention is to win. else everybody could see your pregnancy emotions. Not everybody has the empathy feeling. So be carefull !! ;-)
Then, the next question from Mel."am I safe to fly now? I want to fly back in two weeks times". "OK you are safe to fly now. 2 weeks times should be fine because you just passing the first trimester. Take aspirin on the day of flying. stop folic acid and start taking materna. you may get all the lab report and bring it home. I'll be taking leave too." Ok mom-to-be gonna be home!!.
Once home (rumah kat sini laa), I got Mel's year end ticket and her "no-show" ticket to bahrain and went to Qatar Airways. I checked the price from the internet first and 16th august is the best date to fly. HeHe because the price is a bit low ;-) i save a bit because i just need to top-up the difference by canceling the year end ticket and getting some refund from "no-show" ticket. She will be flying on 16th August at 2.20 pm and InshaAllah will be arriving at KLIA on 17th August at 3.00 am.
I believe every parents-to-be would have a plan what "title" to be called. Mel has been planning for years to be called Mommy :P and I insisted to be called "Ayah" only. But every single day now, Mel is calling me "daddy". "Daddy, nak air.. baby nak air" How am going to turn over him soon :P. It would be funny if the baby address me "Daddy, nak ayaq" HaHaHa. It's a long way to go, let's see who will win the battle.

Just couldn't imagine, back to Padang jeri and my baby call me "daddy, lapaaa laaa" Hahahaha. At this moment let the mommy wins because that is the best for her. Seeing her happy is the best thing in life. It just that, since she got pregnant, Mel no longer dress up like she used to be. No make up, and simply clad any "indon" tudung when going out. for the next 6 months everything is OK for you lah ;-). Once baby born, don't look "slebet" anymore :P

Here, I would like to thanks to everybody for praying for us, and keeps on praying and hopefully we will be having a healthy baby and the best zuriat from Allah. To our families, we have no intention to hide but we have our own reason to do so. Although we are very happy now, we still couldn't get rid of butterflies from our tummy until the baby is born. Let's pray together....

dah rasa malas balik?

2008-07-27T17:57:00.005+03:00

The first month being here, i felt going home. After 6 months, i decided to go home, and nearly end of the contract, i signed a new one after they raised up the price a bit. Same goes to this year. I said 2 years would be enough and just lead the normal life in Malaysia next year. Then, 2.70 came up and political instability that directly impact on Malaysian economy, I decided not to return home so soon. Tip said, i just gave an excuse because politic has nothing to do with me :P
Last month, my boss from Dubai came, and we discussed my plan for next year. He prefers me to be here, and I had no objection on the proposal. I kinda like the place. Really?? That's clearly an excuse. The fact is people be here just because of money. It is true that money is not everything to some people. But for me, i still need more money as I have a lot of things to do in life. But I should have plan B as well, if things do not go as planned. I rejected customer offer last year and most likely I'm going to apply again this year. Then What IF, they reject me for turning down their offer last time :P. What is plan C then?
The worst case, i have to pack and return home in January 2009 and goes to Bukit Jalil every morning. Does it sounds worst?

menyihatkan badan

2008-07-21T11:26:00.000+03:00

After 2 months of “hibernating” I forced myself to be at Qel sport club to play badminton again. I was exhausted in the first game and seemed not enough air to breathe in that hall. As usual, I would win the game if I pair up with Din, and win and lose some with others. The victory here is I managed to be back to the club. Once home, Mel asked for dinner. Goshh.. I tot our lunch at 4.30 pm would do for dinner as well :P . So I picked up my phone. “Hello… I would like to order, satu roti telur and tiga roti canai. I will come in 10 minutes. Bungkus OK” . Sounds in Malaysia isn’t it. It means you will never miss roti canai here. There is one restaurant selling Malaysian mamak’s food. Some of them could speak malay because they worked in Malaysia before. It’s a bit pricey compared to KL but still the cheapest in Doha. 2 roti telur and 2 roti canai will cost us QAR 10. For the past few days I have been “feeding” mel with roti canai/telur only :D.

What’s for lunch today?? Fenin fenin…

Musim durian

2008-07-12T21:29:00.005+03:00

I did promise b4 that i wouldn't write about politics. Hopefully, the previous one would be the last entry for it as I'm getting fed up with malaysian politics. Donno whom to believe anymore :P

Since politics could mess up people relationship, let's forget and forgive and just pray for better Malaysia.

Apparently, for the past one month, i keep on calling my Ayah and Umie and updated them our lives here. Last 2 days, called them again and it happened my eldest brother was there. My sis in law picked up the phone and with her kegedikan (jgn mare), telling me about durian next to mak's room. I haven't tasted for the past 3-4 years i guess. it just started to grow back since last year. Everybody has their preferences and that one is the best of them all. I don't like manggis (mangosteen), - i donno how to spell :P, much, but i started to have concern over it just because my other half just love it so much. We will miss it again this year.

I bought a durian last year, and it cost me around RM60, but it disappointed me very much. The isi sungguh keras macam batu and mel started teasing me. "ada orang nak menangis rindu kampung la tuh". Yes yes i was so sad that time :P HaHa. If nasi can jadi bubur, so does Durian.
The taste of bubur durian was good anyway. I saw durian a couple of times at carefour, but i will never ever buy it again here. I don't swear OK :P

And, for the past one month, I still get butterflies, and it's very hard to make it go away. I hope things will go well, and will update more next month. InshaAllah.

Butterflies in my tummy

2008-07-02T22:25:00.005+03:00

I wrote below entry a month ago.......

I'm having a mixed feeling now. I still get butterflies and it's hard to make it go away. Of course we were so happy when we came to know that Mel is pregnant. We have been married for 6 years and this is our first experience. It was too early and we are not ready to tell anybody but our parents. Somehow, we need some advice after the doctor said Mel is having subchorionic hematoma. I started googling and found out in lament term it calls "threaten abortion". It scares me and Mel. Mel has been on "duphaston " for the past 2 weeks and has been on bed rest since then. We went to another doctor to get second opinion. He didn't tell much but just giving us the same drugs with more dosage. Mel visa was expired. Since the 1st doctor did not allow her to fly, we just forfeit our ticket to Bahrain, and asking help from Malaysian Embassy. I had a hard time to get her visa extension. I felt very sad and almost crying there when that stupid officer could say. "I donno. if she's pregnant why she comes here" To make it short, the embassy staff managed to get one week extension and now we are in the process to get 6 months visa without flying out of the country.
This morning we went for third check up and the baby (fetus) looks fine. It is 9 weeks and 4 days. We could hear the heart beat very well, and the doctor explain the formation of head and hand. Still a small clot still there. Mel still has to be on duphaston but with less dosage. 2 times a day with one tablet each. Flying still forbidden until next check up. Hopefully thing goes well and she could fly back to KL and continue the check up at HUKM as planned.

It has been 6 years. It's not easy to be us. I haven't told my brother in Penang. May be he will find out later from my dad. The only reason we called them first because we wanted them to pray for us.
Anyway, thanks to everybody that pray for us and keep on praying for the mommy and baby.
Doakan kami dapat zuriat yang terbaik dari Allah s.w.t

apa nak jadi dgn malaysia

2008-06-28T22:58:00.002+03:00

I just couldn't believe what gonna happen to anwar. will it be worse than 1998?
arghh betapa bencinya aku dgn ahli politik malaysia. They are so evil.
apa kita nak buat? org mcm kita nak buat apa?? mampu doa sajalah.
porak peranda bikin malaysia. Havoc. dari satu issue ke satu issue. penuh dgn kekecewaan.
kecewa, geram.. tensen. huh

Aku hanya mampu doa, semoga DSAI berada di pihak yang benar dan berdoa pada Illahi membuktikan segalanya..... Amin.

it's true

2008-06-08T23:25:00.004+03:00

"Repetitive self-suggestion can help to successfully instill in you positive thoughts."It's true hehe.

Everything was decided at the very last minute. from ticket to backup and to get exit permit. Lufthansa code shared fully taken, they got to buy QA seat and lufthansa separately that would make it very pricey. Here i am.. in Helsinki.
I spent a few hours riding on their trams. I guess it is a quiet town, and most people enjoying their evening by riding on bicycles. It is summer now, but the weather just like what we had back in Doha during winter :P . They have very long sunny day. You could tell, by checking Helsinki prayer time. Maghrib at 11.00 pm and Ishak at 12.26 am, then Subuh at 2.33 am. I just couldn't imagine, if ramadhan falls in summer. Sunrise at 4.08 am and mahgrib at 11.00 pm?? In this sense we are blessed to be in Malaysia. Oppss!! We'll talk about 78 sen hike later. at this point i just want to congratulate all BN staunch supporters for raising up the price indirectly :P
I left mel alone in Doha and that 1M is all yours for this week ;-)

We Lost

2008-05-23T20:55:00.002+03:00

It is very sad that Malaysia once again lost its territory. Having read below judgment, Pulau Batu Puteh clearly belongs to Johor. The only reason why it favored Singapore just because of the letter written on 12 June 1953.  I don’t know who was that Acting State of Johor that could write such letter. Since Singapore thinks 100 years ahead of Malaysia, they started controlling the island by installing military equipment. No response from Malaysia at that time. Perhaps, they didn’t think much, what we could do with that island. 
My analogy as below: 
I have a car. Suddenly without my authorization my personal assistant sends a letter to my so called “good” friend that I would not claim that car anymore, so he/she could use it. Then my friend used that letter to JPJ to get his name stamped on the car certificate. I lost my car!!!
Reasoning of the Court 
The Court first explains that the dispute between Malaysia and Singapore concerns sovereignty over three maritime features in the Straits of Singapore: Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh (a granite island on which Horsburgh lighthouse stands), Middle Rocks (consisting of some rocks that are permanently above water) and South Ledge (a low-tide elevation). 
Having described the historical background of the case, the Court notes that the dispute as to sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh crystallized on 14 February 1980, when Singapore protested against the publication in 1979 by Malaysia of a map depicting the island as lying within Malaysia’s territorial waters. It further observes that the dispute as to sovereignty over Middle Rocks and South Ledge crystallized on 6 February 1993, when Singapore referred to the two features in the context of its claim to Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh during bilateral negotiations. 
    -Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh 
 
Malaysia contends that it has an original title to Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh (dating back from the time of its predecessor, the Sultanate of Johor) and that it continues to hold this title, while Singapore claims that the island was terra nullius in the mid-1800s when the United Kingdom (its predecessor) took lawful possession of the island in order to construct a lighthouse. 

- 2 - 
Having reviewed the evidence submitted by the Parties, the Court finds that the territorial domain of the Sultanate of Johor did cover in principle all the islands and islets within the Straits of Singapore and did thus include Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh. It establishes that this possession of the islands by the Sultanate was never challenged by any other Power in the region; and that it therefore satisfies the condition of “continuous and peaceful display of territorial sovereignty”. The Court thus concludes that the Sultanate of Johor had original title to Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh. It adds that this ancient title is confirmed by the nature and degree of the Sultan of Johor’s authority exercised over the Orang Laut (“the people of the sea”, who inhabited or visited the islands in the Straits of Singapore, including Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh and made this maritime area their habitat).  (MAS 1 SIN 0)
The Court then looks at whether this title was affected by developments in the period between 1824 and the 1840s. In March 1824, the colonial Powers in the region, the United  Kingdom and the Netherlands, signed a Treaty which had the practical effect of broadly establishing the spheres of influence of the two Powers in the East Indies. As a consequence, one part of the Sultanate of Johor (under Sultan Hussein) fell within the British sphere of influence while the other (under Sultan Abdul Rahman, Sultan Hussein’s brother) fell within a Dutch sphere of influence. In August 1824, Sultan Hussein ceded the island of Singapore, together with its adjacent seas, straits, and islets to the extent of 10 geographical miles from the coast of Singapore to the English East India Company in the so-called Crawfurd Treaty. Finally, in a letter of 25 June 1825, Sultan Abdul Rahman “donated” certain territories, which were already within the British sphere of influence, to his brother, thereby confirming the division of the “old” Sultanate of Johor. After careful consideration of the legal effects of these developments, the Court finds that none of them brought any change to the original title.  (MAS 1 SIN 0 )
The Court turns next to the legal status of Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh after the 1840s to determine whether Malaysia and its predecessor retained sovereignty over the island. It observes that in order to do so, it needs to assess the relevant facts, consisting mainly of the conduct of the Parties (and of their predecessors) during the period under review. 
The Court examines the events surrounding the selection process of the site of the lighthouse and the construction of the latter, as well as the conduct of the Parties’ predecessors between 1852 and 1952 (in particular with respect to the British and Singapore legislation relating to Horsburgh lighthouse and in the context of the Straits lights system; constitutional developments of Singapore and Malaysia; and Johor regulation of fisheries in the 1860s), but is unable to draw any conclusions for the purposes of the case.  (MAS 0 – SIN 0)
The Court notes that in a letter written on 12 June 1953 to the British Adviser to the Sultan of Johor, the Colonial Secretary of Singapore asked for information about the status of Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh in the context of determining the boundaries of the “Colony’s territorial waters”. In a letter dated 21 September 1953, the Acting  State Secretary of Johor replied that the “Johore Government [did] not claim ownership” of the island. The Court considers that this correspondence and its interpretation are of central importance “for determining the developing understanding of the two Parties about sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh” and finds that the Johor’s reply shows that as of 1953 Johor understood that it did not have sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh.  (MAS 0 – SIN 1)
The Court finally examines the conduct of the Parties after 1953 with respect to the island. Having reviewed all arguments submitted to it, it finds that certain acts, inter alia the investigation of shipwrecks by Singapore within the island’s territorial waters and the permission granted or not granted by Singapore to Malaysian officials to survey the waters surrounding the island, may be seen as conduct à titre de souverain. The Court also considers that some weight can be given to the conduct of the Parties in support of Singapore’s claim (i.e., the absence of reaction from Malaysia to the flying of the Singapore ensign on the island, the installation by Singapore of military 

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communications equipment on the island in 1977, and the proposed reclamation plans by Singapore to extend the island, as well as a few specific publications and maps).

The Court concludes, especially by reference to the conduct of Singapore and its predecessors à titre de souverain, taken together with the conduct of Malaysia and its predecessors including their failure to respond to the conduct of Singapore and its predecessors, that by 1980 (when the dispute crystallized) sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh had passed to Singapore. The Court thus concludes that sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh belongs to Singapore. (MAS 0 – SIN 1)

⎯ Sovereignty over Middle Rocks and South Ledge

Malaysia claims that the two maritime features have always been under Johor/Malaysian sovereignty while Singapore’s position is that sovereignty over the features goes together with sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh.

With respect to Middle Rocks, the Court observes that the particular circumstances which led it to find that sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh rests with Singapore clearly do not apply to Middle Rocks. It therefore finds that original title to Middle Rocks should remain with Malaysia as the successor to the Sultanate of Johor.

As for South Ledge, the Court notes that this low-tide elevation falls within the apparently overlapping territorial waters generated by Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh and by Middle Rocks. Recalling that it has not been mandated by the Parties to draw the line of delimitation with respect to their territorial waters in the area, the Court concludes that sovereignty over South Ledge belongs to the State in the territorial waters of which it is located.

