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Not too late to wish Happy Aidiladha and Merry Christmas to all.

I'm back from system installation since last Thursday. Just that I'm currently in no mood for blogging. Furthermore, I don't have any issue to talk about and no one reads this blog anyway. Feels like a moronic, attention-seeking bastard to advertise this blog hoping for people to come and give shitloads of comments in it. Would be even better if no one knows about this blog actually, that way I can write whatever I want condemn whomever I wish and rant about any issue/problem I'm facing without having to think about other's feeling. Which is why nowadays I talk to my fish quite frequent, as it doesn't even understand what I'm talking. Or it understand, just it can't reply back. In serious need to find a pet. Tortoises might be good. They're slow, so they won't go anywhere far. Yeah, maybe I'll buy a pair of tortoises and tell them my problems till they die of boredom.

In serious need for a long vacation. Might be spending some time in PD or Pangkor..

Weekend

Hello stfu,

We at Utopia Temple would like to wish you a happy birthday today!

Visit us at our forums here:
http://forums.utopiatemple.com


Thanks,

The Utopia Temple Team

Thanks Utopia Temple. You guys never fail to wish me for my birthday since the past 4 years.


Yeah, my birthday is lonely as usual. Sad..

Off! (Again)

I'm officially off from any civilization starting from tonight (30/11/2007) until don't-know-when. System installation is commencing and I can't afford to have people distracting me with their unimportant problems. That means I won't be responding to any calls, SMSes, e-mails or any forms of communication (even smoke signal) unless deemed important or urgent.

As usual, to my Izma, thanks for being you. Next week, okay.


Pulling the network cable.... Now!!

A Dawn in KL

nearby a mamak stall famously known as Concorde 5 by my colleagues..

k-mie: (face looks familiar, is it Sayut?)
Sayut: (offered hand for handshake)
k-mie: Oit, ko buat apa kat sini? (fuck, Sayut becomes fatter until I can't recognize already)
Sayut: Bini aku dok sini (pointing to Concorde Hotel)
k-mie: Dok sini? Yang kursus INSTEP tu ke? (when the Hell Sayut becomes fat like this?? I also can't recognize worr..)
Sayut: A'ah, kursus tu la. Aku tumpang bilik la kiranya. Ko buat apa pulak kat sini?
k-mie: Aku dok buat system kat sini la. Hari-hari ada kat sini, tapi tak tido sini la. Nanti-nanti baru tido sini.
Sayut: Aaa ok. Nanti boleh jumpa la.
k-mie: Boleh boleh. Ok ah, aku nak makan jap.

Sayut, I will go and find your room number wahahahaha.

k-mie At Home

Cara-cara untuk menyediakan telur dadar dan nugget ayam goreng (oleh Chef k-mie - Executive Sous Chef diri sendiri)

Telur Dadar

1. Carik seulas bawang merah (bawang merah ni kecik je, yang besar tu dipanggil bawang besar). Amik yang kecik dah la, dalam 1cm lebar & 1.5cm tinggi. Potong dua-dua belah bawang ni (buang akar & kepala, learnt the hard way bawang tu kena buang akar dia) & buang kulit dia sekali. Kalau berselera, makan la sekali kulit-kulit tu. Potong bawang ni kepada 2, pastu dari 2 bahagian ni hiris kecik-kecik. Tapi kalau nak potong dadu ke, nak campak seketul camtu je ke, boleh jugak. Masukkan dalam satu bekas yang agak-agak muat untuk 2 bijik telur. Settle bab bawang.
2. Carik pulak cili merah (panjang lebih kurang 4cm), buang tangkai dia (atau takyah buang, kalau lalu makan). Basuh cili ni dan hiris dalam ketebalan lebih kurang 2-3mm. Masukkan jugak dalam bekas bawang tadi tu.
3. Amik telur 2 bijik, pecahkan dan masuk dalam bekas cili & bawang tadi tu. Amik sesudu kecik garam, masukkan dalam telur tadi. Kacau telur tadi sampai semua tu sebati.
4. Amik kuali, letak minyak masak dalam 3 sudu besar dan panaskan sampai kuar asap. Sile bukak tingkap, sebab asap dia nanti banyak. Kalau rumah ada smoke alarm, sila offkan dulu untuk mengelakkan jiran anda memanggil bomba. Step ni boleh dibuat sebelum potong bawang & cili tadi, tapi sebab yang memasak ni newbie maka dia tak terpikir bahawa minyak ni boleh dipanaskan sementara potong bawang & cili (mengakibatkan pembaziran masa sebanyak 3 minit).
5. Bila asap dah keluar, kecikkan api dapur ke level paling kecik sekali (baby api la kiranya). Pastu tuangkan campuran telur tadi ke dalam kuali, buat supaya telur tu sebulat yang boleh. Pastu biar jek, gi basuh pisau & bekas yang digunakan tadi dulu. Lepas siap basuh sumer tu, balikkan telur tu untuk bagi belah lagi satu tu masak jugak. Lepas 9-10 minit, boleh angkat telur tu dah. Indication untuk mengetahui telur tu dah siap, bila nampak telur tu ada tanda-tanda hangit sket.

Nugget Ayam

• Letak minyak masak dalam 10 sudu, kalau nak agak-agak kiranya nugget ayam tu 3/4 terendam dalam minyak. Panaskan minyak tadi (refer step membuat telur untuk mengetahui minyak dah panas). Bila dah panas, kecikkan api (refer atas) dan masukkan nugget ayam sebanyak yang perut muat. Amaran: minyak akan meletup-letup sebab nugget tu baru kuar dari freezer & masih ada ais. Air + minyak yang panas = letupan. So sila bersedia dengan perlindungan diri seperti gas mask, body armour dan helmet. Bila nampak nugget dah berwarna keemasan, dah boleh angkat la tu kiranya.

Sensitivity

A young man moved into a new apartment on his own, and went to the lobby to put his name on his mailbox. While there, an attractive young lady came out of the apartment next to the mailboxes wearing a robe.

The boy smiled at the young woman and she started a conversation with him.

As they talked, her robe slipped open, and it was obvious that she had nothing else on. The poor kid broke into a sweat trying to maintain eye contact. After a few minutes, she placed her hand on his arm and said, "Let's go to my apartment, I hear someone coming."

He followed her into her apartment; she closed the door and leaned against it, allowing her robe to fall off completely. Now nude, she purred at him, "What would you say is my best feature?" Flustered and embarrassed, he finally squeaked, "It's got to be your ears!"

Astounded, and a little hurt she asked, "My ears? Look at these breasts; they are full and 100% natural! I work out every day! My butt is firm and solid! Look at my skin - no blemishes anywhere! How can you think that the best part of my body is my ears?"

Clearing his throat, he stammered, "Outside, when you said you heard someone coming? That was me."

Oh dear God..

Rojak Buah Satu, Siap!

There is the kind of weekend where you have the chance to rest, but you blow it off. Happened to me this weekend.

I reached home from work at about 2:30am Saturday morning, and instead of going straight to sleep I decided to spend the whole night SMS-ing (is there such a word?) with Izma until morning. So there I was, sleeping at 6am Saturday and woke up at 2pm. So there, morning already wasted with me not having my breakfast. I planned to look at my codes that evening, but with me being a super procrastinator any weekend time there goes my laptop untouched (oh, did I tell you my company give me a laptop now hehehe..).

Sunday morning, went to Midvalley with my baby brother who is not so baby anymore now. Slowly maturing to a 14-years-old teenage, pimples also started to peek around the cheek huhu. I think he has a girlfriend, because he keeps taking away his mobile phone whenever I want to take a look. Must be someone though hohoho. Not that I forbid him from having a girlfriend, as long as he doesn't lose focus on his study then it's A-OK with me. Monkey love as we call it, most of the time doesn't last too long also. WTF with my baby brother's story, I'm supposed to tell what's going on in Midvalley. Okay back to topic. We planned to go there and have a game (or two) of bowling. But then some got-extra-money-in-account company decided to have their family day at the bowling arena, resulting in all the lanes were occupied. Disappointed though, couldn't they just spare 3 or 4 lanes for others. So we just headed to the video game arcade and wasted RM5 on that stupid multimedia boxes. I've noticed that I'm suck at playing these arcade games nowadays. Used to be an arcade junkie 8-9 years ago, no more now. My reflexes also has deteriorated, much alone trying to shoot the bad guys popping out from nowhere in Time Crisis 3.

