Cabbage

How long do I have to wait to eat the fruit of my own hand? It has been MONTHS and I still cant's see anything resembling cabbage coming out of this!



And the chili isn't flowering either.......

S5800

Finally I have my own camera, I find it hard to believe that this is the first camera I bought for myself! All this while I heve been using my father in law's camera, well enough if that, ladies and gentlemen, let me present my pride and joy (for time being, before the real bundle of joy arrives)...... my camera............... (drum roll........)


The one and only Fujifilm S5800!!!

Honestly I don't know much about camera, and I don't even know if this model is good, but I saw the ad on the paper and I told myself, this is the camera for me (apart from the fact that is is very reasonably priced) in fact I only know how to point and shoot, but this camera has really made me interested in photography, I am finding myself carrying it everywhere and trying to shoot some nice photos. Below are few of my amateur works.......


The food are taken from Haiqal's Birthday picture (cooked by mum)
Haiqal and Shahril...........

Guzz' Bird of Paradise

More Paradise

Wild Purple

Pucuk Paku

The Pregnant Lady....

• The room will be freezing COLD, and I would be shivering in cold and she will complaining that it is too hot.
• She just couldn't find that PERFECT sleeping position while sleeping, tossing and turning every 5 minutes, I'd rather sleep in the guess room.
• And she prefer to have the whole bed for herself anyway, not that I will be missed during her slumber.
• Now I understand, where the phrase "eating like pregnant lady" came. You will never be able to satisfy their hunger, she still will be hungry even after a very satisfying huge delicious dinner. I can't compete!
• Need back rub ALL the time.
• Can't think of any anymore.

Added later: Oh ya.. the pillows, need infinite number of them just to make her comfy.

BUT IT IS ALL WORTH IT, after 5 years waiting I would go through this again without a second thought!

Whenever I feel down, just thinking about the arrival of the baby lift up my spirit.....

Oh baby, I am so into you.......

I just found out that the basket thingy that we use to carry baby is called "Moses basket", how appropriately named?!

Anyway, went shopping for basic baby stuff yesterday, my mum said not to buy too many things as we will get lots of hampers once the baby is delivered (hint hint) Insya Allah.

Dr Fatimah is already advising wife to cut down on carbs, and do more exercise, so I guess I can just sit down and watch TV, and let wife to do the housework, she need the exercise. I know it is hard, being such a hardworking guy a loving husband that I am to let my wife to do all the work, but it is the doctor's order! I am forced to sit down and be a couch potato! LOL

Post-Raya Post.

Took this pict to compare with my last year raya deco, so I might as well post it even it is way too late.


Decided not to decorate the bamboo tree with light this year, from last year experience, it not not good for the health of the tree, the tree above is bamboo_tree V2.0, version 1 passed on to the next life (thanks to me for putting too much fertilizer on it)

Comparing with last year picture, my garden has improved a lot, look much more greener. Much more plants, and of course according to my wife's definition, it is 'hutan', but the garden is my territory as she claim the kitchen as her's (Then why the hell am I still need to cook and do the dishes?!!!)

Anyway, selamat hari raya to all!!!!

Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

More raya pictures coming soon.

Puasa

• Kalau baca balik entry poser tahun lepas, tahun ini aku memang ada improvement, memang tak rasa ketagih nak minum kopi sangat, rasa-rasanye, ada la dalam 5-6 kali aku minum kopi bulan puasa ni.
• Memandangkan aku kerja sampai kul 8 malam every monday, aku decide la nak gi gym every monday, at least once a week bulan puasa ni. Kalau aku balik rumah pun bukannyer sempat gi terawih pun (ceh, macam kalau tak kerja rajin gi terawih he he). Pada andaian aku, aku ingat I will be the only muslim in GYM masa tu, alangkah terperanjatnye aku, the usual guys are still there! Tak tau le kalau dia orang pun kerja sampai malam ke apa kan, but aku terkejut la. Tu je, aku tak nak assume apa-apa la kan. Semua orang ada goal masing2 (dunia and akhirat). Yang gi gym lepas berbuka boleh paham lagi, but aku dengar, ada jugak yang workout masa day time! Hard core giler! Kalau aku, aku rasa dah pengsan kot.
• Pernah tak korang queue setengah jam (to 45 min) untuk beli roti John? Aku dan kawan aku gi bazar Ramadan kat Putraya, ada satu stall ni (Roti John Unan ke apa ntah). Orang queue panjang giler. So kawan aku pun cakap dia memang dah lama curious pasal roti John ni, sebab hari-hari queue dia panjang gile, so dia pun beratur la, lebih kurang 30 min (aku suruh dia beli satu untuk aku). Masa berbuka, kitorang makan, rasa dia macam roti john lain jer, apa yang sedap sangatnye? ada le minced meat sikit2 dalam tu, tujer, berbaloi ke beratur buang masa macam tu? Ntah le, aku sampai hari ni tak paham.
• Aku teirngat satu cerita masa belajar kat UIA dulu, ada la aku and kawan2 aku berborak ngan sorang Paki and sorang Arab. Paki tu cakap, kat negara dia orang panggil bulan Ramadan as 'Ramzan' and Arab pulak cakap , kat Saudi depa panggil Ramadhan (mcm slang Sharifah Aini). Then aku cakap, kat Malaysia, kita panggil bulan Ramadhan as "Bajang". ( sebab one of my friend dalam group tu nama dia Ramzan, but kitorang nick dia Bajang). No one got the joke! Damn, but I found it very funny, aku gelak sorang2 jer masa tu, syok sendiri.
• Tahun aku tobat tak mo nak shopping kat KL, sebab bad experience last year. Tahun ni mostly beli kat Mydin Subang Jaya jer, tu pun mostly untuk anak-anak buah. Whoaa, Mydin ni kayo betul, dia beli tanah belakang building dia tu buat parking, now can accommodate 1000++ kereta!
  

