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.