I don’t read law, but my assumption, this middle rock just want to please Malaysia :P

mari kita berfikiran positif

2008-05-22T21:59:00.004+03:00

I just got confirmation from my customer that he will be taking leave in June for a month and not allow me to be out of Doha during his leave, unless if there is someone to replace me. Huh. Most likely I have to cancel my Helsinki trip. too bad.
Actually, i should plant positive mind. I should say, someone is going to replace me on that day, i'll be able to be out of hot weather for a week :P
Repetitive self-suggestion can help to successfully instill in you positive thoughts. Let's see how true it is :P

back and Updated!!

2008-05-21T22:03:00.006+03:00

Hello readers.. hehe

I'm back. "once you go black, u never go back" idiom is only a myth, but "once u blog, u never stop" probably the right idiom for now. I guess, only a few keeps on refreshing my page to see anything new here. Oh, if you have google reader, it will update you automatically. For the past one week, I have a lot of sleepless night. The alarm from my server wakes me up almost everyday at 2.00. It annoys me but I have no choice. The first thing I would do, shutting down the alarm, and restart the running application. I had no idea what kind of ghost sneaking into my territory now. It has been running well for the past 1 ½ years, and suddenly it rings the bell. “hello, I’m dying”.

If it happens to be your java program takes the highest load, I could tell you now, how to point the location of the problematic code. It happened to be our third party code, most probably that company no longer exist. Shit, those “white trash” shot me back in the email and asking more analysis. Ok I have been snooping all angle now, hopefully I could see something there. In proper way, I asked them to find a way to check the code. Reviewing the code to find the leak isn’t an easy job. The guy supposed to help me still on vacation, perhaps next Monday I could ring him. I’ve got to settle this, else the probability that they gonna cancel my training quite high. If thing goes well, I’ll be flying to Helsinki for a week. Sad to say, this time, I’ve got to leave mel alone in Doha. No worries dear, I will bring you to your dream place this year. InshaAllah.

Enough about the job :-)

I still miss my day back home. I was happy to meet up with my families. On Zai’s wedding day, I didn’t realize that my family came. I was busy talking to my friend’s mom, and suddenly I noticed umie was sitting there as well. Then I found out all my families conquering the back seat already enjoying their meal, and never to bother who was around. HaHa. Grik came and conquer. Who cares anyway. They are my family :P

Then a few of my friends came at the last hour. Thanks to Mohen, Munir, Jeri, Mon, Nyace, Hemsem, Tip and own. The rest just gave a deceive reasons not to turn up. I managed to meet Pit later, and siput all the time over the phone only. Iym SMS me to come to her house, but I just had 2 weeks only. 1 week off to Grik, so I had to spend it wisely. I had a two day trips to Penang via Sg Petani, to meet up with eldest nephew. He changed. Physically HeHe. I bought some stuff for him as promised before. Long overdue UPSR gift.

Kakak’s engagement day was tiring. I guess we are growing old, and we tend to forget the “gotong royong” spirit. So majority decided to get caterer for wedding. I guess we are not going to spend much; ladies will be getting money anyway HaHaHa. It is everyone dream to get married, but not everybody wants it in the best splendid event. As for me, it depends how much you have. I recalled my day, it was simple, but the most important thing was to feed all the invitees. To be frank, I didn’t have much money, I collected every single ringgit they put into my pocket. I opened all unopened ang pow to survive. I still remember on my wedding day, Mak Teh gave me 50 bucks like giving me life on that day. Then I owed RM1K each from my 3 closest cousins, then paid them back on their time. A few months after married, mel asked me “kenapa tiap2 bulan kena pergi Citibank bayar hutang.” During honeymoon year, of course I wouldn’t reveal everything and she found out later that I had a bad debt with Citibank. She helped me to close one ;-). Thanks to her good pay in Shell before. Anyway, having a bad debt with credit card basically taught me a good lesson. I do have credit card to serve my needs but neither gold nor platinum. Eh apa cerita lah ni, dari kisah tunang sampai cerita hutang kredit card.

I added a new tag into my google reader. http://tanjungkasau.blogspot.com This blog belongs to Kerajaan Negeri Selangor. No no no. It belongs to my uncle. He wrote a couple of entries, and the latest one about Rafidah Aziz in making ;-). All her children have grown up and I still remember the day I used to “stop over” before heading back to Mara Language Academy or MMU in Malacca. There is no direct bus from Grik to Malacca anyway :P. Stopping over was good because at least I would get RM50 to chip in into my pocket HaHa. I guess my cousin Jem also used to do the same thing. Indeed we were scared of him. He had fierce face but he has a big heart for families. (50 ringgit sekeping!!)

What happens to Malaysia politic now? Tun Mahathir quit UMNO, Pak Lah will not back off, some expert says this will hasten rise of Anwar to become PM. Or will he becoming PM in waiting forever? My only concern, please accommodate Rakyat with jobs, don’t increase tax, toll, gas, and fuel. I’m not inclining myself to any political party but I do believe in check and balance system. Majority of Malaysian muslims will be very happy, if UMNO + PAS could work together and believe that “Islam is the way of life”. Islam never oppressed Muslim or non-muslim.

2008-03-30T13:22:00.001+03:00

Sufiah: From Genius to Hooker

via rocky's bru by Rocky's Bru on 3/30/08

Remember Sufiah Yusof, Malaysia's child prodigy in the UK, the girl who gained entry into Oxford at the age of 12? She is now a HOOKER. The following British newspaper article quotes her as claiming that she is studying for a Masters degree in Economics. Perhaps our Higher Education Minister Khaled Nordin wants to stop whining and help her (see link after this main story).

SHE was a child maths genius who won a place at Oxford University aged just 13—but now the only sums Sufiah Yusof is interested in are the ones she earns as a HOOKER.

For sad Sufiah the daily equation she has to solve is simply sex equals £130 as she sells her body to punters over the internet.
The gifted girl with the winning smile had the world at her feet ten years ago and should be a rich woman by now—but last week she was busy subtracting her underwear for our undercover reporter in her dingy back street flat.
"Would you like to start your half hour now?" said Sufiah, 23, as she danced on the bed, displaying her body for examination.
Then she listed all the sleazy plus points she would throw in for our man if he took up her offer...

Read the entire story HERE.

Can't wait to get HOME

2008-03-30T11:01:00.003+03:00

this is my third post for this week :P. Nothing much to tell but i'm very excited to tell the world that i can't wait to get BACK home to Malaysia. To be exact i miss Grik so much ;-)

my colleague asked me to apply exit permit tomorrow, but i insisted it to be done today. they advised, if the flight delays, i will have some buffer. I'm very positive there will be no delay, and if there is, i will make sure QA will route me anywhere as along as i could touch down at KLIA on 4th april :-) So i went to see my agent today, and got things done in 30 mins. Alhamdulillah.

my SIL is getting married on 6th and there is a plan for my sister to tie the knot on 13th april. I guess i have invited my friends to attend my SIL wedding. Guys just email me if you want the updated map. and i never changed my phone number, so it remains the same. just call or text me if you getting lost.

See you when I see you ;-)

alo alo

2008-03-29T11:02:00.004+03:00

hari ni dah hari sabtu. esok dah ahad. satnya masa cuti nih. own singgah sini 2 hari masa nak balik mesia, so aku bawak dia pi shopping. oklah masa dia dok morocco bukan dia leh beli apa sgt pun :P. aku hanya window shopping sambil meracun2 dia beli barang. Syok gak tgk org beli. Tapi aku tau own suka tgk barang2 sini sbb mmg tadak kat mesia pun. Beli sini pakai mesia mmg cun lah. tapi kalau pakai sini, mahu ada sama ngan org kat sini wakaka. Sini mmg byk sgt pinoy. tapi aku rasa muka own mmg muka pinoy betui la kot, sampai dia kata tamau dok lama2 sbb kena cop pinoy wakaka. pi mana sini org cop pinoy. sampai la nak check in kat epot semalam. minah tu dgn selamba. good evening sir. Manila? wakakakak. suka hati mak nenek dia ja. lps own huluq passport dia siap dok tanya. betui ka org mesia. pastu tetiba minah tu cakap bahasa. rupanya org indon minah tu. then dia kata kami dok cakap tagaloq. Dia ingat bahasa utara bunyi cam tagaloq kot wakakakakaka. Dok kat qatar kena cop pinoy. nak buat lagu mana, kalu dah muka cam tu, tak pinoy, muka siam la. takkan brit kot :P

So lps hantaq own, aku pi beli ayaq favourite aku 3 botoi, tropicana orange tuh, pastu balik. zul tepon ajak kuar. aku suh dia amik sbb aku rasa cam dah flat drive satu hari pusing2. aku ingat dia nak ajak pi minum, tapi dia ajak pi lulu. uik dia beli kad ngan bunga. ulangtahun katanya kui 12 malam satgi. lagi 30 min. Syok lah tuh.. bagi bunga bagi kad, dapat main spesel lah tuh wakakaka. Tapi shambek dia bangang sikit, dia kata dia sambut ulang tahun, dia ikat reben kat kepala kadok. aku rasa sesuai panggil dia kadok la.

pastu malam tadi aku tertidoq kat atas sofa luaq. aku malas nak masuk lam. aku dok buzz buzz bini aku tapi dia tak jawab. sibuk kot nak kenduri minggu depan. aku bangun lambat. ingat nak mandi, tapi rasa cam malas lagi. tunggu zohor lah. la ni dok pk nak makan apa. nak masak pun malas. lagipun peti ais aku dah kosong dah pun. ada teloq 2 biji ja kot, ngan ikan bilis. ermmmm

petang satgi nak pi souq sat lah. nak beli pistachio nak wak balik mesia. beli 5 kilo cukup lah. lagipun aku punya flyer kad aku dah kena downgrade. tak leh nak bawak lebih2 kilo :P. ada lah satu dua pakcik dan makcik aku sms personally nak souveniour. aku pun tatau nak beli apa. aku beli ja lah. kalau aku pk nak beli semua tak larat lah, sbb aku ada berlambak pakcik makcik. since depa sms aku secara peribadi, aku kena lah carik apa nak beli. tapi aku balas inshaAllah pada depa. kalu dan ada lah. Kita ni manusia biasa, mana mampu nak memuaskan hati semua org kan.

Sekang pukui 11.14 pagi, aku nak pi dapor sat, tgk apa yang ada, yang bley aku masak, pastu aku nak mandi. aku dah email dah nak mintak exit permit. lawak sungguh lah negara ni, nak keluaq pun kena apply exit permit. bila la dia nak hapuskan konsep hamba nih :P

ok calo.

........

2008-03-22T19:25:00.000+03:00

Election is over and hopefully the winner will walk the talk :P
agak bosan citer pasal politik dah, so tunggu lagi 4 tahun lah plak.

Dah 22 hari membujang. boleh hidup lah jugak. tapi hari2 dah pening nak makan apa, sbb selalu balik rumah ada org masak.
nak makan kari kat kedai mamak tu pun dah bosan, sbb kari dia tak sama cam kari mesia :P

nak makan spagheti pun dah jemu, sbb aku punya spagheti asik kuah sama jer. aku kene beli perencah lain lah bagi rasa lain. siang2 aku dah malas keluar. malam jer keluar. tapi asik minum kopi jer. aku rasa kopi kampung kat grik lagi sedap. tapi ok lah cuci cuci mata :P

lagu 2 minggu nak balik, nak kerja pun dah bosan. aku asyik kira hari saje. tapi rasa cam tak cukup jer. 2 minggu saje. so kene plan betul2. dah lama dah ni tak kumpul ngan abg2 aku, adik2 aku mak bapak aku dan anak anak buah aku. dok terbayang kumpul ramai2 kat kampung padang jeri nih.

lps makan pagi dgn zul tadi aku dok rumah jer.. pastu petang aku gi kedai sukan tgk tgk baju. aku nak beli tapi bila aku tgk made in thailand, malas lah aku nak beli. dah lah mahal. jadi aku tgk tgk benda lain. aku rasa kedai tu mcm banyak barang ciplak lah. aku tgk bulu bulu ayam, tapi ada lagi stock last week so tak yah lah beli lagi.pastu aku gi kedai buku. aku pun tak tahu nak cari buku apa sbb aku bukan kaki buku. aku dok pusing dok pusing last last aku balik.
alamak laparnya.. ingat nak makan kat opera tapi sorang2 malas lah plak nak gi. nak singgah kedai mamak nak beli beriani tapi takde parking, so aku stop kat satu kedai beli shawarma 2. balik rumah aku makan satu. pastu aku tgk ada nasi lebih, pastu ada ayam kari lebih dalam peti ais. aku panaskan dan aku makan. ohh nampak ikan bilis. aku goreng. kruk kruk sedap jugak. pastu aku call mel sat, tapi dia dah tido, so malas lah nak kaco. pelik lah minah tu, balik mesia asik sibuk bawak kete ke hulu hilir buat apa ntah :P

Sekang aku dah tatau buat apa. tapi tak rasa nak keluar dah minum kopi. tapi kalau ada org amik aku pi kot :D

lagi 2 minggu nak kerjaaaaa

Lim Kit Siang yang Bodoh

2008-03-13T12:34:00.003+03:00

I asked my wife to fly back to KL just to vote for DAP. She was refused but I got to dictate her. She did just because she is loyal to me. I feel disgusted when the CEO of DAP (that the best position to suit him) did not allow DAP YB to attend the MB swearing-in ceremony, just merely because our Sultan chose PAS YB to be an MB. Your YB did sign the letter and made a press conference that they would abide to Sultan's decision.

Then when our Sultan made a choice, you made a press statement to defy it. I'm very disappointed in you. This clearly shows your true color. Although you have apologized to the Regent of Perak, but you have messed up the whole thing. You keep on saying UMNO is racist but you are no different from them. Gila kuasa punya orang. Yes everybody knows that in the opposition camp, you won 18 seats out of 31. But don't you realize who hold another 28 seats?

you should listen to this guy

“In the spirit of sincere openness, we stress that the composition of the exco must reflect the composition of the population of Perak and represent the interests of all ethnic groups fairly,” said Syed Husin.

Please look at the bigger picture if you want to manage our state. If this is the way you behave, don't expect it to get a single exco seat in the next PRU13.

It's better for us to deal with the devil we are familiar with.

Tahniah

2008-03-08T23:25:00.003+03:00

Congratulations to opposition. PKR did a good job to have a "loose" cooperation between DAP and PAS. You managed to capture 5 states. From today onwards, pls prove that you could do better to Rakyat.

To all malaysian, pls calm, and give them chance to rule. They have 4-5 years to prove.

My assumption why BN lost those states, just because of one naughty boy. Yes you had brain but you haven't matured enough.

Home alone :-)

2008-03-06T23:57:00.004+03:00

HeHe. Mel flew back to KL last Sunday night. I tried my best to have the best day ever with her that day. We spent our time at souq to buy a kilo of pistachio, then we had our dinner at malaysian restaurant there. We bumped with Din and his gorgeous girl friend. He has the look so he deserve it :P. My lady is gorgeous too!! ekeke Chatted for an hour with them until i got a call from my customer. The rater was down and all MMS wouldn't go through. I used to bring my notebook around but stop doing that for the past few months :P. So i got to rush back home and checked on the system. It became my routine job already. kinda boring. Thinking of moving to Dubai next year but they wanted to give less package. Shall I go home next year? Hard to say now. everything looks vague now.