Hit me baby one more time

• We decided not to know the gender of the baby until the delivery, wanna make it as surprise, at least we have something to look for. Knowing the sex of the baby earlier takes all the fun out of delivery, I think. Lets hope the Doctor doesn't accidentally blurt out the baby's gender during check up.
• According wife, the baby started to kick already, quite actively it seems, but whenever I wanted to feel it, the baby just stay still, maybe the baby don't like me? or maybe the baby is behaving when I try to feel, knowing what a strict dad I am gonna be? ha ha.
• We have decided to deliver in Kelana Jaya Medical Center. Been seeing Dr Fatimah since the beginning and she is kinda family friend to wife. Some more, wife's company willing to give GL even it is not a Panel, so we kinda made up the mind. KJMC is nearer to in law's house, so anything easier to rush there.

Number 1 station my a@$!!!!

After watching those really annoying advertisement on Astro promoting hitz.fm Morning Crew, I made a vow to myself, that I will never EVER listen to hitz.fm.
How desperate are they? The rating must have really drop terribly that they need to advertise that they are number one, and whenever the advertisement is on, I will frantically look for remote to change the channel, I just can't take it!

I had enough. I HATE RUDY AND JJ!!!

FLY FM is much much more better and not insulting as Hitz Morning Crew!

Mental note: To delete hitz.fm from memory in the car radio.

Hmmm, maybe I really am a ......... ;)

Hear me out first.


My company organized a team buiding activity at Eagle Ranch Resort and had a Professor hired to give us lectures and carry out the team building stuff. Pretty standard stuff. In one of the class, something about how our mind sees things, he showed the picture below and ask everyone what they see.


Off course most of us have seen this before.... millions of times, been forwarded to our inbox almost from everyone we know. Anyway , it seems that most of people sees the young girl first then only they realize an old old lady hidden within. Then I told the prof that when first I saw the pictures many years ago, I saw an old lady, the prof silent the whole class, saying that this is a rare case and that only 10% of the population sees the old lady first. Wow, I felt so special.

He said "I have a special test for you", he draw 4 shapes on the white board, a circle, a triangle, a box and a trapezoid. And asked me to choose which shape I prefer. I was clueless, then simply choose the trapezoid. Then the Prof said with serious tone, "This confirm my theory, you are a confirmed sex maniac!.
The whole room exploded into laughter, the joke was on me, normally I wouldn't fall for this kinda prank, but I didn't realize a Dr. would pull one on me!

So for the next 2 days, during the team building I was nick named sex maniac, but thank God no body continued after we return to office.

Updates.....

1. Test drove the new Persona, very nice. The boot is enormous! The handling is good, very quite inside, no vibration. The design is cool. Good car.

2. Sent my wedding watch for repair. it has been broken for a long time, the crown is missing, and no battery. Since it is Swiss watch, only the specialist shop could repair it, i have asked so many shop, none could repair. After 3 days, the shop called me, the repair cost will be RM380!!! He said, if this watch has sentimental value, it worth repairing or else buy a new one. Hmmm of course it is sentimental, it is the freaking wedding watch. But I asked not to proceeded, Maybe one day, when I am filthy rich, I will repair it.

3. Power outage in Wisma Consplant, so all home Fitness First members we upgraded to Passport (meaning we can go to any FF for that day). Went to FF Summit. it was huge! really nice, the free wight area was so big. Love it. Hmm should I change the membership to this branch? Had a great workout, and after that we and wife went shopping in S. Parade and I ate 1/2 chicken Nandos with rice. If I worked out like crazy, my appetite will be very 'healthy'

4. Fasted yesterday, and went for buka puasa at Big Plate. I oreder mixed grill and wife ordered just soup. And both of us couldn't finish the meal. it was a BIG plate indeed.

5. How can they end the season 3 of LOST like that? Frustrating isn't it. This is why I hate watching these series, they don't seems to end! (but I watch it nevertheless)

Ya Allah, kuatkan lah iman aku

I am obsessed with Proton Persona now (at least my wife thinks so).
Yes yes, I have told everyone (and promised myself) that I am not going to change my car after I finish paying for it. But this Persona really menguji my keimanan. With that price range (RM45k-50k for 1.6), it is just irresistible!
And even Paul Tan gave a good review, go read here.

I've been bugging wife to go the showroom, but she said she dah muak see that car already, since she been seeing the car since the prototype model up to the P1. I guess I will go myself then, but takut 'terbook' the car pulak. (got such thing ar?)

Hope my will power is strong enough to resist this temptation. Amin.

What are the odds?

After 1 year and 6 months moving into the new house, the gas finally ran out. Funny thing is the second cylinder we had outside in the wet kitchen ran out one week after that (while wife was cooking something).

Look like we been cooking quite a lot for two, for the past 1 and half years. I thought the gas would last for another year at least.

p/s: Gosh!! What an interesting post is this, total waste of time for those whoever reading this!

