Satun, Thailand

I went to Satun, Thailand the other day for a business trip. It was my first time being in the country and it only took me about 2 hours plus from Penang, driving.

Going there through Wang Kelian Immigration is totally a different experience for me, far different from Singapore or KLIA or Manila immigration which I am used to. The checkpoint is very narrow, as I think lorries or busses are restricted. The custom also is not as strict as Singapore is. As for that, I didn't spend much time here, which was pleasant I guess.

After the checkpoint, everything was different. The road, the people, the building, their paddy field. How amazing it was, even after metres away, there is a lot of changes between the border. Many of the Thais in Satun can speak Malay, but some of the don't and Muslims are the mojority citizens of Satun. Buddhist temples here are very shining and big, which was amazing and different from what we have here in Malaysia. Is it? Or is it me who is not exposed to what Malaysian Buddhist temples look like? Hehe, sorry sorry...

And as I was very much interested on the economy status of the province, from what I can say is, it is difficult to for us Malaysian to compete with the price here in Satun, as their stuffs and food are very cheap. Besides, the buying power and economy status for most of them are not as strong as Malaysians. So I think, to get our products here is not a really good idea, but to have a collaboration with them would be great, as their manpower and materials are cheap and sourceful, plus with our skills, brand and knowledge, the economy between the the state and the province would be a boost, with the help of good relationship between these 2 governments.

Philippines check. Singapore check. Thailand check... Next please ;-)

The legendary Doraemon.

Remember this guy? Or this robot?

Doraemon is a manga series created by Fujio F. Fujiko. which later became a TV series by Asian Series. Doraemon is a cat robot which travels back in time to his master's ancestor, to change their destiny. The 1st appearance of the series is back in 1969, with 1,344 original series.

Back in 2002, Doraemon was selected as one of the Asian Heroes, listed by TIME magazine

After all this time, Doraemon is still my all time favourite cartoon series and comics.

Even after 41 years, Doraemon is a phenomenal to many, including myself. A true legend indeed.

p.s. Doraemon doesn't have an ending, but this video of comic page is created by a cartoonist which is the most suitable one for a perfect end.

The Best Service.

It has been a while since my last post huh? Quite busy with work and I've been outstationed for some time.

I was in Singapore the past 2 weeks for a task, and during my visit there I past by a competition on waiting service joined by some elite hotels and restaurants which have their waiter or waitress representatives.

It made me realize that waiter is actually a professional job. Well, ok, I do realize it way before that, but this time, it really knocked my head, saying that being a waiter is not that as easy as it seems. They have protocols and serving hospitality services to the customers. It's just that I didn't have the chance to have that kind of service quite often.

You'll never experience it if you eat McD or mamak stalls the whole time, but I think this kind of attitude of providing the best service not only covers well-known hotels or restaurants, but also everywhere. It is difficult to see someone greet you at 7 eleven, with a "Good day sir" or "Please come again", even a smile seems like an expensive treat.

As currently Datuk Ng Yen Yen is doing a great job in promoting Malaysia outside, then I think it is better for us to be prepared to give the best service to our guests. If you are not able to provide a protocol training to your worker, ask them to greet and smile would be enough :-) We are Malaysians after all, a friendly community...

Pakciks, A Day At Teluk Bahang

Yezza! We're back once again!

This time, we went to Teluk Bahang, Penang for a picnic during day time and watched movie (Estet) after dinner. It was considered as Peje's bachelor party as he's getting married in 2 weeks time!

One day in never enough for all the 'pretts', but I'm grateful enough.

Thanks pakciks for an awesome day, I love you guyz, really do ;-)

(Sorry for Haidi and Ierwan for not being able to join... )

Good Enough?

I was waiting for my colleague outside a bank yesterday, and while waiting I was busy with my phone when I realize something was moving at my feet. It was an old woman. And again, I was terribly shock and gave her a little scream before realizing she was just a beggar. How emberassing it was when everyone around was chuckling on that dramatic event. Huh.

So, when a beggar comes to you, what do you do? You give him or her money, or simply ignore them? It depends right? I used to think, I would just give anyway without any deep thought, because it is for good purpose, and the intention of helping someone is good. If the beggar was lying, about his or her identity and make a lot of fortune by begging, then it is between him/her and God.

But then, someone approached me the other day, and tell me, that the money even 1 Ringgit can mean a lot to someone who really deserve it. So, is it only about the good intention, or more to helping change someone's life? Wait, I don't know how to put these in words. What I really meant is, I think we need to know where the money we give goes to, rather than just simply give just because he 'looks' old or ill. It doesn't have to be you, giving straight the money, but there's a lot of channel for you to do so, don't you think so...?

Another 10 Interesting Facts.

1. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath..

2. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!

3. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

4. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

5. People say "Alhamdulillah" or "Bless You" when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

6. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

7. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

8. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

9. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.

10. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Facebook.

