I'm Back

Perghh....... lamenyer aku x menulis. Bukan aper, sibuk nak mampus jer ni. Dengan competition robotic yg dh makin dekat, dengan final exam pun dh nk dekat, dengan pilihanraya pun dh makin jauh (baru jer lepas semalam), kadang2 x smpt la nk sit down and have a clear thought on what the hell am I gonna write. Tapi memandangkan aku dh memonteng meeting ptg ni, so rasenye boleh la kot nk spare 1 hour untuk menaip ni.

What can I say about what's going on here? First of all, 2 org opismate aku dh slmt pun g smbg blaja. Sorg g UK, and sorg lg g Japan. Makin berkurang la geng mkn aku ni. Tambah2 lak sorg lg tu dh start bercouple. So lg la ssh nk g lunch sama2, even though ader jgk dia g lunch skali sesekala. So, slalunyer tinggal aku ngan Hairi jer. Aku tgk dia.....dia tgk aku. Dh nk nyampah pun tgk muka dia.

Owh yeah, on a 'slightly similar' note, I'm seeing someone right now. The nice thing about her is that I can be totally myself. Bukannye selama ni ngan my previous relationships tu aku xleh nk jadi diri sendiri. Tapi asek kene komplen jerrrrrrrr. Anyway, I have a good feeling about her, and we'll just see where this will lead me.

ROBOCON, oh ROBOCON. Engkau sesungguhnya menyeksa diriku. Agak busy jgk dengan ROBOCON, especially aku kene handle bab logistics. So, klo sumer org kene concentrate ROBOCON time mlm, aku pulak kene handle bab2 ni time siang. Transportation, accomodation, financial, assets, rules and regulations, documentation, welfare..... ni la sumer keje aku. But like all jobs, no matter how big or small......just go with it. Mau ke x, kene la buat jgk.

Adik aku will be the 1st person in my family that'll take the plunge into the deep dark hole that I'd like to call marriage. Kot mane pun, I'll have to be the tuan rumah for this. Takat ni sumer berjalan lancar. Aku dh contribute pun reservation aku kat Bukit Merah untuk dia masa rombongan g umah bride at the end of May. Gamaknye bulan depan lebur la cuti aku. Membuatkan aku terpikir, adik2 aku ni sanggup ker nk korbankan cuti diorg utk aku?

Supposebly one week before wedding Ajib ni, aku akan g bercuti kat T'Ganu. Dah laid out sumer plan untuk ape yg nk dibuat sepanjang 3 malam kat sane. Everything is A-ok except for one thing - we need a 3rd person. Setakat ni, aku dengan Lan (member yg aku eksiden sama2 last year) jer yg dh confirm nk pegi. And according to Lan, klo takat 2 org ajer, dia malas nk pegi. So, my options are to either find a 3rd a.s.a.p, cancel the whole thing, or aku pegi sorg2 jer (which proves how desperately miserable I really am). Tapi my last holiday was during 'God knows when', so masih lagi bergantung harap kepada tali yang dh mcm nk putus jer ni. Only time will tell on this one......

But one thing for certain, my body is almost giving up on me at the moment. Terase fatigue yang amat sangat dh skg ni. Maybe it's the age, or the fact that terlalu bnyk bende dalam kepala otak aku skg ni. Dh la contractor asek buat hal, dengan sikit punye bnyk la event yang akan datang dalam masa 1-2 bulan ni, hal2 aku lak.......x terlarat kdg2 rasenya. But then, sebelum ni pun my life back in 2000 was a rotten piece of crap. And somehow, someway, I manage to survive it all. Kalau nk ikutkan life aku skg banding dengan 10 years ago, I should be grateful of where I am. So, sometimes you just need to take a minute and just be by yourself.....and everything becomes clear.

Dh la tu......rase malas lak nk menulis lg. Maybe some other time.

The Guys, The Room and The Wardrobe

Saje je nk tunjuk wardrobe yg baru aku bali mase aku blk kg last Saturday. Memule mak aku x agree jgk, sbb aku ni bkn la jenis artistic. Tapi bile dh terplacing jer kat bilik aku, nmpk ok lak. Maklum la, anak dia sorg ni slalu beli brg pasal functionality, and not beauty. Lgpun harga almari ni murah sikit dari yg mak aku suggest. Kang rabak lg la poket aku ni. hahahahahahaha

Rasenye mcm ok jer aku beli ni. Murah la sikit dari yg mak aku plan

Close up

First of 2009

Adoiiii........ dh sapluh hari dh masuk tahun 2009 ni. Kejap jer rasenye. Padahal dh mcm2 aku plan untuk buat utk this year. Looks like it's off to a slow, if not a halted start.

Let's see......ape yg aku buat time mlm new year. Hmmm.......

Same like every year. Ddk umah, and did nothing. X kisah la 1hb ker, 10hb ker, xder la smpi aku kene tgu countdown pun. Yg aku ingat, mase aku tv mlm new year aritu, tgh dok buat countdown. Tgh lg 25sec nk masuk new year, aku trus matikan tv. Lgpun, buat aper aku g countdown. Bknnye aku x reti mengira pun.

Tensen lak aku tahun baru ni. Bukan aper, umah aku terpaksa kene put on hold. Biasak la, sen tarak. Gamaknye kene la aku sart balik carik side income mcm dlu2. Dh la tu, nmpknyer mcm tipis jer harapan aku nk smbg blaja overseas. Kemelesetan ekonomi la, krisis makanan la....... I dunno. It seems like everytime aku dh plan nk blaja kat luar negeri, ader jer yg cube nk menghalang. Mase PPP dlu, pasal Soros. Skg lak pasal ekonomi lagi. Maybe I'm not destined to go overseas for long periods of time. Ntah2 Tuhan sayangkan aku kot. Takut la klo aku ni jadi jahat lak klo g overseas ni. Maklum la, aku pun bukannye baik sgt time skolah dlu. Klo x, xkn la aku kene buang skolah asrama penuh mase Form 4.

