GYM Comparison.....

While I was waiting for my wife to fetch me from Komuter SJ, I tool a walk to Subang Parade.

Hmmmm Celebrity Fitness?!!!! Should I?

I entered and talk to the consultant. He showed me around and explain what kinda packages they offer. Interesting..... cheaper than Fitness First. And their equipment are all new and look sophisticated. The membership consultant gave me 2 week free trial! Wow! So last Sat Morning I went for my first workout there and below are my findings (and comparison to FF)


PROs
1. The feature I like the most is they provide Towel service to all type of memberships, unlike FF!
2. All the equipment are facing the mirror, so we can watch our form while working out.
3. The free weight area is big! And they have plenty of benches.
4. They have 4 Smith Machine and all of them facing the mirror.
5. There is more weight variety in the dumbbell. And it is in the increment of 2.5 lb, unlike in FF which is in increment of 5.0lb. The dumbbell are the latest type, compact, so easier to lift.
6. There is a DJ in the house, so that the environment feel a bit lively, compared to FF which just play random songs.
7. The locker room is big, with many mirror and many hair dryer. There is guard on duty inside the locker room to guard our belongings.
8. The juice bar provide protein shakes! (off course not free la, have to pay)
9. They have many type of membership, the cheapest is RM77 per month. It is 24 month contract, you pay the lump sum of the 2 year fee in the 1st year, and you got 4 year membership (2 year free+2 year paid)
10. The trainers there look friendly. (too soon to judge)
11. Parking is free (if you park in Carrefour)
12. After training, can jalan-jalan and makan-makan in Subang Parade.

CONs

1. They don't provide free flow soft drink like in FF.
2. They don't provide plastics bags to put the wet clothes.
3. The locker don't have automated lock as in FF , we need to bring our own padlock.

So I guess, most probably I will join Celebrity Fitness and cancel with FF.
Anyway nanti dah tukar kerja, CF seems nearer to me.

P/s: been wondering, Am I a workout freak? But my body doesn't reflect that, am I just wasting my time?

I have decided...

If i stay here, I can brush up my management skills, and do not have to do technical stuffs, but the pay is low(er).
If I take the new offer, I will really go deep into technical (really specified) and the pay is higher.

The question:
Which one is important to me now?
Obviously, money!
If I am financially stable, I wont even bother applying to other places, but I really need to improve my financial.
I have no choice.
There is always doubt in me, whether I am making the right decisions.
What do you think guys, I badly need feedback in this!

Here I am again............

Here I am again, at the junction, I need to make a decision now. Which path to follow?

Hard decision, I think I am going crazy now.

Financially, I am a mess. I need to move on with my career.

Sometime I feel suffocated.

What if I took the wrong turn?

This is the moment where a simple phone call will change my life definitely....

Question is: for better or worse?

Great Expectations..........

A lot going through my mind. A lot of 'what if' questions. And then I'll start fantasizing that 'if' I have done that my life would have been like this or 'if' I can have this I could do that, and so on.

Sometimes I fantasize so detailed, that I actually felt the satisfaction of living that fantasy life. In the fact that I have an abundant time to do so doesn't help me with my problem.

Am I 'Mat Jenin', who lost out opportunity in life, while dreaming of the future that might or might not materialize?


Where is the 'big break' that everybody's talking about?

Ntah le.. Tension....

Yet another year...........

Yesterday was my birthday, yes.... but I don't try make make big fuss about it after I hit my 30s..... It is scary you know, to be in 30s, I don't know why, I am just feeling like there a lot more to accomplished in life and I am already in 30s.. sigh.... anyway, this entry is not about me pondering about meaning of life or my achievement in life (or lack of it), its about what my wife did for my birthday.

We agreed that, there would be no gift for my birthday this year since, my wife have partially chipped in for my new handphone. So nothing was planned, at most she said we go makan at Big Plate. OK la, fair enough, since I did nothing for my wife birthday this year cos we were busy moving to the new house that time.

She fetched me from work as usual yesterday, she said once reaching the house, go straight up to the room and get ready, we are going to Big Plate and DO NOT come down until I call you. So I just set in the room, prayed, dressed up nicely since we were going out and all. At about 745, my wife came up, she also got dressed, and then she blind folded me!!!! (How kinky.... keh keh keh)

She guided me down and sit me on the dinner table and untie my blindfold, And there in front of me was this....

this....

and this...........