I'm alone now sitting in front my notebook and thinking of something to write. Most of porn sites were block and I had to use the proxy to access it. I don't intend to do that at this moment as i feel a bit religious at this moment ;-). Looking at those just reminded my college day where to burst. Just forget it. Does it sounds lonely or horny? :P

No worries my dear, i'm doing OK. go out almost every 2 nights, and i tot of doing the same too now. but calling all my close friends with no luck. Zul having family dinner with Fisher's, syed refuse to go out, syam sent amad to airport. Wait for shambek to make a move, as i'm damn lazy to drive and do pick up. I wish anybody out there sms me and tell me they are waiting for me downstairs. Most likely it won't happen tonight.

Tomorrow night one birthday invitation and the next day rizal of aljazeera invited us(me) to have dinner at his house while watching malaysia election result. His parents pay him a visit now, and I wonder how much we could comments as they are "dulu kini dan selamanya". i wish miracle will happen. Opposition will get more seats, and i will be damn happy if they can deny BN 2/3 majority. Never happened before. It is not easy being opposition in Malaysia. hard for them to campaign as they got total black out from mainstream media. Only urban and young people able to have fair news by accessing the net. I kinda love reading www.malaysiakini.com as they are being pretty fair for both sides. I pray for malaysian to vote wisely.

I hate that Beruk. . what to do.. he has the safe seat and he has protection from our PM no matter what he did. He was nobody but he could speak like he was a minister.

Life has never been fair...

off to bed now..

Mari Kita menafikan 2/3 majoriti BN

2008-02-25T10:19:00.002+03:00

To all my families and friends,
let us vote for Opposition this time. This is our last hope. We have been manipulated by BN for the past 50 years. They have been fighting for their own benefit, and put a little for their Rakyat.

If we could deny 2/3 majority that they have been enjoying for the past 50 years, we could make something different.

Those living in KL, you will be damn happy, if they do not increase this shit

1. Toll
2. Gas

If you remember correctly, when PAS won Terengganu in 1999, they abolished toll, and BN won it back in 2004 but they had no reason to bring back this shit. A simple thing happened but benefited us a lot.

If you keep on voting for BN, "Jangan buat bising" if the toll and gas price keeps on hiking.
Bila tol naik bising, bila minyak naik bising. marah2 tapi still pangkah BN.

We must have a good opposition in the parliament to "check and balance" for Rakyat.

If you vote for BN, is like giving them a new gift, new mercedes, new BMW, or Big Bangalow for them :P, what did you get in return?

VOTE For Barisan RAKYAT!!

Shooter :-)

2008-02-19T10:05:00.004+03:00

What I did yesterday?

It cost me QAR 50 only for this. I had 50 bullets to shoot. and no license required ;-)

Biar mati anak Jgn Mati BMW :P

2008-02-12T14:51:00.000+03:00

Aku dapat email ini dr cousin aku nama Faizal/Iron/Jem. 3 nama tapi org yang sama.

[forwarded email]
Ini adalah sketsa keluarga seperti yang dilaporkan oleh wife aku tadi.
Berlaku hari ini (1 Feb 2008). Masa rehat jumaat tadi, wife aku pegi Shah
Alam Mall.
Setelah lunch kat situ dengan member dia, depa berjalan menuju ke car
park.
Car park yang mengadap DEMC tu..
Kelihatan lebih kurang 50 orang manusia sedang mengerumuni sebuah BMW.
Kelihatan di sebelah BMW seorang perempuan sedang menangis...alahai
kesiannya...
Wife aku mendekati kumpulan orang ramai dan mendapati ada seorang budak
lelaki berumur 1 tahun sedang menangis meronta-ronta dalam car seat kat
belakang (dalam BMW tu).
Perempuan yang menangis di tepi kereta adalah mak budak tu. Depa laki bini
terkunci anak dalam kereta rupanya ...
Terdengar orang sekeliling sedang memarahi perempuan tu...
Pompuan A:
umpil aje la pintu kereta ni
Mak Budak tu:
tak boleh ...(sambil menangis)... nanti suami saya on the way balik ambil
kunci spare...
Pompuan C
: Isk tengok tu, sengsaranya baby tu menangis, u sanggup biar anak u mati
ke?
Mak budak tu:
(sambil menangis)... nanti suami saya marah...
Pakcik B:
isk kalau saya punya anak, kalau tertinggal kunci, saya takkan patah balik
rumah, saya pecahkan aje cermin kereta ni...
Pakcik C:
"Mana bapaknya???"
Mak Budak tu:
"Dia balik Meru ambil kunci"
Semua orang:
"Apa! Meru!!!"
Suasana menjadi kelam kabut sebab orang ramai menjerit-jerit memaksa untuk
pecahkan cermin kereta tu. suasana gamat macam perhimpunan haram...
Tapi mak budak tu tak berani buat keputusan. Dia asyik kata..."saya takut
suami saya marah" "Tunggu suami saya datang"...Tetiba ade sorang akak
tampil dan jerit: pegi ambil kapak, pecahkan cermin kereta ni... biar saya
yang jawab dengan suami awak. Awak tak sayang nyawa anak ke?
Sambil beberapa orang pergi mencari tools utk pecahkan cermin keta,
beberapa orang pengawal keselamatan sibuk ambil beberapa baldi air dan
menyiram kereta BMW tu kerana kasihankan anak yang sedang kepanasan dan
kelemasan dalam kereta tu...
Seorang mekanik cina dari bengkel berdekatan dipanggil untuk umpil pintu.
Cina mekanik memberi komen " aiya ini keleta tak boleh umpil, kena kasik
picah cermin juga baru boleh masuk!"
Tak lama kemudian seorang mamat tiba dengan kapak keselamatan, maka
dikapak cermin tepi sebelah pemandu...praannng. ...!!!! Selesai masalah...
Tak lama selepas itu baby tersebut berjaya dikeluarkan. ..kesian baby
tu..berpeluh- peluh dengan kulit pun pucat dah naik biru....
Seorang lagi lelaki menjerit "biar saya periksa dia.... saya doktor". Si
doktor mendukung bayi dan bergegas ke DEMC untuk memeriksa bayi tu...
Sehingga bayi tersebut dibawa ke DEMC...bapak dia masih tak muncul-muncul
...ye la Meru tu kan jauh.... mungkin bapak dia singgah makan sate kambing
dulu...

P/S:pasangan tersebut adalah pasangan Melayu.

Selamat Mengundi

2008-02-12T10:36:00.000+03:00

My leave has been approved, and i'm gonna buy the ticket today :-). I know it's about 2 months to go but i'm worry Doha-KL route will be fully booked. HiHi

Our general election is around the corner, and most likely it will be held in March, and for sure i can't cast my vote. Hopefully, the vote different is not "1", so i won't feel guilty :P
Since Mel is going to be in KL in March; she could cast her vote. I remember in 2004, a day before election day, she got sort of reminder from her mom. "Nor, ingat nak tanda apa. Jangan lupa". Back to my house, i reminded her "tak payah nak ingat2. ikut jer cakap abg" What she did? one for her mom and one for me :P. My in law is die hard supporter of BN. Just say what you want, name any bad minister in cabinet, but they will remain "dulu kini dan selamanya". But a good thing about them, they are very close to their PAS supporter neighbor. They close to each other like one family but when it comes to vote everybody has their own stand. What to say. They subscribe ASTRO but most of her time, watching RTM only ekekeke. Mati aku depa baca nih. Lupa plak, mak tiri aku pun, BN die hard fan jugak. in 2004 she was a wanita head at her kampung. then after the election she kept on calling her colleague to ask the vote status. Then alas she said... "Alhamdulillah... menang beso" :P
Then everybody in the house teased her "Rafidah Aziz tak call umie ke". she just gave us a happy smile and I guess that was her happy day.

This year election, most probably... and i'm quite confident that Mel will vote for "me". We live in democracy country, so it is everybody choice. jadi jgn gaduh nak cerai2 yer pasal nak mengundi nanti ;-). If my in-law read this, they will remind her again :P

Haaaa. last Thursday we joined our friends for BBQ, which we intended to cancel :P , I met a few new guys and one of them happened to be Faizan's brother. my ex-colleague at MOT. About 30 people were there but the food seemed for 100 ppl ;-)

TGI Thursday

2008-02-07T10:13:00.000+03:00

Thank God. It's Thursday again :-). welcome WEEKEND!!
Just completed a simple script to refresh "autossh tunneling" as a work around solution. at least i could be in bed in peace.

I don't have any interesting story lah to tell. Last night i went to FFC, and bought 16 enerygy saver lights. Once home i called our "watchman" to replace all "yellow" dimmed light. it cost me QR10 each and I found that OSRAM brand was made in Malaysia. Then I bought a new heater fan for Mel, because the one we bought at souq was broken and the oil heater wasn't able to keep her warm.

apa lagi? we have one invitation today but we don't feel like going. There will be BBQ and I guess they will have karaoke session. Those guys are nice friend to be with but we don't click enough. Let's see lah this evening! I might SMS them, that we couldn't make it. Anyway, in life we could not please everybody. we just a normal human being and would like to stop being pretentious in anything we do.

Mel starts counting down number of days, as she will be flying back to KL on 1st march. So I will be alone for a month before flying back to KL on 3rd of April. My sis in law is getting married on 6th. and most likely my sister is getting engaged too. I asked her to make it on 13th April, so everybody could be home at that time. I chatted with my eldest brother and telling her "sacred" intention :P. Then I asked my sister to speak to him or sms him personally as she has to get blessing from him. You know, it is a norm in our family, the eldest should be informed first, else they will screw up the things :P HeHe.

I guess she got mr hamimi's consent already and I'm excited to attend the event as well. Most probably my father also getting excited because his first daughter is getting engaged. And this gonna be his first time to host such event. I can't wait to be in Grik.

We have one little problem. We haven't decided where should we leave our car. It has been in Ampang for the past one year, and there is parking problem there as everybody is having a car. They are busy too to take care of the car. I'm thinking to let it be at Padang Jeri. The only problem, we have been servicing the car at Honda, and there is no Honda service in Grik. may be just go to normal workshop. Anyway, that almost 4 years old car is quite OK to be serviced there isn't it? I wish i could let my second brother taking care of that car. But looking at his wira, I have no faith in him. My old wira is older than his, but mine still looking new. Sorry.. it was mine but now belongs to Pak Din. Pak Din is indeed a snappy guy and i inherited a lot from him. But he knows how to keeps his stuff well. Very well!! i would say. Then i was thinking to ask my cousins, jusoh, zack or jem to take care of that car. As of last year Jusoh or Zack is better in taking care of stuff. Sorry jem :P. But it will not be fair for my brothers and sisters right?? So let Pak Din takes care of it then everybody will be happy :-)

I'm working now. GTG

Amalan Bidaah Budaya Melayu

2008-01-25T12:40:00.000+03:00

I thought of explaining this based on my log book =)) but below explanation is more details than mine. I got it from http://www.harakahdaily.net

Tazkirah: 'Perlukah saya buat kenduri arwah?'

Azamin Amin
Fri | Jan 25, 08 | 2:51:32 pm MYT

"Perlukah saya sediakan makanan dan buat kenduri arwah kepada orang kampung sedangkan keluarga saya tengah sedih sangat sebab baru sahaja kehilangan ayah tersayang?" tanya seorang remaja kepada saya yang baru kehilangan ayahnya yang tercinta kerana sakit kronik.

Terkedu dan pernah juga terfikir dalam benak hati, namun kerana kenaifan saya di bidang agama saya diamkan sahaja sehinggalah muncul kembali soalan yang terbit daripada anak muda belasan tahun ini yang datang daripada keluarga yang susah.

Lantaran itu, walaupun sedikit kesibukan dengan tugasan, saya meluangkan masa mencari jawapan yang mungkin atau mengundang pelbagai pandangan dan polemik serta emosi kurang senang banyak pihak.

Namun atas landasan mencari ilmu termasuk mahu berkongsi bersama, saya kutip beberapa pendapat yang boleh dijadikan panduan kepada semua khususnya kepada anak muda yang bertanya itu sehingga saya membiarkan dia termanggu tanpa sebarang jawapan sebelum ini.(segala kesilapan dan kelemahan mohon tunjuk dan maafkan)

Amalan membebankan keluarga si mati

Dalam laman blog dikenali sebagai Institut Al-Imam Syafie (Intis) seorang Pensyarah Jabatan Tilawah al-Quran Pusat Bahasa Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) Abdullah Bukhari Abdul Rahim menulis amalan kenduri arwah ini sudah pasti menyusahkan keluarga si mati yang masih lagi bersedih dengan kehilangan orang tersayang.

Katanya Rasulullah s.a.w ketika mendengar berita kematian Jaafar ibn Abi Talib, baginda bersabda: "Persiapkan makanan untuk keluarga Ja'far, kerana sesungguhnya mereka telah didatangi dengan apa yang menyibukkan mereka (kesusahan)." - Hadith riwayat al-Tirmidhi & Abu Dawud.

Keluarga si mati yang baru ditimpa musibah(al-Baqarah:155-157) perlu disokong dan dibantu.

Amalan di sesetengah tempat ini adalah salah, kerana katanya kesedihan keluarga si mati akan ditambah lagi dengan kesedihan lain seperti bebanan kewangan kerana perlu membayar upah orang membaca al-Quran, sembahyang jenazah dan kenduri arwah.

"Budaya mengadakan kenduri arwah bersempena kematian pada malam pertama, malam Jumaat, malam ketujuh, malam ke-40 dan malam ke-100 juga tidak mempunyai asas sama sekali dalam Islam," katanya yang dipetik dari laman web tersebut

Amalan itu membawa kepada pembaziran jika membabitkan penggunaan harta si mati tanpa jalan yang betul dan membabitkan penganiayaan harta anak yatim malah Majlis Fatwa Mesir pada 1947 memutuskan bahawa amalan berkenaan perlu dihentikan.

Ulama mazhab Syafie melarang kenduri arwah

Rujukan katanya boleh dibuat terhadap Kenyataan bekas Mufti Mesir Syeikh Hasanain Makhluf di dalam akhbar al-Ahram bertarikh 27 Julai 1947 dan Fatwa ini kemudian disahkan oleh Majlis Fatwa Mesir dan dikeluarkan dengan rasminya pada 14 Ogos 1947, bilangan 377.

Katanya lagi Ulama mazhab Syafie melarang budaya ini sebagaimana dipetik daripada buku Feqah Mazhab Syafie, al-Fiqh al-Manhaji.

Antara petikan kitab tersebut yang berbunyi:"Daripada bidaah apa dibuat keluarga si mati ialah dengan mengumpulkan orang ramai kepada makanan dengan upacara dinamakan berlalunya 40 hari dan seumpamanya."

"Sekiranya perbelanjaan makanan itu daripada harta peninggalan (si mati) dan di kalangan waris ada yang belum baligh, maka itu adalah dari perkara lebih haram.

"Ini kerana ia memakan harta benda anak yatim dan melenyapkannya bukan untuk kepentingan anak yatim itu. Terbabit juga dalam melakukan perbuatan haram ini setiap yang memanggil dan memakannya." ( rujukanjil 1/ ms 263, Damsyik: Dar al-Qalam).