Ape lagi ek yg berlaku kat aku dalam 2 mgu ni? haaaaaaaaaa..........br ingat. Aku dpt credit lg sbb student menang competition. Walaupun saguhati jer, tapi kire ok la. Lgpun competition tu peringkat Asia Pacific. Tapi to be frank, bkn aku tlg sgt pun student tu. Pnah dtg jmp aku pun, sekali jer. Tapi ok la, sbb student tu sanggup jgk letak nama aku sbg advisor dia. Boleh la dimasukkan dalam koleksi aku tlg student dapat hadiah.

Br 2 jam lepas, UKM dh organize EPScom 2009. Peringkat nasional jgk ni. And mcm biase (hmmm...... ye ke ayat aku ni?), UKM menang lagi johan keseluruhan. Heh heh heh.....tapi kali ni bukan la aku yg jadi advisor. Aku ni cume jawatankuasa tuan rumah ajer. Kire mcm event organisers la ni. Tapi sronok jgk sbb UKM dh menang back to back. Meaning blum lg ader univ lain yg menang EPScom ni, sbb bende ni pun br jer 2nd time. Tapi rase penat yg teramat sgt laaaaaa aku skg ni. Best tul klo dpt g ngurut.

Sayang, seribu kali sayang. Aku ade bnyk keje lagi kat umah. Baju aku pun dh semgu x basuh (apsal aku cite pasal aku punye bad habit ni?) And aku lak kene prepare utk kelas aku yg akan start next week. Back to reality, it seems. Xper la, Dh itu keje hakiki aku (Ni ayat bos aku)

Hmm....what else? Oh yeah, aku dh break up ngan gf aku a few days back. I would like to think of it as a breakup in good terms. But then, Of the 6 relationships that I've been in, cume satu ajer yg kate nk remain kawan, and still jadi kawan aku sampai ke hari ni. Yg lain? Janji ajerrrr. Bukan nk kate aku ni baik sgt, tapi bile jadi kawan balik, diorg ni asek cube nk sakitkan ati aku jer. Ibarat mcm ape yg aku tgk dlm How I Met Your Mother, they're trying to win the breakup. At least tu la yg aku rase pun. Tapi aku bukan la nk ngadu sbb nk kate aku ni baik sgt, cume nk katekan yg berdasarkan statistik, it may not look like me and Zaza will be friends in the future. Tapi mane la tau kan?

Next weekend, aku kene balik kg jap. Nk uruskan bab tahlil ngan caterer, and g jemput org masjid. Rabak lagi la duit aku bulan ni. Dh la claim travelling aku g Bukit Merah mmg xkn dapat punye bulan ni. Gamaknyer, pecah tabung aku la nnt.

Tapi mgu ni, mmg aku x dpt nk kuar jmp member2 sgt. X silap aku pun, aku cume dapat kuar minum ngan Pakcik, Mat n Kamal petang Selasa that day. Tu pun pasal aku mmg kene g UNITEN. Then, Khamis mlm lak aku, Boy, Seri n Qlah g mkn briyani pinggan pnjg. Ptg smlm geng TNB ajak minum pun aku xleh nk g. Mane idaknyer, asek balik lmbt jer keje aku. Ni yg rase ke'kureng'an sket ni. Xleh jadi ni......... ader yg kuar lak mlm ni.

Orait ppl, dh lmbt ni. Aku pun kene jgk balik umah ni. Yup, aku kat opis di senja Sabtu yg hening ni. Br jer lepas balik from closing ceremony of EPScom.

This is Podek.......signing off

Back From Bukit Merah

1st day masuk keje slps bercuti pnjg semenangnyer terase mcm hampagas. Tambah2 lak lagi bile time yg sepatutnye cuti tu digunekan untuk wat keje jgk. Tapi ape nak dibueknyo, dh kojo.

Well, abis la seminar aku kat Bukit Merah. Sblm pegi tu, gabra x sudah. Mane idaknyer, kene lak present kat taiko2 opis aku. Tapi berbangga la jgk, sbb ketua jabatan kate presentation aku bagus (time ni la hidung aku mengalami pengembangan yang ketara). And beyond work, mcm2 la kitorg buat. Main terup la, karaoke la (2 lagu je), skycycle la, chairlift la, sunset cruise la, snook la.....pendek kate, mmg x terbuang mase aku kat sane.

Tapi dalam kesoronokan aku kat sane, ade la jgk sesi potong stim yg aku alami. Got a call just before aku naik sunset cruise, and that call had really knock me out real good. Sampaikan aku nk mengenjoykan diri aku pun x dpt. At the same time, terase berslh la jgk kat opismate aku. Dh tentu ke'potongstim'an aku telah berjaye sikit sebanyak membunuh mood diorg. And from the bottom of my heart, i apologize to all u guys and gals. Nnt la aku settlekan sikit2 dlu. And besok pun nmpknye mmg mood aku hilang jgk, sbb aku akan terima tetamu nnt.

Hopefully, visit aku jmp Wan, Anuar, Kugen, Arun ngan Ronnie berjaya merungkaikan simpulan yang terbelit kat kepale hotak aku ni. Thanks guys. Korang la the best.

Well, dh xde ape nk dikate dlu wat mase ni. Nnt la ade mood sikit, aku tulis pnjg2 nnt

Off to Bukit Merah

Wow......I have more than 5 posts this month. Mmg achievement tul. Klo idak, nk blog sebulan sekali pun payah. Bkn aper, manjang jer bz (or is it pasal aku tgh xder idea nk blog). Oh, well. Since the fingers are already pounding on the keys of my laptop, might as well I finish it.

Finally, after all the cursing, harsh words, and name calling, finally Maxis gave all the freebies that they owed me. Not that I'm the kind that goes for freebies, but let's face it, if they promise something, than we should damn as hell sure that they deliver it. Probably there are some of y'all out there who would care less about free sms'es, and that channelling your energy in getting what they had said in the first place is just too taxing. But me? HELL NO! Aku kene make sure aku akan dapat aku yg pttnye aku dapat, and I sure as hell will make their lives miserable until I do so. Rasenye lps ni aku sure dh xdpt offer freebies from Maxis lagi. Tapi x kisah la, janji skg aku dh ade extra RM15 in crdt, and another 1100 free sms. Bleh muntah aku nk abiskan sumer tuh.