Are you below 40 and does not have a Facebook account?

Ok... now, who do you think you are? Tarzan? I bet even Tarzans these days have accounts on Facebook, ok?

Last week in the news, according to a study, the Malaysians are the most sociable, as they have the most friends in social networking website, like Facebook, in average 233 friends. So, guys, if you have below 233 then you are below average, please work harder. And believe it or not, the Malaysians also spend a whopping 9 hours per week on average on these kind of websites! (As some you may not know, Facebook is the official website for the Malaysians, please take note that).

To me networking is one of the most powerful tool these days, the more you know people, the easier your life would be (with a condition you are not that annoying). With many helps from the new and interesting applications created by Facebook, we are tend to get into it for more entertainment and info. News now spread so fast. Even when 'some' people's little minor issues are told to world through it in seconds.

"sedihnya"... Ok, u put this on your status, now the whole world know you're feeling down. And if you're lucky enough, then people would give some attention and comforting, and if not, you're ignored, which will make you even worse. LoL. Photos of you 'tergedik' sana sini pun ada, and let say 10 years from now, maybe you're a minister, or any other important person, the people will have the chance to see how your private life is or was, is it weird to see your minister's photo yang tergedik sana sini? Then if you're not an attention seeker, please don't do that...

Ok, what's the point is, Facebook could be a really good thing. But even if you're the most sociable country, the productivity and the quality of the service is still the most important ones. What's the point of working 8 hours a day, when half of it you're spending it on Facebook?

She got married.

Outside, I was happy and overwhelmed, but deep inside I was sad. That's how I feel during my sisters' weddings. It's like letting them go and lose part of your share in their life. Owh, do I need to grow up for feeling so?

Sarah got married last Friday.

She'd been there as far as I could remember, as we get to know each other back then at 1991, when we were 6.

We were neighbours, I could scream to her only at the window of my bedroom to hers.

She's the hot stuff in school, I was the nerdy one, but she sticked with me no matter what, and from there, I got my recognition.

So we grew up together, and she kept on reminding me that I will always be her best friend no matter what when we left schools and parted our ways to college. But life is not as we planned, we lost our track, and the friendship as well.

But Sarah Nadiah, maybe you were no longer around the past couple of years, and maybe the years to come too, but remember, not even time could erase the 19 years of friendship we shared, and on this special day of yours, I wish you nothing less but the best in your life, dunia dan akhirat, Selamat Pengantin Baru, Sarah & Izaq.

"Izaq, please take good care of her, she's important... she's a sister..."

Opocot Mak Kau Tergolek!!!

Let me introduce to you, this is Li Syaoran. Ok ok... Li Syaoran is too cool to say "opocot mak kau tergolek".

There is one phenomenon among the Malays (not PHD ye), that is called 'melatah'. When they were startled by something that comes without their knowing, they will tend to say something ridiculous which is out of their control. I would say that "Opocot mak kau tergolek" is one of the most polite way to 'melatah', rather than those with bad words or curse. Oh oh! And even worse, those who has the extra actions going on right after that, eg, bersilat. It's hillarious! But dangerous at the same time...

Scientifically, I don't know why this 'melatah' thing happens, and does it weird to know that 'melatah' only happens to the Malays?

Yesterday, I was on my way to the washroom where I found 2 female cleaners inside, and they started to 'melatah' when they found me there, with loud noise. I was terribly shocked as I thought I was in the wrong washroom. 5 minutes past, yet the 2 cleaners were still 'melatah'. Funny, but kesian pon ada... melatah sampai ke sudah...

Sorry kak~!

5 Interesting Facts.

1. Coca-Cola was originally green.

2. The most common name in the world is Muhammad.
3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.

4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Membaca.

Korang tau tak bulan Oktober adalah bulan bahasa kebangsaan? Jadi saya meneruskan usaha saya untuk berbahasa Malaysia.

Untuk makluman semua, sesiapa yang betul-betul kenal saya, saya adalah orang yang suka membaca. Cewah. Dan minta maaf, memang hidup saya agak membosankan dan tak fun. Sekian.

Hari tu saya pergi Amcorp Mall kat KL tu. Bukan Kuala Langat ye, tapi Kuala Lumpur. Ada satu kedai buku ni. Apa yang lain daripada lain adalah, buku-buku kat kedai ni sangat murah gila. Bayangkan buku Twilight yang korang suka dan teruja wow kebam keboom tu cuma boleh dapat bawah RM20 je setiap set. Bukan tu je, dah la murah, buku dia pon berkulit tebal. Ah, excited terlebih pulak. Yer, bagi saya yang boring ni, masuk kedai buku adalah ibarat saya masuk kedai game saga ketika berumur 8 tahun. Harap semua maklum.

Cuma kebanyakkan buku kat sana are not that well known macam kedai-kedai buku lain, but it's very worth it. Eh, terenglish pulak. Tetapi ianya sangatlah berbaloi-baloi. Siapa yang suka membaca, cuba la melawat kedai tu, siapa yang tak suke, cube la suke.

