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.........