TV Addict

Prison Break.
At first, I found it quite boring, somewhere at the middle of season 1, it really started to get interesting. So I got the whole downloaded season 1 and 2 from my supplier. I watched whole of Season 1 and bit of season 2. Whoaaa really cool! How they ever going to win going against the crime committed by the President of the US of A? And they also killed Veronica, so who going to help them? Their dad?
p/s: I am such a big fan of Prison Break now that, I even follow the LINCOLN BURROWS hair style.

Lost.
And suddenly there is an invisible man ruling the island? Where are they driving the plot? What's next? They find Gilligan camp out somewhere in the island as well? no matter how ridiculous the story gets, it is still addictive.

Psych.
This is really cool and funny show. The investigation is really funny, not too heavy on the mind, really can relax watching this. How long he going to fool everyone that he is Psychic?

Why?

Sometimes I wonder why am I torturing myself like this.

Waking up early in the morning, even when I had the luxury to sleep late since I only start work at 10.
I don't know what driving me, but I am up early morning and by 0800 or 0815 I will be in the gym, on treadmill. Why?

There has been some good progress made past few weeks, that is keeping me motivated. I have been taking my body fat percentage weekly now, and it is reducing ( but my weight is increasing! Cool, meaning that my muscle mass is increasing)

I have a goal to achieve before the arrival of the baby, I want to be macho and cool dad! haha, actually, since soooo many people been scaring me that I can kiss my gym time good bye once the baby comes, I am making most of it with the time have now.

Hello baby!

It just dawned on me that there is really a baby inside my wife's womb!

I am speechless!

All the scan before this we could only see the heart beat, but now after 12 weeks,we could actually see the baby, head, hands, Umbilical cord and legs, and and the baby is moving comfortably inside the amniotic sac. I can see the baby moving the hands (it was on his (his?!!!!) face that time, and the doctor said, if we are lucky we can even see the baby opening the mouth. And we heard the baby's heart beat as well!

"Amazing isn't it, it is like an alien inside you", the doctor said, what an analogy!

I have seen this like thousand of time on tv, I didn't felt a thing, but seeing it live and knowing it is my own baby, well, just mind blowing! I can't describe it, it is miracle. It's hard to explain, but for those who been through this, it will make sense.

Gasp....gasp ....gasp....It is miracle!

Will post the picture once I scan it.

Penat Oooi..........

Me: Dear I hope you don't get used to this....
Wife: Used to what?
Me: Me doing EVERYTHING in the house.
Wife: Habis tu?
Me: Only up to delivery and pantang/
Wife: Dah agak dah, :(

Toughest Career Decision

I have decided to retract my resignation. I have no idea I am valued so much here. They counter offered me, gave me promotion, pay rise, no weird shifts and so on. So they is no reason for me to leave.... sounds simple.

But, in fact, I have been cracking my head if really to take this counter offer or not, maybe I was over thinking it, sometime I am certain, most of the time I am clueless. After consulting with family and friends, I have decided to stay.

I do feel bad for the new company, the TL sounds so disappointed when I told him I will not be joining them, he said he had lay out work for me already. But I have to do what need to be done. Tough choice, and I am sticking with it.

Don't look back...

I am sitting down here on my night shift drafting my resignation email... again.
It has only been 9 months I have been here. I like it here, normal office politics as anywhere else, work is alright, I would say its OK.

But I got a better opportunity. I need to think about future, the family, with baby on the way, I should be able to provide for them.

And with this new job, I don't have to do shift, except rotated weekend on-calls among team members, I am ok with that.

I am cracking my head now, how the hell I am gonna break this news to my boss, I feel so divided, even though I have pretty much made up my mind.

I feel guilty as hell to resign from this company, my team mates has been wonderful, they have trained me great deal. But I have to look forward........

I believe all this happening for a reason, we have to make certain sacrifice in life to move forward.

Kereta oh kereta...

Petang tadi dengan confidentnye aku start kereta, konon nak gi jumpa dentist, sebab sakit gigi.

Enjin tak start, semput.... bateri flat. Aku terlupa nak off lampu dalam kereta tu. So obviously bateri flat ler.

Berikut belanja kereta aku untuk bulan in sahaja.

• Air Cond rosak, terpaksa ganti compressor (recon unit jer tu)
• Empat-empat tayar botak, memang boleh terasa kereta drift semacam waktu hujan, so terpaksa tukar empat empat.
• Buat alignment lagi tu.
• Service kereta.
• And sekarang, tukar bateri baru.
• Mekanik cakap (lepas tukar bateri) keret aku kene tukar mounting, sebab vibration kuat.
  

Memang istilah 'kering' untuk bulan ni is an understatement.

Sejak aku habis bayar kereta ni, aku perasa kereta aku ni bertambah manja, macam longing for more attention from me... why.....................

Wahai kereta, jangan le buat hal, aku takkan jual ko lagi, please serve me for at least another 5 year ok? Deal?

There is a bun in the oven !!!

Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Ya Rabbil Alamin...

WE ARE PREGNANT!!!

There are no words can describe my feeling, I feel truly blessed. I feel it is almost like a miracle.
Thanks for all who have prayed hard for me and my wife.

Never in my life I was so happy to see two tiny red lines appearing on a piece of paper. That almost drove me to tears, that was the big news I was talking about in this post. Wanted to wait for while before posting this entry.

