I am still here

I didn't go MIA. Here are few updates.

Work.
My schedule is haywire now. I am doing 4 day 10 hours shift, and 3 days off. I need to work on weekend till the Chennai guys are trained by the US guys. The manager said, I might be in this schedule for 3-4 weeks. Thanks God I got leave on Raya Haji.
I suppose to work form home on weekend, but due to the earthquake in Taiwan which wrecked the under sea internet backbone, Streamyx is real pain in the ass. And the office network has been routed straight to US, bypassing internet. So I have no choice but to come to office.

Bonus.
I got prorated bonus (since I just joined this company) The bonus was used to pay credit card, and few things for the house. (FYI, the bonus received was NOT significant compared to the Credit Card loan I accumulated)


Car Stereo.
Yippy! Finally I changed my car player. The original Clarion has gone bonkers. It keep on switching off after few seconds. The guy at the Brothers trade that in for RM170 only. He said, if in working condition, he will give RM250.
I got this cool (in my opinion) JVC (KDG720) with USB port which supports MP3 format of-course. So I don't have to burn all my MP3 to CDs (or convert all my MP3 to audio CDs in previous Clarion). The sound is great and I am happy. And I got a free pen drive as well.

Teh C
You guys know what Teh C is? I just discovered it (as Pizli discovered that Tupperware is actually a Brand).
You can order Teh C in any mamak shop. It is tea with Carnation evaporated milk (not the condensed one) So it it much more healthier, try this instead of Teh tarik kurang manis. Thanks to my bro in law to introduce this.



New Year 2007.
I need to come up with practical resolution that I can actually achieve.


Hmmm that's it? Hmm my life is pretty pathetic.

Happy new year and Selamat Raya Haji to all!

Lucky at Last!

I have never won anything in lucky draw. I would always be hoping be always be disappointed at the end. In my previous company, I did won something, buy it doesn't count as everyone is suppose to win something as there was prize for everyone.

So in company dinner last week, I was really unprepared when my name was called, and it is was the 1st draw for the nite. You know sometime people act surprised, well that what it I might have looked like, only that I was genuinely surprised. The MC said, your friend are applauding for you cause you won the lousiest draw for the nite (normally 1st draw isn't much). But I didn't care. I won, I won. Was prepared to gave my Oscar speech, but wasn't requested to do so.

I won Ikea voucher worth RM100, which I happily cashed in last week to contribute to the Swedish economy. Of course we ended up spending much more there. But I felt good.

Finally I won something!

Event Update: Chindians in making

Date: 11th Nov 2006
Venue: Holiday in Subang Jaya.
Time: Dinner


Aunty Dawn's son, Kevin got married to a Chinese gal. So the wedding was quite interesting. Mixed crowd from both family. The end result would be a Chindians (if they get busy right away! ha ha) And will look like something like this.

I was assigned job as guests usherer. What I enjoyed the most was the 8 course meal!!! (Chinese style)
Below are the highlights of the events. (It is all about food, certain course, was eaten before I could snap a shot)

This is where I almost ter-drank alcohol(just a sip, not the whole glass!!!). It seemed that the waiter wrongly sent to our table Coke spiked with beer. I only noticed that when I felt my throat burning after I drank it. Well my sis in law drank it as well. Read more here.

The pictures are not in any particular order.

The table deco.

Dessert

Rice

The Dessert also

Sparkling Juice

The starter

Fishy

Lemon Chicken

Butter Prawns

Veggies

The newly wed.

Apa! Tol Naik lagi?

I am out of words to express my anger and dissatisfaction! If I write what I feel, most probably my blood pressure will go up and I will be emotionally drained.
I find the below blog entry from http://aimanku.com/
This is sarcasm at its best!

SERONOKNYER KADAR TOL NAIK

December 15, 2006, 2:32 pm Tahniah aku ucapkan kepada syarikat-syarikat pengendali tol di Malaysia. Seluruh rakyat Malaysia menyambut kenaikan tol dengan penuh rasa gumbira dan amat berterima kasih kepada kerajaan yang terbilang dan cemerlang ini kerana membenarkan kenaikan tol yang agak tinggi.

Aku pun dah bertahun memendam rasa, terbuku di hati dan rasa sedih yang amat sangat kerana bayaran tol di Malaysia selama ini masih yang terendah di Asia Tenggara. Tiap kali melalui plaza tol, aku pasti sebak mengenangkan kerugian yang terpaksa ditanggung oleh kerajaan kerana terpaksa membayar pampasan kepada tuan punya tol. Hingus aku pasti meleleh sambil meraung bila aku kenangkan pulak kesusahan yang ditanggung oleh tuan punya tol untuk membayar hutang mereka. Begitu sayang dan perihatin sekali kerajaan kepada tokei-tokei tol ni.

Kami rakyat tidak membantah. Yelah, kalau nak kemudahan kita mestilah sama-sama menyumbang. Takkan nak biarkan syarikat yang membina jalan tu rugi. Lagi pun rakyat Malaysia dah semakin kaya. Banyak duit disimpan dalam bank. Lihatlah rumah-rumah besar dan kereta-kerata mewah yg dipandu oleh cina-cina di sekitar KL ni. Tiada masalahlah bagi mereka untuk membayar tol.