Oh, I've finally get myself, my phone actually, a handphone pouch. It's an original Sony Ericsson pouch mind you LOL. I have this tendency to buy related things from the same brand, provided if the price doesn't differ too much. Now am targeting those sleek, elegant whatsoever bluetooth headset. But since I'm now on a budget constraint, I think that will only be materialized February next year onwards. As with the phone, I'm used to the functions already. Just that too sad because I can't really play with it's potential. So sad to see such a pricey phone being used for calls, SMS, games, web browsing and listening to MP3s. I really wish to use this phone as GPS navigation system, but with it having UIQ3.0 as the OS it's gonna be a bit hard then. I don't even know which GPS software is compatible with UIQ3.0, so far none that have install-and-you-go method. I already have in my mind that if I can't get this bugger as GPS platform, I'm gonna sell it at discounted price and change to HP PDA phone. Windows sure sucks a lot, but AFAIK Windows Mobile 5.0 is the one with more support for GPS. (paragraph full of geek lingo, sorry)

On other note. I was relaxing just now watching the news with my big brother and my mom. Then suddenly there was an ad about GE followed by related news. Which brings us to this magical question by my mom: "Dah daftar nak mengundi ke belum?" (*sigh* here goes..) With me being raised by an ex-army *all salute Dad!!*, I have the feeling that every ounce of blood in my body is filled with patriotism. According to the 2nd know-it-all-website on the Net, Wikipedia:

Patriotism denotes positive and supportive attitudes to a 'fatherland' (Latin patria <>), by individuals and groups. [Patriotism - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotism 19 Nov 2007]

Safe to say that patriotism is loving your country, and I damn sure I have lots of this in me. Heck, I'd go to war to defend my country. But.. (yes, there's a but there)

I am loyal to my country, not the people running it. Being me, a guy who needs a reason for everything, I tend to think that there is no point in voting for government currently. I know that even if I don't vote, somebody surely is going to win the election and I'm sure all of you know who that somebody is. I don't think they'll lose the election just because they're short 1 vote from me. Well if they do, I'm sure they have contingency plans for that LOL. Please, don't relate this blog with BERSIH or anything like. I've been having this idea of not registering to vote since the day I was aware of our country's political situation. To tell the truth, I'm sick of corruptions going on nowadays to the point I don't give a damn anymore. You can go and launch all those 'ANTI-RASUAH' or 'TAKNAK' ('TAKNAK' is about corruption or smoking??) campaign, but the big question is will the servants follow what you're campaigning about? For me, now the phrase "Don't ask what the country give to you, but ask what you give to the country" is no more feasible. This is, because, whenever anyone asks that to me I can easily answer: "Tax money". So please, I need to see something useful being done with the tax money all the tax payers pay every year. Once that is done and we can confirm to have a clean, fair election, I can assure you I'd take a leave from work to register as a voter if I have to. Well, that and if the G doesn't come out with a law saying "All ye must vothe for ye election". Then I'd be doomed, LOL.

Need to sleep now. Working hours has changed to 2pm-2am. Kinda weird to start work when everyone is already half through their Hellish day..

HR

Happy Deepavali people.

Will be conducting interviews today as the company I'm working with is currently taking new staffs. Finally I get assistants (yay!) and I get to choose them. Been reading through guides on how to conduct an interview. Well I'm a programmer by nature, so interaction with human is not my premier quality. But so far working with my current employer, I think I'm more communicative with other people (am I?). Well don't get me wrong, I'm still the quiet person who will not come up with a conversation to someone who I just recently know. Yup I have the tendencies to be very quiet towards someone I'm not familiar with, most probably due to my self-defense attitude heh. But what I know is, I've improved my way to talk to managers and other top position person. Well if you know the trick, you can also give them a piece of your mind and get away with it LOL.

Need to take a bath and go meet my future assistants. Later.


Dad, Happy Birthday.

Long Time No Blog

Blog already filled with spiderwebs LOL. Time for some update on what's going on with my life. I already started with my system installation. So far so good, client has been really co-operative and understanding with the delays we are facing now. I'm trying to make this installation as smooth as possible, and thus the reason why I need the time to thoroughly test each and every single part of the application to the max. Simulating real-life environment is hard when you are doing code works in the office, so with partial-parallel system installation method I can single out problems and sort them out efficiently. Enough with the geek language for now, need all the rest I can have from work.

Raya mood still not over, although it is already nearing to the end. But so far I haven't receive any open-house invitation except one by my school buddy. Either people are too busy, I am too busy or people already forget that I exist LOL. I am also too occupied with my work that I don't have the time to think about Raya celebration anymore. Maybe next year I'll be celebrating Raya again, who knows.

On other note, congrats to Jack (5H) on your wedding 27th of October.

Lately I realize I have been stressed out due to work and life problem. Am thinking to go for 'stress-release' session at any waterfall, but don't know to go with whom. Parid is on outstation duty the full week, Pejai & Azhar already married so kinda weird to ask them whether to go or not. Takkan nak pegi dengan Adi dua orang jek, ghey gile.. Gonna find another way to release out the steam. I was thinking to ask for suggestion from the reader, but seeing that nobody reads my blog (ahaha..) I don't think that's a good idea.

Almost 2 months since I started using my P990i. Overall, I'm satisfied with the phone. I started to familiarize with the operating system, shortcuts etc. Still not using all the functions as I am learning step by step, but based on the experience I don't feel like this is a waste buying. The phone does the job efficiently and on some functions even better than my old phone, so I don't feel regret buying it. This is the priciest phone I bought so far, I think I'll kick myself if I regret buying it LOL. Now, just need to search the way to convert this phone into a car navigation system.

I think that's all for now.

Aidilfitri 2007

Already in KL since Wednesday. Raya was as usual, not too much difference from previous years. Biggest difference was, extra RM1 for 'duit raya' from me for my cousins. Still the same amount for my grandmothers and grandfather as well as my younger brother and sister. But I noticed I didn't feel sad the night where Ramadhan ended. Maybe because I was too occupied thinking about the project I'm handling currently that my mind didn't have the time to think about something else. Nevertheless, the last 'buka puasa' session with my mother's big family was awesome. We made BBQ chickens, stingrays, sausages, seafood steamboat and some 'sate'. Had been given credit because the BBQ foods were prepared by me and they were well cooked hehe.

12-Oct-2007
My brother and I had our 'sahur' at one roadside stall in Temerloh town. We left KL at 0245, with the expectation the road would be clear from traffic jam. Indeed we were wrong. The jam started from before Genting Sempah tunnel up until Bentong Petronas R&R due to people slowing down to stop at the R&R. Road was clear after that, and since we were already late I floored the pedal until Temerloh town. Managed to find a stall but we only ordered hot drinks as our 'sahur' because there was not much time left and there was no food either. Lucky I had some 'kurma' given by my client before in the car. Reached my grandmother's house at 0620. Had our 'subuh' prayer and since all the kids were still awaken, we played with them for a while before crashing into bed. Was awaken by my mom at 1230 for Jumaat prayer. At 1500, started the BBQ process. 1905, last 'buka puasa' for Ramadhan 2007. Then after that, the activity was filled with eating process so not much to be told here.

13-Oct-2007
Raya, what else. Had my breakfast, took a bath and went to mosque for Aidilfitri prayer. Finished everything at 0900, reached home at 0930. 'Salam-salam' and photography session followed until 1030, and then more eating. Departed to Kuala Lipis at 1130, once arrived did the 'salam-salam' session again with my dad's big family. Visit relatives at 1715 until 1830.

14-Oct-2007
'Sesi beraya'.

15-Oct-2007
Off to Jerantut again at 1630. Waited for my grandpa to finish preparing the 'lemang', then only we departed. Reached Jerantut at 2100. 4 hours journey because we stopped here and there to visit relatives (yes I have shitloads of relatives in Pahang especially in Jerantut and Kuala Lipis area).

16-Oct-2007
'Sesi beraya di Jerantut'.

17-Oct-2007
Off to KL at 1130. Arrived at about 1330, me and my brother only. Mom and Dad still at Jerantut. Had our lunch at KFC, how pathetic. Mind started thinking about work.


So, how was your Raya?



[addition]
1. My first Ramadhan where I paid my 'zakat fitrah' by myself. Felt proud because with my not-so-big salary, I didn't feel regret at all to depart with that RM4.70 while there are still people out there who are not willing to deduct the amount from their coffers. (who knows next year I may be paying RM9.40, ahaha.. speculation, speculation..)
2. I forget what's the second point..

Ciao Belle!

Selamat Hari Raya people. I'm shooting off to Pahang in a minute. Drive safely, don't be a statistic. Be back to KL on Wednesday. Ciao.


(earlier yesterday's morning..)
Jim: Khaimi, Lee and me had discussed yesterday. We decided to give you some token of appreciation, but we will put that into your this month's salary la.
K-mie: What token of appreciation? (blur blur..)
Jim: Duit raya la, why you so lambat pickup one?
K-mie: Ooo duit raya ka hahaha. Okay okay, thank you boss.

Change Hurts..

Welcoming a new family member...

Thanks a lot to my old, faithful Nokia 6610. You served me well, and with that you deserve an honorable retirement. You will be well taken care of. Your keypad and casing will be changed to a new one, I'll clean your interior carefully and pair you up with my Celcom simcard (which the number I only give to very few person). Thanks a lot and I believe we will maintain our relationship for a very long time.

P990i, get back to work!!