Lps ni, aku kene pack utk seminar aku kat Bukit Merah. Tapi before that, aku kene la singgah PB dlu. Need to pick up a few things, and have some errands done. But before I do all that, kene la singgah umah Mr Amir dlu (bukan Melayu, it's short for something...not sure of his full name). Lgpun dia la jiran sblh umah aku dlu. Xkn x pegi time Christmas lak, tul x?

To be frank, aku tgh cuak tahap cipan pasal seminar ni. Bukan aper, it's my 1st ever seminar, and I'm presenting 2 papers. To top it, aku dh la x terlibat pun dalam perlaksanaan menatang2 ni, takat tulis paper jer. So, excuse me if I am chanelling my frustrations, worries and fright in here. Aku cume leh harap yg aku x kene bambu jer nnt. But I'll make sure I'll be prepared with all my bag of tricks. In short, aku kene la bring my A game. Xtau la klo yg lain pun secuak aku jgk. But I can only pray that Allah will give me strength in the days to come.

Rase mcm x senonoh lak aku nk takutkan pasal nk bentang paper ni. After all, it's not my 1st time being at the giving end of a speech. MC pun dh biase, panel pun dh penah, penceramah pun penah, nyanyi dpn org pun penah. Maybe pasal bende ni something new kot. Tapi klo nk ikutkan, mase aku 1st time buat sumer speeches sblm ni pun, xder lak aku seriau lagu ni. Tak tau la cek oiii.......rasa mcm nak pi lari tang mana2, lepaih tu aku nk sok saja lebih kurang dalam sehari dua.

Tapi one thing yang aku mmg kena buat nnt, I have to get my mom's blessings for this. No mater what, aku kene make sure she knows what I'm doing, and berkat doa seorang insan yang melahirkan kita di muka bumi ini, aku akan diberi kekuatan sehebat Power Rangers.

Next week aku nk make sure aku akan rest sehabis2nya untuk 4 hari nnt. Kene la jgk cas bateri aku ni. Dh la aku blum amik cuti rehat lagi since Raye Pose. I have to, klo x aku burn out mcm mase aku 2nd yr undergrad nnt.

Ok la, xtau nk kate panjang ke x post aku ni. Tapi rasenye cukup la kot for now. After all, aku x pack sekebendeharam lagi ni.

The Day I Kept Getting Caught

Kinda funny thinking how this day turned out. It seems like the more I want to keep things secret, the more the cover gets blown away.

Well, I really believe the stating how my day began would help in further explanations of what I went through. So I'll just skip to the part where it happened. I was on YM with my officemate (which if the others read this, they'll have a dang bright idea who she is). And out of the blue she suggested that we went to the movies during lunch. And yes, obviously we'll be taking a heck of a lot longer than the documented lunch time suggested to us staff. But hey, it ain't like I'm such a 'worker of the year' type anyway.

So, we decided to make some cover stories, since we agreed upon total secrecy on the outing. So, I'll be meeting my friend who just happened to drop by KL. And she's gonna go back home for some errands. Sounds solid enough, considering she's done that a lot, and I do have the occasions of taking a raincheck of lunch with my officemates due to friends making a quickie around Klang Valley.

Heck, we really went straight to the movies. And after that, we only made a quickstop to the restroom (well, it was me actually) and to the bookstore (again, all ME) before heading to the carpark. Suddenly, she got a message from her friend, detailing the outfit she's wearing, plus the generous description of how big her companion is (yes, still ME). So, she's like 'omg, kantoiiiiii'. She did managed to cover up to him, saying that she was never at the movies. Didn't know if he bought it, though.

But.............it doesn't ends there....

Got a message from Zaimah, saying that she knew about me at the complex with an 'awex'. Cissss....aku plak yg kantoi. I was taken aback by that. After all, Zaimah has been known to take a few hours off work to 'visit' the shopping complex. The worse thing is, Sabab was there with her. So, it's like sticking a fork in me, cos I'm wayyyyyyyyy past done.

However, after some interrogations from me (more like begging), she confessed that it was her husband that saw me with my officemate. Why in the world is he there, only Lord knows. Guess I have a much more familiar face than I give credit to. I haven't had much chance of meeting Zaimah's husband. In fact, I think I've only seen him twice.

And with the bunch of lots that I call friends, the suffering doesn't end there. They even mocked me that I was 'sepadan' with my movie buddy. Took a hell of explanations to clear things up, that we were only officemates, and nothing more.

But the story doesn't end there....

Went for k-ok with Ong, Abg Farid and the kids at my usual spot. And suddenly I got a call from Hairi, saying who am I hugging on the escalator (it was Amir, my 10 yr old nephew btw). Look around, left and right, top and bottom for that son of a gun. DAMN! He's pretty good in the hide-and-seek game. Well, I guess I'm just meant to get caught the whole day.

To think about it, I was also caught the night before. Went to karaoke (yes.....2 nights in a row) and almost got caught with my students. Thank heavens they saw me at the VCD shop, and not in front of my singing chamber. Or else, I have a tonne of explanation to those ladies too.

It has not been a good day to me. But aside from the kantoi part, I had a blast at the movies and both karaoke sessions.

Conclusion? Got to improve on my stealth ability. Anyone has an invisibility potion I can have? :)

Lies, Deceit and Manipulation

Here this goes...

2 weeks back, Seri told us about a website that was supposebly having the knowledge of knowing whatever is currently going on with you, like who are you sitting next to, what is the color of the shirt you're wearing right now, how many people are in the room....... you get my drift. Well, it was fun for her at first, but as time goes by, the website (or rather, the person on the other end of the website) was spooking the jitters of them folks, claiming that this guy (his name's Peter, btw) has no legs, and all sorts of horrid disfigurement upon his body. There was a time that Peter was also gonna peek out from their bedroom window. And because of that, Seri had to spend the nite at her friend's place, and had to go to work from Ampang.

Aik? Apsal lak aku tetibe nk blog dlm English ni? Pttnye kene la campur. Br la nmpk masyarakat majmuk. Ok.......sorry, a wee bit of commercial there. So, balik ke story asal.

So, minah ni expect la kitorg try web peter ni, which aku kate aku maleh nk try, sbb bnyk lg bende berpekdah yg aku leh buat. Tapi mlm tu si Faisal bleh lak nk try site tu, and bgtau kat diorg the findings of teh web. Siap Seri kate nk tdo ngan mummy dia lg. Pergh, dasat jgk penangan web ni.