Bagi yang tak mampu, jangan cakap banyak, naik ajer pengangkutan awam seperti bas, komuter dan sebagainya. Bukankah lebih seronok menaiki bas dengan berdiri dan bergayut sambil mencium bau hangit ketiak anda dan orang lain, menunggu bas yang datang setiap 5 saat dengan penuh kesyahduan. Lebih syok kalau duduk jauh dari tempat kerja dan terpaksa menaiki dua tiga bas. Ataupun tumpanglah kereta lembu, lori sayur atau lori babi, itupun kalau babi-babi tidak keberatan menerima anda.

Jalanraya di Malaysia ni hanyalah untuk golongan bangsawan, menteri, dan yang berpendapatan tinggi. Adalah dinasihatkan kepada rakyat berpendapatan rendah dan sederhana supaya tidak lagi menggunakan kereta anda, simpan saja dalam peti sejuk atau almari.

Tahun depan tol lebuhraya utara selatan pula akan naik. Jangan gunakan lebuhraya. Kalau nak balik kampung, ke johor misalnya, gunakan sampan. Silap dayung boleh sampai ke pulau jawa. Boleh jumpa pelakon bawang merah bawang putih. Mungkin juga sampai ke Monggolia jika dibantu oleh hembusan taufan durian.

Ucapan tahniah juga buat Menteri tol. Aku benar-benar kagum dengan pengumuman yang disampaikannya malam tadi dengan senyuman yang manis dan badan yang terhenjut-henjut. Moga beliau dipanjangkan umur supaya boleh mengumumkan lebih banyak kenaikan tol di masa yang akan datang.

Sayang abang sammy!

Courtesy of aimanku.com/

A gift from Thailand part II

I have learnt my lesson, it wasn't plasticine inside Wilson, it was flour (or maybe talcum powder)
Refer to evidence below!




All my pants and shirt covered with white powder! My colleagues and boss had the laugh of a lifetime looking at my condition! This is practical joke at its best! I am officially a office clown now!

Thanks to the guard and the cleaning lady for their kind help to clean up the mess in my place. As a gesture of gratitude, I gave the cleaning kakak apples that I usually keep in fridge. She was happy!

Good bye Wilson!

A gift from Thailand

Found this on my table this morning. A gift from my boss. He went vacation to Thailand. He got one of these for everyone in the department. It is plasticine in a balloon like plastic. Can molded into any shape we want. Great stress releaser. Let see how creative I can get. I am gonna name him Wilson.

Happy Wilson

Wilson watching something he really likes.

Square Wilson

Wilson imitating Shrek

Wilson got punched in the face...

Wilson doing Mr Hanky (South Park)

Wilson after a stressful day at the office

I am a bad person.

There you go! That bold statement. Hope this will satisfy certain parties.

I am not going to apologies to anyone. I done what needed to be done. I am only human. There is limit for everything. I am tired of thinking and analyzing what I did and what I have should have not done. I am pass that stage. I am emotionally drained. I have no more energy for this. I don't want to think that I am at fault all the time. Even if the whole world is blaming me, than I will take it as the rest of the world is screw up, not me!

I am at the edge or reasoning. I am have reached the limit for my patient. I only can pray for strength from God. There is no need to argue anymore!

i have gone bald.....again

It is my damn dandruff, it is getting worse! If I wear the jacket in office, it is just too embarrassing, if i wear black shirt, it is even more embarrassing.
The only solution is to go bald.

I like this look , regardless what other might say, but so far, I have been receiving good comments (like the receptionist in my office, this morning and my colleague I met downstairs) And my wife say, I look like Shamsheer Sidhu (here we go, again and again this name appearing in my blog) Damn you Shamseer!!! Ha ha ha

Anyway, I guess I am gonna stick to this style for some time...

Event Update: iiumengine 96-2000 Raya Gathering

Date: 26th Nov 2006
Venue: Guzz and Fad's Place
Time: Lunch onwards

Had Raya gathering for all my batch back from UIA. We organized a pot luck.

Since we are hosting this year, my wife did Spaghetti, ketupat, kuah kacang, Shepard Pie and apple crumble. Friends brought so much food as well. We end up with so many left overs (that we evenly tapau-ed for everyone) and we had 4 cakes as well!

My otherwise quite house, was lively. Almost all friends came with their kids (some even with maids).

We have grown. Some were the same as they left, some changed. But I noticed, most still grouping together with their former buddies. I am not judging anyone. I feel awkward too, at some point, when I started a conversation with few of former batch, then I realize that I wad never close to them, no wonder, I was unable to find a common topics to talk to. So me to, retreated to my former groups of friends. It is cool. No offense taken. And hope none were offended as well.

Overall, we had fun. Hopefully can do this every year. Hopefully next year I could visit them with my addition to family as well (If God Willing)

The home made birth day cake for Mira (with M n Ms!!!), Lina and Zaidi's Daughter

Netty and hubby...

Jue and Netty

Zamri's and Jue's Kids

Toman and Fahmi's Wife

Balloon pict taken by Lina and Zaidi's daughter

Homemade blueberry Cheesecake by Lina

The cake again

The ladies

No idea what this pict is all about

Mr and Mrs Guzz, with frenz (guess which one is the Mrs....)

Faisal and daughter

IIUM 'sisters' hehehe

Datuk Siti unable to attend the gathering due to another open house in Kuala Lipis.

I am no superman.