Ok.

Orang Asli.

Okay, hari ini adalah hari berbahasa Malaysia. Bahasa Malaysia ye semua, bukan lagi Bahasa Melayu.

Minggu lepas saya pergi perkampungan orang asli kat Royal Belum. Sebenarnye ni semua last minute call, tapi tak apa la, 1st time nak masuk Kg Orang Asli, usually lalu kat sebelah gitu-gitu je kat Tapah, tak pernah masuk. Nak ke sana dari Ipoh ambek masa around 2.5 hingga 3 jam jugak lah. Then kena naik bot lagi 1 jam. Sampai ke seberang Royal Belum tu, kena naik 4 wheel drive lagi dalam setengah jam hingga 40 minit pasal jalan dia bukan tar, jalan merah je.

Tempat ni memang typical kampung orang asli. Rumah-rumah diorang macam nipah hut lagi, susah nak jumpa rumah batu. Elektrik pon tak ada, guna generator je, tapi apa yang meng'gempak'kan adalah ada antara mereka yang ada astro. Rumah sewa saya pun tak ada astro ye, harap maklum... (Terbayang-bayang orang asli tengok ESPN ke, E! dengan MTV... owh). Line telefon pon tak ada lagi, tapi banyak remaja kat sana dah ada handphone, tatau apa motif...

Kebanyakkan orang asli adalah berkulit hitam-hitam manis dan berambut kerinting. Tapi sekarang ada jugak yang berambut lurus, tak pasti kat dalam kampung tu ada perkhidmatan merebonding rambut ke tak, setahu saya tak. Err..

Ok, tapi apa pun, kalau ada kelapangan, datang lah melawat. Kat sini tak ada One Utama ke, Jusco ke, Bowling Plaza ke... Pasal kat sini isu 'kebendaan' ataupun materialistic tu tak wujud. Semua atas apa yang sedia ada, kalau tak ada, tak apa. Tak ada apa-apa yang hendak ditunjuk-tunjuk. Jadi, saya anggap itu sebagai satu kehidupan yang masih suci, suci dari segala kebendaan dan kekayaan, yang sebenarnye punca segala kejahatan. Ewah, tibe-tibe pulak keluar perkataan tu. Tak apa, macam sedap...

Sekian.

Exit to Ipoh.

For those who didn't know, now there is only one exit to Ipoh when you're using PLUS highway. If you ever miss it, then you have to go to Kuala Kangsar which is about 30km from Ipoh for a U-turn. That is if you're from the south. If you're from the north, then the U-turn you can take which is the nearest is at Simpang Pulai.

Those from the south, PLUS has already placed LOTS of sign board for the one and only exit, and the font is really THAT big (refer to the photo above), and they have it for every minute of driving after Gopeng before reaching Ipoh.

But sometimes your mind just slipped away at that time, and somehow you miss the exit. Like I did previously, with Nine (Nine, kalau aku dengan ko asek2 sesat je kan). Seriously, Kuala Kangsar is really far for a u-turn. Why don't PLUS put another exit in between? Maybe at Jelapang? Even Taiping has 2 exits...

1st class.

RM59.7 juta pinjaman PTPTN jadi biasiswa

2010/10/01

KUALA LUMPUR: Sejumlah RM59.7 juta pinjaman Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) ditukarkan kepada biasiswa sebagai pelepasan kepada 2,162 pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) dan swasta (IPTS) yang memperoleh ijazah kelas pertama, tahun ini.

Pelaksanaan dasar baru itu selaras pengumuman Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, dalam pembentangan Bajet 2010 tahun lalu bahawa kerajaan akan menukarkan pinjaman PTPTN kepada biasiswa bagi pelajar yang memperoleh ijazah sarjana muda kelas pertama atau setaraf bermula tahun ini.

This was taken from Berita Harian, today, October 1st. Well, this is good news isn't it? But have you wonder what does 1st class honor even means? If you ask my uni friends, they would tell that this is not fair.

There are two types of university we have here in Malaysia, the high end and low end university. Let me get this straight first, this has nothing to do with the ranking or the level of any institutes, it's just the different approach taken by them. For example, the learning process in the high end universities are focusing more on theories and research while the low end universities, have more experties on the application and the technical areas.

Therefore, the distribution of marks are different. What they have in the high end universities, 80%~90% marks are relying at their final exams as they are all written test, while the rest comes from the tutorial, or any projects in between the semester. On the other hand, the low end universities have a balance mark distribution, maybe 50~60% marks for the final and the rest comes from their project or tutorial.

So it's different, totally different... Correct me if I'm wrong, but from my experience, I don't think the students have much problem in scoring the projects as some of them are done in group, and the marks are really subjective.

Anyway, there's no need to argue much. Either way, it's not as easy as it seems. So, congratulations, anda bebas daripada PTPTN. Hehe~

If Only.