A complete course of candle lite dinner! How romantic!

Lamb Chop

Coleslaw

Mashed Potato

Veggies

Sparkling Grape Juice

and Nachos as appetizer....

I was puzzled how she managed to cook all this in half an hour time?!!!!

Then my wife confessed that, she took half day yesterday, cooked and fetch me from work as usual......

I was speechless, this was the best surprised I had for my birthday ever...

Thanks so much dear, I really enjoyed the dinner!!!!

Thank you......Thank you......Thank you !!!!!!!!!

Syukur...........

Tak tau kenapa, kalau aku tengok orang tengah makan, especially, orang-orang kita ni tengah makan nasi, hati aku rasa sayu, rasa kesihan, rasa macam nak tengok jer orang tu makan sampai habis.

Kita rush2 bangun pagi, stuck in jam, sampai ke ofis tergopoh gapah, kena marah ngan boss, tension kerja, kekadang stress kerja bawak balik ke rumah sampai laki bini gaduh, habis tu rasa risau, kecewa sebab tak dapat promotion, jadi mangsa politik ofis (or join-in in gossipping) - Semua bende ni kita terpkasa buat untuk......... dapatkan sesuap nasi yang kita makan tu la.

So, from now on, masa makan, aku x nak rush-rush, duduk elok-elok, makan sepuasnye, susah payah kita kalau makan pun tak sempat apa guna kita kerja?

Its just Amazing isn't it?

Even we have lost hope and think that we messed our with oh life, big time!
and even when we think there is no more hope and that impossible life will take a turn to favor us,
and even when we think all the world has gone mad and people around us hate us,
and even when we think nothing left to fight for...

Our parents still sees us as they say us the day we were born, for them we are they baby, they shower us with endless love.....
They gave the simplest advice on most complicated problem in our life and IT MAKES SENSE, and IT IS THE PERFECT SOLUTION.

It is just amazing, maybe because I am not yet a dad, I am unable to imagine the love of a parents for their child, but seeing the love my parents give to all their children, I think there no love in the world greater than this.................

The problem is..............

The problem with me is, I wait for the instruction. I wait and I wait.

No... I am not lazy nor that I lack initiative, in fact I am dying to act on my instinct and logic, there is just too many things in my head that I want to execute, but I wait.

Once, I did that, I acted on my logic and instinct and took matters in my own hand. And what I got in the return? my ex-boss (read bitch) called me that I am 'big headed' and taking her job as the boss, bla bla bla.

I have to find a middle ground.

Celebrity Sighting

I was surprised to see Shamser Sidhu in Bukit Damansara Mosque last Friday.

For those who have no idea who he is, he is the Host for the Fear Factor Malaysia and also main person in Celcom adverts on TV and billboards.

Why I was Surprised?

Well, hmmmm first of all I wasn't sure he was a muslim, of course with name like that he probably a muslim, but then again he might no be one....
I was reading the Men's Health Magazine (baca free kat kedai) there is some comments he made about his lifestyle that made me belief that he wasn't a muslim.

Well, I was sitting at the back (my spot!) in the mosque, and suddenly he walked passed me, we went 2-3 shaf infront of me and start Solat Sunat!

I told my wife (she is a big fan of him) this and she said, "tak sangka pulak Shamser Sidhu tu praying type, tu la lain kali jangan buruk sangka kat orang!"

Anyway it was my mistake to be prejudice about others, jahat sungguh aku ni, macam le aku ni alim sangat!

Anyway, back to the Men's Health interview, this guy do have a good bod, guess need to fine tune my workouts to get body like his in ........... hmmm let say 2-3 months?!!!!!

Impossible? One will never know.

Dugaan demi dugaan...

Lost my phone on the bus yesterday on the way to Sentral.

Enough said.

Money again, last month and this month has been full of unexpected espenses.

1. New glasses.
2. Road tax and insurance
3. Lost handphone - need replacement.
4. Fuel price hike.
5. Income tax (thank God no taxable this year)
6. Need to change all 4 tires and do alignment, because tayar dah botak and alignment is BAD.
7. Might need to change the timing belt....


P/S: Change lifestyle my ass !!!
What to change in lifestyle if there is no 'life' and 'style' in the firts place.