[addition 07/10/2007 06:50] Been configuring the phone from yesterday until today. So far I've managed to get phone, SMS, Bluetooth and WLAN functions working. But what pisses me off is I can't get the GPRS and MMS functions working. Being a tech-savvy person, I'm quite ashamed that I am to the point have to resolve to calling Maxis and asked about the guide LOL. So far I'm still not giving up yet. Get MMS or die trying :))

[addition 07/10/2007 11:30] Okay, fixed it myself without the help from Maxis. Managed to get the GPRS and MMS working. Next target, 3G simcard ahaha.

Build-Up

Installation is postponed to 8th of November, which means I have another week to tweak & tidy up the system before everything is transferred to client site. Tension is rising, always feel like there's not enough time for me to finish up everything. I am quite confident myself, but still at the little space back in my head I'm scared something somewhere gets cocked-up. Surely there'll be hiccups alongside installation period, but I pray to God the hiccups will not be things I can't manage. After all, the responsibilities are on my shoulders anyway.

Being a Project Manager is fun, and hectic at the same time..

On other note, thanks to someone who made a delicious sambal udang petai, pari bakar & kupang masak I-don't-know. Another big thing has been settled last weekend, so next we can proceed to simpler, not much hassle things okay. Be patient for a while and the time will come one way or another.

High-Nose Entry

This is a self-boosting entry. I am appointed as the Project Manager for my next installation. Will be away starting from 1st of October until 1st of November, but pre-installation works will commence immediately starting from today. That's all folks.

No more interested with Nokia N70.

Someone offered me a Sony Ericsson P990i, original Thorus set, at only RM1250. Would be very, very stupid if I don't buy LOL.

Installation: Part 2

To Mom & Dad: Don't worry about me. No more hospitalization (hopefully) for this installation. I will be taken care of with great details by my supervisors. May you guys get the chance to perform Haj this year.

To Izma: Same drill like before. But I'm more confident with this installation, because I myself designed and coded the system from scratch. Can't help it, I trust my own code than others. For you, just prepare for anything we will need okay. I'll see you end of this year, hopefully. You know what I mean.

To friends: Happy fasting for the Muslims. For non-Muslims, enjoy your not-so-pack breakfast/lunch/snack time. For Muslims who purposely skip fasting, what the hell?

To others: I'm putting spider webs to this blog and the work is already underway. Do check this less and less often.

To my car: One engine mounting will cost me RM300 (and you have three, dammit!), your driveshaft costs me another RM400. Your battery, which is about to end it's service, takes RM180 from my pocket. Don't you go dead on me within this two months. Thanks for your service, really appreciate it.

- k-mie
Installation-certified Programmer

Colourblind

Anyone watched the Independence Day advertisement by Petronas? Where two schoolboy kids were asked to spell dinosaur, and how they spelled it wrongly. The interesting is near the end the cameraman asked one of the boy "Who is your best friend?" (or something like that). Then the boy pointed to his friend next to him and the cameraman asked "What is his race?" (again, something like that).

What the boy answered really touched my heart. "Race? What is race?" See how children are untainted with the cruelty and harshness of the world. How kids are colourblind, they treat others without prejudice regardless of your skin colour, religion or race. And even wondering why we adults teach our kids to do good and live good, but we ourselves don't practice what we preached.

It's a miracle how a simple advertisement left a thousand meaning..


[note] Quick test for you guys, no need to post your answer here. Enough with you knowing the answer yourself. List down as many name as you can of your friends during your primary and secondary school who were not the same race as you, and then list the name of your friends with the same criteria currently. Is the number growing, or is it shrinking rapidly? You be the judge..


p/s: it's colour because I follow British way of spelling it.


[addition] I got the advertisement's address at Petronas server (I believe so...) from Azhar (no need to click the link, his blog is and will not be updated for a long time because he just get married LOL). In effort to avoid all that copyright jack-shit, I don't want to save the video to my PC and upload it. It'll be best if I just link it here. This is the best option, because all other advertisements are worth checking for :)

Merdeka La Jugak..

Apa yang membimbangkan ialah ada kalangan rakyat Malaysia yang tidak mengambil berat sambutan ulang tahun kemerdekaan jauh sekali berfikir untuk mempertahankannya. Bagi kelompok ini, laungan merdeka hanyalah rutin tahunan yang tidak membawa sebarang makna.

Manakala cuti umum pada setiap 31 Ogos hanyalah peluang untuk berehat dan menghabiskan masa bersama keluarga. Tiada yang istimewa tentang tarikh keramat ini. Bagi kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia, ia cuma hari kelepasan umum sama seperti cuti-cuti umum lain tanpa ada sebarang usaha untuk mencipta perbezaan atau kelainan.

Jika pun ada keprihatinan untuk memperuntukkan sedikit ruang bagi kemerdekaan hanyalah apabila mereka menonton sambutan kemerdekaan menerusi televisyen. Itu pun sekadar menonton dengan ulasan-ulasan negatif seolah-olah memperlekehkan usaha pihak yang berkenaan bertungkus-lumus untuk menjayakan sambutan ulang tahun kemerdekaan negara.

Utusan Malaysia, 1 September 2007

I am attracted with the message the writer tries to convey here. Apparently so, I am one of the people who just watched the Merdeka celebration on the idiot box. Physically, the only act of patriotism I've shown was when I helped my brother to hang the national flag, Jalur Gemilang, on top of my house. And exactly as what the writer has pointed out, I also had given negative comments during last night's celebration. Here's why..

I'm sick of the way the celebration was done. I don't deny you that the performance, the fireworks, they were marvelous. Heck, my younger brother even performed in that celebration (too bad the cameraman didn't focus on his face LOL). Seeing many of country leaders were there together celebrating the glorious event, it was a blissful sight. I was really happy to see our beloved Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tuanku Mizan and Tuanku Nur Zahirah, our Prime Minister Pak Lah and ex-PM Tun Mahathir, Deputy PM Najib and many more sitting there enjoying the event. But to tell the truth, I was also looking for Opposition's party leaders to be there. And sadly, there was none shown on the tv. I felt even sicker when it was shown some of the crowds carrying BN and UMNO flag. Well I'm not being politically biased here, but this is the magical question. Isn't Merdeka supposed to be for everyone? If I am not mistaken, I remember Raja Nazrin Shah had reminded all of us that Merdeka celebration shouldn't be bordered by political groups. What had happened last night really took all the Merdeka spirits in me. Either last night's celebration was only one-sided, or the cameramen were instructed not to shoot any of the Opposition's party members, or the cameramen forgot that there were other people there. That kind of attitude shown on the tv, and you expect me to not give negative comments? Don't lecture me on patriotism, my dad is an ex-army. He knows what patriotism is and I damn sure I've had a full load of it inside of me. Who is it to blame when my patriotism is slowly washed away? Government, media, environment, or myself? I would say, all of them..

My precious Merdeka spirits, imagine it to be a glass ball, someone took it to the top of Petronas Towers, and dropped it from there. Selamat menyambut Hari Kebangsaan ke 50.

p/s: I'm not an Opposition supporter or anything. In my mind, Opposition parties need to be there to ensure there's a check and balance in the government. Hence, the importance of their presence. No, I have not registered to be a voter. Yes, I know there are many places where I can register. No, I'm not planning to register in the near future and that will be discussed off-topic. See me face to face and I'll tell you the reason why :)

p/s/s: Jangan sue saya, saya tak ada duit. LOL..

Hello

Say hello to my new toy, hehe. With regards to my old, faithful Pentium 3, please don't ask anything if you don't want to see me sad. That should give you the point already..

Home Sweet Home

Back from client's site at 4am just now. Finished my last task which was assisting the night auditors to run daily closing, checking reports and some minor things to be settled first. At last, I get to sleep on my own bed. Been missing my bed, my family, my Izma, everything, for about a month already. Today is exactly one month after the first day I started to have my life at the client's site. Now that everything has been settled except for some minor things, I feel very relieved and stress-free.

Firstly, sorry to those I had accidentally or incidentally neglected for the past one month. The job really required me to give my full concerntration, and being me who is quite workaholic, I sometimes put my job in front of anything else. Special apologies to my Izma who I had been paying less attention for the past one month, and many many thanks for understanding what kind of line I am now. Thanks for being with me, listening to my bickering when I was under stress, sharing stories with me, it all adds up to me. And many thanks for being such a wonderful girlfriend. Love you.

To my family, erm, they are used to me being away LOL. But thanks Mom for taking care of your son.

To my client's staffs, thanks for making this installation a great experience to me. I learnt a lot from you guys, and the friendship we built this past month is greatly appreciated. Ms Helen, Mr Yim, Mr Hamzah, Madam, Nicolh, Maha, Hassan, Zaidi, Dedi, Khuzir, Shereen, Siti, Nazri, Faisal, Fahmi, Azmi, Saudi, Haslina, Daisy, Carol, Karen, Mak Shima, Noor, Irene, Ah Sin, Mas, Fadzil, Hakim, Azrinna, Zed, Chef Baskaran, Izzati, Siew Chen, Ms Christin Loh, Tony, Qamarul, Loretta, Dina, CD, Amy and many other shitload of names that I may have left out. Big thanks to you guys.