I wanted to post something on why every commercial radio frequencies are different between all states, but I still can't figure it out and didn't fine any answers.

So let's jump to the other one.

Do you recognize these words: If only...

If only I was the Superman, I will rule the world instead of being a journalist...

If only I was Edward Cullen, I will make Bella a vampire at the 1st movie instead of the last...

If only I was a rock star, Kristen Dunst would have been married to me last year...

Ok, that is not the point...

If only I went to MRSM during my school days, I might be doing very well and better in my SPM but I will never had my ACS Clan experience...

If only I accepted the offer from JPA, I would end up studying oversea but I will never met those Pakciks...

If only I continued my post graduate studies, I will have my Master today but I will never had the chance to be an engineer...

and if only I could turn back time...

See, these words are evil. They made you think and regret. To me, whatever happens leads from whatever decisions I've made, we shall never regret because everything is already written as Qada' and Qadar. The only we can do is to learn from the mistakes, because they made me the person who I am today.

p.s. gambar atas tu hanya perhiasan semata-mata, saya suka gadis tu tapi dia bukan girlfriend saya ye, dan laki tu bukan saya, saya lebih handsome.

Why Girls Should Marry an Engineer?

Why you should marry an Engineer Let me tell you why girls should eventually marry an engineer over a Law, Management, Arts or Medical School Graduate. He has three distinct advantages over the rest of the graduates.

Advantage 1: Secure lifestyle
An engineer boyfriend can provide you with a secure lifestyle. At 27 years old, an engineer probably has a respectable, stable job that gives him a high income to own a car, invest, have a comfortable life, and get married and buy a house too.

Law graduates are still working as a lowly apprentice in law firm.

Most management graduates have just failed on their first business plan.

The arts graduate is still looking for a job.

And the medical school graduate is still living in a hospital.

Advantage 2: Unmatchable industriousness
An engineer boyfriend will dedicate an unimaginable amount of his time and effort to understand you. Engineers strain really really hard to understand their work. You can believe that they will try really really hard to understand women too, just like how they understand their work, once they believe that you are the one. So even if they don't understand you initially, they will keep on trying. Even if they still do not understand, they will figure out the correct method to keep you happy (e.g. buy diamond ring = 1 week's worth of happiness.) And once they find out the secret formula, they will just keep on repeating it so that the desired results appear.

Unlike the Lawyer who will argue with you.

The Management graduate who will try to control your spending, The Arts graduate who will 'change major'.

And the medical school graduate who will operate on you.

And you know what, it's really so easy to make engineer s believe that You are the 'one'. Say that you like one of their project and they will be hooked to you forever.

Advantage 3: An engineer boyfriend will never betray your trust.

Let me first tell you what is wrong with the rest of the others - The lawyers will lie about everything.

Management graduates will cheat your money.

The arts graduate will flirt, and you probably just look like another cadaver to the medical school graduate.

Your engineer boyfriend is either too busy to have an affair, and even if he does, he is too dumb to lie to you about that. Hence, an engineer is the most secure boyfriend that you will ever find - rich enough, will keep on trying to understand and please you, has no time for affairs, and too dumb to lie to you. plus they r cooler than the others (^^)v

Just so you know, I was an engineer, and once you're an engineer, you're forever one. :p Ok, this is just for fun, don't get mad k...

16 September

It was 16 September, and Alhamdulillah, thank you God that I've turned 25.

Whatever you may call, quarter of century, a silver jubilee of what so ever, I would like to thank everyone for all the birthday wishes.

They made my whole day! (^^)

To me, being 25 means you're no longer a teenager, and now you're a man! I feel a little bit old here right now, and a bit pressure as well. Everyone is asking about marriage. Yeah, I can see myself, with wife and kids. Fetching the little ones from school, go out shopping with the lady, waking up late at night to feed the babies, go back home to the in laws... It's a life that I've been thinking about, and that is the main purpose of me switching my previous job to this current one. But as much as I want that, I guess it is important for you to realize that you have the right person to be with. It's not about 2 years, 5 years or maybe 10 years, we're talking about the rest of your life.

So give me some time...

The other world.

I went to the other world, the other night.

It was a short trip, but I felt that it was too long and wished it was over very soon.

They looked like us. They dressed like us.

But they were full of anger and hatred. I thought we're now living in a cruel world, yet they are far worse. Please don't make me go there ever again...

Salam Eid Mubarak.

Tomorrow we will be celebrating Eid Mubarak, or Eid ul fitr, a celebration which symbolizes the purification after completing the fasting month of Ramadhan.

In Malaysia, most of us are having a long holidays, each going back to their hometown to gather with the rest of the family.

And here I am, still in the office, a day before Eid. I'm not feeling that well for 2 days already, and I'm hoping that I will get better today as I'll be meeting with my niece and nephews tomorrow and I really don't want them to be infected.