Lagu yang tak berkaitan

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird...i'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of meInside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it’s not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...Its not easy to be me

Life without Spectacles

I broke my specs few week ago, I accidentally sat on it! And because I am out of budget this month (I seems to be out of budget every month nowadays), I used the spare glasses I had, even the power is lower than my current glasses. And thanks to my carelessness and forgetfulness, the glasses is now somewhere in Surau in Giant Bukit Antarabangsa. Left it there when I was visiting Ustaz Luqman last Saturday.

Life is hell without glasses, I cant do look at the computer, I am having headache and nothing is get done!

Ordered a new one in Focus Point in Carrefour in SJ, the awek said, it will be ready on 2-3 days time, hopefully today it will be ready. I ordered thick rimmed 70s looking glasses. Wife and me had 'vigorous discussion' about my choice of glass, but that frame is the 'IN' thing now. Look kinda cool and fashionable. But most importantly it is tougher than the normal wire frame one. It cost me RM270++. (Look like I'll be out of budget in many many more months to come)

Every month money comes
and money goes
but the credit card balance
remain the same (if I am lucky.......)
but mostly
its keep on increasing every month...............


Bilalah loan kereta nak habis ni, can't wait for April next year...........



wearing the broken glasses for time being :(

Free Show........

While I was waiting for the feeder bus at the Sentral this morning, I saw a white guy was picking up his wife/gf/mistress from sentral. Look like the wife just came back form oversea trip. The lady was Asian (look like Malay and Chinese mix). When they meet, they had this longest French kiss I ever seen in public area in Malaysia.

They Kissed. Kissed and kissed even more. Then the guy practically lifted the lady and kissed and kisses again. After he put her luggages in the boot, the lady pull him back and they started again........ And all this while, rest of the people at that place just looking (or pretending not to look) But I selambe je tengok and smiling to myself.


Later at night I told my wife.

wife: bestye
me: Best apa, tak malu ker?
wife: dulu masa honeymoon dulu tak malu pulak.
me: that was in overseas, this is Malaysia.
wife: hmmm.............

Wife also always complains that I don't kiss her every morning after she drop me at the komuter station. She said, not fair, she only have to salam and kiss my hand while I don't kiss her back....
My response, is always the same.... 'malu' or 'segan' (but some time I do kiss her on forehead)


Any of you guys do this? Just wondering..........

"Selamat Pengantin Baru"

One of the thing that pisses me off at Fitness First is they don't provide Towel. Off course when you sign up, they give you small sweat towel. That's all.

I was delighted when I saw they stacked up lovely white towel at the counter last month. Finally! I can free up space in my work beg, towel really takes up alotta space. I was in ecstasy.

Me: Hi, may I have a towel?
Counter Gal: Are you a Gold member?
Me: No
Counter Gal: I am sorry sir, the towel is only for the Gold Members... But normal members still can take the towel, but we will charge you RM5.
Me: What the f*&k?!!! (off course I didn't say this, although felt like saying that, instead , I said)
Its ok then...thanks!

What the big deal about towels?! They don't loose any money pun, just send to laundry and use back only right!

Celebrity fitness is better (according to my bro in law who joined there recently) they give towel once you entered no matter what type of membership you hold and the membership fee is much cheaper!


So since most members are normal members, they bring their own towel, normally the plain white one, But, I don't want to do the 'normal' things, so I guess I am the only guy in the gym locker room wearing green towel with gold lettering that says "Selamat Pengantin Baru" hehehehhhe

Glemer jugak tu!

The Seven Deadly Sins

Got this link from Truth Seeker.

Hmmmm I have a high pride? Ntahle....... maybe sometimes jer kot.......... My wife probably agrees I guess... :(

But I have Low Greed and Gluttony, at least feel better a bit.

Greed:	Low
Gluttony:	Low
Wrath:	Medium
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Medium
Lust:	Medium
Pride:	High

Discover Your Sins - Click Here

Emotional Creatures.........

Women are emotional creatures. This has been said to me many-many time by much wiser men. I have read it in many many books by many many famous scholars. Even in Islam, women are said not fit to be a leader due to this reason. But, the weird this was, I was skeptic about this, until recently.