Now, I have to sleep first. Have been a zombie for quite some days already, I need to realign my bodyclock now.

Oh, one note. However workaholic you are, health is the most important thing to take care of. You need to know your limit, else your body might just snap. Unless you want to be strapped to hospital bed with ECG devices and drips attached to your body (like yours truly) for being over-exhaustion..

D-Day plus 9

Finally, had the chance to rest for a bit. I've been stuck at client's place for almost a week now, doing system installation. Being the client is a four-star hotel, the environment is nice. Food is good, I've been given room for the whole installation period and I get to meet lots of people from various background. Most importantly, I manage to learn project management skills instead of doing technical jobs behind the scene. Can't comment on the food, it's on the house. I can just walk in to any outlets, order anything that I want and tell the waiter their management will pay for my bill. But then, work is work. I don't really have the time to enjoy the hospitality of my client as my mind is more focused on the job that lies ahead of me. Thankfully the staffs are very co-operative and understand my needs to get the job settled on the dateline. And the best thing is, I get to make lots of new friends from various departments as well as hierarchy levels.

For the past 1 week installation and training time, there was little time for me to get the news from outside world. After woke up, I needed to prepare for training session. Finished at 6pm or so, then went for dinner. After an hour or two rest time, continued preparing the setup environment. Didn't know how much I've missed this 7-days time. Managed to learn that suddenly, everyone is an expert in Malaysian football scenario. I have no comment for the national football team, as I have given up following their news or updates for a long time (since 1990s I think). 5-0 and 5-1 ain't that bad isn't it, we can still do post-mortem on that. Moving on to the tragic news. My deepest condolences to the families of our brave heros and heroin in green who died in a helicopter crash last week. Your death in ensuring I can live peacefully are followed by lots of thanks from me. You lived a hero and heroin, and so does your death.

On other aspect, I'm quite amazed how suddenly Malaysians become an expert in military equipments. Yeah, same scenario like the football news. All of a sudden, everyone is condemning the Nuri as if it's a piece of junk. Yes I don't deny that Nuri (or Sea King, as it's original name is) is an old work horse and should be replaced. But please, don't just because one incident you guys decided it's not worth it to join RMAF just because the chopper is old. What, you think the chopper just cost a penny? It takes billions for the government to replace our also-old F5-E with MIG-29N and F/A 18-D, and now with the addition of Sukhoi SU-27. Take into account the soon-to-be-arrived Scorpene subs and MBTs from Poland. Government has its own plan for this, eventually the Nuri will be replaced with a new type. I believe with proper maintenance, it still can serve as testing bed after its service is no longer required in the Air Force. My point is, unless you really follow the news and development of our heros and heroins in blue and green, then shut your mouth up and just enough with giving condolences to the families of the deceased. To one girl whom I heard saying she's thankful not to join the RMAF because she's afraid to be assigned to Nuri squadron and die in an air crash, guess what? I think you are afraid to die in ANY condition. So stfu and live on with life.

Sad news about my faithful PC. The motherboard I bought about 6 years ago started to show signs of it being old. It happened starting from last two weeks, where my computer suddenly shut down and restarted without any warning. Tried to check the Windows log and event viewer, to no avail. That was when I suspected Windows was not the culprit behind all these. Pulled out all cables and reattached them back firmly, clearly I started to diagnose my PC. It was painful yes, but I had to do it. The sight of the thing that has been with me for the past 6 years is in pain, it saddens me. How pathetic it is to feel sentimental with your PC, some might think. Well in my defence, this PC was the one I personally bought the hardwares separately and installed everything by my own. Back then I was not the type who believed in buying PC in package with everything installed, and still am. I just found out this morning that another RAM slot has died. I'm now left in doubt, whether to find replacement for the motherboard or to upgrade altogether. Haha yes, I'm the few who sticks with Pentium 3 while all others have been experiencing Core 2 Duo. I don't play games that much like back in university days, so upgrade is not really a priority. So, I'm in a quest of finding an Intel Socket 370 815-chipset CUSL-2C motherboard to replace my faithful motherboard who is having a slow, painful death. If you happen to know someone selling this (or you yourself selling), do contact me ASAP. I accept 2nd hand item as long as it's working, but if you can get a brand new one it's even better although I highly doubt it someone still selling this motherboard.

That's all, I'm back to play Tiberian Sun. Running on a single 256MB SDRAM is really painful..

[addition]: Condolences also to the family of Shearwey Ooi Ying Ying (4 years old) found dead with body parts scattered and some are still not found as at time of writing. I failed to imagine what Malaysians have become nowadays. If you're frustrated with your live then by all means, please, kill yourself. But why a cute 4 years old girl? May your soul rest in peace. Picture of her can be seen here.

No Update

There will be no update for the next 1 month, maybe. I'm currently engaged in a medium-scale installation involving 28 workstations, 8 touch-screen terminals, 8 printers, 1 24-ports CISCO switch and 1 mid-range tower server. Cabling jobs had been completed by contractors, so it's time for us system integrator to take over the client site and finish everything. Crossing fingers that this installation will go without much hiccups. I'm assigned to small-size project management tasks, so that in next installation I will be able to participate in bigger role in management team.

Congrats to Azhar & Rina for their wedding. Sorry to say that there is a big probability I won't be able to make to Azhar's ceremony this 22nd of July as I may be on standby period at client's site that day. You guys look good in songket, trust me. To Rina, the fried chicken was very well cooked. Bubur kacang was also nice, and thanks to the nice weather. If not, I'm pretty sure I'd be cursing a lot that day. Congrats again :)

On other note, I'm now officially a permanent family members of an MSC-status company. Unofficially, I think about a month back. To all that asked, yes I'm happy working there. There is no pressure at all working with different race, and it gives me opportunities to better understand and acknowledge people. Stop being a goddamn racist and start living together as an adult. Seriously I'm very sad with the attitudes some of you showed to me the moment I explained about my company. Why can't we be colorblind like we used to be when we were younger..


Till the next update, stfu out.

Brings Back Childhood Memories

I am Megatron!! Haha yes, I watched Transformers already. Watched it today at IMAX. A bit disappointed though, because the movie is in 2D format. I was hoping it is in 3D format, because I'm willing to spend the money to pay for the ticket. Well, what can I say. It is true like most of the personal reviews that I've read. Transformers is an action-packed movie. It really made me glued to my chair with the occasional jaw-dropping (and almost saliva-dripping) with its awesome CGI effect. Seeing the robots transformed flawlessly from robot-form to vehicle-form, it was breathtaking. This is one movie that I really feel the actions and humors go well. I laughed my ass off seeing even the Autobots knew how to make silly jokes. One of the disappointments about this movie is there was too little action with Megatron. Honestly I was hoping he (he? or it?) would kicked Autobots' asses and there would be counter-action from both sides. And I also hoped that there was a full-scale war between Autobots and Decepticons, with Earth became their battlefield. For me, these two minor setbacks did not hamper the storyline and the continuity of the movie. I'm not that good in giving review on movies or anything, but for those who felt Transformers was their childhood heroes should go and watch this movie. It really brings back memory in my opinion.

Now, the cinema review. To those who has not watch any movie at IMAX, one advice. Don't. Really waste your money watching ANY movie there. I paid RM30 for 2 tickets, RM15 each, with the expectation the seating and screen were nice. Boy I was wrong. The seats were too straight, not even a slightest angle variation that enabled me to lie back a little. I don't know which 'genius' designed the cinema to be like this. Seriously, creature-comfort is an absolute zero. The screen, it was like 3-storeys height. The seating arrangement is also very steep. It is not like in Midvalley's GSC, where the arrangement is just nice. I don't know, I feel something is not right with the IMAX. So as for now, I don't think I'm going to IMAX in the future except there is a really good 3D movie that I can't miss. Other than that, Midvalley or One Utama if I want to catch a movie.

Later, need some sleep.


As usual, entry certified to be grammatically-correct by Microsoft Word 2003.

That Season of the Year, Again..

Well folks, it's June now. I'm sure many of you are familiar with what season am I talking about. Yes correct, mating season. Many of those couples who are eager/reaching suitable age/accidentally have to marry now, and seems like their brains act in unison. They choose June to do their wedding. For some, this may be time for them to save up their budget because they get to have free lunch (and some even dinner) almost every weekend. And to those lucky fellas who happen to befriended with rich people, ceremonies are usually held at hotels (3/4 stars at least) which concludes to good food.

First of all, congratulations to those who are/just/coming soon getting married. Thanks to those who invite me to their wedding ceremony. God-willing, if nothing comes in the way, I'll be there. It's good to see the happy faces of bride and bridegroom on the dais. For the bride, maybe because of the thinking that after this, everything is on the husband. Clothing, food, shelter, you name it. Your salary, is your own salary. Your husband's salary, is also your salary. How nice isn't it, time to go shopping-spree. Oh yes, don't ever any of you say to me you've never think like this at least once. Face the world, we are greedy even to our other halves. And to the bridegroom, well, what else to say. The prospects of the man's eel entering a woman's cave (quoted from Memoirs of a Geisha) is too heavenly enough for him to smile all day long. No more arm-wrestling, hugging the pillow at night. The 'pillow' after this sure is warm though even in cold, blistering night LOL. You, covering your face in embarrassment, face it. Sex is real, deal with it. Enjoy it while you still can, less till the time you have to take Viagra to get your member up. Again, congrats to you all and may the night be steamy. Titanic, anyone?

