The Edge of Reason....

I am bored.... God...please help me. I really have nothing to do and just sitting in front of the PC. There is nothing much to do.......... I think I'll go crazy. So... on a boring day like this..... while sitting idly in office, it good time to write every tid-buts and mundane details of what going on in my life.

We went to Guardian Warehouse Sales last nite in Dewan Civic PJ. The things there not that cheap, mostly there are selling things that you wouldn't anyway if you entered the Guardian Pharmacy, really those of unbranded stuffs or old stocks that they want to get rid of. We bought fruit and vegetable juice, cereal bars, bathroom 4-piece set of soap holder, hand wash, tooth paste holder and cup, really cute!....

It wasn't Guardian Sales only, there were other shops there, mostly selling clothes, se we bought a nice bed sheet. That all la .... quite boring actually.

The day before we went to watch Bridget Jones-Edge of Reason. We wanted to watch Meet the Fockers actually, but it is not showing that day. Well........I find it boring, was not as good as the first part and Renee Zellweger look really awful.... She was cute in Jerry McGuire... Maybe the part wanted her to play fat, but she was just not pleasant to look at, some people look nice even I bit overweight...but not her!



I bought the pirated VCD of Meet the Fockers, of course I can see other people’s head walking around in cinema, but that is not the worse part, the worse part is, the second CD is not playable at all!!!! So tension.. the story was funny and interesting and now I don’t know the ending!!!! I hope the VCD guy masuk lokap for cheating me...........

THE Report !!!!

I managed to complete the Backup report. I was a bit confident yesterday to do the report, but suddenly my team lead, Afif and Chandra made conference call to my HP while I was in Bentong. They want to make sure that I really can do the backup report or not, precisely at that moment, my confident started to shake. My goodness, is that that complicated and critical? (I found out later that Backup report on Tuesday and Thursday IS critilcal since they will be having meeting with client/2nd Level to discuss LINE by LINE on the backup report)
But I assured them I will be able to handle it without problem...... I tried to sound cool, but in reality, I cuak already. I was thinking to myself, sooner or later I have to do the report on my own.
So now... I have completed it.. on time (report have to be sent before 2pm everyday). Now I am praying so that there will be no escalation, if not, dapat 'kereta' sebijik!!!! (kereta=CAR-Corrective Action Request)
. Fenin buat report!!!

Why Why Why am I writing about work in blog? how pathethic I am?

Hopefully I will reduce talking about work in blog, like a person with no life only!

Tomorrow I have to go to pick my wife and family from KLIA. I am so bored all alone. Hopefully she will be buy something nice for me from Sarawak.... hehehhe tak malunye.......

I repaired my power window yesterday, it cost me RM270 to change the whole barcket!!! That foreman also said "Aiya kereta waja punya power window selalu rosak punye la....." Hmm nak buat apa...dah nasib...... just paid him and made his day!
Ahh one more thing, I installed the flashing light at the winscreen shower nozel. It has seven-colours blinking light...Ha hah my car going to look really cool while driving at night! (it cost only RM27-Dear wife, please don't nag that I am spending more on car than on you... you know that's only partially true!!!)

No....I don't decorate my car like this everyday...

Yeah...... Don't know what title to put for this post la...

I am working today, still in office. feel sooooo lazy, if only I don't have to work today, I guess I would spent whole day on bed! I am feeling that lazy. Dah le, during this raya haji period, my diet all gone really messed up, really been loading myself with fatty food.. Arrggghhhhhhhhhh tension only. Nevermindla.. holiday period is is the time to really stuff yourself right, somemore calories taked during festive season can be ignored, hey .... I am not making this up ..... It's true!! (I wish...)

Today I came to work at about 8am, left Bentong at about 7am. Hmmm 1 hr from Bentong to work..... well it is holiday season, no cars, no jam!

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Now I am going to talk about work. Please don't proceed to read, it is boring......
Today for the first time, I did the backup report for the Ericsson. Hmm I am happy that I learned new stuffs, it is not all that complicated actually, it just so tedious that you have to check every job scheduled one by one.. really tiring the eyes...anyway I did it, now I am prying that I didn't do anything wrong..... kalau kena komplen ngan customer, nanti kena escalate tak tentu pasal lak.
Some more, I am swapping with Chandra this Tuesday (he want to go to batu Caves for Thaipusam), its worked out for me as well since he will cover me on 6th Feb, so that I can go to KLIA to fetch my parents returning from Haji..Yahoooooo!!!!!! Wait a minute.. do I have fetch them from KLIA or the Kompleks Tabung Haji in Kelana Jaya? Have to find out la........
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Hmmm.... Today after work nak balik Bentong or to PJ? Hmmm I am in dilemma, if I go boack to PJ, only my Mummy in Law and grandma is there, I would be so bored to death... Hmmm balik Bentong jer la... since Shahril 9th Birthday is this Tuesday............oh God, I am working this Tues...so how......... then maybe I'll come back on Monday la.

