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!

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?