Dalam pada itu pada Jun 2005 blog tersebut turut memetik ruangan Tazkirah di bawah tajuk 'Amalan Jahiliyyah Disangka Ajaran Agama' oleh Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat yang merujuk kepada pengarang kitab at-Tazkirah iaitu Al-Qurtubi berhubung isu kenduri arwah.

"Dengan jelas mengatakan bahawa diantara amalan jahiliyyah ialah mengadakan suatu himpunan beramai-ramai diperkuburan, di masjid atau di rumah dengan berzikir dan juga lain-lain bacaan, serta mengadakan jamuan makan minum dengan tujuan untuk orang mati, disebut orang sebagai kenduri Arwah.

"Dengan jelas perbuatan itu tiada Nas yang menjadi rujukannya dan tiada petunjuk sunnah yang menjadi ikutan, " kata Nik Aziz.

Kenyataan pahit dan mengejutkan

Kenyataan ini kata Nik Aziz mungkin agak keras dan pahit serta boleh jadi suatu penjelasan yang mengejutkan terutama terhadap mereka yang mengamalkan perkara tersebut secara ikut-ikutan dan membuta tuli tanpa mengkaji dari sudut ilmiyah.

"Tetapi inilah hakikat Islam yang mesti diakui oleh penganutnya yang sedia kembali kepada al-Quran dan Sunnah," katanya

"Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa amalan tersebut telah berakar umbi di dalam masyarakat melayu, sehingga sebahagian dari mereka menganggap bahawa amalan tersebut adalah merupakan amalan agama yang mesti dilakukan setiap kali berlaku kematian," katanya lagi

Kata Nik Aziz lagi sungguhpun Nabi terlalu sayang terhadap umatnya terutama terhadap para sahabatnya yang sentiasa membantu Nabi di dalam suasana damai dan perang namun Nabi tidak pernah melakukan majlis zikir atau tahlil untuk sahabat-sahabatnya r.a yang mati.

"Orang yang paling sayang terhadap Nabi s.a.w. adalah para sahabatnya yang sentiasa berada di sisi Nabi siang dan malam, namun pernahkah terdapat para sahabat berhimpun dan berzikir dan bertahlil untuk Nabi s.a.w.?" katanya membangkitkan persoalan. Soalnya lagi jika perkara itu tidak dilakukan oleh Nabi dan juga para sahabat maka dari manakah punca amalan itu diambil.

"Apa yang paling mendukacitakan, mereka menganggap amalan tersebut sebahagian dari amalan Islam, padahal Rasulullah sa.w. tidak pernah menunjukkan contoh seperti itu dalam sunnahnya," katanya.

Bagi umat Islam marilah berlapang dada dalam menghadpi persoalan agama dengan menghayati petikan ayat daripada surah An-Nisaa' 4:59 :"Hai orang-orang yang beriman, taatilah Allah dan taatilah RasulNya dan ulil amri di antara kamu. Kemudian jika kamu berlainan pendapat tentang sesuatu, maka kembalikanlah ia kepada Allah (Al Qur'an) dan Rasul (sunnahnya), jika kamu benar-benar beriman kepada Allah dan hari kemudian. Yang demikian itu lebih utama (bagimu) dan lebih baik akibatnya." - mks.

maggi goreng

2008-01-19T13:24:00.000+03:00

We woke up soooo late...
Aku baru habis buat maggi goreng. Sedap jugak aku menggoreng.
Nak tahu aku buat mcm mana

Selalu aku goreng takde sequence
aku rendam maggi dalam 2-3 minutes, lps tu aku tos kan. lps tu aku biar jer lah dulu

aku letak kuali atas dapur dan panaskan letak no 1 dan letak minyak.
pastu aku start bukak peti ais. ada bawang putih. aku potong2 aku masuk dalam kuali.
aku nampak bawang besar aku potong2 aku masukkan saja. aku masukkan 2 biji cili api.

pastu ada ayam, aku potong2 pastu aku masukkan. pastu aku letak sos tiram. aku letak kicap cap kipas udang sikit. pastu aku nampak tuna, aku masukkan tuna dalam tuh. dan aku masukkan kobis dan cendawan yang telah di potong. aku goreng2, dan masa untuk masukkan magi yang telah di tos.

masukkan maggi, dan goreng kan sekali. pastu aku nampak ada pepper tepi dapur tuh. aku pusing2 kan. dan aku rasa sikit.. dah secukup rasa.

Yanggggg maggi dah siap :-)

mel: abg pakai perencah ke?
aku: sorry aaa. ini gua buat sendiri. tak letak garam pun
mel: tak masin la..
aku: rasa lah dulu.

tuna tuh dah rasa masin dah.. kalau aku bubuh garam terlebih masin.
cuba lah buat hik hik.

aku nak mandi... dah 1.30 ptg ni hehe

Hello, Tell Me!!

2008-01-17T22:55:00.000+03:00

Hello. Tell me!!

What the fooook. Here it is common if somebody picks up the call and says that thing to you. Yes, it is very irritating at the beginning but slowly you’ll get used to it :P

Yea, yesterday I received an email from Nurazlina bte Zulkefli. She wrote me like she knew me very well. It took me sometime to figure out who she was. Later I found out, she is my niece. A daughter of my cousin at my “kampung”. Of course she knows me and I know her well because I used to call her “poreng”. Wakakaka. She is working as a secretary now at LTH, and made me realize that I’m getting old now. 10 years back she was in high school and she might transform herself a lot now. You know those girls graduated from iTM majoring in secretarial. HaHaHa. Poying mesti tgh marah baca nih.

Thursday is always the best day for me. It is the last day of the week and I could wake up late tomorrow HiHi. Mel has to fly to Bahrain tomorrow to renew her visa, so I will be alone tomorrow. May be Syed will come over because I just asked him to download Golden Compass, so we could watch it tomorrow.

For the past few gloomy days, I had nothing much to do. This morning, I just chatted with my cousin Jem/Iron. We talked a lot of things. our family, my house in Bangi, and how to improve in bed. Oh we talked about bidaah and how to purify our heart also. Last week unintentionally I attended one usrah. It was lectured by Ustaz Ali. He explained about bidaah.

Then after the session, we Malaysian asking him about bidaah hasanah. That’s what we learned in school. The he asked us back who taught you bidaah hasanah. Any hadis to support the claim. None of us could answer it. then he started to explain to us one by one. He began with “nasra” influenced in our daily life. For instance celebrating our birthday. Christians observe Jesus birthday and Malaysian followed the same way by celebrating our prophet Muhammad birthday. Then about “kenduri tahlil” and so on. During prophet days, they never had tahlil for 3,7, or 40 consecutive days. Then I was thinking, if we didn’t do it, people will say bad thing. “Kesian org tu mati, takde org baca tahlil”. I guess I will write more about this later. I need to check my log book :-). after talking to Jem for quite sometime, there was no response from him. Then I buzz him by saying “Aku tak sesat la”

Then once in a while after zuhur prayer, we have tazkirah with our imam (manager). He is local and he advises us a lot of things. and he told us people here realize that Malaysian used to label them wahabi. In fact they never care what wahabi is. Their concern is to follow al-quran and sunnah. That’s the only way to unite all muslim, which is undeniably true.

Ok I’m going to bed now… sing me a lullaby.. HuHuHu

Majulah Sukan Untuk Negara

2008-01-16T21:49:00.001+03:00

I played badminton today!! and I have been playing for the past 3 weeks. Monday and Wednesday is obliged to 6 of us. Me, Nuar, Khai, King, Atok and Din. We have 3 couples.. opss 3 pairs to battle each other. May be once i return to KL later, i can beat Nyace. wakakaka

Shamberng and syam ban the game. Shambeng called it "permainan org sepi" (game for loner) because all married but 4 of us left their wife in Malaysia HiHi. Syam just don't like the game. He prefers soccer and in fact he is the man behind the curtain... opsss behind the scene that make the game becomes free. I love to join but "stool leg" never knows to dribble the ball. i just love Arsenal jersey and I just knew Thierry Henry but he left for Barcelona already. With my new identity here, i just loving it when people address me "Haziran". They said it is too long to call me and asking my nick name. For the past 30++ years people calling me Gee, so this is the time for me to be a NEW me. A couple of Mel's friends know my nick name. Don't count too much on ladies; it's very hard for them to keep a secret. So they tried to call me "Gee" but I just pretend that I wasn't listening to them.
All men have little secret ;-)

you might think I am being "poyos", but who cares. For the past 30++ years, i never bother your life OK. As long as i'm not crossing your line, so don't ever try to cross mine. Eh apa aku merepek mcm org mabuk ni. No no no i'm not drunk. I just feeling cold.

What we did yesterday

2008-01-15T12:55:00.000+03:00

The weather becomes colder. This morning it was below 10 and it has been raining for the past one week. Luckily Mel bought me a jacket when she was in UK (it was cheap because she bought at car boot sale. I guess 6 or 7 pound only :P ) so i don't have to buy a new one. Mel had two but she bought a new one yesterday. I had no more budget for her so she got to use her own money :P

Yesterday we went to Qatar Airways to get a refund voucher for our unused return ticket to KL. 910 riyal each. Then we went to city center to catch National Treasure Movie. It kinda cool. Seriously I totally forgotten the 1st version. Ha Ha. After the movie, we saw big ads at the entrance of Debenham. So we just walked in there, and almost all items were on 50% sale. I tried a couple of shirts, jeans and trousers and end up I bought 1 shirt, 1 jean and 1 belt. all at 50% discount :-) I told Mel, hopefully there will be no more sale after this month. No more budget for shopping, so we canceled our Dubai trip. Anyway if you guys wanna go there, there will be Dubai Shopping Festival from 24th January - 24th February. No more allocation, so we just dreaming only HiHi

Dugaan [ completed :-) ]

2008-01-13T20:54:00.000+03:00

January 11, at 11.00 am Mel and I decided to go to FFC to shop some groceries.

at the parking lot
(both got into the car and closed the door)
Suddenly... Prangg..
we looked at the back and
Mel: abang cermin pecah
Gee: apesal. alahai
Then we got out of the car and checked the glass.

Gee: Hello
A: Hello, Sinxt Rent here.
Gee: I'm having problem with my car. The back windscreen was broken at my parking lot.
A: Call the police, we only replace the car once you get the police report

(dial 999)
Gee: Hello
Police: hello
the funny story goes after this. Going to shoprite for a while :D
(We didn't go to shoprite but i went to bed instead :P)

Gee: The back windscreen of my car was broken and i didn't know how it happened.
Police: Where
Gee: My parking lot
Police: Where's yr parking lot
Gee: Matar Qadeem.
Police: Where's Matar Qadeem
Gee: U know Al-Emadi Building
Police: Yes
Gee: Al-Emadi 4B
Police: Who hit your car?
Gee: I don't know
Police: OK Call this number 4XXXXXX
Gee: Is this police station?
Police: Yes. call that number

(Dial 4XXXXXX)
Gee: Hello. Is that Police Station
Police: Yes. what's yr problem
Gee: The back windscreen of my car was broken and i didn't know how it happened.
Police: Where
Gee: My parking lot
Police: Where's yr parking lot
Gee: Matar Qadeem.
Police: Where's Matar Qadeem
Gee: U know Al-Emadi Building
Police: Yes
Gee: Al-Emadi 4B
Police: Who hit your car?
Gee: I don't know.
Police: For your case, come to police on Sunday
Gee: Why Sunday? I need to make a police report now
Police: Today, tomorrow close. Only Sunday Open. Today open for 2 cars problem (paham tak?)
(that means if you got accident with second or other party)
Gee: Where
Police: Airport Police Station. Come Sunday 8. am
Gee: I want to make a police report now, so i can get a replacement for my rental car
Police: Friend, today, tomorrow close. Come Sunday. You still can drive your car.
Gee: OK (I just hang up)

(Dial Sixth Rent again)
Gee: Hello
A: Yes Sir
Gee: I cannot make a police report today. Could you give me replacement car for a while? I need it for 2 days
A: No sir. You have to bring police report
Gee: Yes I know. But this is international company, I guess should be no problem for you to give me replacement, then On Sunday I will make a police report.
A: Sorry sir. This is our company policy
(I was getting pissed off)
Gee: Hey, What kind of service you provide? I need the car for two days
A: (he hang up the phone)

What the fooook.
(Dial again.. nobody answered me)

Then I called syed to come over and bring me for Friday Prayer and we went to FFC to buy some stock because we would be grounded for two days at least :P

On Saturday night, I asked Syed to bring me to Airport police station, just to check where exactly it was, so the next day i would not have problem to locate it.

Syed: Masuk lah dulu tanya
Gee: Ok gak
I explained everything to the police and he said "Your case not here. Go to Musammeir" and he was being nice by giving us direction. So I decided to check that police station and Syed suggested me to bring my car, in case if we were lucky enough we could get the report.

So we return home to get my car and heading there. There was one guy at that police station. So i got to explain everything again.

Police: You want to claim full insurance or third party
Me: Full insurance. This is rental car.
(then i showed him one paper inside the car)
Police: This is third party insurance
Me: Shit
Police: This 2 arabic words means third party. If comprehensive it would be one word only.
Me: Ok let me call sixt rent again

Me: Hello
B: Hello Sixth Rent here
Me: Hello Dean ( I could recognize his voice)
Me: The insurance for this car is third party
B: No Sir. all our cars are comprehensive
Me: But the paper here said "third party"
(the police asking me to pass the phone to him. Then he asked Dean to send another copy or I get it from him and bring there tomorrow)
He passed back the phone to me

Me: Hello
Dean: Sir, just go to our main office
Me: It is not my job to get that copy. You should provide the correct copy.
Dean: Just give me your fax number, so i will fax it to you
( I was so mad at this guy, so i just bombarded him. anyway i didn't fuck him. Only a few "shit" coming out of my mouth).
After giving him my fax number, i put down the phone. Then we talked to that police man for a while before going home. Once home i called Sixth Rent Manager.

Eh dah 7.30 am. I have to take shower now. will continue later. :-)

Me: Hello Mr Mustafa.
M: A'kum
Me: W'salam. This is me from Cxxtel. The back windscreen of my car was broken and i had a problem to make a police report. The insurance copy stated third party but your staff insisted there was another original copy with full insurance. Then he asked me to get it at your main office. It is ridiculous, how could your staff gave me the wrong paper?
M: Don't listen to them. If the paper said third party just make it third party report, if comprehensive make it full claim report.
Me: Ok then. tomorrow I will go to police station again, and I will make a police report based on third party because that what exactly stated here. The police will not give me the insurance certificate report.
M: It's ok. Just make a police report and get the copy. Then pass it to them, and they will replace your car
Me: Ok then. Thanks for the information.

(I got a call fr customer...)