Reminder: Sent car to service, the front driver seat window not working, have to send to Muthu Motors, and also have to rotate the tyre, lama tak rotate, nanti botak sebelah.

Tipah Tertipu.
Today, during lunch time I pesan from Zalina (my colleague) to buy me the new KFC burger, you know, the one they promote extensively on TV? Well since there were so much hype (The guy in the advert wanted to complain to the police about his missing car, but more concern about the burger went missing with that car and the add in radio is about a guy wanted to insure his new KFC burger...stupid ain't it), So felt like give it a try. I hadn't had any junk food for a long time, to adhere with my Body For Life programme, but I made exception for this KFC Burger fearing the worse that I might missed it once the promotion is over.

There I was waiting for the burger with empty stomach. I eagerly received the KFC plactic bag from my colleague, but once I saw the burger, I was ... I was.... I had no words to describe what I felt that time, the first phrase that came to my mind was "Tipah Tertipu"...
It was soooooo smaaaaal, tiny, I thought my friend bought the happy meal (or whatever equivalent of it in KFC term). I took 2 bites then its gone...just like that. It tasted just like any other KFC burger.. what the big hype? I don't understand. somebody please tell me what so great about this burger...please I really want to know!!!!
I'd rather have Properity Burger from McD, at least it is filling. I am still wondering how the adverticements and the posters make something so tiny look so BIG!!!

Hari Raya Haji

Wahhhhh........ huwaaaaaaaa.......... huwaaaaaaaa (crying...)

Why?

My wife left me to celebrate Raya Haji alone this year. She went to the family vacations to Sarawak and I am left here all alone. What to do... I can't take leave that long! It is ok, I'll try to make the best of it with my family.

Balik kampung alone this year. Since mak and bapak went to haji this year, it is only us, the children in the house. Kak Mar went to her in laws' kampung, so it is just Kak Jana&Fly, Saba&Fly, my uncle (mom's bro) and me. Kak Jana did all the cooking. She made idli and mutton curry for breakfast. Nasi tomato, rendang ayam for lunch. It was nice la..... but I still misses mom's cooking.......huwaaaaaa!!!!

That nite I tried to do BBQ, I made Whipped Potato (siap dengan chicken gravy sekali) I did cincai only, don't know what the recipe to do the gravy actually, but just bantai only. I put butter, added chicken cube and some flour with a bit of black pepper. It turned out ok, but a bit thick and too much.. Imagine the gravy and the potato was same amount. For the BBQ, I marinated the korban beef with BBQ sauce, then grilled it together with some sausages and the some bread. It turned out ok la, the beef was a bit liat, but it was not my fault, even when I was cutting it it was so liat (daging kerbau kot)!!!! I was so tired after that, since I did it alone, Shahril and Shafiqah helped too..helped to make mess!!!!! Saba made coleslaw, which was nice.

I was so tired after that, I went to bed at about 10. I have to go work next day, have to drive to Bukit Damansara all the way from Bentong. No big deal... done that all the time. For me it is just a stone throw away!

My Wife Birthday

Finally, the day I was waiting for came. 14th Jan, Friday, my wife's birthday. After weeks of sleepless nites (yeah .....right!!!) thinking about what gift to give her, I decided to take her to candle light dinner and send her a bouquet of flower with Ziziano Silver 925 Sterling Silver chain & pendant with DIAMONLITE ideal-cut cubic zirconia (sound so exclusive isn't it, but I does not cost you an arm and leg).

That Friday night, we went to Victoria Station in Damansara, we got a sit in something that looked like train coach, quit comfy and isolated but the table is just too small, couldn't even accommodate our orders. We ordered quite a lot and manage to finished it all but surprisingly, the bill came to about 100+ only, quite cheap I would say for Victoria Station. I still remembered last time when me and my wife dined at San Francisco Steak House, we ordered less than what we had in VS, but the bill was just unbelievable, wouldn't go there anymore!!!
She was happy with her gift, on top of that I also gave the Thermos Lunch set which I claim form my credit card gift point (which she thought the only give she got since the thermos arrived first compared to the roses and the chain and she thought how unromantic of me to give a thermos lunch set for her birthday!!!)