All I can say is, do not bother to reason out with a women during 'that time of the month', you couldn't possible win. All logic and reason doesn't apply to them during this period. Any further argument will only worsen the situation, you might as well just agree to whatever is being argued, or just keep quiet and discuss the matter outside the period of "those days of the months". They will be more open to what you got to say that time.

I must say I am a slow learner, I have only learnt this after 4 years getting married.... Sigh..........

Say No To Gatsby Deodorant

X-Men United against Gatsby Deodorant!

Hereby, from today onward, I solemnly declare that I WILL NOT EVER use the GATSBY Deodorant ever!.

Have you guys watched the Gatsby deodorant on TV? I am sure anyone with the right mind would rush to the shop to get the deodorant.

I find the advertisement repulsive and disgusting. Not macho at all! Who are they targeting the advertisement at? School Kids? I am confused... Why a company spend so much money (and waste precious viewers' are time) to sabotage their own product! It is like they are advertising to convey the message to the men out they not to use their product!!!


The advertisement shows a dorky looking guy dancing with two bears/rabbit(not sure which animal) costume cladded guys. It is totally childish! It is like watching commercial for kids' toys!

P/S: Why I am so emotional? At least my wife agrees with me that that commercial is ridiculous, especially if it is targeted to male audience....

Mengurut..........

Last Saturday, went mengurut, actually for my wife, nak urut, bagi betulkan kedudukan rahim, but they also urut guys there, I also join la.

The pusat mengurut is in Selayang, but my wife went mengurut in one of the makcik house in that area, and I went to the Centre, the place quite big, 2 storeys, ada steam bath, ada doctor and all, they have about 20 rooms.

(apa le bahasa rojak ni, should stick to one...............)

One Indonesia guy (more like pakcik) messaged me. OMG, it was so painful! but I managed to keep quite, the pakcik said, "awak ni ok la boleh tahan sakit, kalau orang lain, dah menjerit2 dah". But only I knew how hard I tried to keep quiet!

As painful as it was, I didn't want the session to end, it was a pleasure to have someone attending your body, it was soothing, relaxing and painful at the same time.

Then the pakcik asked,
Urut Pakcik: 'Nak urut 'barang' tak, bagi power sikit, tapi kena bayar extra la, bayar kat kaunter bawah RM30'....
Me: Hmmm boleh jugak........RM20 tak leh ker...
Pakcik: Pusat mengurut ni bukan pakcik yang punye........
Me: Ok la...boleh la............

Then he urut the 'barang' as well la........ ( no further explanation required)

The whole session took about 1 hour. Full body message, it was good, he even managed to find out that there is urat tersimpul on behind of my neck ( I have been suffering with neck pain pass few weeks)

He said, my body a lot of angin, sebab duduk dalam air cond jer.....

The session was followed by 30 min of steam bath (with rempah ratus that I couldn't possibly know) It was refreshing (and suffocating) as well.

At the end, he said only can mandi after 3 hrs, so I put back my cloths, smelling like minyak urut, feeling sticky and left the place.

I recommend this to anyone, good place, very professionals, all the messieurs are Indonesia, very skilled. Whole body massage is RM60 about 45min-1 hour....


Be prepared to wake up next morning in agony of whole body pain though!

Sotong Masam Manis

Yesterday I buat Sotong Masam Manis, for me, kira sedap le tu.
My wife said best! (sebenarnye dia tak cakap apa-apa, tapi diam tu tanda setuju)

So untuk memenuhi permintaan ramai, especially Pak Mah yg nak sgt resepi tu, nah...ni dia!


(measurement not given, pandai-pandai le agak-agakye, kalau tak tau nak agak, tepon mak kat kampung)

Bahan (1) (utk goreng sotong)

1. Sotong (potong 4 or 5 )
2. Tepung Gandum
3. Tepung Jagung.
4. Serbuk lada hitam/putih
5. Telur sebijik
6. Garam skit

Bahan (2) (Sos masam manis)
1. Bawang besar (potong dadu)
2. Halia+bawang putih (blender betul-betul, buat le banyak-banyak, simpan dlm fridge, next time boleh use lagi)
3. Tomato (POTONG DADU GAK)
4. Cili sos
5. Tomato sos/puree



How to goreng the sotong....
1. Pecahkan telur, kacau and masukkan sotong ke dlm telur, put aside.
2. Gaulkan tepung gandum + tepung jagung + serbuk lada putih + garam.
3. Amik sotong, celup dalam tepung tadi (macam nak goreng ayam KFC le tu) and masuk kan dalam minyak panas.
4.Repeat step 3 till all the sotong all the habis!