Quite frankly, I have been dreaming about this and how would I write this entry. Now that I am writing it, the words does not seem to flow naturally. I am trembling... of Joy.

I have been hoping for so long for this, now that it really happened, I really need to reassure myself that this isn't just a dream (believe me, I had plenty of such dream that I wouldn't want to wake up). But now slowly I have had accepted it, gladly that is, I have beginning to digest this news and start making necessary preparation.

And I never loved my wife this much in my whole life...!!! I love you dear!!! (Muahhhh Muahhhh big kiss for you) Ok ok.... I know, you guys are getting sick of this Public (or rather, virtual) Display of Affection, but I don't care! :)

Obviously there going to be lot I need to write about.... more coming soon...

Life is weird. (in a good way)

Life is weird.

Sometimes opportunities just come knocking at your door when you least expected!
And sometimes try as you might, you just could not find that big break you looking for your entire life!


I feel truly happy and blessed with this opportunity. Is this the big break I have been waiting for my entire life?

Anything happened and that will happen is in God's hand.

Allah indeed is a great planner.

My first Lotus

Err..... well not mine, my wife's, so in a way it is mine also la kan.

We need a second car, my shift is so weird and ever-changing, making it impossible for me to send and fetch my wife everyday. We got the Apple-Green, because it look cute, just like my wife. He he.

Since wife is working in Proton, we got a staff price. This car is cool, I like the AMT function, we can choose either manual or auto function while driving.

Sawi vs Savvy

Quiz: Spot 5 differences between the pictures above (hint:look carefully)

Tidings............

I woke up this morning,
I woke up this morning with a news
A news that has the power,
The power to change,
Then I knew,
I knew that my life would never be the same again.

Introducing my workout partner.....

Philips SA1115/97 MP3 Player. Nothing fancy like Ipod (sigh) but it does the job. Been wanting a MP3 player for a longest time I remembered, but only I afford to get one. This one is quite reasonable, 1 GB storage, with FM tuner and recorder, bought it at Cerrefour for RM139.

It really help me to isolate from my surrounding in the gym and focus more on my workout when you ears are plugged with music. And I notice I can work out longer and did not realise time flies as I enjoy the music.

It really helps, if you are planning to work out, I really recommend to do it while your MP3 is blasting with Metallica.

I am back........

Me at the gym...

I am back! Big time... in the GYM that is.
Been going very consistently to the one in Cyberjaya and FF Subang Jaya. FF is better off course, but I need the Cyberjaya GYM as well, for emergencies.

I have lost about 1 kg so far. But I have to make sure that I am loosing fat, and not the muscle mass. Need really to take care of my food intake, have to make sure my protein intake is sufficient and cut don on Carbs.

Hard to get healthy stuff at the stalls, so I am packing my own food now, tuna or smoked chicken sandwich (whole grain bread) Melampau tak?

Anyway my target is reduce my love handle in one month, then after that I will be thinking about bulking up again. For now , I am emphasizing on cardio and off course not neglecting weight training as well.

A gal from GNC just called me, saying that since I am a GNC member, I am getting birthday discount for month of May for 35% !!! And my protein shake has just conveniently ran out yesterday, perfect timing or what!

Somehow, when I have been working out constantly, I feel great, energy level is up and I don't have the mood swing that sometime I have. Its a good thing I found that working out is enjoyable. Thanks God for that!

GYM review time!... again

Well, not exactly a gym, it is the Cyberjaya Community Centre. I think the centre was opened few months back. Ironically, for a Community Centre located right in the MSC, this centre has no website, I couldn't find anything about this in the web.
As my post yesterday, I went to the gym there during lunch and again today. So it is pretty obvious that I am satisfied with it.
The gym is just a moderate room, with about 5 all in weight machines, few treadmills and few (very few) dumbbells and barbells. Overall it a decent gym.

Lunch time crowd there was non-existence. I was the only one there! I had the gym all for my self. The good thing about this is I can switch off the air cond, as I hate a really ice cold gym. I had a great workout!

There is hot shower and locker provided.

So overall I am satisfied satisfied satisfied....

Maybe I should keep this discovery all to myself, or else the place will be so crowded during lunch or on other thoughts, are there anyone out there insane enough to waste their lunch out for a workout?

Smeagol hates that fat Hobbit!

I am so fat now. I must do something about my weight. It has been really difficult lately to hit gym with my current shift. But something need to be done.
I checked out the Cyberjaya Community Centre. Quite good facility there and they have a reasonable gym there, RM5/entry, quite cheap huh!
Planning to go during lunch, starting today.

I need to blog this or else I will drag myself to that gym.

Wish me luck!!!


At least this will give me a peace of mind from work/politics during lunch time!

Been there before.........

I hate this, I have been at this moment before, it is like deja vu 'all over again'.
I am here just to do my work, get my salary and go home and live a life. Nothing else.
I don't come to office to socialize, to gossips nor it is my hobby! I come here to make a living, to make ends meet, I have a goal, it is for money, it is simple as that.

I really don't want to be involved in the dirty world of office politics, it sounds impossible, to avoid it, I agree. Most likely I will be labeled as 'unfriendly' or 'tukang kipas' or whatever other label. But I really don't give a damn. I am tired, tired of being a victim, I just can't take this anymore.

Thats it, I really going to ignore my surroundings now. Playing dumb. Come to office, work and go home. Simple as that

I have a life ok!