I am just happy that my wife was happy.
Our third wedding anniversary coming very soon... and I have start hunting again for gift and ideas.......................

Finally..it is working out.....

Finally I can proudly say that I am on the right track on my BFL(Body For Life) challenge. I was very discipline in following my eating plan, really cut down on junks and been going to gym everyday and I feel just great about it!!!

I've made so much improvements since last month. Now I can run 3.5 km non stop without feeling tired and I could bench press 20kg instead of puny 10kg when I started. I have also can do 25kg dumbbell now. I have surprised my self for exceeding my own expectations!
I think I have lost about 2 kg, but as I set my goal at earlier, my goal is not to reduce fat at all, but to reduce body fat percentage and to increase muscle mass.

And what makes me proud and happy is that my wife also start to spend some time on treadmill, and yesterday, she spent 20 min for about 1 km, actually not bad for a starter. My wife has assigned me to be her personal trainer, and I am going to make her work out or what !!!!Watch out dear........ I am not going to be flexible, you will regret appointing me your personal trainer ....muah hahhaha (evil laughter :-) )

Raincoat

Yesterday for the first time, me and wife went to watch a Hindi movie, it's called Raincoat. It was...er..er....different. I am not a huge bollywood fan, but I am fan of Aishwarya Rai and I have watched my share of hindi movies to give my review here........ let me warn you, this is soooo unlike other hindi movies.

If you decided to watch this movie, first of all, forget all the streotyping you had on Hindi movies...forget.........forget.......forget !!!!

Fist of all I don't think it as a 'movie', it is more appropriate to be called a 'stage theatre' on celluloid. Even in the opening credit, the actors are introduced as 'players' instead of 'actor/actress'.

The movie... I mean the 'play' consist of basically only 2 sets, one in Niroo's house, the other one in Mannu's freiend house, the rest are a bit of flash back here and there about their life in village.

The entire movie is basically converstion between Niroo and Mannu, confessing their feelings and emotion to each other in just an afternoon. Imagine that!!! I was sitting there in the theatre and only scene watch is Niroo's dark and somewhat lavish looking house ( the fact is the house is a wreck!!!)

But interestingly, even they lied to each other on their entire conversation, the care the have for each other is obvious, both didn't want to admit their failure in life due to thier ego (or is it just because they dont't want to dissapoint each other). It is very ironic...really.

Since this is shot in stage play aura, there is a lot of non-human characters, the one I liked the most and also played major role in the movies are:-

1) The Raincoat
Obviously....from the movie title, the raincoat is one of the main character, it act as almost bridge of honest communication between Niroo and Mannu since every one of thier verbal communication is based on lies.

2) Niroo's neck chain
From the beginning of the movie, the chain Niroo was wearing stands out prominently, it is impossible not to notice it. At the the end it is the symbol of love Niroo had for Mannu.

Conclusion:
This is kind of movie that even long after you watched it, you still think about it. It really make you think. The movie ended so suddenly that you will be saying "What the ......." But after that you can't stop thinking about the character's emotion and what will become of them.


Verdict:
If you are a huge Bollywood fan, I DON'T recommend this movie to you at all. You will be dissapointed.
If you are looking for movie that will make you ponders the meaning of life and seeking something different to watch, then I dare recommend you this movie!!!

Pieces of me......

I have decided to change my blog title. Seriously, the French title doesn't make any sense to anyone.
This title I adopted form Jewel's Pieces of You...Which is one of my favorite album of all times. I listen to this almost everyday when I was in second year in UIA. I LOVED the lyrics in this album, especially 'Painters" so touching... so poetic.

What's new?
Nothing much actually.... Most probably I need to do backup reports from now on. Well I need to upgrade my skill anyway, next week from Monday to Wednesday I have to attend SQL training, it will be tiring since my shift will start on Thursday, so the whole of next week I will working..sigh... but on the positive side I will learning SQL, which is something new for me, since what I know about SQL is just bits and pieces. Well hopefully they will recruit new engineers to support SQL as planned, or else the work load will be too much for the KL Team.

Hi: Just happy to be alive
Lo: I don't even want to mentioned it........ What ever happened to my BFL challenge?

Between Tall, Short and being Nobody.....