Katakanlah, ada sekumpulan manusia ni, dia orang duduk kat satu planet (contohnye Planet Krypton). Semua orang ada power yang samer. Pastu, kumpulan manusia ni pun berpecah, ada yang stay kat planet Kripton and ada yang berhijrah ke planet lain di sistem suria lain. Yang migrate ke planet lain, sebab graviti pull alien planet tu lain, dia orang dapat super power. Hebat ler kan. Semua penduduk planet tu akan mengherokan manusia tu. So best ler kan, mesti seronok! Bayangkan ler, kat planet asal semua orang same jer power dia, tup tup hijrah planet lain, terus dapat super power!!! Sapa tak nak kan? As long as kita gunakan power kita untuk kebaikan penduduk planer tu (and untuk diri kita sendiri) kira ok ler..... Rasa bangga sebab ada super power tu pun memang tak dapat dielakkan ler, itu lumrah. Tapi rasa bangga berpatutan memang bagus untuk self confident.

Ok, then satu hari tu, planet Krypton pun buat reunion, semua yang hijrah ke planet lain dipanggil hadir. So kumpulan manusia yang tak pernah keluar dari Krypton and mereka yang pergi jauh berhijrah pun berkumpul. Dalam pertemuan tersebut, kumpulan manusia yang stay kat Krypton terasa amat pelik dengan perangai mereka yang berhijrah keluar, semua cakap dan berkelakuan seolah-olah mereka ada super power (read: berlagak nak mampus!!!) Dekat planet Krypton tu kan semua orang sama power dia, jadi kenapa ada segolongan manusia tu berlagak macam mereka tu bagus sangat dan mereka ada power lebih dari yang lain?

Ini yang buat aku pelik dengan perangai segolongan manusia.
Satu jer nasihat aku pada semua dan diri aku sendiri, kat mana pun taraf kita sekarang, jangan lupa asal usul kita. Sebab kalau kita lupa pada asal usul kita, kita akan jadi tidak releven pada root kita sendiri.

10 great things about my sis

1. Dia adalah seorang yang sangat menghargai setiap kalori yang ada kat dunia ni. A true calory lover, sesuai sebagai kareernye sebagai seorang lecturer dalam bidang nutritionist.

2. Sentiasa memberi nasihat bernas (yang pedas and laser) kepada ahli keluarga (especially kepada abangnyer).

3. Live up to her name and always Sabar (only recently, kalau dulu, kalau marah tu, jadi macam pompuan giler!)

4. Dulu masa aku darjah satu, lepas balik dari sekolah, dia tolong tanggalkan kasut and stokin aku.... terharu sungguh.

5. Sentiasa utamakan parents.

6. Suka buat lawak bodoh yang orang lain tak paham, tapi aku jer boleh paham.

7. Suka test result aku dari working out kat gym dengan suruh aku angkat barang-barang berat.

8. Dia mengaku yang dirinye famous dan ada ramai kawan masa kat kat sekolah and UPM hanya dengan satu sebab semata, iaitu mempunyai seorang abang yang hensem and macho!

9. Seorang ibu and isteri yang baik. (satu-satunyer point yang aku bagi dgn penuh keikhlasan)

10. Sanggup korbankan cinta sejatinya pada Saiful Bakhtiar demi kepentingan ibu bapa.

Wahai kawan-kawan sekalian, aku tau ramai yang akan kebingungan ngan entry ini. Biar aku explain.
Sesungguhnye aku dipaksa oleh adikku sendiri untuk masukkan entry ini.
Camni, adik aku nak bersalin dah, so sebagai syarat sebelum dia bagi keta dia kat aku, aku dipaksa bagi 10 dalil kebaikan dia (kejam tak adik aku ni?). Walaupun setiap point kat atas tu tentang kebaikan, tapi ada jugak unsur-unsur mengutuk yang tak dapat aku elakkan.

Ok, Saba, kau puas hati sekarang? so bila boleh amik kereta?

Kerana mulut badan binasa.

Flashback.

Somewhere around last week in my office........

My boss and colleagues were busy talking at one of my colleagues cubicle. I was passing tru that place and suddenly my boss asked:

Boss: Guzz what do you say about Karaoke?

Me: I don't mind, it's a great way to embarrass ourselves! (dgn muka selamber)

Boss: Wow, I like your attitude, (turning to other guys) look at Guzz, he is so 'sporting'.

Me: err err err ok... (no clues what's going on!)

Boss: Guzz, you ni betul ke or cakap jer lebih?

Me: Betul ler..........

Boss: Ha ha

Me: Ha ha

Maybe it is just an empty conversation to fill up free time, I continued to work (or pretended to be).

And then, 2 days later, I received an email from boss saying that there is a DeepaRaya function in office and there is a Karaoke session and every department have to send a representative! I panicked! OMG what have I done?!! Me and my big mouth! Now surely they all will be asking me to sing!

Then in the dept meeting thank God they all nominated another colleague who always sing out aloud wearing earphone. Thank Goodness, I am off the hook. My colleague nominated my name mentioning that I volunteered to embarrass myself before, but majority supported him! Ha ha....

But I felt bad, maybe my boss will think that I am cakap jer lebih but action is zero! hmmmmm Need to save my reputation, Don't want other to think that I talk empty without action!

The day come, the nominated colleague bailed out, saying no way he will sing. Boss already sang a song, no one in volunteered in the dept! Semangnat ke'department'an aku berkobar-kobar.

Again boss asked, you wanna give a try? Hmmm I asked another female colleague, Jom duet? She said ok, as long as I sing with her.

We were looking for come nice English duet song but find none! So she decide to sing solo and I had to keep to my promise to sing as well, and the boss keep on asking 'dah pilih lagu ker blom?'