So, beberapa hari slps tu, di satu weekend yg agak boring la jgk, teringat lak pasal web ni. So aku pun google la. Suddenly, ader lak link on the 'trick behind peteranswer'. Hmmmmm....... yg tu lak aku click dlu. So, godek punye godek punye godek punye godek punye godek punye godek......... br la aku tau trick dia tu. Cis, Seri ni dh kene con la plak ngan kawan dia. Teruk jgk dia kene con, smpi x brani tdo mlm lak.

So, immediately aku call Faisal. Sound kat dia yg aku dh tau dh trick dia. Faisal suruh diam, and suggest yg kitorg teruskan con the girls. Hmm......menarik jgk. But if we're gonna do it, might as well we do it my way. Since I think I make a better con artist that Faisal. So, biar la kejap dlm 2-3 hari (xleh nmpk obvious), and still pretending that I hadn't the faintest clue about this site.

So, every now and then, we brought it up here and there. And apparebtly Qlah also has been dabbing around with the keyboard a bit kat web peter ni. Sampai la satu malam tu, Faisal suda ym aku, sbb dia dh naik terkujat jgk. Si Qlah ni tunjuk la yg dia saje tanye pasal plat number Faisal. But instead of displaying his car licensce (which is gonna be so obvious), kuar lak kat website tu number plat lain. But the rather creepy part is, kuar plat moto dia yg dh lame dia x pakai. So, Faisal tanye la aku, mcm mane lak si Qlah ni leh tau pasal moto dia. Aku seperti biase, mmg la buat xtau jer. Sbb in the 1st place, bkn idea aku pun nk con2 org ni. Better aku con sorg2, sbb ssh nk plan ngan org.

Sampai la 2 nights ago kat Old Town, when I mention that peter skg ni layan Faisal jer, there out of the blue, Seri sound kat Faisal yg si Faisal ni dh tau trick website peter. Hmmmm, interesting turn of events. So, ibarat mcm selama ni Seri cube nk con kitorg. And as usual, she didn't know that I already know, since they still think that I haven't gone through the site.

Then, another 180 degrees happened last night. Aku tgh dinner ngan Qlah, and told her a bit of what we had been planning. AND......she confessed that she too, knew about the website trick. But what suprises me is, dia dapat tau plat Faisal sbb dia pasang spy kat Faisal. Pergh, si Boy dh ade stalker sendiri. Powerrrr tuuuuuuuu. Tapi bile aku tanye Qlah, dia xnk lak bgtau spy yg mcm mane lak tu.

So, in short:

• Seri probably lied to us at the very beginning lagi. Dasat jgk dia pura2 ngan menjerit la, tdo ngan mummy la. Tertipu jgk la aku ngan acting dia.
• Faisal was thinking about conning the girls into scaring the boots our of 'em. Even though the plan didn't worked, but mmg dh lay out satu plan yg agak gempak, and will probably take another month to fully executed.
• Qlah lak buat2 mcm xtau jer pasal website tu. Tapi bleh lak kuar no moto Faisal, sampai si Boy ni tertanye2 lak mcm mane nombor moto dia leh kuar. Padahal pasang spy.
• Me? Aku pura2 buat2 xtau jer. Cume ader la involvement dalam nk con the girls ni.

In conclusion? WE'RE A BUNCH OF LIARS

The Story Continues...

Continuing from my last post...

So, after a bit of surfing, we went again for a drink. Lepak kat Naseer Tmn Pekaka lak this time. And around 11.15, Ajib n Mom reached Pekaka and we drove back to Lake Town. Had myself a treat at the bar before went in around 2am.

So, the next morning felt really fast. Went downstairs for breakfast around 8. And soon after, we had to checked out in order to reach Nibong Tebal by 11. But not before I booked for the returning guest package, which I think is a sweet deal at RM115 per night.

Reached Nibong Tebal to my late dad's distant cousin, Pakcik Samad. Gave him the details about the engagement arrangements, and off we go to Relau, Kedah (which is only 15 minutes away).

Reached there slightly after noon with 5 trays of gifts. Wasn't paying attention though to the details, as I was the designated amatuer photographer. But I think they agreed on RM7.5k of hantaran, and a mas kahwin of RM1052. Seems that they purposely wanted a non-round number. What the heck, as long as both agreed on it.

The talk was much faster than I thoughted it would be. Probably pre-arrangements were already made even on the night before. Which is why technologies nowadays are simply a blast. Who needs to 'merisik' when we have means of communication to make things smoother. Not saying that merisik is no longer applicable. but at least it saves an extra trip to the girl's house.

Initially, my uncle suggested that we stayed at Concorde Shah Alam after the engagement. At least we made 2/3 of the journey already. And since Nawal is in Shah Alam, her normal 'kepochi' attitude would tend to lead to a lot of questions about what went earlier. Plus, the hotel's FREE! :)

Sadly, it's fully booked. So, might as well we head on straight home. Pilahdelphia of my mom and Ajib, and Kajang for me. So, my touchdown was at 15 to 7. And maybe due to the tireness (I drove, btw), didn't even made it to watch Buletin Utama. In fact, I slept through Nightline as well. Woke up at 2.30am, and went for 'dinner' at 4am in As-Salam.

In short, my brother's happily engaged at last. Hope they'll have a magnificent wedding, and a more spectacular life together. But that's not gonna happen till end of May.

Therefore, here's Podek....signing off

The Day The Earth Stood Still

So, berjaya la aku bangun dengan awalnya pada pagi smlm (Khamis). What did I do? Called as many friends as I could who's working outside of Sgor, and bgtau diorg yg aku tgh tensen giler sbb xtau ape nk buat pada hari cuti ni. Semuanya dibalas dengan kata-kata 'manis' oleh diorg. Biasak la, time ni la nk mendajalkan org2 yg aku kenal ni. Ntah2 time state diorg yg cuti, sure aku kene taro karang.

Went for breakfast and bought 3 newspaper - Utusan, Metro n NST. Mintak2 la ade berita pasal MCC yg kitorg menang smlm, walaupun x menang grand prize. Cheh, hampagas tul. Metro jer yg kuar news, tu pun pasal MNP ajer. Ni yg buat aku bertambah bengang ni. Xper la, biar la aku mengangkat diri nnt.