On Sunday at 7.45 am at Musammeir Police Station
Me: A'kum Mr Zahar
Z: W'salam
Me: Sit there
(I was the only one there :P)
after 30 minutes
Z: Go upstairs and see my manager. Tell him your problem and he will give you the report. Your case simple
Me: OK
( I went to see his boss.)
Me: A'kum
His Boss: W'salam
Then I explained everything.
His Boss: Tell Zahar to make a police report for you and I will sign it. If he asks you to see me again, tell him to call me.
Me: OK
( I went downstairs and told him what was happened)
Z: So he knew your problem already?
Me: Yes
Z: Where are all your papers?
( I passed all papers to him)
Z: Sit down
( I had no idea where he went )
then after 30 minutes he came to sit at the reception and filling up the report in arabic
Z: you are malaysian
Me: Yes I am
Z: Malaysia good. My friend just return from Malaysia and he said it was good. I want to go there
Me: Yea. You should go ( :P )
Z: Ok your report is done. your report number is 13 and they will prepare for you and give a copy later. This case, we call simple crisis. not crisis. simple case. Sit down
Me: (whatever)

(after another 20-30 minutes)
Z: Just go upstairs and take the second door. Look for Mr Khalid.
Me: Ok
Me: A'kum Mr Khalid
K: W'salam. sit there. Give him chai (he ordered his tea boy)
I got to sip their chai(tea) in this cold weather.

(after another 20 mins I guess)
K: What's yr problem
Me: It is written there I guess (i just smiled at him)
K: Ok (and he started typing the report)
Then the tea boy came asked for 12 riyal for stamp fee.
K: Ok done. Follow him to get a report.
( I followed his officer)
He looked at my driving license
O: ooo you are malaysian
Me: Yes
his friend: You know Mahathir Mohamad
Me: Yes
His friend: I love his president ( that means he loves mahathir leadership)
(yea, ppl here see high on him. a couple of times they asked Anwar as well)
Me: Yea. Everybody loves him.

(Then i got my report, then I said "Syukran")

I was the only one to make a report that day and it took me 2 hours and half to get a "simple case report"
I get used to the system, and the weather was nice and I was in the new building, so nothing to rush. What to do, that's how they work here.

So i drove my self to the airport to get the replacement.

At the airport
Me: Here is the report
P: OK, I will give back your old car. the red one
Me: Whatever. As long it is in good condition.
P: (ordered his staff) Get the red Ibiza for this man.
(then i just followed him to the parking area)
(The parking lot was flooding with water.)
Me: I'm not going down here. You see the water.
M: Sir, take off your shoes.
Me: What? No way. You go there and get the car for me
M: No problem sir.

(he drove the car the opposite way)
M: Sir, open that door and jump from here
Me: (fuck). Ok i will do it
(I opened the door and jump to the next car)
Then I checked the insurance copy.

Me: This insurance copy was expired.
M: It's ok sir. you can drive
Me: No. I'm not going to drive this car.
M: Ok Sir. follow me to the airport

At the airport again
Me: You see, this insurance was expired and i'm not going to drive it
P: Wait. (he was checking the file.)
P: Sir, give me your fax number and i will fax it to you later
Me: No. Get me another car. I don't trust it works here. In this country there will be no such thing. Later means nothing. Give me another car

Then he passed me a new key. After checking the insurance copy and it was valid with third party insurance. I took it and I called Sixth Rent manager again.

Me: A'kum Mr Mustafa
M: w'salam
Me: This is me again and i just got a replacement but the insurance still third party
M: Why you worry about third party. If something wrong with the car we will responsible for it
Me: Fine. But it should be comprehensive so if anything happen to me, it will cover me as well.
M: No, comprehensive here, for the car only. For you, you have to buy your own personal insurance
Me: Ok then

HaHa.. That's how the system works here. I just couldn't believe but it is indeed true. What surprises me more, they just host Asian games and they are going to bid for 2016 olympic.

Ok my dugaan story completed :-)

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Happy New Year

2008-01-03T14:02:00.000+03:00

Cepat sungguh masa berlalu. Masa itu terlalu pantas di saat kita rasa gembira. Tetapi pastinya lama kalau keadaan disebaliknya. Di saat ku jejakkan kaki ku disini, aku rasa ingin pulang, kerana hatiku sering disakiti.
mmg tak boleh jadi writer atau novelist kwang kwang kwang.

Anyway, time flies so fast and the new year just begun. I have yet to set my 2008 resolutions. I guess not much in the list and hopefully the one that I'm waiting for will be answered HuHu. I miss Gerik so much. I thought I could fly back this January before resuming my duty here. Suddenly they changed the plan and the new contract started on January 1 as well. Most probably we have to forfeit our one year return ticket to KL. Mine will expire on January 20 and Mel Feb 16. Mel wanted to use the ticket but I couldn't allow it because i just simply can't live without her. My truly sole mate. She could stand by me, no matter what I do. Don't worry dear, I never did like Chua.... as of today. Let's pray to God it won't happen to us :-)

Speaking about Chua, I guess he was a good minister. I pity him for being trapped that way. Seriously, I bet a lot more like him, but they are damn good to hide it and most probably they will be more cautious after this :P . I guess most or all politicians caught of having sex scandal will have no way out. So, no choice for them. It is your personal life but public couldn't accept it. So that's the price you have to pay. But again I pity him because he was being a good health minister.

Sex is everybody needs. It's not easy to control when you are high isn't it? ;-) The more religious or good you are the more challenge you have to face. It could happen to a very religious guy, but because of uncontrollable desire, he might end up having illicit sex once. Then everybody including the player will jeer him. Strange isn't it. All my iTTM friends watched porno movie and jerking off themselves at least once :P.

For Muslim, illicit sex is very serious offence although a lot people keep on doing it. They pray 5 times a day, fasting every ramadhan, and being good to elderly, but they say yes to this. Try to advice this kind of guy, you will end fighting with him and he will come out with 1001 reasons for his act ;-). When it comes to sex, there are no rules. Sex never discriminate or against based on color, religion, or whatsoever. Anyway most men only want sex for the physical pleasure and only women want love.

Chua will be history and who will be cursed next?

Before I forget, please avoid illicit sex :-) It is a big sin in Islam and it is bad for your health too.

I bought a new watch

2007-12-30T11:18:00.000+03:00

I have had a Guess which i bought at 50% discounted price at KLCC and after 6 years of hesitation I bought a new watch :-) TISSOT T-Load Valjoux T54.1.487.31

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We just moved :-)

2007-12-16T10:29:00.000+03:00

We just moved. The flat is nice. located at the second floor. bad view but the interior is better. Mel likes the new place too. Oh yea, we have a "watchman" now. Very helpful. But don't forget to tips them once in a while :-)
The process of getting this new flat wasn't easy. The marketing lady was so sexy, showing her cleavage every time i see her. She was so nice and i easily accept the flat. Don't get me wrong OK. There is nothing wrong with the flat. But this lady wanna play a game. It is a furnished apartment but she did not want to give us kitchen utensils, dining set and iron. All tenants in those building received it without asking but this lady really pissed me off. Besides, I got to use my own money first to pay the water and electricity deposit because they refused to use theirs while my company transferring the money to their bank account.
The fact is, i'm a snappy guy, and only mel knows it well. I lost my temper, so i just bombarded everybody in their office, then this sexy lady started being nice again :P. Don't ever think, customer is always a King here. They just knew how to get the money, and once done, don't expect much on after sale service from them.
Mel kept on calling them too. alas we got what we want :-)
.... and don't count on sexy lady. don't stare at their valley too much as it will distract u :P

Perkembangan Terbaru

2007-12-05T22:27:00.000+03:00

My contract comes to the end, and surprisingly my customer offered me a job. I met their HR, but the package wasn't so good, so i rejected the offer. a few people coming over asking my stand, so after having a lengthy discussion, i agreed to continue my current contract with a few conditions. Basically, i will move to a better maintenance flat, a little increment and extra holidays. I could fly back to Malaysia two times next year, so it will be nice. Maybe i could use one for Malaysia and another one for somewhere else. I'm fantasizing now as the official contract has not been signed. Dream on...
Living here quite OK, of course we miss everything back home. But we have to plan for our future. after all we are growing old. On one fine day we will return home. Mel feels bored too; she misses her Unit Trust thingy, so i need to reward her like she used to get. One free ticket to Qatar hahahaha.
If we are talking about life, we never satisfied with what we have. That's why we must have our own objective and never compare ourselves with others. The only thing you could do, just check your present condition. If it is better, than you have improved. If we tend to compare, hatred feelings will come. Hate hurts but never heals and hate is the very worst choice for those who want to be happy.
Dah lama tak update ek. next entry nak tulis pasal kawan kawan lah.

PM Speech

2007-11-07T10:28:00.000+03:00

Key points raised by Umno President Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the Opening of the 58th Umno General Assembly
Strengthening Islam
Umno is committed to strengthening Islam and will not apologise for doing so. Islam promotes moderation. During the general assembly in 2004, I laid out the 10 principles of Islam Hadhari, an approach that was understood and supported by component parties of Barisan Nasional.

Federal Constitution
Calls to return to the spirit of the Federal Constitution should be viewed in a positive light, interpreted with wisdom and without prejudice. The Constitution must be viewed as a whole, and selected clauses cannot be interpreted in isolation or out of context.

Racial and religious tolerance
We give assurance that Umno will not endorse a narrow interpretation of Islam. Umno opposes the culture of violence, we oppose a political culture that can disrupt the daily lives and commercial affairs of the ummah. Umno believes that Islam will not grow, nor will it be respected if it is confined to rituals. If we fight for Islam, armed only with slogans and rhetoric, we will not achieve excellence.

Islam and non-Muslims
The application of Islam through the prism of shallow minds and narrow interpretations can cause discomfort not only among non-Muslims but among Muslims themselves. Overzealous enforcement can give Islam a negative image. Failure to understand the needs of adherents of other religions and denying them the rights runs counter to the spirit of the Federal Constitution.

Auditor-General’s Report and ACA
I am happy with the quick action taken by the Anti-Corruption Agency and I am certain that many public servants support these actions, which protect the dignity and integrity of their profession.

The corridors of growth
When our plans succeed, it will transform the face of Malaysia. Development will not just be concentrated in major urban areas but will instead be spread to every area of our nation. This is our noble ambition.

Malays - self-confidence and the future
Worry, fear and a sense of being under threat occurs when Malays are insufficiently prepared. For as long as Malays remain unambitious, they will fear meritocracy. The feelings of inferiority, nervousness and insufficiency are poisons that have been injected into the Malay mentality since colonial times. These poisons must be removed. Malays, when given the proper guidance and fair opportunity, are prepared to compete.

Crime and security
It is caused, among others, by social problems and in some cases as a result of the influx of illegal immigrants. Media reports of crimes have heightened the public’s awareness, but the dramatic manner in which the news is presented gives the impression that this country is no longer safe.

The Government is aware of the problem and in both the Ninth Malaysia Plan and the 2008 Budget, a large allocation has been granted to the police. It should be understood that the large personnel increases required by the police could not be filled overnight. It takes time to hire and train new police personnel. While this is happening, the country and society must be supportive of the police and refrain from undermining the public’s confidence in the force.

The keris and Umno
The act of unsheathing and kissing a keris is part of our cultural heritage, but its meaning has been twisted to spread fear among non-Malays, and the image of Umno and Malaysia has been smeared overseas. On behalf of Umno’s leaders and members, I give assurance that Umno will never breach the spirit of the understanding that has been agreed with other communities at the time of Merdeka. Opportunities are available to all. There is a future for every Malaysian in this country.

The new media and press freedom
Information is now distributed through multiple channels. In this context, we must intelligently balance the need for media freedom with the basis for political stability that we have enjoyed. The Government wishes to see the media industry grow into an industry that is progressive and open, an industry that can carry out its responsibilities with integrity and responsibility.

Power sharing and Merdeka
A country that celebrates 50 years of independence must be populated with a free people – a people who have the belief and confidence in their future. Its people must shoulder the responsibility of defending its freedom; a people who live in harmony between communities and religions; a people who are broad minded and big hearted.

The National Mission
The National Mission has five main thrusts – moving the economy up the value chain; developing first class human capital; addressing persistent socio-economic imbalances; improving quality of life; and strengthening institutional capacity – all of which are universal, constant requirements for national building. The strength of our human capital will determine the success of the Mission. It will determine whether we achieve developed nation status and progress further.

Harga Tepung Naik Lagi!!!

2007-11-04T11:27:00.000+03:00

Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd (MMHB) managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin looks at increasing prices differently.

“Undoubtedly, prices for almost everything are going up, but is anything wrong with that?”

He believes that if prices globally are increasing, there has to be a pass-through mechanism implemented by the Government.

“We cannot live in an isolated world. In this globalised economy, we cannot have a protected economy.

“We can live with it temporarily to obtain a balance, but currently we can see the Malaysian economy becoming increasingly distorted because of the millions of ringgit going into subsidies of petroleum, flour or rice, for example.”

He said the country did not have deep-enough pockets to maintain this indefinitely.

He said the wages of Malaysians had also been artificially kept low.

Citing the example of his starting salary 26 years ago at RM1,400, Ameer Ali said: “Now, I am employing graduates at the same salary. There is something wrong here. In every other developed country, the minimum wage has increased by at least 100%.”...... ( The Star )

OK, I read "The Star" today and above excerpt really disturbing me. The fact, it is indeed true. 26 years back with 1400 they could buy a lot of things. They could drive in a nice imported car, and living contentedly in a decent terrace house. What do you expect much from fresh graduate earning 1400 nowadays? Those need to send money back to help their needy parents, in Kampung, they have to have tight budget living in KL. They have desire to buy new car too. Proton must be their dream car, (although Kancil only suit them) and could you imagine how much they left in their pocket?

Ok fine, our PM asking us to think out of box, and try to do something else. Back to reality, do you expect everybody to do business or at least be part of MLM system? On paper Malaysia has prosper a lot, but I bet a lot of people in KL having a hectic life and tight budget every month. We are suffering and being capitalized because our government has not done enough. The gas and toll price keeps on increasing and the car price never been cheap. Satu lagi harga tepung pun naik lagi :P

Public transport and public road not properly planned. The LRT inter-change looks funny. For instance, KL Monorail. Yea, they told us the end station is KL Sentral. But the truth it is 200m away from KL Sentral. As of last year, if we want to change "Star" to "Putra", we have to buy different ticket, that means at the transit station, you have to queue again, unless you have monthly pass :P

Even the India High Commission in Malaysia set their maid price at 1400. Pinoy maid cost around 800 - 1000 and Indonesian could cost up to 450. When you live in KL, and you are married and start having kids, you started to think to hire maid. For young parents, they will opt for Indonesian maid, but how much you could save after paying them and spending on groceries etc.

OK, my father used to say this to me. Last time I earned 400 and while your mom still tapping of rubber trees, our household income was around 550, and we could raise 7 children. But 26-30 years back, with 600 you could buy a lot of things. If we dig the price fact, we would know how cheap was the gas, chicken etc. Compared to this day, those things hiking significantly, and it is unbelievable the fresh grad price remains the same!!!

It is so sad to think about this. I know some of you are lucky enough, if your first job is with MNC like Motorola. They could pay you 2400 and 2700 if you have first class degree. Telekom still competitive in this sense.

It is annoyed to see those having a degree being paid below 2000 and it is more saddened to see those guys not having any job. When people have no choice, they will do whatever they could, and don't expect them to be loyal to you if you couldn't pay them enough.

I’m thinking too much on Fresh Grad. I will be paranoid, if I think about “Tukang Kebung”, org kerja kilang, Supermarket promoter etc.

Then, let's look at our "Wakil Rakyat". To be precise, look at our BN wakil rakyat. I bet they are having a good life. Do they present us well? Do they really fight for you? Look at you, your family, and people around you. If for the past 3 decades you have been casting your vote for them, and you might try their opponent this time??