Spending all your money money.....

Extra expenses this month:

• car insurance
• road tax
• Security service payment ( for 3 months, one shot !!!)
• Family vacation, everybody had to chip in
  
• Driving license expired, have to renew ( I am illegal driver now)

The only silver lining is that (bright blinding silver lining that is) this month would be my last car payment! Yahooooo.....................

Tribute to Aathi.

Every village has one, there is no village without it, a village idiot. In my case, and to the people of Chamang, Bentong, it would be Aathi.

Everyone knows her, a thin small Indian lady, she is famous, everyone knows her name, a very well known household name in Chamang. Kids make fun of her when she walks by, and she is half mental but not a total nut case. She is married, with one son, her husband is working as guard/mandor somewhere.

I remember making fun of her when I was young, she comes to my father's shop for groceries (where we provide 555 book credit card service). She use to beg my dad to give hutang to buy sirih and pinang and while she is in shop, I use to shoot her with kacang hijau in a straw and she complaints to my mum about this all the time. I buat dunne jer.

And when grew up a bit she complained to my mum that I am trying to hit on her (mengorat) ha ha what a joke. My mum just laughed it away.

After sometime, her son grew up and left the family, leaving her and her hubby alone, she worked with my mum as maid for a while, the she stopped (or fired, don't know which one).

She alway very energetic, no one would have believed she is in her fifties. She always seen walking hastily in Chamang, where she goes and what she does, no one knew. She like to collect flowering plant all over Chamang to be planted in her house.

Recently I had a news that he she passes away in Bentong hospital. She had cancer. I felt sad. Sad thinking of her life. Only after she passed away, I was thinking why was I so mean to her? Why I treated her badly? Why did I just followed the trend and made fun of the village idiot? Would it been too hard for me to treat her a bit better? This really got me thinking.

Now that Chamang has lost one, I am hoping that I would treat the next in line for the village idiot with little more respect.

Empty.............

It has been a while since I have updated. I just seems to lose all my passion to blog. Maybe my life is becoming more boring (more than its already been I mean), or I have become boring, or I have become lazy.

(after 10 min pause)

See! I can't come up with anything to blog! My mind is empty! I have become a zombie.

(another 5 min)

Still thinking.........

Nope, nada.... nothing coming up.......

So...

No blog entry for today..... thanks for your patient!

bye!

Dentist from hell!

Whenever I go to do my fillings, she will say, I will put on a temporary filling first, and after the we will 'monitor' how your teeth feels, than you come back here to do a permanent fillings. And this temporary fillings will cost about RM40. It will last one week the most, after that I need to go to see her again for permanent fillings. And that will easily cost me RM50, so to do one cavity fillings, I am spending around RM100 with this dentist! What a blood sucking leech!

And at the most recent visit, she told me, if the amalgam keeps on coming off, we might need to do a 'crowning' for both of your teeth and each crown will cost RM600!!!

That's it, I had enough, never ever I will return to this evil witch doctor, after getting my yet another temporary fillings, I left that damn clinic for good.

When to a dentist in Shah Alam. She was really nice, explain to me what the problem with my teeth, saying that the amalgam might not hold it, because my tooth (or whatever left of it) can support it (only 3 walls of my tooth left)

I was really pleased with the result. It really look neat, and it doesn't even looked like it has been filled. And she was using all the modern equipment unlike the ancient tools used in that witch doctors clinic.

Well, anyone who is interested in dental work (unless you or you wife is a dentist and has free dental treatment for life) drop by at hmmmmm should I advertise?

Save the cheerleader !!!

I slept at about 4 am last night, I thought I had the self control, but I have failed, try as I might to overcome the temptation, I have fallen to the dark side. My wife will be furious, she would be angry!!! But what can I do? I am just a man, with normal need and urges every guys has. I am ashamed of myself.
You see, I am a huge fan of HEROES. And I am well aware that I told that busy woman, that I will watch it old fashion way (on tv), and I am not going to watch the the whole downloaded episode in one go. But when my colleague in office dangled in front of me the DVD of the whole series up to Episode 18, I was just couldn't restrain myself from grabbing the DVD from him and making a copy.
And last nite, I told myself, ok just let watch one Episode and go to bed after that, but one after one episode, I just couldn't stop! They just end every episode at the most suspend part! Somehow I manage to force myself to stop at 4am at episode12. Woke up next morning at 11am, thank God it was my off day. Watched couple of episode, then it was time for Fri prayer, My keimanan really tested , but I managed to go to mosque, came back and sit in front of the laptop till episode 18. Now that I have watched episode 18, I am going crazy and my life will never be the same again (what an exaggeration !!!). I have become a fanatic.
My wife is worried whenever I talked about the cheerleader.

Please someone out there, we have world to save (or New York city more precisely) Who is with me?

Ada Apa Pada Nama?

Aku setuju sangat dengan Majlis Fatwa Negeri Perlis, orang yang masuk Islam tak wajib menukar nama, dan yang paling best tak payah berbin atau berbintikan Abdullah. Memang dari dulu aku pelik, kenapa kene berbinkan Abdullah (macam anak luar nikah). Kekadang kat Malaysia ni ntah apa2 rule yang kita follow, sampai kalau selidik balik, kita pun tak tau tok guru kat kampung mana yang keluarkan fatwa ni. Kalau kat negara lain, India misalnya tak payah nak tukar-tukar nama ni. Kalau kat negara China, orang Islam dibenarkan jugak simpan nama asal mereka. Asalkan makna nama tu baik walaupun dalam bahasa apa pun, kita boleh simpan nama tu. Tapi kalau nama tu nama dewa-dewa agama lain atau seangkatan dengannya wajible kita tukar.