Lupe lak nk cakap, smlm abis phone bill aku bermsg2 ngan boss aku yg kat NZ. Bkn aper, dia dh pesan aritu, klo dh ade berita jgn lupe sms dia. So, berduyun la msg2 aku dgn dia bertanyekan details on what went on the day before. Siap mintak aku tuliskan email bagi pihak dia lg. Aparaa, tu pun nk suruh pencacai mcm aku ni tulis. Xper la, at least aku ader la jgk play a part dlm menulis email ni. hehehe

So, bnyk aku mengabiskan hari aku ni dengan melepak, tido, dan buat report on MCC. Nk kene hntr kat buletin UKM (ni pun atas arahan Pengarah Pusat Pembangunan Pelajar yg dtg on that day as UKM's rep). Smpi lupe lak yg sepatutnye aku g ke umah cousin aku melepak kat sane.

Got a call from Pakcik. Ajak tgk wayang. Cite die??? Tgk jer la title blog aku tu. Aku ok jer.....lgpun tgh sangap tahap maksima ni.

Since terlupe nk g umah cousin aku, better aku g skrg than to be late. Alih2 dia kate dia nk g dinner kat Alamanda. Cantekkk la mcm tu. Xyah aku nk travel 2 kali. Lgpun aku nk tgk wayang pun kat sane jgk.

Went there, and x mkn ape2 pun. Sbb b4 that Pakcik dh kate nk mkn after wayang (which will be at midnight). Ok la jgk tu, lgpun x rase lapa lg.

My opinion on the movie? Ok la jgk. Story pun agak menarik walaupun a bit 'out of this world'. Apsal la semua citer alien mesti menunjukkan yg the aliens are a far superior species than humans? But then again, klo x advance, xkn la diorg leh smpi sini kan? Kite smpi skg pun x penah make contact with any lifeforms in space, with with the setup of SETI.

So, pagi td aku pun masuk la keje seawal 7.30 pg. Bukan aper, aku kene blah awal japg. Have to be at home so that my mom can drop by for us to go to Penang for Ajib's engagement. Mcm mane sekalipun we run far, balik2 mesti la jgk sampai ke Parit Buntar ni. Dh la soon-to-be-his-fiancee ni org Sg Bakap. hehehehe. So, reached Bkt Merah Suria Aprt at 2pm. Checked in and g tgk Uda jap kat water park. Then patah balik ke aprt and gerak with mom ke PB. Singgah la ke umah mane2 yg patut before they went on their way to Penang for the final preparations for the hantaran. Aku lak yg mmg born, bred and raised in PB ni stay back so that aku leh nk melepak2 jmp member aku. Call Anuar, x angkat lak. So, next best thing, aku call la Wan Dut Dut yg durjana tuh. Klo dh spesies durjana tu, mmg sentiasa free jer. Mmg xder harga diri langsung :)

So, melepak la kitorg dari satu kedai mamak ke satu kedai mamak yg lain. Rupenye mamat tu dh angkat laptop. Dell lak tuuuuuuuuuuu. Pergh, power tul sahabat aku sorg ni. Bile la aku nk beli laptop pun, xtau la aku. Then, setelah boring ke kedai mamak, melepak la kejap ke cc. And aku pun menulis la blog ni.

And it continues......... tungguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Winning Two Best Categories In MCC

Needless to say much. The picture says how we fared in the Maxis Mobile Content Challenge. Sure......we didn't win the grand prize. But considering we are engineers playing in IT turf, I already feel like a winner. Hope the others share my sentiment as well.

Congrats to all.

Hours Before MCC's D-Day

Well, the Aidiladha went on smoothly.....almost. There was a small misunderstanding among the parentals, which in the end spoiled the Raya mood. Don't feel like saying about it much, but I can simply say that this year's Korban could have been better.

Also earlier today, I managed to maintain my regular clock in time to work, even though I was from my mom's. Kinda nice to start off work by saying to my mom: "Mom! I'm off to work". Kinda like the old days when I was in the business field. Some might say that I'm a momma's boy. But heck, I am the eldest, and since my mom's alone, it's nice to know that I start my Monday knowing that mom's doing well.

This week'll be a week that I might be blogging a wee bit more that what I usually do. It's mainly because of how this week will turn out to be a pretty hectic one. Started off my Tuesday (Monday's off, you bunch of Forgetful Jones) with the fact that more than half the staff is still in their Raya mood. So, basically I can't do diddly squat about it. Can't send in my application for my leave this Friday, even though I have applied it online. Can't proceed to bring forward my annual leave to next year - which is only 3 weeks away. But I did managed to have some work being done: review my student's setup for their exhibition booth tomorrow, finishing off the final parts of my teaching file, got a follow up on my claim to go to Bkt Merah on Xmas, got myself a lesson or two on how to operate the dang Nikon D70s. And to cap it off, managed to spend 3 1/2 hours with Bijan at CeriaBox for a concerto ala UKM..... a.k.a. karaoke :)

Tomorrow will be one of the most important days since I landed in UKM. At last, the competition that me, Faisal, Wan Mimi and Fizi partipated in will be announcing its winner. Frankly, the wait has been an extreme pain in the rear end. The boss has been expecting that we could bag this MCC for its glory (talk about no pressure, huh?). I'm really having mixed feelings about this. For starters, the students did deliver some solid, kick-ass ideas for the judges. But then, not all of them could actually have a 100% working prototype. And what was a kill-joy for me was when I went through the competition's website and browsed through its gallery. Some teams (not ours, of course) were successfully displaying the prototype to the juries. Therefore, my opinion? I really can't say here, folks. I really can't say how our chances are. I don't even have the guts to say 50-50. Just I'll have to let the suspense eats me up till the fat lady sings.