"Ah, memang ada sifat kebapaan kan.. haha"

So I would like to wish everyone

"Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin"

and Happy holidays!

Feeling miserable.

Well, I was expecting the bad news even deep inside my heart was hoping otherwise.

Maybe God has another plan for me.

Now back to square one, my heart is empty.

I don't know where did I screwed up, but... it's a feeling which you have no control of.

So now, 2 days before Eid, I'm feeling a bit miserable.

Maybe I need a way out, or maybe in. And you showed me the way... So thank you for that.

But hey, I guess I'm a good guy, I'm that handsome as Leonardo Dicaprio... I shall be alright.

Don't worry... ;-)

Merah vs Biru

Memdangkan saya telah pun bertukar kerja, terpaksa lah saya menyusun-atur semula perihal kewangan. Gaji dah tak macam dulu, terpaksalah, nanti takut-takut tak sempat saya nak meminang anak tok kampong tahun depan.

Bende yang pertama saya buat adalah menukar network jalur lebar dan telefon bimbit. Sebelum ni, semua yang saya guna adalah warna merah. Merah menyala, begitu lah juga mata saya ketika membayar bil setiap akhir bulan... merah berair-air. Kebiasaannya hampir mencecah RM300. Saya ni bukan lah suka bergayut pun, tapi sampai macam tu sekali, tak ke haru. Jadi saya bertukar ke warna biru. Owh, takde la muka saya jadi biru lepas tu untuk bayar bil, masih coklat... Syukur bil telefon bimbit kini paling tinggi pun hanya mencecah RM60. Jalur lebar pun saya tukar. Bila fikir-fikir, ada jalur lebar boleh ada speed sampai 1MB pun tak ada lah bagus sangat pun, rumah saya bukan lah tepi pencawang, jadi kelajuannya lebih kurang yang 500kb. Jadi lebih baik guna yang lebih rendah kelajuannya, lebih murah, lebih kurang je pun speed dia. Tiap-tiap bulan pun cuma bayar RM68 fix aje. Jadi jumlah sekarang cuma bayar RM118 maximum je untuk network telefon dan jalur lebar.

Jadi boleh la baki RM200 yang tiap-tiap bulan guna disimpan untuk masuk meminang ;-)

Pengajaran post ini, janganlah terpedaya sangat dengan nilai-nilai nombor di atas papan iklan. Sendiri cuba sendiri tahu.

Warna apa pun network tu, masing-masing ada kelebihan sendiri... Tepuk dada, tanya selera...

(hebatkan Bahasa Melayu saya)

A great friend.

I would like to dedicate this post to a special friend, whom I met during my days with Toshiba Electronics Malaysia.

He's a bit childish, but this guy taught me a lot even with 2 years of friendship.

We were in the same department, the same group and we helped each other out most of the time even some of the task is not even related to me or to him.

The best part is that we 'solat berjemaah' usually together at Zohor, as right after that we'll be 'lepaking' or hang out for a moment, taking some time from the chaos at work, and had our man to man talk. So this guy always made me think from other view about life. And by knowing him, I started to change my point of view at most of importants concept of life that I had in my mind for past years.

And during my every ups and downs, he's always by my side, keeping me straight all the time.

So whatever may come, we're gonna be friends, friends for life...

Change.

You know, I'm afraid of changes.

I'm this kind of guy who is extremely loyal to anything especially when I believed that I was already in my comfort zone.

Changes are depressing. I need to get to know new people, I have to learn new things... It's like you're thrown into the jungle alone. Which one the the right track? Who is the right person to trust and talk to? Where is the safe place to hide? And all sorts of things...~

Why do I have to start all over again when I know I had a good life previously... It's like leaving the world's paradise to seek a better life out there which is, for now... unknown the existance.

But somehow deep inside me believe these changes are necessary. Sacrifices need to be done.

p.s. It's not for 'what', but for 'whom' you did this for...

Salam Ramadan.

(1) There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Raiyan, and those who observe fasts will enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be said, 'Where are those who used to observe fasts?' They will get up, and none except them will enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it (Sahih Bukhari)

(2)When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained (Sahih Bukhari)

(3)Allah said, 'All the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except fasting which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.' Fasting is a shield or protection (from the fire and from committing sins)(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith e Qudsi)

(4)Whoever prayed at night in it the month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven (Sahih Bukhari)

(5)Whoever fasted the month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith (i.e. belief) and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his past sins will be forgiven (Sahih Bukhari)

(6)By Him in Whose Hands my soul is' the unpleasant smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk (Sahih Bukhari)

(7)Every good action is rewarded by ten times its kind, up to seven hundred times, except fasting, which is for Me, and I reward it (Mawtta Imam Malik)

(8)Every servant of Allah who observes fast for a day in the way of Allah, Allah would remove, because of this day, his face farther from the Fire (of Hell) to the extent of seventy years' distance (Sahih Muslim)