Aku harap majlis agama negeri-negeri lain pun akan ikut majlis Fatwa negeri Perlis ni.

Harap Majlis Fatwa Negeri Perlis kaji kes kat bawah ni dan buat perubahan agar Pejabat Agama lebih "Saudara Baru Friendly". Bak Kata Panjang (I quote from his email) "layan orang yg nak masuk Islam macam nak masuk jel, yang taunya, kejenya nak mengendap orang beromen. itu sampai bergaduh² dengan mufti. nak jugak² mengendap......" He he he

p/s: Aku selalu terfikir, kalau le aku dilahirkan dalam keluarga kafir dulu, akan terbukakah hati aku untuk masuk Islam, ataupun aku ni hanya Islam sebab dilahirkan dalam keluarga Islam. Aku bersyukur dilahirkan dalam keluarha Islam, Amin.

Layanan buruk pejabat agama terhadap saudara baru didedah

Salmiyah Harun Wed | Feb 14, 07 | 09:50:37 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 feb (Hrkh) - Malaysia merupakan negara yang paling susah untuk orang bukan Islam memeluk Islam biarpun ia diiktiraf sebagai negara Islam, demikian dakwa seorang pendakwah bebas Muhd Fitri Abdullah. Beliau berasal dari keluarga berketurunan India, merupakan bekas penganut Hindu mendedahkan, sikap sesetengah pegawai jabatan agama negeri tidak menunjukkan akhlak yang baik. Berdasarkan pengalamannya, beliau pernah ke pejabat agama untuk memeluk Islam, tetapi dilayan secara kasar oleh pegawai yang bertugas. Bagaimanapun beliau enggan menamakan jabatan agama negeri berkenaan. Justeru, kesan daripada layanan pegawai tersebut beliau telah menangguhkan niat untuk memeluk Islam selama setahun. "Ada bawa gambar passport empat keping! Ada bawa dua orang saksi!," ulang beliau memetik kata-kata yang pernah dikeluarkan oleh pegawai berkenaan semasa ke jabatan agama suatu ketika dahulu. Beliau memeluk Islam sejak 13 tahun lalu, membidas sikap pegawai terbabit yang kasar seolah-olah tidak mahu mengislamkan beliau. "Jika ini sikap pegawai kita, macam mana nak tarik orang bukan Islam untuk memeluk Islam, malah sikap ini juga secara tidak langsung menghalang niat suci kita," katanya ketika menyampaikan tazkirah bulanan di Unit Editorial Harakah hari ini. Beliau mencadangkan agar kaedah pengislaman untuk bakal saudara baru diadakan di masjid melalui imam dan disaksikan oleh orang ramai sebagaimana yang pernah dialaminya. "Kalau buat di pejabat agama tidak ada apa-apa, kalau di masjid suasana ukhwah Islam itu wujud dengan sokongan daripada jemaah, dan dengan cara ini orang berkenaan akan sentiasa ingat,"katanya. Menceritakan pengalamannya, Muhd Fitri juga kesal, walaupun ketika beliau mula menunjukkan minat untuk memeluk Islam, tidak ada orang Melayu yang sedia berdakwah kepada beliau dan keluarganya. Katanya, beliau dan keluarga pernah tinggal di kawasan majoritinya orang Melayu tetapi mereka tidak pernah datang untuk berdakwah kepada mereka. Sehubungan itu katanya, umat Islam melakukan usaha berterusan untuk mendekati golongan bukan Islam, menarik mereka untuk menerima Islam sesuai dengan sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang menggesa umatnya menyampaikan (dakwah) walaupun dengan satu ayat. - mr

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Jangan Risau lagi! Nah... ni dia SELSUN BLUE!!! Memang berkesan, aku dah pakai dekat sebulan dah ni, memang hilang masalah kelemumur aku! Dalam minggu pertama dah boleh nampak perubahan dah, minggu kedua memang dah hilang terus! Pakai seminggu dua kali jer. Harga pun berpatutan.

Brad Pitt pun pakai brand ni! Tak percaya, tengok balik citer Ocean 12, memang Character Brad Pitt pakai brand ni. Sedangkan Brad Pitt pun pakai Selsun Blue, apatah lagi kita, Average Joe? Kita kene ikut langkah Brad Pitt jugak, so mungkin kita jugak akan dapat Angelina Jolie! he he.

p/s: Terima Kasih pada rakan-rakan bloggers yang rekomenkan brand ni. (from this entry)

Waiting for a point where I will exhale........

I really envy those who can really enjoy their live. I mean having real fun, where everyday is a last. They are happy at work, happy at home, there are happy anywhere they are. No matter what, they will have good time.
I am a worrier. I can't feel happiness, it is genetic, it is kinda disorder, I have looked in the web, it is a medical condition that prevent people from ever feel happiness, some kinda psychological disorder. I am admitting it now. I am not a happy person, despite all my effort to appear happy and joyful, I really can't grasp that concept.
I tried to find root cause for this, but I am unable to pinpoint any. I thought it might be financial, career, family or health, but I can't be sure. If i have one thing than it is another, nope I have no idea what going on.
But, when I see happy people, I feel happy for them, at least there can feel it, so I am happy for them. I tried to imagine how is their life all about.
I think I need professional help.