So, there I was, finally infornt of others (thank Goodness not many stayed back for Karaoke session). I kept to my promise and successfully me'sumbang'kan lagu 'Seribu Tahun Tak Kan Mungkin by Bumiputra Rockers.

I'd made it, I kept to my promise and I finally EMBARRASS myself infront of the crowd and it felt good!!!!

Moral of the story: Jangan cakap besar and jangan menyampuk dalam conversation orang yang tak tau hujung pangkalnyer.........

Wake up and smell the roses...

My parents went overseas for holiday for one whole month. My parents, my sisters, their kids all of them went! Only me and younger sis left behind, cause we were financially challenged (to be politically correct) at the moment and also we were unable to get leave for one whole month. But, my parents being outstation, leaving my dad's car in my house, that is this whole entry all about. So me and my wife have each on car now to go to work (at least for one month).

Before this we have to rush to work since my wife have to clock in by 8am and she need to reach at least 15 min before so that she can walk all the way to her dept. So basically we were rushing every morning. Because of this also, I will be among the first to arrive in my office at 8am! Since my work starts at 830 and it is flexible, nobody will be at the office at 8 am. Some stretch their arrival up to 930, but I always make sure to arrive before 9.

So now life is good. My wife left early, I wake up on my own sweet time, I know she hates me seeing me in my beauty slumber while she rushing dressing up, but I enjoy this moment as next month this luxury wont be here for me. I wake up, dress up, fix my self nice breakfast. I am a big breakfast guy. I believe that big bang breakfast is essential for everyone, it keep your entire day's mode in high spirit/energy. I can quietly sit down, have my coffee, and eat cereal, oats, eggs or sausage (depend on what is available in fridge) A newspaper would be nice, but darn, I don't subscribe to those.

Then, once outside, I will check put all my plants, squatting by the plants, zooming on freshly bloomed flowers, looking at those tiny butterflies flying around. Will water the plants if i find it too dry! And sometimes the neighbors maids will pass by my house while walking with the babies, like today, the opposite house neighbor was walking with her grandchild, that cute girl was keep on waving at me, I took my own sweet time to smile and wave back, should have started a little conversation, maybe next time.

And after work, I can go to gym, that is enough for me to release a day worth of stress. Reach home to find the dinner is served nicely on the table. What else could I ask for? ( Gud Guy: I guess my arus perdana in a calmer stream now)

Such simple thing sounds like a fairytale isn't it? Happiness doesn't have to be living in a million dollar bungalow, fat bank account or owning hot wheels. It can be as simple as appreciating our every fine happy moments. So, you see, life isn't all that bad. if we are not rushing in life, slow down our pace, it is quite beautiful isn't it?


Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Do you run through each day on the fly
When you ask "How are you?"
do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
running through your head?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time
to call and say "Hi"?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

Welcome to the gym and please leave your ego at the door step.

The biggest misconception in weight training is that the heavier the weight you lift, more muscle you will build. This is not entirely true.
The heaviest weight you can lift while maintaining the perfect form, now that will give you the maximum result.

After being absent from gym almost 3 months, my strength dropped, If last time I can bench press 5o-60kg, now I have to reduce it to, 40kg, same goes to my bicep curls and the rest.

It is difficult to start back from scratch, I tried with all my might to lift the same weight like before, and I could life it, but my form sucked! It wasn't symmetrical and I am unable to balanced it.

I have seen many guys in gym struggling with too heavy weights thinking they are doing the right thing and also because they can't let go of their ego while lifting. I am not surprised, I was on of them, most guys think the amount of weight they lift is directly proportional to the size of their dick! Thus we have all this guys working out with heavy weight with terrible forms.

Another mistake I often see is that the tempo is too fast, they will be doing bicep curl up and down so rapidly with no pause at all. This is often done by newbies who think the faster the repetition more macho they are. This is not going to build muscle either, while doing repetition too rapidly, you are just using the momentum of the weight rather than the power of your muscle! The slo-mo works the best! Do it slowly, 10 repetition of 3 sets works fine most of the time, but you can also try other methods such as drop-set, pyramid-set and many more. But always start with the basic.

So my advice to anyone read this, it is not the amount of weight you lift or how rapid is your tempo, it is in the form, tempo and how you contract the muscle while lifting it.

And of course proper nutrition plays a bigger role in building muscle, it is 70% and 30% exercise. More on this later.

Chau.

Love lets the beloved go free?

This was a debate title for English's debate when I was in form 5. I wasn't in the debate team, I was just one of the members of the floor. The point of argument was simple, from the perspective of a 17//18 years old students. If you love someone or something, you need to let that someone or something go. That was simple. The students debated that if you love your pet, you should let the pet go free, if you love you kids, have to let them go free and the opposing team came up with some nice good arguments as well.I am not going to discuss about the debate here. It was interesting, but sadly the debate did not go any deeper than that. Most points were touched at the surface only never too deep. Now when I think of it, its makes more sense to me. And also I realize that my friends back in 1993 (yes, I am old) were looking at the debate title from different (even wrong?) point of view.

I am married. I love my wife. Does this mean that I need let my wife go free? Or my wife loves me, so probably she will let me go free? (hmmmmm would she? most probably! ha ha) Doesn't make sense right?