Regarding the invitation received, I thank to all. Some of them, I'll definitely go to their wedding. Some, to the extend I'll go on the both sides' ceremony. These people are the ones I define as buddies, real close friends. Owh heck, I'll even help with the preparation also. No formal invitation is needed from them, enough with just phone call or IM conversation. Still, they usually send me invitation card although I've implanted their wedding date and location directly to my brain.

Then there are those normal friends. Invitation type varies; some will come meet me and invite me directly, some will send invitation card and SMS/e-mail, some will just be invitation card (rarely happens, because they need my address before sending), some just through SMS/e-mail and there are also those who invite publicly using bulletin board/group website such as Friendster. Chances of me going varies too. Those who go to the extend of seeing me in person to invite me, I'd be very happy to attend their wedding. Those who send invitation card, it depends on distance and my availability. If both are okay, there is big chance of me going. SMS/e-mail people, less likely of me going. There is still hope, but if the above two conditions are met and with one additional: I have the mood. Last type, public invitation. Very unlikely of seeing me at the ceremony. Well, you don't specifically invite me though. So I can assume the invitation is directed to somebody else and not me. Unless of course, my name is inside the invitation LOL. In that case, this type of invitation will be on the same level as the SMS/e-mail type.

However, there is another type of invitation which I don't think deserve to be put inside any of this. It is the 'tomorrow-I'm-gonna-get-married-and-now-only-I-invite-you' type. Sorry to say, this type of invitation is the one I won't even consider to attend. I mean, WTF man. You're getting married tomorrow, and now only you invite me? If you are not that eager for me to attend, then I also am not that eager to go. Karma dude, karma. Do onto others as what you expect them to do onto you. Maybe you follow Van Helsing's Igor philosophy: Do onto others before they get the chance to do onto you. Who knows..

No offense to anyone. But if you want me to attend your wedding, at least invite me properly. Personally meet me or a phone call is enough, provided that you send me a card too (if I don't know the place). Don't ever think I'm too free to search your location on Google maps.

Talking about all these wedding things makes me bored. I'm gonna figure out another excuse to the question usually asked to me in any wedding ceremony: When is your turn? I might tell them I'm migrating to Australia and get married there, hurm.. Sounds like a good answer.

[addition]: Thanks Rina for correcting my vocab. English is now my 3rd language, no more 1st language like before. 1st is VB, followed by SQL. 3rd is English, and 4th is Bahasa Malaysia (tukar plak dah Bahasa Malaysia, dulu Bahasa Melayu. nyusahkan btols..). This explains why I rely on MS Word to do my grammar checking and www.dictionary.com for vocab.

I Am A Millionaire

I am now USD9 million richer. How so? Here goes..

Apparently, a very generous (LOL) Liberian whose cousin is an ex Deputy Minister of National Security is currently the benefactor of foreign secured fund totalling about USD32 million. The sad, sad thing is, this huge amount of money cannot be cashed in because there's a clause stating that only a foreign citizen can collect the money as to avoid the Liberia government from taking the money forcefully. And guess what? I'm the lucky jock LOL.

This fella promises to give 30% of that USD32 million should I agree to help him in cashing out the money. Tell you what, I'm gonna pretend helping him and once I got the USD32 million, I'll just keep quiet and stay somewhere remote like in deep forest of Sarawak. Or, I can bargain and instead getting a 30-70 deal, how about a 70-30 deal (or 99-1 deal, LOL).

Well, to my beloved buddies. Once I get this wealthiness, you guys are not forgotten. Say, a BMW 3-series for each of you would be sufficient? Or any of you wants a fully-sponsored vacation/honeymoon to Paris (directed to Azhar-Rina)? Or I can give some to Pejai to setup a full-blown paintball field. Or to Adi, so he can upgrade his summer camp. Or Farid, so he can buy his dream car. Do contact me once I'm super rich okay guys.

And to my beloved other half, once married you no longer required to work. You can be a full-time housewife in a bungalow for the rest of your life :D


...... (*sigh*)

Goddamn this Africans. Don't they have anything better to do than scamming people. Yeah right, give me USD9 million. Everybody in the fucking world would be rich if all people are as generous as you. No one especially in Malaysia would ask for/give bribe anymore (not directed to anybody) should you are that generous. Get a fucking life. Go learn VB and come work with my company so you can be my subordinate.

No wonder your country is so poor. Your minister has stashes hidden away worthing millions..

Backseat Cook

A wife was making fried eggs for her husband for breakfast. Suddenly her husband burst into the kitchen.

"Careful... Careful!!! Put in some more butter! Oh my God! You're cooking too many at once. Too many! Turn them! Turn them now! We need more butter. Oh my God! Where are we going to get more butter? They're going to stick! Careful... Careful!!! I said be careful! You never listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. Use the salt! The salt!"

The wife stared at him and asked, "What the hell is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"

The husband calmly replied, "I wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving with you in the car."


Disclaimer: I do not direct this joke to anybody. It's just that I find this joke really makes my day, that's it.

V For Vendetta

Just watched this movie yesterday. I have been urged by Adi to watch it for a long time actually. But then with me being busy the past two/three weeks, I only managed to get my relaxing weekend now. While lazying in front of the PC browsing for my movies folder, I found that I've already have this movie inside my PC. So what the heck, I thought it'll be no harm to watch it as it was really recommended by Adi.

Next thing I know, I didn't realize the clock has ticked from 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Damn this is a good movie, if not the best. The plot and storyline really caught my mind, and I was trying hard to understand it. To learn how sometimes justice cannot just be presented at the court, but rather by violence. Not that I promote violence, but watching this movie made me think a lot. What if all these while we are living a scripted life, where everything are predetermined beforehand by somebody so that we are exploited without us realizing it. And how V carefully planned what would happen, that just so caught me. To a mere person, it might not show any interesting scene. But for me, I like how everything went as planned for V. For I don't believe with an ultimate plan like that, there must be glitches here and there. It takes an exceptional time and mind to plan events with such magnitude. I don't know, I can't describe it anymore. Just watch the movie and if you're like me, you're going to like it. This is one movie that is worth buying the original version in my opinion.

Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

-V, V For Vendetta

p/s: I'm now a proud owner of an Altec Lansing ATP3 hehehe..

Settle. Apparently..

I must eat, for when I don't eat I'll be hungry and that's wrong. I cannot eat, for when I eat I'll increase my fat level.

Non-understandable, isn't it? I intend the sentence to be that way, for you to search its meaning.

On other hand, my software demo went well. Really pays off seeing the happy faces of the clients, after the hard work we've been through. Working on weekends, staying back until 3am at the office, the satisfaction is there. So now, I need to recover the lost of rest for this past 2 weeks before I go full-swing again. The RSI-Enhanced programmer will strike codes again starting of next week.

-AFK, resting-

31/37G

Kong kong kong
Kalika likong
Ali mambo, sasuka
Ki mambo nadili nasuha
Akura makasuka
Akura makasuka

To the members of 31G/37G, this should bring back sweet memories. Would really like to see our group together as a team like before. Salutes to Kumpulan 31 Gombak.

k-mie
ex-31G

Lead by Example

To the officers in charge of an organization that owns a white Proton Waja with the registration number WJX 4660, please be informed that one of your staffs was detected to jump on queues while driving this vehicle. Due to the reason that your organization is respected in this country and the idea of acting unlawfully by your staffs is strictly prohibited by your code of conducts, I would hereby like to see this incident be taken seriously. Below are the details of the said incident:

Place: Taman Sri Gombak junction
Time: 9:30-9:45 pm
Offender: Driver of WJX 4660, white Proton Waja
Offense: Jumping queue and disobeying traffic signs

Peace Sign Fetish

Please observe image on the left closely and carefully. This picture was taken from my friend Ikin's friendster (sorry Ikin, will ask for your permission first before posting after this). You'll see only ONE person not doing the V-sign (peace sign). I can't help but have to ask this. What's with Japanese and their V-sign fetish? Is it their brains are programmed to send electrical signals to their hand upon the sight of a camera so that V-sign will be executed? Anyone from Japan or currently staying in Japan and knows about this, care to explain?

p/s: Would be best if they started this fetish sometime in the 1930-ish, because then the goddamn World War 2 would've not started. Quite clever for them to wage war first and have this fetish later. Well if this 'madness' gets them developed, Malaysians should adopt this too. This must be the secret behind Kaizen, hurm..

Would be cool if one country decides to have the F-word sign fetish. LOL..

I've Been Conned!