Seronoknye raya.

2007-10-31T15:32:00.000+03:00

Tahun ini tahun pertama kami beraya di perantauan. dua dua belajar di universiti tempatan, so tak pernah la beraya kat obersea kan haha. tapi kalau puasa kat perantauan, ini dah tahun ke 3 aku puasa kat luar. 2 tahun lepas puasa kat indon dan hong kong kerana urusan kerja. Kali ini puasa dan beraya di Doha.

eh aku malas cerita pasal puasa dah la. nak cerita pasal raya. aku kan pemalu sebenarnya. aku jadi tak malu apabila aku dah betul2 aku kenal kawan kawan aku. Khamis malam jumaat aku dapat call dr syed cakap esok raya. ish penipu ke dia org ni. Paper cakap raya hari sabtu. waktu itu zul dan noreen dan anak2 berbuka puasa di rumah aku. lepas itu syam pulak call zul bagi tahu raya esok. HaHaHa semua kalut dan tak ready. ayam, daging mana beli lagi. so Mel pun cakap esok raya rumah org jer lah abg haha.

So keesokan pagi, kami pakai baju raya. aku pakai baju raya tahun lepas la, mel pakai baju raya baru. dia pakai jubah arab tu la. Kami pergi rumah syambing dulu. Dan kami ke malaysian embassy sama sama. mak syambing nagn wife dia taj ikut sbb wife syambing si nani baru beranak kan. sampai kat embassy, aku nak terberak la. masa tgh khutbah tu, aku berpeluh disbbkan panas dan nak terberak. lepas solat sat aku bersosial lah sikit2 dgn rakyat malaysia yang lain lps tu ajak syambing balik rumah dia. sampai rumah dia terus lah melepassss...

so rumah syambing jadi rumah pertama beraya, dapat lah makan ketupat segera mak dia bawak dr malaysia, then kita org start ikut syam beraya. mangaiii byk nyer rumah beraya. tapi kul 1 petang aku dapat call ada masalah ngan MMS trafiic. hantu lah dia org ni, suruh aku kerja. tak pasal2 aku kene kerja sampai 8 malam. tapi mel ikut si syam beraya. kasi can lah kat dia.

hari ke 2 dan ke 3 kami beraya lagi, dan raya ke 4 kami buat lah open house. Tak sangka mel begitu excited nak buat open house sampai dia tidur pukul 5.30 pagi. dia masak mcm mcm. aku tolong jugak tapi tolong tidur muahahaha.
menu yang mel masak hari tu:

1. daging masak hitam (rendang tok) , dia dapat resepi dr makci aku kat gerik setelah call byk kali
2. ayam rendang padang ( sedap nii)
3. Beriani Daging
4. Nasi Impit
5. Roti Jala.

alhamdulillah makanan tu habis dimakan. roti jala lah cepat habis sbb org dah start muak makan nasi impit. lepas habis ja... alamak tak laratnya aku nak kemas. so esok tu kita org duduk rumah kemas kemas rumah jer. tapi malang sunggunh hari open house tu sbb lift rumah aku rosak. semua kena exercise naik tangga ke tingkat 4. terkehel jugak sekor sekor. sampai mel suruh aku turun beli tepung lagi nak buat roti jala pun aku malas hihi.

pas tu, kami pergi beraya lagi kat tempat org org minyak, sampai muka mel masuk lam paper qatar. tapi malas lah aku nak beli. bukan artis pun muahahhaa

byk lagi rumah kami beraya sampai kami lupa malaysia. aku dha malas nak tulis lah. bye

Raya Di Doha

2007-10-26T12:12:00.000+03:00

hangat hangat tahi ayam =))

2007-10-26T02:27:00.000+03:00

waaa dah lama sgt tak menulis
hangat hangat tahi mohen. eh silap. hangat2 tahi ayam..

Intan.. i'm updating my blog now. tapi caca merba lah. cerita takde sequence nih!!

ok mana nak mula ni. oh ya. seperti yang di rancangkan. actually i have planned it for years, cuma kali ni mmg bernasib baik so i managed to get my umrah visa dan berangkat lah aku sama teman2 for the 1st time ke tanah suci mekah. we went there by car. it took us almost one day to reach there. me, nuar and kak ita, and khai were so excited to get there. So kami tak ikut sgt guidline yang diberi. eh lupa. Mel tak ikut sbb we didn't able to get her umrah visa because she was and still on visit visa. so while i was away, she went to UK for holidaying. As a typical malaysian, everybody wanted to be in London at least once :P. Since she needed to be out of country as well, so i asked her to go there instead of flying back to malaysia. anyway, from london to glasgow, she had free accomodation along the way. Seplah sikit kocek aku kan. Kita lupakan cerita dia tuh. sesape ade frenster add lah mel, noorkamela.bakar@gmail.com gambar aku raya2 kat sini ada gak situ

Jadi masa 1st ramadhan tu, aku pun berangkat lah. sempoi jer pergi. selalu kat mesia ada azan2, kita org biasa jer lah. dari doha ke border saudi tu ambil masa dalam 1 jam jugak. everything went smoothly at the border. lagi pun dah dekat time bukak puasa, tak byk sgt queue. lps ajer boder kami menuju ke bandar hufuf. jalan dia straight betul, mcm jalan Kuala Kangsar - Gerik hehe. Tapi kami stop sat kat mana ntah utk bukak puasa. sib baik lah kak ita ada. makan lah nasi impit dan rendang yang dimasaknya. solat sat pastu terus meneruskan perjalanan. ooo kami pakai gprs. eh silap pakai GPS hehe. jadi dia pun ckp. "drive XX KM and enter round about".. ikut GPS punya pasal lah, kami terpusing kat bandar hufuf dekat sejam. Map dia tak update. ada satu roundabout tu ada 5 exit. "enter roundabout and take 1st exit" . sudah.. "off road... we're calculating" berpuluh2 kali dengar. so just monitor GPS tuh sambil tgk betul tak kereta menuju arah.. alhamdulillah terlepas dan terkeluar dr bandar hufuf. so menuju lah ke Riyadh pulak. aku tak ingat lah berapa jam semua. tapi hufuf ke riyadh tuh mmg dah highway 3 lane lah. macam PLUS. tapi PLUS 2 lane jer kan, cuma certain area jer 3 lane. tapi ini all the way. and no toll and the gas only 45cent per liter. so taram sajalah. kita org naik kereta khai. sangyong nyer jenis octivon. tak tahu lah ade at KL ke belum. kerete ni rupa dia mmg kelakar tapi stable gak lah.. sebab kita org henjut jer 180km/h. takde nyer polis nak jaga kat hi way padang pasir tu. tapi kene beringat jugak, dha ramai mati accicdent. even before kami pi, one indonesian couple baru jer meninggal masa on the way back to doha. anak dia kecil lagi. anak dia hidup, sekarang ni ada org amik anak angkat. sian baby tu. tapi nak buat mcm mana. ajal ni dimana2 tapi kita kene beringat lah.

Bila dah sampai riyadh, kita org isi minyak sat. dekat situ baru nampak sign board "Mekah" ish kalau tgk KM, tekanan jer, aku rasa dr Doha sampai mekah dalam 1500KM kot. letih la nak tulis. citer pendek2 jer lah ek. so kami teruskan lagi perjalan menuju ke mekah. sampai kat satu R&R tu, kami dah tak larat. so kami tidur kat situ pada jam 2 pagi.serius aku tidur tak lena. rasa cam gabra jer. Bila teringat nyace dok bagi amaran kisah dr majalah mastika, rasa takut jer. aku dok berdoa jer byk byk. ok lah lelap mata sat. esok pagi lps subuh dalam kul 5 kami gerak balik. waktu tu bukan aku drive, so aku tertidur ja lah.

Last sekali sampai lah kami ke Taif, so kami menuju ke masjid utk miqat. since nak masuk jumaat, kami decide solat jumaat situ dulu lah... so bersolat lah kami. lps tu start lah nak umrah. mandi sunat, solat sunat dan pakai ihram semua. Pakai ihram kena belajar betul2, yer lah kan pakai 2 helai kain jer. kalau tak kena gaya, ish melayang karang. so lepas dah niat ihram, start kereta dan menuju ke mekah. sesat jugak kat sini sbb jalan yg GPS tunjuk tuh kene tutup, terpaksa cari alternative lain dgn tanya org org kat situ. so start lah slow2 baca "Labbaikallah hummalabaik".. better baca dalam arab lah. kalau tulis rumi sure bunyi tak kena nanti.

nak sampai masuk mekah, ada polis jaga kat border mekah tu. dia suruh parking kat "pilgrim parking area". so kami kena amik cab kat situ. since kami dah suruh Pak Syafie (org indonesia) yang tinggal di mekah handle kami punya accomodation, so dia tunggu kami kat tepi jalan.

masa masuk kota mekah tu, mcm tak percaya. eh aku dah sampai ke. kedai2 dia macam kat mesia jer. mcm kat taiping ke ek. masa tu dok berdoa jer dalam hati semoga semua akan OK. standard la 1st time pi kan. cuak la.. Then pak syafie bawak ke hotel. hotel tu mcm asrama jer. tapiu dha ramadhan, mmg mahal la. bilik aku duduk tu kalau time off peak harga 50 riyal. tapi waktu tu jadi 250 riyal. standard la kan, kalau time cuti sekolah kat mesia pun, harga hotel naik harga. pak syafie suruh bukak puasa dulu nanti dia call kawan dia jadi mutawif, guide kita org utk 1st time buat umrah ni. so kita org bukak puasa dulu. lps maghrib kawan dia tu mai. eh aku lupa nama dah. so kami pun berjalan kaki ke bawah menuju ke masjidil haram.

bila masuk masjid tu, terus turun ke bawah, dah meremang bulu roma aku. perasaan bercampur lah. excited ada, takut pun ada. so bila dah nampak kaabah tu, rasa tercacak jer bulu roma, otomatik lah keluar air mata siki2 sbb 1st time. so ustza tu pun start lah bawak ke kaabah tempat nak mula tawaf. ada tanda lamu hijau. so start lah di situ. mmg ramai org lah. 1st ramadhan kan. nuar ngan kak ita bawak baby kecil fariha sekali. kami gerak slow2 lah. fariha menangis jer. sbb ramai org kot. alhamdulillah lps tawaf, kami solat sunat kat muazam, skip lah hijir dulu, sbb 1st time ni nak tahu cara betul2 dulu kan.

minum air zam zam sat. dalam masjid ni, tong air zam zam mana mana ada. yang sejuk ada, tak sejuk pun ada. pastu kami menuju ke bukit safar, utk buat saie. so start lah dari safar ke marwah sebanyak 7 kali. so mula kat safar, berakhir di marwah. masa saie nih, disunatkan berlari anak2 dekat tiang yg ada warna hijau kat situ.

lepas habis ajer. buat lah tahalul. aku bawak gunting siap2, so kami gunting lah antara kami. so habis lah umrah kami kali pertama. alhamdulillah.

aku cuma cukur kepala masa aku buat umrah kali terakhir. masa kat mekah ni, nak buat bila2 pun boleh. just amik cab pergi ke tenpat miqat. nama dia thanaeim. bergantung lah serajin mana. dok mekah ni mmg tak ingat apa dah. so waktu tu alhamdulillah jadik alim sebentar. ke masjid ajer lah. sekarang ni takde lah jahat, cuma tak lah rajin nak pi masjid setiap waktu cam tu hehehe :D . kat mekah ni, solat lah kat muazam, (depan makan nabi ibrahim, makan ni tapak kaki dia). dan di hijir ismail. diberi keizinan cubalah mengucup hajaratul aswad. Berdoalah byk2 insyaAllah dimakbulkan.

Mel tak ikut, jadi aku takde masa nak pi shopping2 tgk barang kat mekah ni. tapi mmg org suka bershopping gak kat mekah ni. mcm mcm ada. pastu jual beli cakap melayu jer. semua pandai cakap melayu kat kedai. sign board dalam masjid atau kat mana2 pun byk jugak dalam bahasa melayu.

so lepas 5 hari kat mekah, kami pun pi madinah. kat madinah kita org checkin hotel dekat ngan masjid nabawi tu. mahal hotel time posa ni, so kami amik 2 malam jer. basically kat madinah ni 3 hari 2 malam lah. dekat masjid ni, kalau dapat solat kat rawdah (ada karper warna hijau) antara makam nabi dan mimbar. solat lah kat situ. di situ nabi pun cakap, kawasan tu, kebun2 syurga.

lps nak tinggalkan madinah, kita org singgah masjid qoba sat. nabi dulu seminggu sekali dia pi masjid tu.

ini taktahu lah cerita kelakar ke apa. tapi masa on the way balik, sepatutnya kami balik dr madinah ke riyadh terus. tapi disbbkan ikut GPS, kami masuk mekah balik, siap sampai mina dan padang arafaj semua. last last kami tutup GPS tu dan ikut sign board dulu, lepas berjaya keluar baru on balik.

alhamdulillah semua selesai. Jadi korang kalau nak pi tu, pi ja. jgn lah dok baca mastika sgt. mastika tu kata nak bagi pengajaran, tapi kengkadang cerita dia over sgt. dah ada niat tu, teruskan ajer. anyway umrah tak wajib, yang wajib haji. tapi buat umrah dulu pun bagus gak sbg preparation nak pi haji. sbb haji kena plan betul2 sbb bukan sbb duit ajer. masa jugak. queue tabung haji lagi.

dah letih la nak taip. lepas dah habis semua kan, kami pun balik lah doha. tak yah lah cerita apa nampak sepanjang perjalanan tu. cantik lah jugak, tapi sbb jauh sgt sampai ngantuk. hiway straight ajerrrrrr sampai mengantuk. tekan punya tekan tak perasan minyak nak habis. semua panik. aku siap terpk air zam zam kat belakang berapa tong. kalau dehydrate nanti mcm mana. dah la 1st stesen minyak tu dah tak jual minyak. sib baik next stop ada. smapai aja, aku cakap "very very full". cuak gila siut.. mati kat padang pasir karang hahaha.

sampai kat doha 13 ramadhan. 14 ramadhan, (isnin) aku tatau nak buat apa. sbb aku cuti lagi. mel pulak kat glasgow lagi. aku pi travel agent, aku cari tiket balik mesia. yesss aku dapat. aku balik mesia 5 hari jer. aku tak bagi tau sape2 pun aku balik. sbb short sgt kan. smapai mesia, aku balik lah rumah mentua dulu, mertua aku cam tak caya jer. siap masak best2 lah kat aku. adik adik ipar aku pun beli mcm mcm. semua tak bagi aku kelaur duit. aku nak minum air tebu. so aku minum air tebu byk sgt. hari2 beli air tebu masa 5 hari kat mesia. aku dok kl jer. aku suruh bapak aku dr gerik turun kl. aku byk lepak rumah abg aku kat tmn tun.

masa nak balik ke doha aku beli sate 200 cucuk. sate keramat. aku beli awal sehari then suruh adik ipar aku sejuk dan keraskan. so aku dapat bawak balik ke doha. kasi kawan2 kat sini makan utk bukak puasa. suka dia org. yer lah semua kempunan nak makan sate hehe. air tebu sori lah aku tak leh nak bawak balik hehe.

aku sampai doha pagi, mel sampai doha malam tu. so kami dapat bersama kembali after 2 weeks berpisah seketika.