After married for 4 years, it makes more sense to me know. When we love someone, we need to let go of the control we have on them to go free, NOT to let them go free. I am not talking about possessive psychos we sometimes see in TV, they really need to see a shrink. After being in a relationship for a long period of time, we tend to take control of our loved one sub-consciously. We start making plans without consulting them, we start to assuming things. We start to make decision on their behalf thinking that we are making the right decision for their own good. We start to take control of their life indirectly. Thus, we are not giving the freedom to run their own life. And due to this kinda restriction in freedom, stress will start to build up in the relationship, with either party not knowing the root of the problem since both party also try to take control of each other's life! Then one day...boom! volcano will erupt! When both parties can't take it any longer.

We are not letting our loved one free to decide! If we love someone, we need to let them go free! Not physically but the emotional control we posses over them!

I know, I know, many will say, you been married for 4 years and only now you know this? But relationship is tricky subject, you can't really measure the maturity/stability of a relationship by the number of years. There is no measure actually, it always evolved from one form to another.

So I guess, I need to practice what I preach, and letting go my loved one... ( I mean the control)

Just my 2-cents worth...........

Back in Gym

Finally I can go to gym regularly, at least 3 times a week, after work. I know many will find this weird, but the the whole day yesterday I was so excited that I could go to gym after work. It is like I am back to my routines.
It is funny that after missing the gym for 2 months , I lost track on my workout routines, previously it was hard-coded to my brain, once I am in GYM, I am on auto pilot, I don't have to think, I just carry on from one workout to another.

The after-work crowd in FF SJ was unbelievable, even on heavy rain day! But most of them were doing cardio, so the free weight area was not occupied that much. I had a good workout and enjoyed myself.

But I still miss the FF in Manulife, alot more equipments there and it is much bigger, even on very crowded day, you can still workout comfortably.

I am serious this time, no matter what, I want to achieve the following target:

• Six pack (in 6 month)
• Vein popping out in bicep (in 3 month)
• Body fat percentage less than 10% (in 6 month)
  

This is my routine:
Mon:
Chest
Triceps
Shoulder

Wed:
Back
Biceps
Legs

Fri:
Abdomen
Forearm
And maybe Chest again

Valid Questions?

While driving to work this morning I was wondering.

I am driving this car. I have full control of this car, I can stop the car anytime I want, I can just turn the steering and change my destination. The car will obey me. I am the master of my car. If I maintain the car well, it will last long and serves every one of biddings. And yes, I have full control of it.

But if my life is the car, who is sitting on the driver seat? Who is driving my life? Is it me on the driving seat? Am I 'driving' my life. Taking the full control 0f my destiny?

For some, the answer to these questions might be obvious, but not for me. I am not sitting on that driver seat. I feel out of control. I feel I am just a dry leaf on a stream. Drifting with the flow of the water. I feel I have no control of my destination. I couldn't even do 'maintenance' of my life to ensure that it will run smoothly, and some time I even feel it is not even my car! Am I not in even in my car?! no wonder there is different driver sitting on the driver seat!

I am confuse! I thought with age comes wisdom, but I seems to more clueless now. My vision is blurred, I have no aim. I feel my life is pretty fucked up. Sometimes I just shut off my brain, my thoughts, just living the life for its very moment, not to think of future or the past, stop over-thinking everything, and I always failed.

I know I must be my own driver, I ought to be sitting on that driver seat and on the driver seat on MY OWN car.

What should I do, where do I start?

Email sedih di pagi Isnin

Hancur berderai harapan aku nak gi US.



From: Boss kat US
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 4:09 AM
To: Guzz
Subject: US training

Guzz,

I spoke with management and was told that offshore employees will not be sent to US for training.

Thanks.
Boss kat US

DON

This is the third time I am watching Hindi movie in Cinema, 1st on was Hum Aapne Ee Kon (wrong spelling), I was accompanying my sisters for this 4 hour movie, 2nd was Rain Coat, my choice, just because Aishwarya in it and got all the cursing in the world from wife because it was not an ordinary song and dance Bollywood flick. And the latest was DON.

Wow! This movie is GOOD! Action packed, and was not a love story (thank God!)
Shoot entirely in Malaysia..... Can see few Malaysian actors showing their 'talent' as movie prop, Shahrudin Thambi as mute police inspector ( I think since he has nothing much to say) and Shamseer Sidhu as Don's gang member (why his name keep on appearing in my blog?).

I have to say that they have portrayed Malaysia as a well developed country, but all the scenes seem to be revolving around Petronas Twin Tower. A lot of Proton cars were smashed (proton is one of the sponsor).

The story has a twist in twist. I don't want to elaborate, it will spoil the surprise. Priyanka Chopra was really hot and her acting was good. Even I hate SRK, have to admit that he had played the character rather well.

I recommend this movie to patriotic Malaysians who want to see how Malaysia is portrayed in Bollywood flick.

I always wonder, outsiders can always manage to make full use of Malaysian scenery in filming, while Malaysia director always end up shooting crappy scenes.

Pelita raya di rumah baru aku

Aku ni memang rajin pasang pelita masa nak raya. Kira banyak gak ler perabis duit beli minyak api, pelita and lampu kelip2 tu.
Kalau selama ni rumah parents and parents in law jadi 'mangsa' aku, sekarang rumah sendiri jadi mangsa.

Pokok buloh yang aku tanam hari tu jadi mangsa terbaru, lepas pasang rasa teramat ler cantiknye pokok buluh tu (pada pendapat aku ler).

Since handphone aku resolutionnyer rendah, gambar ni tak seberapa clear.

Kalau sesapa nak kusutkan fikiran aku kata ini budaya hindu, bukan ajaran Islam, I don't give a damn. Aku pasang pelita and lampu tu sebab nak memeriahkan suasana hari raya dan bende tu memang nampak festive, takder niat lain selain tu. Please stop complicating my already complicated life.