This Friday I'll be heading to Penang with Bkt Merah as my pit stop. Tadaaaa......... at last, one of the Shazi's getting engaged. I was really hoping that it's me. Alas, things often never turn out the way we intend it to be, no matter how hard we try. Ah well, have to believe more in Qada' and Qadar than what I usually give credit for. Sometimes, it's things like this that make us think about life, and how we are as His loyal servants. In times like this, I try and try to forget about my ex, saying that it was not meant to be. But 4 1/2 years is not a walk in the park, and the memories will take a hell of a lot longer to be erased from my mind. That is, of course, unless I meet another Miss Right for me. Anyway, Ajeeb's gonna be engaged this Saturday, and I'll be part of the engagement brigade. I'll probably end up being a photographer anyway, but what the heck. Congrats, Jeeb.

I might be spending my Thursday accompanying my nephew to watch Antoo Fighter. Not sure why his parents are not the ones taking him, but I did tell him that I'll take him there. Considering it's a rated PG-13, guess I have to get a seat next to him. Not sure about what I'm gonna do for the rest of my Thursday, so that has yet to be unraveled.

Talking about the last weekend, how I feel right now, and what's to come, made me wanna write something interesting that I came across a few months back. I was taken by these 'words of wisdom', which made me wanna write it down in case I need to look at it in the years to come.

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift. That is why it is called the present"

I know........ it's from Kung Fu Panda. But who knows, it might come in handy later....

Guess that's all from yours truly. Stay tuned for more updates in this channel

Hajoghutyun

Rejuvinating Week

This is the first blog yg aku actually write on Blogger. All my previous blogs ni semua ditransfer from my community site. Bukan ape, br perasan yg that blog cume allocate 50MB of space. So, klo mcm tu, dalam beberape bulan lg sure aku dh xleh blogging dh. So, might as well I take the initiative and move while I'm still having a low number of posts.

Well, besok dh Raya Haji. And mcm biase, kitorg xde la buat preparation sgt. Tapi alih2, mcm2 jgk yg aku tgk mak aku buat. Buat pulut kuning, beli lemang. Adik aku pun plan nk masak nasi tomato. Aku mcm biase dengan tugas aku, memakan sahaja ape yg dimasak. hehehehe. Cume japg nk pasang pelita. Maklum la, raye ari tu x smpt pasang. Just read my blog on Raya Aidilfitri that day.

Well, it has been a truly relaxing week for me. Bos aku is on her trip to Aussie the past week, and she'll continue to NZ this coming week. Jadi, bermakna bebas la jgk kitorg selama 2 mgu ni. Maybe sbb bos aku bnyk push us to do work that it made us cherish and rejoice on her departure. Kalau la dia tau ni, mau dia balik lempang pipi aku pegi balik. Just hope that she'll never finds out. hehehehe

Well, on Monday she was still around since her flight was on Tuesday. And aku kene finalise grading untuk kelas yang aku tolong gradekan final paper students. Actually grading dh siap Khamis lepas, tapi since aku ader buat silap sikit (biase la, newbie), maka aku terpaksa la bentang balik grade aku so that it'll be approved by the department. Then, mlm tu bleh lak opismate UKM aku ajak g karaoke. Maybe diorg sedih sgt kot bos kitog nk g overseas ni. So they're trying to cheer themselves up in order to hide their true sadness (Hahahahaha.....yeah, right). X sangka lak, si Qlah (So I've mentioned your name k :) ) ni agak impromtu jgk. But for that, aku berjaya drag these people to karaoke til 2am. Hahahahaha, tu la, ajak aku lagi.

Selasa.............the real fun begins. Tapi masuk pun awal jgk. Ntah la, since bgn awal jer everyday, jadi sangap lak bile dh xtau nk buat ape kat umah. Dh la aku ni spesies yg ssh nk tdo. So once I wake up, dh xleh nk tdo balik (unless aku letih tahap nk hibernate). So, just melepak2 jer kat opis, and njoying ourselves to a long lunch and having evening tea at McD PKNS (Ok.....so it was not tea, but ice cream instead). Malam tu lak aku kuar ngan Ribi ngan Z main snooker. Kalah lagi aku......

Rabu lak, masih melepak2 around opis. So, basically mcm Selasa la jgk. Bnyk melepak2 jer. G lunch kat PKNS lagi, tapi kat Cempaka Rimba. Then Qlah g beli stokin tangan to protect her hands mase drive. Maklum la, drive g umah parents dia tu jauh jgk. So, kene la jage tangan kan? Then mlm tu, aku g reunion ngan Ayen kat KLCC. And nyaris2 aku kene balik Pilahdelphia mlm tu. Umah mak aku tetibe trip, and xleh nk tolak main switch kat fuse box. Dh la mak aku ddk sorg2 jer. Mane la aku x risau. Sib baik after 10 mins, dh ade lektik balik. Klo x, mmg aku drive balik kg la mlm tu.

Khamis, hari kitorg mempergunakan sepenuhnya ketiadaan bos di pej. Aku, Faisal n Qlah made a trip to Midval. Ni actually plan aku, nk g round2 since Malaysian Saving Sale dh on the way. Tapi alih2 aku bali Xmas card jer. Si Faisal lak g beli baju. Qlah la yg paling dasat, beli serum and moisturiser and ape lagi tah.... 500+ dia spend. Then, leh nyesal lak. hihihihi. Tapi mane leh nyesal, kan kulit dh makin lembut. (boleh la aku cakap mcm tu, sbb bukan aku yg beli. muahahahahahaha). And kat sane jgk, aku jmp niece aku. Bleh lak dia x jadi tgk wayang. So, sementara dia tgu kawan dia sampai, dia pun round2 la ngan aku. Ngade2 lak nk handfon SE yg mahal2. Cheh, awak tu skolah lagi, tgu dh keje br beli.

Petang tu after balik from Midval, kitorg melepak ngan Seri kat area Bangi. And si Seri cite pasal a website yg dia bkk mlm sebelumnye. Website ni dh berjaye menggerunkan dia sbb dia mcm tau everything there is to know about she and her friends. Tapi xyah la aku nk elaborate kat sini. Kalau nk tau, google jer peteranswer and korang tau la ape yg aku maksudkan. Malam tu lak aku melepak ngan Faisal and Rahman. Rupenye lps dapat tau pasal peteranswer tu, si Faisal g try lak. Aparaa punye makhluk. Siap g tanye Seri kat mane lagi. Pastu g sakat lak hntr msg kat Seri. Terus Seri kate dia nk tdo ngan mummy dia. Ape la penangan yg peter tu dh buat kat sahabat aku ni.