Haha, as the topic stated I hereby confirm that I've been conned. I saw a 40GB hard drive advertisement in forum.lowyat.net at only RM35. Seeing that my brother's PC was in ICU due to hard drive failure, I decided to buy from this fella. It was quite strange because I planned to do COD with him but still he wanted me to pay first. I did understand that some people do that in order to avoid case of FFK (promise to buy but don't turn up). The amount is also not that much, still not a big worry for me for RM35. So I guess what the heck, I'll just bank-in to him. Asked Rina to bank-in for me, as I wanted to avoid service charge haha. And just now I read a topic saying that this person is a conmen in forum.lowyat.net. Well I guess, this is my time to be conned. Luckily it's just a small amount, not up to thousand dollars like some of us. Oh before you flame me saying that I'm stupid to bank-in money to strangers, I would like to stress here that I did take that decision with conscious mind and I did understand the risk of being conned. When I asked Rina to bank-in the money, I've already set my mind that the money was gone until I received the hard drive myself. So, yeah, life goes on :)

Oh to that fella, should you somehow read this, I would like to say again that I held no grudge against you. Do use my money, I think you need it that badly that you have to con people to earn for a living. I don't want to add your pile of sins dude, I have forgiven you entirely. Just take it like I gave you 'sedekah', and we are OK. One advice though, they are a lot of angry fellas in forum.lowyat.net searching for you and the bad thing is, they have your house address. Good luck finding a safe place :)

PTPTIPU

Wahai PTPTIPU,

Tiap-tiap bulan aku gigih dan setia membayar hutang pengajian aku yang jumlah besarnya lebih kurang RM76,000. Sesungguhnya aku berterima kasih sangat-sangat sebab ko membolehkan aku dapat aku punya degree. Tapi alangkah tensennya hati bila aku tengok tiap-tiap bulan jugak la ko charge aku interest service charge berjumlah RM180.00. Aku nak tanye ko la, ko tak rasa bengang ke kalau duit yang kita pinjam tu makin bertambah dengan takde sebab munasabah? Aku ni baik hati nak membayar balik dengan tak perlu ko antar surat mahkamah, masuk nama aku dalam CTOS atau sebagainya. Tapi dalam aku baik gini, ko buat taik pulak ek dengan aku. Tensen aku tensen, bila bulan-bulan RM200.00 yang aku bayar tu rupanya masuk RM20.00 jek dalam kutipan hutang ko. Aku tak tau la ape servis bagus sangat yang sampai ko kena charge kat aku tu. Asal aku call nak tanya je, tak sah kalau aku tak call sampai 2 kali. 2 kali tu pun, staff ko nak angkat phone sikit punya liat. Budi bahasa jauh citer la, aku sampai dah rasa staff ko tu dulu skip kelas Pendidikan Islam untuk bab akhlak (kalo tak pun, kelas Pendidikan Moral). Nak kata pasal untuk gaji staff, duit tax payer kan ada. Ko pun under kerajaan, mintak la. Ape ke hal mintak kat orang yang membayar hutang plak ni. Tak ingat ke nabi cakap riba' tu haram? Fedap dah aku dengan ko nih. Ooo untuk pengumuman ko kata kalo budak takde akaun SSPN takleh apply PTPTIPU tu kan, here's the scoop. Anak aku nanti, aku memang takmo bukak akaun SSPN pun. Aku lagi rela aku susah payah cari duit bayar yuran anak aku daripada dia membayar riba'. Truth hurts isn't it?

Dan dengan ini, aku janji aku takkan bayar lebih daripada RM200.00 tiap-tiap bulan untuk hutang aku. Biarla walaupun time tu gaji aku dah sampai RM15,000.00 pun, aku tak peduli. Sampai ko hapuskan riba' ko ni, aku tetap akan bayar banyak tu je tiap-tiap bulan. Ko nak marah aku? Ko sendiri cakap pembayaran minimum RM100.00 pun ko terima. Aku bayar 2 kali ganda dari bayaran minimum eh, sile respek sket. Dan untuk korang yang kata aku tak kenang budi, ni aku nyer soalan. Aku ada makan budi korang ke? Takde kan? So sile dalami makna nick aku time kat universiti dulu: stfu!

Undescribablistic!!

Saje blogging dalam BM. Malas sebenarnya nak memikirkan grammar. Kalau ikutkan memang la grammar kena perfect kan. Ah tapi pedulikan, bukannya yang membaca blog ni tak paham BM. Tapi kut la ada yang tak paham BM, sile-sile la blaja BM. Bleh gak menambah penguasaan bahasa, ahaha..

Hujung minggu lepas aku melepakkan diri ke Melaka. Dok umah Izma selama 1 malam. Oo jangan silap paham ye. Beliau tinggal bersama family beliau, mak bapaknye ada sama. Maka janganlah anda berprasangka bukan-bukan mengatakan aku dan beliau ber*toot* di rumah sewa atau sebagainya. Tak kelas aa buat kat rumah sewa. Alang-alang nak, pegi la Concorde ke Shang-ri La ke. Baru berbaloi, hahaha. Ceh lari topik lak.

Entry ni benarnye nak citer pasal satu kedai makan seafood yang kitorang pegi Sabtu malam tuh. Nama kedai makan tu Seri Muara Seafood, dekat-dekat kawasan Alai Crystal Bay. Kira kalo dari Bandar Melaka tu, korang jalan stret jek menghala ke Muar. Nanti pas ada satu jambatan, akan ada tulis Alai Crystal Bay belah kanan korang. Masuk dalam tu (jalan dalam ni macam jalan citer antu sket, gelap) sampai korang jumpa deretan rumah banglo belah kanan. Masuk simpang kanan tuh, pastu terus jek jalan ke depan. Akan ada banyak kedai-kedai seafood kat situ. Yang belah depan sekali ni kitorang dah try dulu. Sedap tu sedap la, tapi masa kitorang pegi tu spoil sebab nasik dia abis. Kena tunggu dekat 2 jam untuk nasik masak. Ikut hati masa tu nak makan lauk je, tapi mengenangkan perut tak jumpa nasik lagi so tahan je la. Kedai yang aku nak citer ni kat dalam lagi, korang lintas ada satu jambatan kecik (muat-muat 1 kete jek). Nanti akan jumpa 1 lagi kelompok kedai makan, kat situ la Seri Muara Seafood.

Pesal aku beria nak citer pasal kedai ni? Sebabnye ialah, kat sini tekak aku dengan sangat 'heaven'nya telah dapat merasa isi ketam goreng berlada yang tobat sangat sedap. Manis ya amat isi ketam tuh, beza gile dengan ketam yang aku makan kat KL nih. KL punya sedap tu sedap la jugak, tapi isi dia tak semanis yang fresh dari laut. Asalnya kitorang order nasik putih 2 pinggan, sudahnya makan lauk jek. Tak makan nasik dah, meratah lauk saje. Malam tu makan siakap masak 3 rasa, ketam goreng berlada dan sotong goreng tepung. Overall, ikan tu standard rasa kat mana-mana (ada tempat lain yang lagi sedap dari situ, kat KL pun ada), sotong goreng tepung tu buat ilang selera aku je (tak sedap la tu), tapi ketam goreng berlada tu memang penyelamat maruah planet Bumi betul. Naik balik selera sebab ketam tu punya pasal, ehehe. Kena plak Izma dgn baik atinya telah mengkopek ketam-ketam tersebut dan bagi aku isinya saja. So aku cuma perlu amik ngan sudu, pastu sumbat dalam mulut. Ikut ati, nak soh dia suapkan sekali haha. Siyes ah, bagi aku kesedapan dia memang menjilat *toot*. Kalau citer Yakitate tu, aku ni dah jadi macam ketam yang Kawachi buat tu kut. Yang Kuroyanagi makan tuh, sampai takleh keluar tangan dia dari poket. Camtu la sedap ketam tu bagi aku.

Dan pastu kitorang gi tengok midnite lak kat Mahkota Parade. Citer Spiderman 3, kul 1 pagi. Perut dah la kenyang, dok lak dalam aircond. Sib baik la citer agak menarik (walaupun meleret jalan citernye), kalau tak sah aku tido. Itu pun dah tertido jugak sikit-sikit. Memandangkan aku ni bukan la hantu Spiderman sangat, so takde la aku terlampau teruja nak tengok pun. Tak tengok pun, takde effect pada aku rasanya. Hape Spiderman boleh keluar web lak kat tangan. Tengok Batman tu, sumer gadget-gadget yang realistik. Tu baru la superhero sejati namanya. Setakat keluar web buat apa, kalau boleh keluarkan World Wide Web takpe la jugak. Abis Spiderman dalam kul 3:30. Beratur tunggu lif, bayar parking sumer, kul 4 pagi sampai rumah. Sampai rumah dah gelap gelita, sumer orang dah tido. Aku lak dah memang mamai tahap gile, so pas tukar baju tu bentang tilam & slamat ke alam tidak realiti la jadinya.

Abis weekend aku sudahnya..