Still alive

2007-09-08T01:40:00.000+03:00

HeHe, I have to admit that i'm not a good blogger, and i have less desire to write. i might need to be in other places to have more ideas. the fact is i'm not a good writer too. Still, i have no problem to communicate with people.
Anyway, today is the best day for Mel, we had 2 invitations. Lunch and Dinner. right after Jumaat prayer, we went to zul's house to have our brunch there. We do not mingle much with people, but we do have our close circle. So when there is "makan2" we could see more malaysian. Mel asked me to bring her to landmark, because mark and spencer still on "sale", but i refused to go there. as usual, i need good justification from her :-). she had no good reason, so i just drove ourselves to City Center. We went to nike outlet, and bought herself one sling bag. she didn't realize that she is growing old now. that kind of thing just for young girls. but she had a good justification to buy it so i had no reason to say no.
i feel sleepy by now... i supposed to sum up about our dinner at normah's house. will continue later. anyway i can't wait to be out of Doha again for two weeks from 13th Sept ;-)

August 31 2007

2007-08-06T11:16:00.000+03:00

August 31, 2007 commemorates Malaysia's 50th year of independence or 'Merdeka'.

and

We'll be celeberating our 5th wedding annivesary!!

Di hari yang bertuah ini kami pun merdeka juga HeHe

worth to Visit

2007-07-31T20:55:00.000+03:00

Guess. which one is geeGrik HeHe. seriously i'm damn lazy updating my blog. I will reserve Dubai entry for a moment. Seriously Dubai is so surreal. very well developed and developing. Their man-made island, and six lane highway with skyline on left and right amazed us. It doesn't look like Arab country anymore. You won't see dessert there, unless you drive yourself to outskirt. Basically, this city is a one-stop-center. You could let your kids enjoy skiing while you were shopping at the malls. The beach was nice where you could enjoy watching mat sallehs tanning themselves with two-pieces on.
They have summer sale when we were there. Luckily I managed to snap my self at Al Buruj on our first day, else i have no proof that I was there. Mel was so excited to get into every shops at the mall of the emirates. Too much temptation for her. She became "sasau" when when she looked at "MNG 60% sale for all items, Guess 50% for all items, Levis 25% for all items, and etc". I pampered myself as well by buying a few, and my friend Nuar bought himself Prada sunglass. Those expensive sunglasses would not transform me into a handsome man, so I rather spend it at my discounted Levis and Guess.
Since Mel became sasau, she just excited watching those and ended up buying one or two only for herself. Good for me as well :P
So, 2 days is not enough to be in Dubai. They have a lot of big malls where you couldn't finish it in one day. If you plan to go during sale, better do sight seeing first, else you became sasau HeHe. "Abang kalau abg kerja sini, yang sanggup hantar abang pergi kerja hari" you're right. I should be thankful being in Doha now, so i could keep my hunny bun sugar plum safely at home. HaHaHaha

Off to Dubai

2007-07-18T23:09:00.000+03:00

I haven't taken any flight for quite some time and I kinda miss it. InsyaAllah tomorrow we will be off to Dubai. Mel needs to renew her visa and it is being a good reason for me to be out of Doha for a while. I told a lot about here and nothing much to tell now HeHe. I will update more of my trip in next entry.
Hey, I have my own 'friendster' now. decided to have one after Mel nagging at me using her account to see other ppl page. HaHa. my SIL teased me back because I used to say "Friendster belongs to poyos and it is too childish" HaHa. It's quite cool to see your close friend in inner circle.

I just updated my blog :-). Readers you are not disappointed in me today right?

my cousin's wedding

2007-07-14T02:39:00.000+03:00

My cousin (zack) and Anis

herrmm.. suria FM should play this song to Hans. HeHe.

Jodoh.. renungkanlah sedalam-dalamnya

2007-07-11T00:12:00.000+03:00

I received this excerpt from my cousin.

Tidak,
Jodoh tiada kaitan dengan keturunan. Hanya belum sampai masanya. Ia bagai menanti jambatan untuk ke seberang. Kalau panjang jambatannya jauhlah perjalanan kita. Ada org jodohnya cepat sebab jambatannya singkat. Usia 25 tahun rasanya belumlah terlalu lewat. Dan usia 35 tahun belum apa2 kalau sepanjang usia itu telah digunakan untuk membina kecemerlangan. Nyatakanlah perasaan dan keinginan anda itu dalam doa2 lewat sembahyang. Allah mendengar.

Wanita baik untuk lelaki yang baik, sebaliknya wanita jahat untuk lelaki yang jahat. Biar lambat jodoh asalkan mendapat Mr Right dan biar seorang diri drpd menjadi mangsa lelaki yang tidak beriman kemudian nanti.

Memang kita mudah tersilap mentafsir kehidupan ini. Kita selalu sangka, aku pasti bahagia kalau mendapat ini. Hakikatnya, apabila kita benar2 mendapat apa yang kita inginkan itu, ia juga dtg bersama
masalah.

Kita selalu melihat org memandu kereta mewah dan terdetiklah di hati kita, bahagianya org itu. Hakikatnya apabila kita sendiri telah memiliki kereta mewah kita ditimpa pelbagai kerenah. Tidak mustahil pula org yang memandu kereta mewah(walaupun sebenarnya tak mewah) terpaksa membayar lebih tatkala berhenti untuk membeli durian di tepi jalan. Orang lain membeli dengan harga biasa, dia terpaksa membayar
berlipat ganda.

Ketika anda terperangkap dalam kesesakan jalan raya, motosikal mencelah-celah hingga mampu berada jauh di hadapan. Anda pun mengeluh, alangkah baiknya kalau aku hanya menunggang sebuah motosikal seperti itu dan cepat sampai ke tempat yang dituju. Padahal si penunggang motosikal mungkin sedang memikirkan bilakah dia akan memandu kereta di tgh2 bandar raya.

Bukan semua yang anda sangka membahagiakan itu benar2 membahagiakan. Bahagianya mungkin ada tapi deritanya juga datang sama. Semua benda, pasti ada baik buruknya. Demikian juga perkahwinan. Ia baik sebab ia dibenarkan oleh agama, sunnah Nabi, sebagai saluran yang betul untuk melepaskan shahwat di samping membina sahsiah dan sebagainya, tapi ia juga buruk sebab ramai org yang berkahwin hidupnya semakin tidak terurus.

Ramai orang menempah neraka sebaik sahaja melangkahkan kaki ke alam berumahtangga. Bukankah dengan ijab dan Kabul selain menghalalkan hubungan kelamin, tanggungjawab yang terpaksa dipikul juga turut banyak? Bukankah apabila anda gagal melaksanakannya, anda membina dosa seterusnya jambatan ke neraka?

Berapa ramaikah yang menyesali perkahwinan masing2 padahal dahulunya mereka bermati-matian membina janji, memupuk cinta kasih malah ada yang sanggup berkorban apa sahaja asalkan segala impian menjadi nyata?

Jika tidak sanggup untuk bergelar isteri tidak usah berkahwin dulu. Jika merasakan diri belum cukup ilmu untuk bergelar ibu ataupun ayah, belajarlah dulu. Jika rasa2 belum bersedia untuk bersabar dgn kerenah anak2, carilah dulu kesabaran itu. Jangan berkahwin dahulu sebab kenyataannya ramai yang tidak bersedia untuk melangkah tetapi telah melompat, akhirnya jatuh terjerumus dan tidak jumpa akar berpaut tatkala cuba mendaki naik.

Berkahwin itu indah dan nikmat bagi yang benar2 mengerti tuntutan2nya.

Berkahwin itu menjanjikan pahala tidak putus2 bagi yang menjadikannya gelanggang untuk mengukuhkan iman, mencintai Tuhan dan menjadikan syurga sebagai matlamat. Berkahwin itu sempadan dari ketidaksempurnaan insan kepada kesempurnaan insan - bagi yang mengetahui rahsia2nya.

Berkahwinlah anda demi Tuhan dan Nabi-Nya, bukan berkahwin kerana perasaan dan mengikut kebiasaan. Jodoh usah terlalu dirisaukan, tiba masanya ia akan datang menjemput, namun perlu juga anda membuka lorong2nya agar jemputan itu mudah sampai dan tidak terhalang. "

Seorang teman pernah berpesan..

"Kadang2 Allah sembunyikan matahari..
Dia datangkan petir dan kilat..
kita menangis dan tertanya-tanya,
kemana hilangnya sinar..
Rupa2nya.. Allah nak hadiahkan kita pelangi.." "

`Cinta yang disemadikan tidak mungkin layu selagi adanya imbas
kembali. Hati yang remuk kembali kukuh selagi ketenangan dikecapi.
Jiwa yang pasrah bertukar haluan selagi esok masih ada. Parut yang
lama pastikan sembuh selagi iman terselit didada...`

p/s: Dapat clip Raja Azura dgn mamat mana ntah. Muka sebijik Raja Azura. tapi adakah benarkah dia? geeGrik penerima universal. so layan jer lah...

We have a Visitor

2007-07-08T22:33:00.001+03:00

I thought "OWN"’s flight at 4.00 pm Malaysia time. I failed to contact him, so I just sms’ed Jeghi asking him to ask own to sms me his itinerary. Luckily, I had a good instinct, else nobody would wait for own at the airport. I guess, Doha airport is not ready to welcome people during summer. Same thing goes to own, he couldn’t stand the heat and easily get heated. HaHa. Since he arrived on Thursday morning, I brought him to my friend’s flat for a while. He was a bit pissed off because he tot I wanted to leave him there for the rest of the weekend. I couldn’t let him be in my flat that morning because Mel still on bed and I wasn’t sure what time she would open her eyes.

So, I left my work a bit early (15 minutes before 3) because my dog started to bark. No offence since I used to say this to him and a little puppy kinda cute right. I picked him exactly at 3 and brought him back for lunch. Like all first timer, he had bad impression on Doha as well. “Kalau aku kena kerja sini, aku rasa aku balik esok”. Hey guys, if you wanted to come here, better come during winter, at least this downtown will not look so bad. Then I told him, Doha is a good stop over for him, as we wouldn’t know what Algeria looks like. The only thing we know, they have beautiful girls. The country just south of Spain and people could use ferry to cross over.

We decided to watch Transformer that night. I asked Khai to join us, so we could ride on his prado. I asked own to take a nap for a while as I believe he was jet lagged, but he was busy playing with internet. Sorry my friend, most of x-rated sites have been blocked, only a few good sites from Nyace can still be accessed by me. The show was fantastic. Even though we had to sit in the first row, this non stop action movie with good effects really fires us up. I watched movie for fun, so if it didn’t make me feel sleepy, I judged it as a good movie. So porn still a good movie for me. Opps my little brother-in-law reading this. Hey who cares. They watched it too silently as I catch a lot of bad history in their pc. HaHaHaHa.

After the show, we stopped at Thaly’s restaurant for late supper. We had roti canai, mutton and chicken curry. We were there for almost an hour as my friend asking a lot of job related matter to own. I knew he was so tired because not having enough sleep. Mel and I enjoying our meal very much as we could finish 1 and half each ;-). On our way back, I told Khai that we planned to go to Sea Line tomorrow and he agreed to bring us there. Actually I purposely told him so. HaHa. My car is too small to go there HeHe.

The next day after asar prayer we headed to Sea Line but I was the only one swimming in the sea. Mel, khai, and own just sit in the car having spaghetti and Jajan. I couldn’t help myself for being too long in the water alone, so I just out of it after 15 minutes there. Back to the car, I had the leftover spaghetti before driving back home. Being a tourist, own had a couple of pictures taken there.

We returned home for maghrib prayer before going to Hyat Plaza since own wanted to meet his friend Pod Lah there. We had our dinner together, then we left own and pod lah to have their time. Me and Mel were doing some shopping. There were 50% sale at osh kosh and Barbie so we decided to buy a few pieces for our nephews and nieces. We bumped in again into Nine West shop and Mel bought another handbag added to her collection. The only reason because she just had 2 here, because the rest were in Malaysia. No worries, it will be deducted from her allowance anyway.

On our back home, we drove Pod lah back to his flat since he came by bus. I guess everybody were sleepy so I just turned on the radio and listening to it.

We woke up a bit late the next day. Everybody was busy with notebook. But right after asar, we went to souq iran. This is a must visit place in Doha. The building was old and the decoration was nice. Basically it shows Doha. A lot of groceries shop there, where you can buy chocolates, textiles, abaya, jubah, Sejadah etc. We were there just wanted to have some candid for own.
Then the next place was cornice. You could see nice skyline here. Since the weather wasn’t so good, it was a bit vague impression in the pictures.

Souq Iran

“Abg pukul berapa nak belanja own malam ni” actually it was her to have dinner at apple bees restaurant again HaHa. “pergi terus sajalah”. Mel wanted to buy a few books, so we stopped for a while at Al Jarir’s book store. While she was busy looking for her books, me and own did our maghrib prayer there. About 8.00 pm, we went to the said restaurant. As usual Mel would order spinach for our starter, then Mel and I just ordered one meal as we used to have leftover. Own had his own meal, and as predicted he just managed to eat half only. I asked the waitress to tapau for us.

Back to my flat, own started to repack his stuff because he wanted to leave some here. A lot of foods in the baggage. Since most of it prepared by his mom, so better for him to bring it there and left other stuff here. I asked him to lock the clock at 4.30 am at least as we needed to leave at 5.30 am. As planned, everybody woke up quite early this morning. I had no idea why I needed to start my car a few times to turn on my car’s engine this morning. I guess it just wanted to suspense own. HaHa. Anyway we were lucky, and we managed to be at the airport quite early. After sending own off and wished him best of lucks, me and Mel stopped at thaly’s again but the curry wasn’t ready.

At 6.00 pm, I received sms from own, telling me that he safely landed and he was in Nokia office. Then in his email, he was happy to see beautiful ladies there. Hopefully the country is attractive as their ladies.

Good Luck to you Bro!!!

............

2007-07-04T21:59:00.000+03:00

Joey doesn't share food, Tip hates people having the same smell, geeGrik doesn't share theme song.
HaHaha

I failed to find this mp3 song thru the net but able listen to it a couple of times. Bai or bulat please sing this song in our upcoming reunion :-)

Adun: most of pak arab are having fun in Malaysia now and I don't want to disappoint you for being a good fan and a good reader!! anyway own will be visiting me tomorrow before flying to Algeria.