Hebat sangat ke dapat makan malam dengan Anuar Zain tu?

Since January, I am working from Fri-Mon, from 1000-2100 (hopefully until February only). On weekends, I will be just working from home, and sometimes, even on Fri or Mon, I will be working from home if I don't feel going to office. The hall is my office, I'll be watching TV for 10 hours while working (or working while watching TV). I'm kinda become a couch potato and I have become very fond of watching TV lately for some reason*.

Below are my discoveries about my TV watching habits.

1. I can watch "Friends" for hundredth thousand time and I still wouldn't get bored and would still find it funny.
2. Heroes is excellent!
3. I hate watching that "Raja Lawak" advertisements.
4. They repeat the Nana Tanjung theme song so often, that I find myself singing it unconsciously.
5. I subscribed to the movie package and sometimes I thing they show absolutey rubbish, especially in the evening.
6. At certain hour (especially from 2-5pm) there is absolutely nothing to watch!.
7. I really hate it when, we are nicely surfing the channel and suddenly you accidentally hit the "Box Office" Channel (which I don't subscribe) and you need to wait for the damn thing to load before you can hit other channel.
8. I really don't see anything interesting in the "Table for Three", but my wife seem addicted to it.
9. When they going to show the new season of "Lost"?
10. I think I had enough of that "Makan malam bersama Anuar Zain" thingy, it is really getting to my nerves.
11. Ever since Astro migrated to Measat 3, I am unable to get certain channel, called Astro, and the very blur help desk said "Everything seems fine, I think the problem is at you end sir, we can send a technician over, that will cost RM50". Bull Shit isnt it? I told him why the hell i should pay, you upgraded your satellite, and now I need to pay RM 50?!!!
12. I find British comedy on Channel 26 is absolutely boring but somehow I still watch it.
13. I really don't like watching Amazing Race or Fear Factor that much.
14. I find it that I really like to watch those really slow and boring movies compared to action packed ones.
15. I can watch Charlie's Angels for millionth time and still get excited about it.
16. Unheard of before B-Class movies sometime can be interesting in a strange ways.

Interesting Conversation

Scene 0:
Monologue.
Me: Argghhh sh@t!!! F#@K, Gosh, WTF!!!! Gosh, that's alot of blood!
After few minutes...
Me: Why the damn blood not stopping. Sh@t!!! Arghhh .....


Scene 1:
Doctor: How did this happened?
Me: I was preparing some sandwich....
Doctor: Sandwich? And you manage to get a deep cut like this?
Me: Uh uh...
Doctor: Trying to surprise your wife with your cooking?
Me: No la......
Doctor: Try to move you thumb.
Me: (moving my thumb)
Doctor: Good, no ligament cut than....
Me: Oh....
Doctor: This is really bad. We need you stitch you up bro!
Me: ???!!!!

Scene 2:
Me: Tak sangka bende simple macam ni pun kene jahit kan.
Nurse: Tu la pasal, but kalau tak jahit, bleeding tak leh stop ni.
Me: Oh ye ke.

Scene 3:
Me: Dear, I was cutting the frozen burger meat and.....
Wife: Enough said, you are banned from kitchen for eternity!
Me: Nooooooooooooooooooooo............ (in dramatic tone)


Moral of the story:
1. Alway defrost anything before trying to cut it.
2. Use small knife, not parang to cut small stuffs.
3. Don't bother justifying something stupid you done or said.

End Result?
Five stitches in my left thumb. Nuff said.

A story about hope.................. and dissappointment.

When we have hope build up so high in our heart, we prayed to God, Please God, grant me this one wish, my heart has weaken and I cant take any disappointments any more. If I failed this, my life will fall apart and will not be function anymore. This is the last and final drop of strength left in me. I can't take any more heart break. I just can't. We almost believe that, that's it! We will definitely unable to recover back after the hope faded. We almost believe this limitation we impose on ourselves. And yet.......

When we were faced with the bitter taste of disappointment. We somehow manage to suck it up, and continue on, despite all the negativity we build up in our mind before. This is a story of human survival. This is the trait that makes us move on with our life. Most of the time, we underestimate our own inner strength. When we think we had enough of life, and life really kick you back, we still able to face it. We are stronger than what actually we think.

Just because we lost our hope once (or too many times) does it mean we giving up hope..on hope? Nope, hope is a good thing, it keeps us go on, live every single day of our live with a assurance that, someday, what we hope will be achieved.......

Lets count the blessings

Life is good when...

1. When you searching for the remote, it is just within reach.
2. You come back from home, tired from work, you switch on the TV, and your favorite show is showing.
3. Your alarm set off, you wake early to get ready to work, only to find out its your off day, and you continue your sleep.
4. Your are really hungry, you open the fridge, and your favorite dish is there waiting for you.
5. You put on a pants, slip your hand inside the pocket and found RM50 note inside.

Resolutions

My 2007 Resolutions.