Jumaat lak aku dh mule terase fatigue from my nights out. So, dengan selambe ngan x malunye, aku mintak Qlah login kan utk aku - Satu lagi perkara jahat yg aku buat utk hari ni. After Jumaat br masuk balik, tu pun sbb ade meeting. Kalau xder, mau aku mintak org logout lak utk aku nnt. So, not much to say about that, unless klo berita aku tdo amat menarik minat korg. Petang tu lak aku ajak Jun g dinner, and dia kate dia bg decision nnt. Tapi smpi kul 8 aku xdpt berita pun from dia. Rase2 dia bz kot. And since umah pun dh kosong, and aku telah mencapai tahap sengal yg maksima, maka dengan jayanya aku pun drive la ke kg halaman yg tercinta. Alih2 dekat2 kul 9, Jun sms lak aku tanye nk mkn kat mane. Terpakse la aku apologize and said that I'll make it up another day.

So, that has been my week so far. Ape yg aku buat? Basically, hampir kosong kerja yg aku berjaya laksanakan. Tapi mgu dpn aku xleh nk cuti. Sbb next Wednesday will be the prize giving ceremony for our Maxis competiion. I'm really crossing my fingers that we mght win the grand prize. Ade la extra bonus nnt. hehehehe

Joigin

Picnic at Putrajaya

Di suatu petang Rabu yg dingin dan dilimpahi dengan hujan yang renyai, maka 5 insan x semamangnya xtau nk buat ape pada malam tu (except aku, sbb aku ni kene paksa pegi) memulakan perjalanan ke Putrajaya. Plan asalnya nk cycling kat Taman Botani. Tapi sbb ujan, maka kul 7 br sampai ke sana. Kejadahnye nk berbasikal time tu kan? So, since plan asal dh x jadi, maka pergi la ke Dataran Putra sbb nk makan piza. mmg pelik pun, sbb mkn piza kat sane. Tapi dh nama picnic, xde la pelik sgt kan?

So, dlm kebahangan malam tu yg x berangin, kitorg pun melantak la ape yg ptt. Padahal plan lps tu nk g round2 kat Putrajaya and amik gamba jer. Pelik…….pelik……. tapi nk buat mcm mane. Opis aku ni sumer dipenuhi oleh insan2 yg stress bak kerna oleh ketua jabatan aku yg tersangatlah hyperaktifnya. Maka tahap stress kitorg sentiasa berada di tahap yg optimum - the ever vague line of sanity. Klo la bos aku bace ni, mau aku kene kerat 18 mcm kes Mona Fandey nnt.

So, making it short, ni jer la gambar2 yang berjaya diambil mase trip tu.

4 people, ang a ghost?

My friend, and her pet 'heads'

Bangunan tu ade tulis 'BUAT KERJA'. Tapi apsal la kite x buat keje ek?

Then, after all the wine and dine, make berpecah la kitorg mengikut haluan masing2. Aku? pergi balik ke opis selepas aku mandi and salin baju jap. Bukan ape, next day tu the dateline untuk aku submit grade utk student aku. Maka memandangkan Prof yg mengajar kelas tu membuat satu blunder dalam answer scheme final exam, and makhluk malang ni plak la yg kene jadi tukang menanda paper, maka terbuang beberapa jam aku untuk solve soalan tu. Dh la aku ni bukan from electrical power background. So letih jgk la nk selesaikan soalan tu. Tensen lak aku.

Tapi syukur la, at least dapat la jgk aku settlekan, even though it costed me an entire night (tapi aku tdo la jgk dlm sejam). At least satu batu besar punya suda tarak dalam ini kapla.

But life goes on still…….

Shackles of Norm

Sometimes, change can be good. You would really look forward to it, specifically if it’s for the better. After all, who doesn’t want a better change, right. All for the best……feeling more satisfied……exceeding what you have the day before……and having a better tomorrow than what you are today. Who wouldn’t want that, right?

Me? I like change. I like to to try new things, go see places (if I can afford it), read something new (now that’s lame). It’s just the world has much to offer us. Of course, what we have here is not eternal. But that shouldn’t stop someone and take a moment and gaze upon what this life has to offer.

Wow. Pretty good at making this crap up. Kinda feels like it’s just not me.

Yup. Definitely not me. Owh well, back to reality now.

People have a certain fetish towards something (NOT IN THAT SENSE OF MEANING, YOU PERVERTS!!!!). Let me make it more tactful. Some people at just a sucker at certain things (AGAIN, FOR THOSE PERVERTS, READ ON FIRST, YOU SONS OF A GUN). That other day an office mate of mine just admitted to me that she has a weakness when it comes to handbags. Last Friday she told me that she was down to a few hundreds left till payday. And on Monday, she treated herself to a 2k handbag (which I don’t know what type, cos she didn’t tell me).

My point is, some people, no matter how strong they might be, will have their kryptonite surrounding their circle of power. They may know it, or they might not. But if it’s there, you better watch out, sports fans. My brother too has this huge obsession for body combat. He’s even thinking of getting a trainer’s license for it, which I think is a swell idea. Heck, if you’re gonna do something you like, might as well make some money out of it, huh?

And like most of the 6.7bil people roaming our third Earth (quoting from Thundercats) here, I’m not spared from this disease. Well, it’s better to admit it now than living in a world of denial. Therefore, I’M A HANDPHONOLIC, AND I’M NOT AFRAID TO ADMIT IT. hehehe. Yeah, I just can’t get my hands off the latest in the mobile market. Maybe……I’m not as bad as I think. After all, I’m not making that much money. And as of now, I only have this sickness on an annual basis. But getting an N95 last year, and changing it to a Touch Pro last month can be said to be rather edgy. And the worse news is, I think I’m getting worse. Currently, I browsing around for phones with an 8MP camera. And from what I’ve been through, I might get one in a month or two…….we’ll see. LG Revoir does look kinda nice for now

But that’s not what I intended to blog here. Today I’m gonna let my frustrations out on one of our mobile service providers. Something I wanna write about last week, but couldn’t because I was writing about my accident. In that matter, I’m doing just great on the recovery process.