Have you ever wondered, no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try to become a better person, the only thing others pick on is your flaws? Why is good is so difficult to be recognize while small blunders, or traits that we are born with which have no control is always the first thing others see in us?

Sometimes (well most of the time), I think that life isn't fair, sometime feels like just giving up. It just becoming unbearable, you just can't be good enough to anyone's expectation.

I don't mind being criticize on matters that I have control of... you know things like when people say you are over weight, then we can work to loose weight, because we have control over that matter in life. But when other always complains about things that we can't do anything about, that's where I hit the dead end, coz there isn't really anything we can do about it. For example when people always say you are short, you can't do anything to become taller, God created each individual just the way we are and I am grateful for that.

I just wish that, instead of always concentrate on negative values in other, it is much better to see deep inside their heart who they really are instead of acting childish and making fun of their physical appearance, ethnic background, religion …….. the list goes on…..

Birdie

Yesterday I bought a pair or birds from the ever famous Chamang Aquarium in Bentong. Actually it is for my mother in law, she is very fond of bird I guess. I haven't named the bird yet, but Aragorn and Arwen sounds nice isn't it?
Lets hope the birds wont die fast, thats all.

Shafiqah First Day At School !!!

Today is 3rd January, first Monday of the January......which means that it is school opening day. This year Ajim will be entering year 1, he so excited. B-Boy still in Twinkle Kindergarten, Shahril will be in Year 3 (he is pengawas now) and Shafiqah who is 4 years old will be going to kindergarten for the first time.

She woke up as early as 630 am and start getting ready for school, she come knocking on my room door waking me up to show her uniform, it a baju kurung with pants and tudung (TASKI uniform) and salam me firste because she going to school for the first time.

Later I woke up and went downstairs at about 8.30 and she was still there, my sis who also a teacher was busy at school handling first timers, so being a caring uncle that I am, I drove her to school, she was excited to go to TASKI, but more interested in what kind of sweets and ice cream they will be selling there. (She is one chubby girl, I'll post here picture once I developed it, then you know what I am talking about!)

The teachers show the kids around the kindergarten, she was happy, later she waved at me smiling, signaling that I can go home. I went to the parking, took out my car and start to drive home, then there she was running out of school gate crying saying that she don't like the kindergarten and want to go home immediately, nothing I said could change her mind. I called my sister, she came, but still she don't want to stay, we tried many reverse physiology, but that seems to making her only happy to go back home.

We went home in disappointment. I was worried what her future going to be like. What kind of adult she going to grow up to be, all this things started to haunt my mind. Is it because I send her that she didn't want to go to school? Would things been different if it was her mother send her to school? My thinking is just too dramatic isn't it?

In simpler word.... I was worried.

Later that evening, she went to the same school with her brothers for kelas agama, she didn't cry, because her brothers were there, but she insisted that she would not go to the morning session.

Left with no choice, two days later, and my sister enrolled her into Twinkle, same kindergarten with B-Boy's. It burnt a huge hole in my sis' pocket, but for her daughter education's sake, she scarified.

I am happy now, for not causing a bleak future of my beloved niece.

Happy New Year 2005 !!!

Last night shift was tiring...imagine working from 2004 till 2005?!!! Haha... I practically celebrated New Year 2005 in office.....interesting experience...anyway I never celebrated any New Year celebration in my whole life.... Don't know why....
I went back and slept till 2.30 pm until my sweet wife woke me up for lunch. I was not that hungry so I just ate the sambal sotong she made with bread. She was upset because I didn't eat rice, rasam and the veggies............. come on dear... that was practically my breakfast rather than lunch and how am I suppose to eat rice for breakfast?!! Anyway the sambal was delicious!!!

We went to Shah Alam to see the progress of our future house, the roofing stage has been completed, and now most probably they are doing the plastering and the internal work. Actually we have not seen 'our' house (the house no 9) since the construction site is enclosed within safety gate, we just saw from far.... Most probably the house will be ready by end of this next...eh..wait I mean this year (we are already in 2005).

We went to survey for Kitchen Cabinets and furniture near the bukit Jelutong (or is it Subang Permai?) area, nothing really nice they, we saw a very nice shoe rack, but no point buying that now.

Today the whole day, I tried to edit the HTML template for this blog and finally getting the hang of it. If you see the changes in this blog, then I have succeeded, if you don’t see any changes, mostly probably I am still working on it.


HI: Saw the future house and Enhancing the blog
LO: Feel lazy because slept too long.....


This is completed houses of Phase 1A Sunway Kayangan, ours is Phase 1C.