1. Be a father soon.
2. Pay off all my credit card debt.
3. Be more charitable, at lease once a month I want to donate something to orphanage (this will be easier once resolution no. 2 is fulfilled)
4. Fat percentage below 10% (hmmmm mimpi ler)
5. Give money to parents (again depend on number 2)
6. Go vacation somewhere REALLY nice.
7. Finally put that MIRROR wall at the dining area.
8. Be a nice guy.
9. Do something to the car, it is so boring now.
10. Go to mosque for Maghrib and Isyak prayer.

Tu jer.

Wife Birthday again.

I let her to believe to the last minute I didn't buy her anything, but I did went out during lunch time today to get her something. I left the office at 130 pm, hoping to come back within an hour.

Went to IOI Mall, no parking at all! After spending about 15 min circling the parking lot, I left.
I decided to go to Subang Parade. Subang Parade and Puchong IOI is NOT near ok! Reached Subang Parade at 230. Went to Parkson, since I knew exactly what to get, I rushed to the perfume counter. Surveyed few, I am not fussy, as long as reasonable and smells nice, I am all ok. The Christian Dior Elizabeth Arden salesgirl seems friendly and helpful. So I decided to buy there.

Bought the perfume, get it wrapped and left.
Reached office at 330 pm, my lunch hour stretched to 2 hours, thanks God it was Sunday. Nothing major was waiting for me.

I let her to believe I bought her nothing, I said, next week la I belanja you makan. She was disappointed. She cut caked with her niece Saffiyah (who shared the same birthday) in he mum's house.

Went back home, she was whining...

She: What kinda husband you are? Tak romatic langsung!, Since got married you never got me anything! Always flowers and choc, no real give, perfume ke handbag ker
Me: Ha ha , you married a wrong guy perhaps.
She: I think so too!

Then finally I handed her the gift when she was least expecting it! She was overjoyed, She keep on saying she was so glad, until the next day in office, I keep on receiving emails from her saying that she liked the gift so much!

2006 Revisited.

Let see what my was I up to last year (based on my blog entries).

There are many things important that happened to me that I didn't blog about, in a fear that I will jinx it.
But overall, I guess last year went pretty well. I felt I am kinda grown up (not only grown older).
Is there any regret? Unsettled score? Things that needed closure that I just ignored, loose ends that need knot? I can't think of any at the moment, surely there must be a lot, but the fact that I can't think of any immediately implies that, it is not important as well.

January.
Finished renovation of the new house.
Moved in new house.

February.
Settle down in new house
Decorate new house.
Start cooking in new house.
Installed Astro.
(So basically settling down.)
Start taking komuter to work, which was off course was not a pleasant!

March
Went to Malacca.
A new hope began.

April
Financial disaster, too many unexpected expenses.
Broken specs, made a new one.

May
Was a quite boring and uneventful month (apart from my birthday)

June
Got new job offer ( still indecisive)

July
Promoted
and resigned (weird huh!)

August
Joined new company
Set up garden in my house.
CT Nurhaliza Got married (related to mu life huh?)

September
Wife changed job
I become OBSESSED with politics
I have officially become left winged

October
Puasa and raya in new house.

November
My 1st Kara-ok ever!

December
Gathering with college friends
Change car stereo.

I AM SUGAR COATING IT!!!

Dulu: RM 7.20
Sekarang: RM 9.60 (sehari)
RM 2304.00 (setahun)

Setiap kali aku bayar tol, semangat patriotik aku berkobar-kobar. Sebab aku dapat kurangkan beban kerajaan. Bukan semua warganegara dunia ada kelebihan untuk menolong meringankan beban kerajaan kat dunia ni. Kita rakyat Malaysia patut bersyukur sebab diberi peluang untuk menolong kurangkan beban kerajaan. Aku bangga dapat manyumbang pada ekonomi negara, walaupun aku jarang dapt break-even antara pendapatan and perbelanjaan aku. Walaupun setiap titik peluh yang aku usahakan aku salurkan pada bayaran tol, aku tak kisah. No hal.

Aku macam terkejut baca dalam paper baru-baru ni yang kerajaan dah kurangkan cukai jalan tahun ni. Aku memang tak setuju langsung. Bayangkan kerugian yang kerajaan tanggung? Sekadar nak bayar lebih RM20 ni rakyat Malaysia (yang hampir semua kaya raya) tak mampu ker? Aku harap kerajaan jangan terlalu manjakan rakyat! We have all the money to pay!!!

One more thing, aku rasa kerajaan patut tarik balik subsidi minyak as well.

Banyak mana kerajaan nak tanggung! Cuba tengok muka Pak Lah, tak rasa kesian ke?

THINK ABOUT IT MALAYSIAN!!! STOP WHINING!!!!

Tender Kisses

Have you ever search for a song that you used to listened when you were teenager, but just couldn't find it?

Well, I have. I loved Tracie Spencer when I was in Form 1 (or 2). She was one of the teenage singers of late 80s. She was 14 when she sang this song.

That time, I couldn't afford to buy any cassette, so normally I record from Radio 4 (only English station then) my favorite songs and listen to them over and over.
One of the song is Tender Kisses by Tracie Spencer. Unfortunately I accidentally overwrite that cassette and that song was gone! for ever! That was like 10 years back! I have been searching for that song ever since. I have looked for it in Tower Record, but they don't have that album in Malaysia.
I have searched in all P2P network, but couldn't find it.

But magically last nite, I found it in ARES, I couldn't believe my luck. It was like SO many people are sharing out that file! Thanks guys (whoever you are!!!)

Tracie when she was 14















Tracie Now!