[addition]
Glory-glory Man United hahaha. Thanks a lot Arsenal.

Fighting a Losing Battle

Have you ever had the feeling of continuing a battle, regardless whether you were losing or winning, just continuing for the heck of it? It was like whichever side winning or losing, it didn't matter anymore. What kept the adrenaline going was the spirit, enjoyment, the excitement of the battle itself. It was like you were born to be a fighter, not a soldier. A soldier followed orders from commander, and thus winning or losing really matter. But a fighter, no, a fighter simply fights just for the adrenaline rush. The feeling of excitement, the thrill, the direct stimulation to your brain, it satisfies your hunger. Battle, how horrific it is, has become an art in the hand of a fighter.

Imagine a situation where a fighter fights a soldier. One side concentrates on winning, while the other focusing on the excitement. It disappoints the fighter, who enjoys long, hard-fought battle, to find that his opponent only cares about winning. He may just leave the scene, frustrated with what is going on. He may even give the victory to the soldier, realizing that the battle is not worth fighting for. Soldier may be overjoyed with the victory, whereas a fighter simply finds another worthy opponent.

That’s the difference. A soldier kills the opponent even though the opponent is unarmed, while a fighter helps the opponent recovers for another good battle in future.


Is victory that important, or is it overrated? You might win the battle, but I’ll make sure I win the damn war..

Weakpoint

• Took me 7 years to know, learn and understand
• Multiple failed result, with only 1 success rate
• Tested in live environment resulting in near catastrophic event to fully get and understand the result
• Proves that all these while I didn't know what it is actually
• Can also functions as my weakpoint, so I need to take pre-emptive measure to counter it

[addition]
Happy Wesak Day to all Buddhist especially my good friend Ku Joo Han. Balik Semenanjung oit!

Less is More

Just got back from my hometown. I was sending my grandma and my auntie back to hometown and since my company decided to move the Wednesday's holiday to Monday (so we can have straight 4-days holiday), I managed to get some rest there. The environment is still the same as before, with not much of development going on. After spending days over days in KL's concrete jungle, it is a serenity to be able to lay my eyes on real wood jungle. I'm pretty much of a flora and fauna person. At one time even almost joined Greenpeace LOL. I am very happy that Malaysia still maintain its tropical forest despite all the development projects going on and I pray to God that this will prevail in the future. Can't imagine if someday the jungles behind my grandma's house are replaced with concrete structure. I may have to migrate to Borneo, or Amazon. Hmmm...

On the other hand, I would like to ask someone who have knowledge regarding this matter. Is the KL-Karak Expressway still under construction or is it already finished? I'm asking because everytime I use that highway there are still construction works going on to the roads, hillside or something. Seriously in my opinion, this highway doesn't manage to get the toll increase being announced last year. With the lack of comfortability provided to the motorist, they dare to increase the toll rate and at the same time can't provide a 3-lane highway. Okay 2 lanes are sufficient, but with the bulldozers, tractors and whatnot taking another lane we are left with only 1 usable lane. This sure creates headache should the vehicle in front of us is a slow long hauler, cement mixer, anything. I bet the person who decides whether the tolls are worth to be increased never used KL-Karak Expressway in the past 2 years time. Not pointing any fingers though, just my thought hehe..

To whom it may concern, I here need a little bit of attention. I understand with the amount of workload you have been going through it's hard to spend some quality time with me. But I do really appreciate it if somehow you manage to reply my SMS message promptly, or you can just tell me that you're busy. I can understand if you're busy, it's the lack of information given that tortures me from time to time. Since we are in the process of escalating our level up one notch, I here would like to advise you on continuous basis on the importance of maintaining trust between us. Oh damn, this paragraph sounds too formal isn't it?

Lastly, I managed to get my car window tinted. Done it at my cousin's friend's shop and because of that, I get friend's and family's only price hehe. Suffice to say, I'm satisfied with the job done and frankly, I was a bit afraid my car would be slapped with a summon (or two). But the shop owner assured me that his tint film will pass DMV's inspection. Ah well, even if it's not what can I do? I'm just a simple, humble, tiny programmer in the big city of KL.

Later folks, gotta catch some sleep. Tired of 2 and a half hour of driving.

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Honeymoon ..Or so-called

Hi honey. Here I published the rates of 2 places I've narrowed-down for our honeymoon once we get married. I guess you can instantly know which one I'll choose, since I purposely show the room rates. For the one that I don't plan to go to, nevermind dear. We still can have Virtual Tour from their website. The only thing we'll be missing is the environment, but the good thing is my pocket will be saved LOL.

Hint: you can easily spot which one I intend to go :P

Pangkor Laut Resort


Swiss-Garden Lumut

Pelik..

Haha, makin lama tengok makin banyak plak mende yang tak berkenan. Memula satu, kelmarin dah dua, pagi ni tengok dah tiga plak. Silap-silap kang mau semua benda tak berkenan. So baikla takyah tengok yek, aman dunia.

Buat tensi kepala je pun tengok banyak-banyak kali..

[additional]
Paintball pictures are here:

• http://obelixensem.blogspot.com/2007/04/ntah-api-api-aki-ini.html
• http://zulkmie.fotopages.com
  

Paintball!!

Had a paintball session today at Pejai's Nur Lembah Pangsun. First time playing, but with help from others especially Pejai, Pae and Adi, we the newbies were able to catch the techniques quite fast. I got shot in 4 different places: headshot, stomach, calves and on my marker (gun) itself. It was really fun, and with added funny incidents that happened it really made my day. Gonna sleep now, I'm dead tired. Thanks to Pejai who sponsored and organized the event and gave us real dirt-cheap price for pellet (bullet).

Later!

One-week Lesson

1. When having meetings with managers, always say 'yes'. Only say 'no' when you have a solid and bulletproof reasons. Yes they want reasons, not reason.

2. Never mess with top financial manager. He/She is the one who backs up the big boss. You mess with this person, you mess with the big boss. You mess with big boss, you can pack your things straight away.

3. Paymaster is eligible to be brutal. He/She pays for your salary, so you just keep quiet and say 'yes'.

4. Things that look good and classy from the outside, can be very Hellish from the inside.

5. The company will pay for your 2 weeks vacation to Europe if you deserve it, period.

Full Week Recap

Monday & Tuesday: Woke up late, had breakfast at 10-ish, surfed the net, played CS:CZ, played God of War 2 (again) and did system troubleshooting although I was on holiday

Wednesday: Picked up my i-Akaun activation, supposedly. The Big-G with its MSC done a good job by being unable to maintain a trouble-free computer system. I don't know, everytime I go to a government agency and request some information, the staffs' answer will be 'system down'. With this kind of facilities and we're planning to do e-government? Kudos MSC, Kudos. Then submitted my credit card application to CIMB. Again, I'm not into shopping-spree mode. My new job requires me to apply for credit card.

Thursday: Had to go to KWSP again to pick up my i-Akaun activation code. Thankfully it went well. For other things I did on this day, please refer to Monday & Tuesday.

Friday: Picked up my baby brother from his school. Again, Monday & Tuesday.

Saturday: CODed with a forumer. For other things, you know the drill.

Sunday: Don't know yet. The plan is to have a date with Izma. Will update later. Oh ya, this is my official last day with my current employer. As of tomorrow, I'm working with my new employer.

XHTML 1.0 Strict

I had too much free time in this one-week holiday, so I took advantage of changing my blog's template. Most of the changes are in background, you won't notice any difference with the layout presentation though. Well this means I do code cleanup, which further means I check for unclosed HTML tags and so on. Scratching head? Never mind, geek language. Basically, in layman's term, what I do is I validate the blog's source code and see whether the codes confirm to standard derived by W3C. W3C is a body that comes out with the standards for HTML, WML, XHTML and so on. And yet this standard is not followed strictly by some, including our big company Microsoft with its Internet Explorer browser hehe. This is why you’ll sometimes see some website looks great in Internet Explorer but when viewing using Firefox or Opera or other rebellious (LOL!) browser, it looks funny.

As for this blog, the most outstanding change you may notify is that I put Recent Comments part on the left side. Just to facilitate me in knowing if someone posted some comments on my blog, that's all. And the other one is I've reversed the Archives part sorting, so that it'll sort latest post first. Validation result: 89 errors. Most of them are errors caused by element properties like height, width, src and others. I'm too lazy to include everything inside style tag. Errors should decrease a lot if I change everything into style tag and don't use strict validation. For those of you interested in validating your blog/website, head over to W3C validation site here and put your blog/website address in the textbox.

Later!

The One-Week-Holiday Entry

I've received many enquiries regarding my Yahoo! Messenger status. To answer your questions, yes I am as of last Friday officially unemployed. Last Friday (30th of March) was my last day with my ex-employer as I have been offered by an MSC-status company to join their development team as a Programmer (IT Support). This company is currently in the process of setting up development team, so that means I will be one of the pioneers in the team. I can sense that lots of works need to be done, but nonetheless I can also see vast amount of knowledge I can learn as I will be in a core development team.