Pre Raya entry.

I am so excited! and it is an understatement! Feel like a small kid waiting for raya. Been listening to raya song whole day in the office. It really get me into raya mood, and there are few songs that makes me wanna cry, I always wonder why Raya song make me feel so sad and happy at the same time?

Go here to download Raya songs and other retro malay songs!

p/s: Suara Takbir nyayian Datin Siti memang best, mungkinkah aku akan jadi peminat dia lepas ni?

Confession of a Supposed Former Caffeine Junkie

The one thing I missed most during Ramadan would be Coffee or more precisely caffeine, the elixir of life, fuel for my productivity, pure liquid gold, ahhh the drop of heaven in my mug on my office desk.

Coffee ohhh coffee.... How much I miss thou!

I can take the hunger, the thirst and even the unnatural bowel movement during Ramadan, and off course I love Ramadan, I can feel my body cleansing itself and also detoxifying. But I need my daily dosage of caffeine every morning! I am feeling like am a Zombie!

Being being a caffeine junkie I am, I am missing that little push to perk up my mornings and the rest of my days.

Oh God, give me strength to go through 2 more weeks without coffee..

I hate shopping

I hate shopping and it is an understatement! I loathe it! And it is a Raya shopping on a fasting month, you might as well double or tripple the hatrate! That pretty much sum up my experience yesterday. Masjid India and SOGO was so packed due to public holiday in Selangor, the road was jammed, there we no parking and I was damn cranky! (I am always when I am hungry or tired).

Spent about 2 hour in Jalan Masjid India, bought most of the stuffs. With both of hour hands full of shopping bags, then we moved on to SOGO. The crowd there was unbearable! It is like they were on steroids! The queue at the counter was scary, if you grabbed just one or two RM10 item, it is not worth it to queue that long!

My wife has all the patience and passion when it comes to shopping. She would spend endless hour choosing very item inspecting every single details, but even she lost her mood to shop yesterday. After spending about 2 hour in SOGO, we left the building just with a plastic bag filled with a pair of shoe!

Wife hinted that we might need to go shopping again since she was unbale to get few things. I had a sleepless night last night thinking about it.

And found the following in my inbox this morning, but is was bit too late, maybe I can use this for next year.......

Chau....

TIPS MENEMANI ISTERI BERSHOPPING SEMPENA HARI RAYA

Makhluk di atas bumi ini yang paling seronok membeli-belah ialah PEREMPUAN. Bagi orang lelaki, ia adalah satu kewajipan. Tetapi orang perempuan, ia adalah hobi, melegakan tekanan jiwa, meredakan gundah gulana dan menghiburkan hati sanubari.

Orang perempuan kalau membeli kerosang mungkin mengambil masa 30 minit - 1 jam untuk membuat keputusan membelinya. Dalam fikiran mereka tercatat pelbagai maklumat yang dirujuk sebelum membuat keputusan seperti.. sesuai tak dengan kebarung yang di baru beli tu... . match tak dengan warna tudung ... ada tak sesiapa sepejabat yang telah pakai corak pin ini ... . harga yang ni sama tak dengan yang terdapat di kedai sebelah ... kalau pakai ni nampak pelik tak ... . macam-macam seribu satu macam.

Lain sangat dengan orang lelaki. Contohnya membeli butang baju melayu. Itu pun kerana terlanggar semasa nak ke masjid, terus menanyakan harga... dan terus bayar. Tak sampai 2 minit. Langsung tidak terfikir sesuai tak dengan warna baju dan sebagainya. Ada lelaki tu pergi solat raya dengan memakai baju warna biru.. tetapi warna butangnya ada warna merah, emas dan ada yang dah terkeluar batu warna.. itupun biasa aje terus pakai... asalkan ada butang sudaaaah laa. Itu orang lelaki. Kalau isterinya nampak , pasti perang sakan di pagi rayasebab suami pakai butang tak matching dengan baju... kata dia, "Nanti orang kata apa laah isterinya tak pandai nak mendandan suami".. malu dia.

Oleh itu, eloklah suami menggunakan tips ini. Paling kurang, tidaklah terlepas pahala puasa kita kerana asyik geram marah padanya semasa shopping tu.

1. Niatkan untuk menghiburkan dia semasa shopping. Jika dia terhibur,
barang yang dia akan beli lebih "masak" proses dia membuat keputusan.
Jika niat ini benar-benar dari hati kita, ia terpancar ke muka kita
walau pun ada seketika timbul perasan menyampah.. tetapi kuasa niat
tadi mampu untuk melenyapkan muka bosan itu nanti. Teruskan niat ini disepanjang sesi shopping ini bahawa "sebagai suami, aku ingin
menghiburkannya kerana Allah Taala".

2. Kosongkan aktiviti kita pada hari itu melainkan semata-mata untuk
bersamanya. Jangan ada sekali-kali temujanji dengan sesiapa selepas
shopping. Kerana, waktu "kecederaan" yang diambil oleh isteri ini,
biasanya, melebihi 20-50% dari yang dijanjikan. Yang dibimbangkan
nanti ialah orang yang dijanji telah menunggu tetapi isteri masih
beraturberbaris di kaunter bayaran.. Akhirnya kemanisan yang dikecapi
selama 4 tadi tercemar dengan kelewatan isteri 4 minit.