(9)Abu Umaama (RA) said: “O Messenger of Allah, command me to a deed that will benefit me in front of Allaah”. The Prophet (SAW) said: “Observe the fast as it has no equal deed”.(Sunan Nasai, Classified as Sahih by Allama Albani)

(10)Five (daily) prayers and from one Friday prayer to the (next) Friday prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals) provided one shuns the major sins. (Sahih Muslim)

(11)There are two pleasures for the fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his fasting (Sahih Bukhari)

(12)There are three people whose supplications are not rejected: Father, the person who is fasting and a traveler (Al-Saheeha by Albani)

(13)The fast and the Qur'an are two intercessors for the servant of Allah on the Day of Resurrection. The fast will say: 'O Lord, I prevented him from his food and desires during the day. Let me intercede for him.' The Qur'an will say: 'I prevented him from sleeping at night. Let me intercede for him.' And their intercession will be accepted(Ma sna d Ahmed, Bayhqi, Allama Albani classified it as Sahih)

(14)When the Prophet returned after performing his Hajj, he asked Um Sinan Al-Ansari, "What did forbid you to perform Hajj?" She replied, "Father of so-and-so (i.e. her husband) had two camels and he performed Hajj on one of them, and the second is used for the irrigation of our land." The Prophet said (to her), "Perform 'Umra in the month of Ramadan, (as it is equivalent to Hajj or Hajj with me (in reward)”(B ukha ri )

I'm weird.

Have you watched Toy Story 3? To me, it's one of the best movie so far.

For those who haven't watch, here's a little bit spoiler. Remember the scene when Andy decided to give up Woody? Sedih kan...?

So here's the story, I moved back to Perak at my parents' home last 2 weeks. (For those who didn't know, now I'm working in Ipoh). I have a history of collapsing my wardrobe, so I decided to give up half of my clothes and donate them.

"Depressing..."

It's not easy to give up the cloth of yours which had been the loyal witness to your teenage life, even some of them were funny looking which I can't imagine myself wearing them.

You see, I like clothes. I like the good feeling of myself, thinking that I was looking OK... ok ok, not OK, but sangat handsome even when I'm not. It's called self-confidence and self-esteem. Haha. I even would have a very hard, bad hair day if I realize soon after that my shirt does not match with my pants.

Oh, I'm weird... ala, who is not?

Sekarang rasa kemas sikit... Saja tunjuk baju, sapa nak bagi hadiah baju boleh la tau saya tak ada warna apa lagi. haha.

Your personality.

Tiap-tiap hari pun update blog kan, nampak sangat la tak ada keje kan.

I'm currently in Ipoh right now, new work, new life, new place.

Now I'm in the middle of everyone.

1 hour to my parents'.

2.5 hours to KL.

2 hours to Penang.

Hope everything will be just fine ;-)

Be kind.

As written.

This is one of the last picture of me at Toshiba.

Being there taught me that there is nothing to lose by being nice to other people.

I miss TEM already...

Good drivers, Bad Habbits

Lately I've been using the road for quite some time, back and forth to Ipoh from Sri Manjung and I started to remember what does it take for me to get mad, heavy & SLOW, I mean real SLOWWWWW vehicles especially lorries using the right lane without any intentions to go left.

"Cmon, malas lah nak flash-flash kan. Kang cucuk-cucuk, kalau langgar keter aku jugak yang kemik... meleleh pulak air mata"

I hate slowliness.

Hopefully I will never apply it at my new work place...

Another farewell...

I can't tell you how difficult it is to describe how sad I am to be leaving.

When I got here so many years ago, I would never have realised how connected I would be to such a warm community of people. Many times I have been humbled by the kindness of your hearts...

You’ve helped me through some difficult times, and shared the joyous times in yours. Some people judge their lives on what they do, others on who they are. I want my life judged on the friends I keep, and how enriched I am from just knowing you.

To see you here in front of me, the last time all together, is a picture I will treasure for a very long time.

So... until the next time we gather, my very dear friends, farewell for now.

Rachel Corrie

We heard the name of 'Rachel Corrie', three weeks previously during the attack of terrorist (Israel) against the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla, 2 ships were involved, Mavi Marmara and Rachel Corrie.

Who is Rachel Corrie?

Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). She was crushed to death in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) bulldozer when she was kneeling in front of a local Palestinian's home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent IDF forces from demolishing the home. The IDF has claimed that the death was due to the restricted angle of view of the IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer driver, while ISM eyewitnesses said "there was nothing to obscure the driver's view." A student at the Evergreen State College, she had taken a year off and traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada.

An individual giving the name Richard, who stated that he witnessed Corrie's death, as recorded by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz:

There's no way he didn't see her, since she was practically looking into the cabin. At one stage, he turned around toward the building. The bulldozer kept moving, and she slipped and fell off the plow. But the bulldozer kept moving, the shovel above her. I guess it was about 10 or 15 meters that it dragged her and for some reason didn't stop. We shouted like crazy to the driver through loudspeakers that he should stop, but he just kept going and didn't lift the shovel. Then it stopped and backed up. We ran to Rachel. She was still breathing.