Earlier this month, I received 2 sms’es from one of my service providers (yes, I have 2 numbers). One is offering me free SMS when I top up, and another offering a 50% credit when I topup. Both of these offers had sparked an interest in this thin hollow shell I call my brain, in which I comply. So, I topup twice in this month…..something I don’t usually do.

But as shitty as they are, the provider (hell, who do you think I am to make the service provider anonymous) did not fulfill their end of the bargain. So, I made a call to Maxis Call Center (see, told you) and lodged complaint of it. The thing that really bugs me is, they didn’t even acknowledge that the free credit offer exists, saying that they don’t have record of that type of offer.

For starters, I had to topup twice in order to get the promotion given (which is fine since I know what I getting into). But not only did I have to curse around to get what’s tightfully mine, but I have to pay in order to get it. I don’t know about Celcom, but I think it sucks that Maxis is charging their prepaid customers to pay in order to get to their support service. I mean, Digi can give it for free, so why can’t they?

That’s is the problem in this country. When a monopoly exists, then that gives them ultimate power as a puppet master, and they can just pull our strings and move us at their will. I mean, look at Streamyx right now. No one can compete them in terms of ADSL provider, so they can suck as much as they want, and no one could do anything about it. I know we have our HSDPA like Celcom and Maxis, but being the hardcore downloader that I am, I can’t simply live on the mobile providers, especially at the quality that they give us at the moment.

I have thought of switching from Maxis over the last year. However, as much as I like change, there’s just some things that I just can’t do. I can change my phone as I pleases (of course, at the mercy of my budget constraint), but I just can’t simple change my number. Maybe it’s the professionalism in me, but changing my numbers is just not in me. When I give out a number, I prefer it that it stays. I don’t need to give it out a couple of time per year, plus I dont’t have to do a lot of business cards. hehehehe. Maybe the norm in me has bind around me so tight, that I just can’t simply break free.

And for that reason, when MNP was released, I couldn’t help myself but cheer on. And for that, for what I have experienced being a Maxis customer for 6 1/2 years, I can say that I can finally be free. And for Maxis, so long and good luck for losing a customer.

Now comes the million dollar question………..where shall I jump to?

Tebabooooooooommmmmmmm

Aku actually dh nyaris2 nk blog pasal ketakpuashatian aku terhadap sesuatu bende. And planningnye aku nk blog smlm. Tp since berlaku sesuatu insiden, terus aku scrap blog tu, and nk cite pasal something else. Lgpun bende yg intially aku nk blog ni pun bleh jer aku nk cite lps2 nih.

So, weekend aku kali ni agak packed la jgk. Few months back, aku ader janji ngan niece aku, nk amik dia utk semester holidays. And since last Friday dia dh abis final exam dia. Maka aku pun plan nk gerak terus on that friday night. Tapi berkat kecerdikan aku yang kdg2 aku rase agak rendah jgk, aku bawak moto pegi keje Jumaat tu. And ptg tu hujan la sampai kul 9.30 mlm. Terrer jgk aku bab planning ni. Time aku nk drive panjang, bleh plak bawak moto g keje.

Maka setelah aku sampai ke umah dlm kul 10, terus la aku bersiap dengan kadar cepatnya dan aku pun berjalan (silap, drive…klo jalan, mgu dpn la br sampai) ke PB. Ape2 hal pun, kene la singgah jmp member2 dlu. And at 2.30am, touch down la aku ke kg aku. Sib baik la ader sahabat yg bernama Wan Dut Dut yg sememangnya perangai mcm kelawar. So, mlm tu aku melepak la ngan dia and crash kat umah dia mlm tu.

Pg soknya, aku pun mula la meronda2 mencari kawan2 yg dh lama aku x jumpe. Tapi maklum la, dh stat cuti skolah, so sumer ader jer hal…..and eventually, by 1.30pm, aku dh xde member nk jmp dh. So, aku pun ubah plan aku. Inatead of going to pick my niece up during the night, ptg tu jgk aku shoot ke Arau utk amik dia. Dn dengan kuasa bulan (chewahhh, mcm Sailormoon lak. Tapi sure huduh yg teramat sgt klo aku pakai skirt nnt), by 1am aku dh sampai pun umah mak bapak dia kat Putrajaya.

Sok tgh harinya aku pun sampai la kat umah utk melepak2 dan memulihkan tenaga aku yg sememangnya dh nk zero pun. Tp x sampai 3 jam, aku dh kuar balik ngan Lan. Bajetnye nk g Mines jap, sbb nk bli thumb drive. Sekali punye la penuh Mines time tu. So aku pun gerak la ke McD serdang and melepak2 kat sana. Dh lepas lepak tu, nk g la ke umah aku jap sblm kitorg g ke Sg Long.

So, kat sini la insiden kitorg berlaku. Aku rase better je korg tgk gambar ni, and tau la korg ttg insiden tu.

Dah la aku duduk sebelah driver

Story dia, kitorg from Serdang, and nk ke Kajang ke SILK. Sekali Lan ni bawak laju jgk. So, terus hilang control kete dia. Mmg mase kete tu nk masuk ke longkang, cuak jgk la aku. Mane x nye, klo la masuk from one corner, mau terbunag kete tu. Xtau la pakcik ko ni nk jadi ape. But thank God both tyres masuk ke longkang at the same time. So, mmg bersyukur la sgt2 that nothing worse had happened.

Kete nmpk jer mcm ok, tapi tgk jer la kat sebelah tayar aku nih.

Kalau la aku jadi tayar ni, mau kene major operation ni

So, in fact, abis rosak sumer plan aku ptg tu. ingatkan after g Sg Long, nk g balik Putrajaya, and kuar mkn ngan member aku. Last2 by the time kitorg settle ngan towing, police report, and g bengkel, dh kul 8 lebih dh pun. Dh la nk hntr Lan g umah dia lg.

But all in all, we’re lucky to walk away without any scratch (tapi not without any pain later that night). And at least kitorg dapat la merase mcm mane perasaannya menjadi kete rally, walaupun untuk beberapa saat. heh heh heh

Ok la folks. Nk cite bnyk pun x gune jgk. Lgpun cite pasal eksiden, bukannya menarik sgt pun. Nnt la next blog aku nnt, aku cite pasal ape yg aku initially nk blog earlier last week.