3. Alangkah romantisnya kalau suami tidak membawa handsetnya bersama. Terhindar dari gangguan.

4. Semasa berkereta atas dalam perjalanan ke komplek membeli
belah.. eloklah tanyakan kepada isteri ... apa barang yang ingin beli,
apa kriteria, apa jenis, apa alternatif yang boleh dia terima jika
kehendak pertama tidak ditemui.. julat harga yang dijangkakan..
(jangan terkejut d ia akan keluar berjela senarai perbandingan harga
bagi satu jenis barang.. termasuk jenis barang yang sama yang
terdapat di England sekali).. Ini akan menyebabkan isteri itu lebih
bersedia dan lebih melonjak keseronokannya.

5. Tiba di kedai tu.. buat-buatlah sibuk tunduk bongkok mencari barang
yang dia cari. Jangan berdiri tercegat di pintu kedai atau tinggalkan
dia sendirian sambil kita pula merayau kedai lain.

6. Kalau dia meminta "second opinion" dengan kata-katanya, "Abang, cantik tak
kain ni untuk saya"... ? berilah pandangan dengan kata-kata, "Pada
pandangan abang ... .." Jangan terus kata, "OK" .. Lawa.. kemudian
senyap.

7. Kalau dia minta pandangan mengenai sesuatu barang yang dia nak
beli, jangan terus membelek tanda harga. Ini mengecewakannya. Berilah
dulu pandangan kita dari sudut nilai astetiknya. Sebab faktor harga
adalah penilaian terakhir bari mereka. Mereka sanggup berbelanja
lebih jika barangan it u memenuhi keperluan dan kehendak mereka.

8. Mata tu jangan terlampau sangat menjeling wanita-wanita lain yang
sedang shopping. Dia nampak tau. Tapi kita dibolehkan mengusik
jurujual wanita-wanita tu dengan alasan untuk membantunya mendapatkan barangan kehendaknya.

9. Bila tiba dirumah, tolonglah dia sekejap membuka barangan yang
telah dibeli tadi. pasti dia akan mencuba sekali lagi. Pujilah dia
kerana bijak memilih barangan itu.

10 PERHATIAN: sebelum isteri kita mencuba pakaian luar atau dalam di
tempat mencuba pakaian yang terdapat di kedai-kedai itu, kita
hendaklah masuk dahulu dan periksa semua bahagian di bilik kecik itu
agar bebas dari WIRELESS CAMERA. Kita bimbang ada orang merakam dan menyebar ke dalam internet. Malu dia dan kita.

Selamat mencuba dan semoga anda menjadi suami yang romantis di lorong-lorong komplek membeli belah.

Percaya lah, jika tips ini anda amalkan, dia akan dengan senyap
membeli hadiah untuk anda tanda CINTAnya kepada anda. Dan dengan rasa megah menceritakan kepada kawan2nya, "baju ni hubby i yang pilih"

Malaysia yang indah........

Aku memang akan hangin kalau aku dengar orang cakap kat Malaysia ni takder musim.

Sapa kata, kita takder musim, kalau kat Eropoh tu ada musim Panas, Sejuk, Bunga dan luruh, kat Malaysia pun kita ada empat musim yang indah!

Musim Hujan
Musim ni bergantung pada kedudukan geografi, pantai timur or pantai laut. Signifikasi musim ni pada kita ni ialah, kita tak boleh nak bercuti di kawasan pulau or tepi laut, sebab angin taufan kuat sangat.. Jarang banjir pada musim ni.

Musim Banjir Kilat
Berlainan sikit ngan musim hujan, musim banjir ni tetiba terjadi. Pada musim ini Kerajaan tempatan dan kerajaan negeri akan menuding jari satu sama lain, tak nak mengaku salah.

Musim Panas
Musim ni, musim panas le. Tetiba je tak hujan 2-3 bulan. Hujan pun sekejap sekejap jer. Pada masa ni Aiman dan kawan dia Arif tu biasanye main PS2 jer dalam rumah, sebab panas kat luar tu.

Musim Jerebu
Musim ni bergantung pada bila Pemilik Estate kat Sumatera nak bakar hutan untuk aktiviti pertanian mereka. Biasanye pada musim ni, rakyat Malaysia akan digalakkan buat aktiviti indoor sahaja, ala ala winter kat Europe tu. Pada musim ni jugak penjual mask mengaut keuntungan lumayan.


p/s: more stupid entries to come. bulan posa ni minda tak cergas le.....

Aiman tak kisah..........

Aku memang dah takder ide nak blog apa dah. Tak macam si Panjang tu, internet line down pun boleh dijadikan satu entry! keh keh...

Tengok blog aku dah macam terbengkalai sejak puasa start ni, rasa bersalah teramat sangat.

Anyway, nak dijadikan citer, aku rasa kalau sesapa selalu dengar Sinar FM, Mesti dah tau pasal iklan "Aiman tak kisah ni".

Message yang nak disampaikan memang le murni, tapi caranye tak logik. Budak 3-4 tahun, tau ke apa maksud HIV+ tu. Memangle Aiman tak kisah langsung, dia budak kecik lagi, kalau suruh main dengan orang yang kena bird flu pun, sure Aiman tak kisah, peduli apa Aiman, asalkan ada member nak bermain.