Source: Wikipedia

Ok, back to what had happened last month,

It's funny, last month we were so mad & furious on what happened to Mavi Marmara and Rachel Corrie's trip to Gaza. But a few days after, without any actions taken against the terrorist, we forget.

We're now cheering for our favourite team for World Cup! Even makcik kat kilang too was talking about Brazil!

Go Germany, go Spain... Wait, Rachel Corrie? Rachel who?

Thankful?

This is hillarious, but I'm not against the government on the "so called" low income. I think if those people go and visit some other third world contries, I bet they would be thankful that they are actually Malaysian...

The government's new target is to have a higher income citizen, in years to come by setting a minimum wage limit. Maybe this would take some time, but it's a good start huh? Ok, at the moment the salary rate is around $7000/year, average for a Malaysian, and in 10 years to come, the target is to increase the rate to $15000.

But this wouldn't be possible, if at this current point, 80% of us are working only with SPM certificate. This mean that we cannot 'lengang kaki' and wait for a bunch of durians to fall onto our heads, then scream like we deserve a higher income, and a better life... So when you get the opportunity to study, grab them even with PTPTN, which we all complained and accused it as PTPTipu. For additional record, I don't think we can easily find a third world country like we have here, that most of the students in higher institute or university could get a loan from the government to further their study.

Ah, so what... after all we are all Malaysians. Why bother?

Next time, we go and get a government that will support our life, our family 100% and we can lepak at home happily ever after...

My Bestfriend Got Married!

My bestfriend, Nazul Iqwan got married!

7hb nikah, 8hb kenduri at the bride's home, and the next day is at Nazul's.

And I'm the best man! ;-)

Life before ...

Lately asyik teringat mati. Tak tahu kenapa...

Tapi orang selalu cakap, "Hish, jangan fikir bukan-bukan". Tapi hakikatnya, bila kita ingat mati, kita insaf, fikir apa kita buat kat dunia ni cukup tak untuk akhirat nanti...

Ingat 5 perkara, sebelum datang 5 perkara.

1) Sihat sebelum sakit

2) Muda sebelum tua

3) Kaya sebelum miskin

4) Lapang sebelum sempit

5) Hidup sebelum mati

So lagi satu, nak share one article I received kat office yesterday. I don't know how accurate the article is... but... baca je lah.

Pakciks, together once again.

Once again, we are back!

Nazul & Nizam are getting married, so we decided to gather once again as 10 piece of bachelors for the last time. Kechik couldn't make it this time.

On April 17th 2010,

We went to Sedim, Kedah for our 'activity wajib' which is bermandi-manda sambil bersuka-ria. After 6 years, what I realized is that... we never changed.

"Masih sengal seperti dulu semuanya..."

We stay there till somewhere around 3pm before we went to a lake, lake ke tah? Entah la... Just to take photos. Then, lepak at Peje's home, beli makan-makan sikit kat pasar malam before having our dinner at 'Route 69' sambil menonton bola sepak MU vs MCity, dan juga mendengar orang berceritakan tentang MLM di meja belakang. Huh~

Activity malam... After having a long break (2 years) without any big gathering like this, just for the fans, we did a private concert! Karaoke di Sunway! Sangatlah happening (^^)... And as predicted, Nine lah yang menang tanpa bertanding, he's our Ibnor Reza after all... Then, tengok bola lagi, Chelsea dititik. Hehe...

I went back to KL the next day, with Nazul, Haidi & Amir. It was so damn exhausting... but definitely a time to be remembered...

"Remember the time when you're little, you feel so scared being somewhere outside, around so many strangers, but the moment your father take your hand and guide you... you feel safe. It feels the same when I'm around these pakciks. Whenever something comes my way, I'll always look at them and think everything is going to be alright..."

It's good to be 'me' once again...

Good guy can survive.

I am a big fan of survivor.

However, when the Malaysian TV stop airing the show, I was somehow lost and depend on Youtube to watch it.

Survivor is a sosial adventurous game where alliances and trust matter. Backstabbing, lying is the major part of the game, and to be blindsided by your own alliances is not a rare thing.

So I was watching season 18 survivor in Tocantins, which actually aired last year. The winner was this guy, James Thomas, a farmer of my age, from country. What is so interesting about this season actually... the good guy wins! Not only he wins the title of soul survivor, he wins the favourite survivor as well voted by the audience, plus he gets all the votes from the jury, and throughout the whole episodes, he never got any single vote from the others. Cool eh?

So now, I do believe that good guys still can live and survive in this world, and you don't need to do any harsh or bad things to get your goals. He's definitely my fovourite survivor, along with Parvatti (Fans vs Favourite winner) and Boston Rob (All Stars runner up)... -> the bad ones ;-)

New Year Incident.