How to make the sos.
1. Amik sikit minyak goreng sotong tadi.
2. Tumis bawang+halia+b.putih giling tadi sampai neighbour pun boleh bau wangi dia.
3. Pas tu masukkan sos cili and sos tomato.
4. Dekat2 nak masak tu masukkan tomato
5. Biarkan mendidih sampai kepekatan yg dikehendaki tercapai.


How to server.

1. Letak sotong goreng tadi dlam pinggan yang lawa2 (jenis pirek yg cantik2 tu)
2. Kalau ada lettuce, letak daun tu kat bawah, pastu baru letak sotong atas tu, baru nampak Jamie Oliver sikit.
3. pastu tuangkan sos tadi atas sotong.

Cara makan.

1. Angkat sotong ngan tangan (tangan kanan) , pakai sudu and garpu boleh gak.
2. Kalau org islam baca bismillah dulu.
3. Bukak mulut
4. Masukkan dalam mulut.
5. Tutup mulut.
6. Kunyah perlahan-lahan.
7. Amacam? sedap? kalau x sedap bagi kat neighbour.
8. Kalau neighbour tu reject, keep trying all the neigbour.
9. Kalau semua reject, next morning bawak ke ofis, paksa ofis mate makan!



Thats, all.....

All da best!

Can't belive they killed off Shanon!

1. LOST
I couldn't believe my eyes last nite when they killed off Shanon in 'Lost'. God! I was speechless, how can they do that. If they keep on killing everybody, who will survive at the end? And I really hate that the new survivors they found on the other end of the island, especially the though ass chick Ana. She is mean!

I really hope Shannon is not dead, maybe Jack can could help her to survive the wound.... or maybe the whole thing was Sayid's imagination (the island always play tricks on the survivors' mind anyway).Tension la. My friend told me he downloaded the entire season 2, and he said he can tell me the ending, NO THANKS! Don't ruin the suspenses or else I have nothing elso to look forward to every Monday.

2. DAGING MASAK KICAP.
Yesterday, after work, I masak, daging masak kicap, menjadi jugak, my wife said 'sedap giler', but then again, any food is sedap giler according to my wife ;)

3. GYM
Suppose to go gym yesterday, but woke up wrong side of the bed, neck paining, mum said need to jemur the pillow under the hot sun and beat the pillow. MAcam mana nak buat, awal pagi dah keluar remah, maghrib baru balik. Anyway, today must go, mana tau, kot kot terjumpa Sofea Jane ke (she really work out there, according to my fren)


Update: 3.03 pm !!!

Something interesting happened in the gym today. I was in sauna and there was another guy in there as well, we chit chat for a while......

Other Guy: How long did it take to get body like that?
Me: Like mine? banyak lemak lagi la (showing my stomach)

Other Guy: Mana ada, dah ok apa, the bottom of your tummy dah ada line, cantik kalau pakai jeans, tu yang mahal tu....

Me: ye ke...hehheh Thanks.... Kalau consistence 3-4 days per week, maybe dalam masa 3 bulan boleh dapat kot......
Other Guy: Ok .......


Hehehe I could not wipe out my grin from my face all the way to office.

Err.... Sorry for the confusion lady....

I was lucky to get a place to sit in Komuter this morning, I was very sleepy and felt weak because I just recovered from mild fever over the weekend. So.. I dozed off in Komuter for a while. Before reaching Kg Dato Harun, I woke up and saw a pregnant lady standing right infront of me, so despite being so sleepy I stood up and gave my place, the lady looked confused for a while and took my seat. I was thing what was that all about.

Then, while I was standing there, I realize that the lady wasn't pregnant but she just a bit oversized that she looked pregnant, I tried my best not to stare at the tummy. I really need to confirm if she is pregnant or not!

Reached Sentral, she got off, it is confirmed, she is not pregnant. She probably not even married. Ifelt bad, in cases like thie should I apologies? Or maybe she thought I was a gentleman kind enough to let a lady sit in a crowded train?