So just sebab budak kecik, sekecik Aiman tak kisah bermain dengan kawan dia yang HIV+ yang bernama Arif tu, kita ynag dewasa pun kena ikut sama? Itukah mesej yang cuba disampaikan? Kalau camtu, kita tengok bebudak kecik, main tengah jalan, main dalam longkang, kekadang buat perangai yang tak senonoh kat public places (cam iklan "Yed Dear" tu or kat entry ni), kita yang dewasa boleh buat macam Aiman?

Aku rasa banyak lagi cara yang lebik elok dan creative message untuk menghalang deskriminasi terhadap penghidap HIV+ boleh disampaikan. Harap harap, they will come up with better idea.

Ahh lantak le, Aiman tak kisah!

MyDin

Sabtu hari tu, aku and wife gi MyDin yang baru bukak kat USJ tu, (betul-betul sebelah Giant). Memang crowded sangat tempat tu jadinya. Giant, yang dah sedia ada parking space yang banyak, siap letak sign board, kalau shopping kat Giant, free parking, kalau shopping kat tempat lain kena bayar RM10. Maiden pun satu, buat bangunan besar-sebar, tapi buat parking basement satu level jer. So terpaksa aku memarking kereta jauh-jauh dekat kawasan kedai/rumah tu.

Dari luar, memang bangunan MyDin Mall ni memang cantik, masuk dalam pun lagi cantik! Ada banyak stall2 kat luar yang jual kain baju, dia buat macam stail baazar. Pastu ada food court dan sebagainye. Standard le, sama ngan hypermarket lain.

Masuk dalam jer, ada pekerja dia sambut masuk, dan kat dalam tu memang ramai perkerja dia, nak mintak tolong ap-apa senang jer. Kalau dah habis shopping siap ada pekerja tolong tolak trolley sampai ke parking, best tak?

Aku yang memang dah bosan gi C4, Giant and Tesco, rasa seronok lak gi Maiden ni, ada kelainan. Cara display dia lain. Varity pun lain, kira barang yang pelik2 pun boleh jumpa kat situ. Siap ada kaunter minyak attar and so on.

Wet market dia pun aku rasa more fresher than other hyper. Barang murah, hopefully dia tak letak harga murah, for opening week and naikkan after that. Jam dinding dia murah gie, semua dalam RM20, cantik2 lak tu. Stationery section dia memang besar, boleh dapatkan apa ap jer.

Kain baju pun banyak variety, kalau nak shopping raya kat situ pun boleh. Rasanye lepas ni, MyDin ni jadi port terbaru aku kot. Satu je masalah dia, PARKING.

Panjang tul aku memuji MyDin ni, kalau dia quoye blog aku dalam leaflet dia kan best!

Tragic Story

We had fire drill excises today, the Cyberjaya Bomba came and gave briefing. We had then, the fire drill. The alarm rang, everyone took their own sweet time "rescuing" themselves from the fire, locking the drawer, chit chatting all the way to the 'safe' area.

Fireman then start doing the demonstration. Normal stuff, selected ones were asked to distinguish the fire. Everybody clapped once the fire was out, big deal. Then the firemen will ignite the barrel filled with petrol again so that he next person can practice. This cycle continued few time ...... Until............ jeng jeng jeng.............

THE FIREMAN CAUGHT FIRE! Yes! You heard me right. One of the fireman who was trying to ignite the half barrel of petrol suddenly caught fire. And flame were coming from his face (too much after shave?) He start running.. in panic, the crowd ( who thought this was part of demo) was stunned!

But thank goodness, he was ok. Nothing happened. Can see his hair was a bit whitish in color caused it was burned. Later I heard he was a new guy. No wonder.

Later all of us left the open field. Few continued on with the chat they left off, few were standing smoking cigarettes near the petrol filled barrel, chit chatting. Few went back to office to update their blog.

Sekian.

Mungkinkah.........

Link-link kat bawah ni dah jadi routine bagi aku every morning, kekadang baca sampai blog pun tak update, kekadang baca sampai kerja pun tak buat (tgk tu priority, blog dulu, lepas tu baru kerja...heheheh). Aku tengah risau fikir pasal masa depan Malaysia ni.....

1. Mungkinkah Malaysia akan menjadi sebahagain SingaPork satu hari nanti?
2. Mungkinkah kita semu kena migrate ke negara lain sebab kos sara diri semakin naik?
3. Mungkinkah aku tak akan mampu lagi bayar duit rumah and kereta memandangkan kadar BLR and interest rate asyik menaik ni?
4. Mungkinkah harga minyak akan cecah RM3 akhir tahun depan?
   
5. Mungkinkah aku akan menjadi aktivis politik satu hari nanti?
6. Mungkinkah aku bermimpi?
7. Apakah jalan akan jam masa aku balik rumah nanti?
8. Bulan puasa nanti sempat ke aku bukak puasa kat rumah, or kena buka puasa atas jalan?
9. Bila aku nak buat shopping raya ni?

Soalan-soalan ni sering menghantui kepala otak aku akibat pergolakan politik dalam Malaysia ni....

• My KMU
• Malaysia Today
• Agenda Daily
• Cuit Sikit
• Rustam
• Generasi M
• Patriot
• Pro Mahathir
• Bakri Musa

p/s: Jangan pakai Internet Explorer 7 (nak tiru Mozilla konon). Tak guna betul asyik hang jer, baik pakai Mozilla Firefox, lagi stabil!

Let the truth be heard...........

He is just one man. What you so are so paranoid of? It is one ex PM against the whole cabinet.
Let him talk......
Let him be heard if you have nothing to hide.
Show that you are really telus.
For all he has done for our country, at least give him this much.....
To be heard....