1st time pergi Ice Skating...

I went back to Perak on New Year for a 3 days break, which is not my initial plan.

I was thinking of working the whole weekend, to replace and to complete the unsettled business at work after a long holidays, but both my sisters and brother were home, so... work... what the heck? Being with family is still the best thing ever.

And on Monday, I drove back to Selangor.

Singgah kejap kat Ulu Bernam RnR untuk melabur saham (kencing je), and planned to buy a TnG card after losing my 2nd card in 1 year, which right after that I realized my wallet was gone. Oh, biasa la kan wallet hilang? Saya memang suka letak merata-rata.

Carik dalam kereta... tak jumpa. Hurm.

Telefon mama mintak carikkan kat rumah... tak ada jugak. Hurm.

Telefon baba, and then uncle Roslin go and check kat Petronas which I singgah before pushing off, pun tak ada... Hurm.

Tiba-tiba rasa risau. Owh, mungkin kali ni bukan letak merata-rata, hilang lah kot kali ni.

Ok, pasrah. Macam tak ada mood nak bersedih-sedih, bermanja lara ketika mood yang kecewa macam post di bawah. Buat cool aje.

Macam mana tah nak bayar tol ni? Korek poket seluar... ada 20sen. Hurm, cukup tak nak bayar tol dari Bidor sampai Klang dengan 20sen? Mestilah tak membantu kan, so terlintas laa pikiran untuk meminta pertolongan. The first people yang popped into my mind: Raimi, Rifqah, Ohm. Rifqah keje Damansara je, mungkin dapat membantu, pasal setau saya keje dia dekat je dengan NKVE. And thank you very much, without any delay, dia datang bawak duit... wahhh, tiba-tiba rasa kaya! Excited... Thanks Rif. Time susah ni baru kita sedar ada jugak orang ambik berat kat kita. :-)

Leceh gila tak ada wallet, nak pegi buat kad bank, kene ada IC. Nak pegi buat IC kat Putrajaya, tak cukup duit pulak nak isi minyak. Selongkar semua baju dan seluar, korek-korek dalam poket dengan harapan terjumpa duit baki-baki, tapi gagal. Terpaksa laa menagih ikhsan rakan-rakan untuk menaja kehidupan saya seminggu ni.

Daus juga, yang bawa saya jalan-jalan ke Ikea, Sunway dan pergi Ice Skating buat kali pertamanya. Hip hip... hurray. Ah, jalan mengalahkan time masa ada duit... Terima kasih semua, terharu pulak.

Then ada orang call, dia kata dia dah jumpa wallet saya kat RnR Ulu Bernam. Ho yeah, Alhamdulillah and I met him (Ewan nama dia, he's from Bandung) at Tanjung Malim with Daus. Thank you, kad-kad semua ada. Wah, makan besar laa kita hari nih! (Jerit dalam hati) dan terus pegi ATM lepas tu... nak shopping sakan nihhhhh! Cucuk kad dalam atm dengan hati gembira berbunga-bunga sambil belon dilepaskan ke langit dan mulut tersenyum lebar... dan tiba-tiba di skrin monitor ATM tulis error... Kad ATM kene block...!@!@#$@#%$$

Pusing kepala, tengok Daus...

"Daus, pinjam duit..."

My last goodbye.

"Benar kumencintaimu

Tapi tak begini

Kau khianati hati ini

Kau curangi aku"

Dalam ofis dengar lagu ni ulang-ulang, sambil membayangkan diri berjalan dengan slow motion sambil jaket ditiup angin ala-ala dalam video clip. Mata sayu habis, macam nak nangis tapi masih control macho sambil mulut terkumat kamit menyanyikan lirik lagu ni.

Sedih, down, kecewa, geram, marah... Dah tatau nak rasa apa pun.

Kekadang bila nak lupakan orang yang buat kita sedih ni, kita cuba membenci dia.

"The hate is the only way to forget"

Mulut: Kau ingat kau lawa sangat ke sampai aku syok kat kau??

Hati: You represent beauty.

Mulut: Boleh blah!

Hati: I want you back...

Mulut: You're my biggest mistake.

Hati: The best part of me is always you...

Mulut: I hate you...!

Hati: I... you.

Arh, sudah la. Jangan sedih-sedih. Mari dengar lagu Pink...

"So what, I'm still a rock star,

I got my rock move

And I need you~

Guess what? I'm having more fun..."

p.s. I love you, but I have to let you go...

2010, here she comes.

Owh, I'm back from Philippines after a 12 days trip!

But I'm going to tell all about it later at next post.
At this moment, I just want to wish everyone a

Happy New Year!

2010!

I'm going to be 25 this year. Damn...

Jubli Perak.

p.s I'll keep my new year resolutions to myself ;-) I hope you have a good one too.