Artist - Tajuklagu: Taufik Batisah - Usah Lepaskan

The Lyrics:

Yang terindah
Terlukis di bibir mu
Tak pernah ku lihat senyum mu
Sebegitu
Pudar kah sudah cinta yang ku beri
Bewarna warni segala
Yang dijanjikan ia

(Chorus)
Usah biarku bersendirian
Usah biar hati mu di tawan
Usah biar diri ku disini
Seorang menunngu tanpa teman

Usah lepas genggaman tangan mu
Usah biar semua berlalu
Usah terlupa perasaan hati
Pertama kali kita bertemu
Usah lepaskan

(Bridge)
Tak mudah ku melupa segala yang berlalu
Ku ingin selalu bersama mu

Chorus

Ku tak peduli apa sebabnya
Engkau dan dia harus bersama
Mendungnya langit bila berkata
Kita patutnya masih bercinta
Usah lepaskan

Usah lepaskan

Yang terindah
Terlukis di bibir mu
Tak pernah ku lihat senyum mu
Sebegitu

My SIL engagement Day - 16th June 2007

2007-07-01T12:50:00.001+03:00

Just received a few pictures from them:

akhirnya adik ipar ku yang paling gedik melangsungkan pertunangannya :-)
Aku tgk gambar mereka ni, mcm hantaran dah nak kawin. Zaman berubah. aku dulu sep sep ja. Bukan kesep tahu. HaHa
beberapa perkataan aku belajar dari adik ipar aku yang bongsu yang poyo (asraf)
Sep : Berjimat
Kesep : Kedekut
Poyo : camna nak translate hah. Tapi aku pandai pakai la.
sketchers : penggunaan dia begini. "lu tak sketchers la". ape ke bende ntah.

Lihatlah gambar dibawah ini.

zai dan hantaran nya

Couple yang Gedik (adik ipar aku dan tunangnya bernama K. nama sebenar aku tak ingat)

a "BIG" Happy family (Ayah, Zai, K, dan Mama)
Sembah patik harap di ampun =))

Dan yang ini paling aku tak tahan tgk ni. Cuba baca kata2 yang tertulis tu
Tak nampak?? click la kasi beso.
"Atas nama cinta hati ini tak mungkin terbagi, sampai nanti hingga aku mati cinta ini hanya untuk engkau"

ada byk gambo lagi ni. nak letak lagi ke??

The Sunday Blues

2007-07-01T10:51:00.000+03:00

If people back home hate Monday, I dislike Sunday the same way since it is the first day of the week. For the past 6 months, I have not seen Fara Fauzana on Melodi, and no more Pancaindera at my doorsteps every Sunday HaHa. I used to subscribe The Star on Saturday because Mel was interested in Biz Week and I love to see job ads. I will read every detail but never applied through it. Then on Sunday, I scrap The Star but Utusan Minggu. Once I heard somebody throwing paper at my doorsteps I will get it and grab the middle one and pass the main one to Mel. HaHaHa.

Between me and Mel, we are totally opposite to each other. She has passion in her hobby, and I have none. Besides getting addicted to Korean Drama, she loves to read novels. Her interests more to fairy-tale, magical, spell, and charmed. Now she is reading romance story. I used to say this to her. “Ini buku blue. Sat abg cari.” Less than a minute I could tell which part in the book is showing erotic scenes. “Part tu jer tere. Saiko”. HaHaHa. Someone told me Fariza used to love romance novel, so those books consider sacred laaa. Fariza kan antara wanita wanita sopan di iTTM.

Anyway I love to see her reading rather than watching K-Drama. Sometimes seeing her giggling alone irritates me especially when it comes to my bedtime. I just couldn’t believe it, she could watch 160 episodes of Korean Drama. I told her “Kalau budak kecik tgk dah pandai cakap dah”. Although I did not watch much, but I guess I know a few Korean words already:

Anoyosayo : Hello
SarangHe : I love you
Kamsamida : Thank You
De / Kere : Yeap
Yobo : Darling / Sayang.

So when Mel calls me now, I will say those words to her. She kinda love it. Opps Back to work now. Nyace just sent me a good URL with no password. Yummy.

Keep Alive

2007-06-26T10:26:00.000+03:00

“abg update blog lah”. Our life here quite dull. I choose to hole up at home after work during this summer. It is too hot to be out there. Sunglass is a must, so I bought mine the cheap one at Mark and Spencer, and Versace for my wife. Ladies always wanted the best. At first I tot of buying branded one as well, but looking at the mirror a few times, it didn’t make me more handsome. So why wasted so much money on it right HaHa;

I guess it is fair for Mel to have it since I did not give her any gift but lunch for her last year birthday. I do not want to spend much on unnecessary stuff and I opt for brand if I really can afford it. One thing I never forget is to give her birthday card. So for her birthday this year, we celebrated at Apple Bees restaurant together with Nuar’s family. Nuar’s birthday just a day before Mel’s. Mel and I used to share meals here because the serving is a lot. But this time we ordered separately because we wanted to taste different meal, and end up we had to tapau and bring back home. We forgot to take our pictures together, because I was busy snapping everybody else. It was funny while we were making our order. The pinoy waitress suggestion wasn’t good. I love to have steak with half done, but she suggested “medium-well”. “more bloody sir” burst us into laughter. Her “medium-well” turned out to be too well. Then when Mel ordered rib eye, she promptly said, “No good. More bones” HaHa. Nuar at first wanted to have the same meal, changed it at the last minute. The taste was good, so Nuar was regretted with the choice made and until now, he keeps insisting his wife to be there again, just to have that rib eye.

Last Saturday, a new guy from Celcom just joined. His first statement arriving in Doha was very funny. “Boleh tak aku resign. Aku nak balik lah”. HaHa. “Ko blom sign lagi, ko nak balik esok pun boleh”. Everybody heard of that conversation was laughing. During summer, Doha airport is not welcoming at all. The airport is dull. Once landed, you have to take bus to the terminal. With temperature more than 40 degrees, the only thing popped into your mind. “Negara apa lah ni panas jer. Nampak padang pasir”. “Aku kelaur je dr kapal tu, aku rasa mcm duduk belakang bontot bas jer.” another statement from him that burst us into laugher again. He was lucky anyway, because he wasn’t alone on his first day. Isyam waited for him and brought him back and we have makan-makan there. After a few days being here, and if somebody brings him to a few shopping malls around here, he will fall in love with Doha slowly.

I was a bit lucky, because I had been to worst. When I was at TAB, I had to be in Guinea in West Africa. My first trip was 3 months and the second trip was 1 month. I felt sorry for those living there. Gain independence in 1956, but not even one traffic light was working at their capital city. Colonized by France and the only thing they left were their language. Nothing to do at all. I felt like being in a big jail there. It was so bad. So coming to Doha wasn’t so bad. Although they just gave me google map to find my flat, I managed to find it. Yea, I’ve got to drive on left for the first time and I got a lot of honk that day.

Ermm.. last night we chatted with mama through yahoo, and she could see us on web cam. I tot I lost 2 kilos, but mama asked Mel to take care of my diet. She said I’m gaining. “Jangan makan banyak nanti besar macam ayah”. HaHaHaHa.

Will try to update more soon….

Reunion

2007-06-17T10:11:00.000+03:00

I guess majority of us are happy to be part of iTTM. We could remember very well when our lecturers told us we are cream of the cream. Even though I did not get 10A1, but to know that I was in the same boat really elated me. I felt less cream after Mohaini confronting my results :P

We were happy not because, we had party a lot, but we had very strong friendship and all of you had beautiful heart. Each of us has our own story and nostalgic memory of being there. iTTM was special, because only 3 batches managed to be there. And what makes our 95 batches more special because we knew our senior and junior pretty well.

To bring back those memories, we should have our reunion. We started with pot luck at iym’s house last time and it was doing well even though we planned at the very last minute. Now we are going to make it big and official. It’s not easy to do this. We need commitment from each of us. Without any commitment, this event will not happen.

I have created a survey form and please spend your one minute to fill it up. Based on this survey, we know how to plan this event and make it a successful one. Everybody wanted to attend but when it comes to commitment, only a few will turn out. 5 ringgit could be a small amount to some of you, but some of us will see it big. We want it to be realistic and affordable to everybody so we manage to see those that we miss so much.

Let's make it happen!!

Selamat Hari jadi

2007-06-12T09:19:00.000+03:00

If we are in KL, definitely we would be having barbeque for couple of times. It becomes a must event for my in law family. Mother’s day, father’s day and all family birthday must be celebrated. I used to sponsor “secret recipe” to these special events. We save some bucks now HaHa. Just kidding. (Mel’s sisters and brothers reading this. so I’ve got be careful with my words :P)

June is month of celebration. Sisters’ birthday (Mel and her two sisters [zura and zai]). I guess my in law planned very well. oppss. Sorry because I couldn’t join you all this year. Anyway happy birthday to my beloved wife and sisters and may all your wishes come true.

I came to realize those born in June are a good people. Of course, I say so because Mel born in June 19 and a few people that I know well born in this month as well. Pit, wira, and Nuar. They are good people. Basically, these people do have a few things in common.

But I’m still wondering why Tip born in June as well HaHaHa. May be Tip could justify this. [ Jgn marah tip ]

Anyway Mel already got her birthday gift and Selamat Hari jadi kepada makcik makcik dan pakcik pakcik yang lahir pada bulan ini.

Sejarah Gerik

2007-06-08T15:06:00.000+03:00

aku jumpa dr internet, tapi kesahihannya aku tatau la. tapi kat gerik mmg ada jalan Tun Saban lah. Reman2 tu pulak baru sekarnag aku dengar :D. Tapi mmg sedara2 aku asalnya dr Patani. Itu jer yang aku tahu.

Dari catatan sejarah, orang yang mula-mula membuka Gerik ialah Tun Saban iaitu anak Tun Perak, bendahara Kesultanan Melaka pada awal kurun ke-16. Semasa kejatuhan kerajaan Melaka ke tangan Portugis, Tun Saban berhijrah ke Hulu Patani dan kemudian berpindah ke Belum, Gerik. Beliau menjadi ketua masyarakat di Belum.

Gerik bersempadan dengan Negeri Reman di utara. Raja Reman menceroboh masuk ke Gerik dan menawan Klian Intan dan Kroh (Pengkalan Hulu). Menjelang kurun ke-19, sebahagian besar daerah Gerik telah ditakluki oleh Raja Reman. Pada tahun 1902, sistem pemerintahan beraja di Reman telah dihapuskan oleh kerajaan Siam dan daerah Gerik menjadi jajahannya.

Pada 9 Julai 1902, kerajaan Siam telah membuat perjanjian dengan kerajaan Inggeris untuk menyerahkan Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan dan Terengganu untuk bernaung bawah pemerintahan Inggeris. Perjanjian tersebut telah ditandatangani di Bangkok oleh Sir John Anderson (Gabenor Negeri-negeri Selat) dan Setiausaha Luar Negeri Siam. Antara syarat dalam perjanjian itu, kerajaan Siam hendaklah juga menyerahkan balik daerah Gerik yang telah diambil oleh Raja Reman dahulu kepada kerajaan negeri Perak. Istiadat penyerahan daerah Gerik itu telah berlangsung di Kroh pada 16 Julai 1909.

Asal-usul Nama 'Gerik'
Kira-kira seratus tahun dahulu, tempat sekarang yang bernama Gerik itu masih diliputi hutan belantara dan masih terletak bawah pemerintahan Raja Reman. Dalam tahun 1870, beberapa orang telah datang dari Patani mengikut Sungai Hangai, lalu meneroka hutan di kuala sungai tersebut bagi dijadikan kampung. Mereka diketuai oleh seorang tuan bernama Tok 'Ad (Tok Sa'ad).

Tidak berapa lama selepas itu, Raja Reman yang bernama Tuan Jagong datang berburu gajah di Gunung Tujuh berhampiran dengan Kuala Kenderong. Baginda mendengar cerita bahawa tidak jauh dari situ ada kampung orang terletak di tengah-tengah hutan.

Ketika Raja Reman menghampiri kampung tersebut, baginda mendengar suatu bunyi yang ganjil terbit dari perdu serumpun buluh. Baginda memerintahkan supaya dipagar keliling perdu buluh itu dengan sasak dan menyuruh orangnya menggali di situ untuk mengetahui apakah benda yang mengeluarkan bunyi yang ganjil itu.

Setelah habis digali hingga ke pangkal perdu buluh itu, maka kelihatanlah berpuluh-puluh ekor dekan sedang menggerit umbi buluh. Oleh kerana umbi buluh itu sangat keras, maka terbitlah bunyi yang berkerit-kerit apabila digerit oleh dekan-dekan itu.

Raja Reman telah menamakan tempat itu Kampung Gerit. Sebutan 'Gerit' itu telah digunakan beberapa lama dan kemudiannya sebutan dan ejaannya diubah daripada 'Gerit' menjadi 'Grik', kemudian menjadi 'Gerik' seperti yang digunakan sekarang.

dekan : sejenis haiwan seakan-akan tikus; masih boleh ditemui di hutan Belum

$20

2007-06-08T13:26:00.000+03:00

someone forwarded me this and I used to delete spam emails like this. but I believe you will read it if I put it here ;-)

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by
holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked,
"Who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you
but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, "What if I do! this?"
And he dropped it on the ground
and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
"Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air
My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it
because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives,
we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt
by the decisions we make and
the circumstances that come our way.
We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or
what will happen, you will never lose your value.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased,
you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know,
but by WHO WE ARE.
You are special - Don't EVER forget it."
If you do not pass this on, you may never know the
lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to,
or the hope that it can bring.
Count your blessings, not your problems.

Pak Lah to Wed

2007-06-07T12:22:00.000+03:00

HaHa, for some reasons, I don’t have much idea to keep on blogging. My true companion is here and she helps me through all the hard time. So I’m always in unemotional state and when I was about to express my dissatisfaction towards anything, she calmed me down. It left me with unexciting stories to share :P

Thank God, after almost 5 months of bombarding and shouting, alas we managed to solve the electricity issue. We had to spend around 1K for the agent and 2k for the hotel. I hope my company will reimburse all the expenses. If they don’t, it will be another round of fighting. HuH.

Living here, you don’t have to worry much about your work; in fact you have a lot of time with your families. But like it or not, we have to go through all these hassles at the beginning. A lot of foreigners come here to make a living. This country can accommodate professionals and low class workers. Their own people can’t afford to run their own country. I just couldn’t imagine, what will go on here, if everybody left for good. But it won’t happen. For those from India, this country is like heaven because if they return, their life will become worst. Same goes to pinoy. As for Indonesia, besides maids, they have a lot of professional working at O&G. Definitely, Malaysian coming here to earn more. They did not suffer back home.

I went to mini market near to the airport yesterday to buy chicken, and a few bottles of juices, then one Nepali asked me. “Indonesia? Filipina?”. (common question) and I said “No. Malaysia”. Then he said “Malaysia? We want to go to Malaysia. Why are you here”. I don’t want to prolong the conversation because I wanted my chicken to be cleaned, and I could go home faster. I left my car outside with the engine on. Event though I believe nobody would steal it, but I still worried if anything happened. So I just smiled at him and pretending searching other stuffs while he was cleaning my chicken. Actually quite number of them working in Malaysia before, and when they found out we are from Malaysia, they will praise Malaysia a lot. For this, we can’t deny Tun Mahathir contribution to Malaysia.

Oo ya, a lot of things happened involving high profile figure in Malaysia lately. Our Raja Muda (gerik is in Perak OK) just got married with beautiful Tuanku Zara, Razak Baginda (Najib 's defense think tank) was charged for abetting the murder of Mongolian beauty Altantuya (Najib allegedly got involved in the case but he denied such speculation as just merely the rumors). and the latest hot news, Pak Lah is going to wed this coming Saturday with Jeanne Abdullah. His ex-Biras. I guess every Malaysian is happy to have First Lady and for him. It’s not easy to be alone at that age anyway.....