And no, it was not an easy decision to make to leave my ex-employer. I had taken 2 full days to really think about my decision, judging everything from every aspect. I sure hope all things are covered, budget constraints, office environment, employee benefits. It was hard for me to convey my resignation letter to my boss, as I had learnt a lot from him. He didn't just teach me on technical skills, he's not really a technical person. But he taught me skills I won't be able to learn from the Internet, which is communication skill. From him did I learn how to communicate with different levels of people. Being a tech person, I'm more comfortable working with machines especially computers. But then in this working environment, that won't be enough. Somehow sooner or later, I still need to communicate with users. I couldn't say how I thank him very much for preparing me before that time comes. Do I have the confidence to talk to users/clients? Still no. Do I have the skills? Hope so, heh.

On other note, I'm now on a one-week vacation. Start my new job on the 9th, so I have the whole week to settle unresolved things. Mostly official stuffs, like getting my i-Akaun activation code (finally!) and I'm thinking of applying a credit card. Shut your yapper, I'm not turning into a shopping-spree zombie. My new job requires me to go abroad, so it is more convenient to apply for credit card rather than bringing a whole lot of cash with me. It's easier for claims management too. No no no no, I've already decided which bank I'll apply. I'm a sucker for CIMB, and they conveniently send me a brochure about their credit card plan. Yay, what a coincidence!! Most probably I'll take the CIMB MasterCard Classic plan. Haha, not yet eligible to take the Gold or Platinum plan. I will, however, in the future. Next year, maybe. And question: Can I give credit card as mas kahwin? Hahaha..

Later peeps, I'm gonna do some headshots in CS:CZ.

(this entry is grammar-certified by Microsoft Word 2003. I'm a programmer, I only care for code syntax error - yes my grammar has reduced dramatically)

No Update

As the title implies, there will be no update for quite some time. Reason? Blame it on my brother's PS2 and God of War 2. Must finish that sucker first before I even have the mood to be in front of my computer. Later.

Currently at: On the back of Gaia, climbing top of Mount Olympus to kick Gods' and Goddesses' asses back to Hades.


[addition]
Haha, I've finished playing God of War 2. Great game, but there's still room for improvement. A lot of hero-vs-hero action and mini-game, quite challenging puzzles on certain places. Kinda leave out a bit the fun of slashing monsters, but overall I give it a 4.6 out of 5. Ending is a bit splendid, but making boss battle somewhat easy. I don't know, maybe because I'm playing in Normal mode. Will try God mode, then if I'm ready Titan mode.

Good Day

Went to Melaka yesterday to visit my Izma. Took the express bus from Pudu at 10am, arrived at about 12pm. Fell asleep the whole journey, mainly due to the problem generated by my stomach. I had my breakfast at home, but due to unknown reason I got stomach ache (kembung perut, tatau mende dlm English). Rubbed some medicated oil, fart and burp (a lot!) and it got better in the evening. Spent my day having lunch at Secret Recipe, and I swear next time I'm gonna try again their Noodle with Tom Yam Kung (wonder what is that). The reason? They served this noodle with TWO big-ass prawns! Then Izma and me walked around Mahkota Parade, nothing much to see there except some teenagers who seemed like still in the process of finding their identities. Yup I'm a sucker when it comes to this type of teenagers. I know you're trying to be up-to-date but hello!! This is Malaysia, the sun is scorching at a friggin' 34ºC out there. Why on Earth are you wearing neck-tie and sweater? Stupid teenagers, luckily I wasn't like that during my teenage time..

Then we headed towards Dataran Pahlawan, an underground shopping complex. Also, a new but under-utilized project which in my opinion is a waste of tax-payers' money. Mahkota Parade is under-utilized, so does Melaka Mall, Peringgit Point and several other places. Why would one build another shopping complex within walking distance to each other is really a mystery. Nothing much to see too, so we got behind the wheels back cause Izma wanted to show the place she's working now. Then we dropped by at JJ, trying all sorts of thing and buying none of them hehe. At 4:30pm, headed back to Melaka Sentral to catch my 5:30pm bus back to KL. Had a great day to spend although for only a short while.

Also, I got myself a copy of one of the most anticipated PS2 games for the time being: God of War 2. I'm still in early stage of playing it, so can't really give reviews or tell the complete storyline. Basically from what I understand, Kratos descended to Earth to help his Spartans although Athena prevented him from doing so. And thus when he descended, he lost all his god powers, making him only as a mortal. I had a hunch that in the end he will be challenging Zeus himself, but that's just my speculation. And yeah, I don't read walkthrough to know the storyline. Graphic presentation wise, somehow better than first version. Although the environment seems to be similar to the first version, the graphic rendering is better. Fires look realistic, so does Kratos' movement. Remember in first version he climbed wall and ledge using his own bare hand? Now no more, instead he 'intelligently' use the Blade of Athena. My little brother noticed this and made me think, 'hmm this sure is more realistic climbing walls using blade instead of hands..'. Skills and magic, mostly same. If you played the first version, most probably you won't notice any big difference. Controls are also the same, with much of the action done by the square button.

Yerp 3am now, I was just switching off my PS2. Time to head to bed.

International Woman's Day

Haha, what day is this? Why do when I search in Google, there's no International Man's Day? Kind of a discrimination if you ask me hehe. So, nope. I don't celebrate this day (of course, I'm a man) and I don't acknowledge the day itself. Why? Here's why..

Woman, for me, is too generalized to be celebrated or have their own international day. Women by themselves don't contribute anything. Whereas mothers, for instance, heck they contribute a lot. So in return, I celebrate Mother's Day, Secretary's Day, Father's Day, Children's Day, holiday, 'Thank God It's Friday' day and whatever days that exist in this world. But Woman's Day? No, I don't think so. Instead, I will celebrate Human Day. This way, I celebrate for all human regardless of gender, race, political believes and any other things that segregate us. Satisfied?

Yep, this is my personal opinion and doesn't represent all men as a whole.

*I don't need to recite 'Lefty Loosy, Righty Tighty' to remember which way to turn the screwdriver and I CAN READ MAPS, hehehehe..*

Me.IsTagged = True

Haha, I've been tagged. Don't really know the purpose, but heck, I'd just play along. Basically, the tag topic is '6 weird things about yourself'. After that, I have to tag another 6 person except the one tagging me. Then I have to inform these person that they've been tagged by leaving a comment in their blog. Would really want to meet the person who started this thing, for I'll give him/her 'The Most Lazy/Using Office Bandwidth for Unnecessary Purpose Staff' award haha!!

1. You know when you have icy drink in your cup, it'll leave watery marks on the table right? My weird habit is, I would either put the cup exactly on top of the previous marks or I'll put it next to the other while ensuring the mark I'm gonna make will not cross the others. So the watery marks will be interconnected or only at 1 place. If you don't believe me, ask me out for a meal and see for yourself.

2. I talk a lot to my computers (yes I have more than 1 computer). When they're OK, I will praise them. Say good things to them, clean them once in a while etc. But when they create problems, I will threaten to sell them or not to use them anymore. However, I have no more threaten them unless they really create problems because once before I threatened to sell my CD Writer and the next morning, it broke down. Yerp, kinda scary..

3. I have recovered from my long-sighted eye problem. Yerp, I also don't know how that happened. I no longer required to wear spectacles even when driving, my eyes no longer susceptible to glare (but still like to wear sunglass while driving). I think I know the reason, but since I don't have any proof I don't want to make it an issue.

4. I like to perform mathematical calculation on car's registration number. My usual formula would be to test whether the number is divisible by 3, 6 or 9. I'll add the numbers and then divide the result with 3. For example, 1598 = 1 + 5 + 9 + 8 which is 23. 23 is not dividable by 3, so move on to other cars. This habit originated from Form 2 Math syllabus, where the exam questions contained parts where students needed to determine whether a given number is divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9.

5. Sleeping at my desk, in front of the computer. This has become a common, and I don't know what to do to stop this. The problem is, I know I'm sleepy but then I'm too stubborn to move from my PC to my bed. Seems like the PC is controlling my mind.

6. I sometimes imagine what would happen if all major roads in KL have an accident scene going on at the same time. It will be a massive crowd and I'm pretty sure the next morning these incidents will appear on newspapers and television channels. It has come to the point that if I have the resources, I myself would have staged this by either having a three car pile-up or overturned a tanker/hauler. In my plan, these roads are going to be affected: Jalan Kuching, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Bangsar, Federal Highway (of course!), Jalan Istana or KL-Seremban Highway, Jalan Pahang and Jalan Hang Tuah. These are some of the roads considered the most critical in KL and would caused major headache should any incident occurs here. Would be very spectacular if somehow this happens..


So there, end of my 6 weird things. I would then pass the tag to nobody.

Seminggu oit Rina aku nak memikir jadah nih..

Edit: I've decided not to tag anybody. Whoever feels he/she wants to do it, you may do so. Quite disappointed seeing the person you tagged is already tagged by someone else. If you read this and you decided to do the tag thingy, do inform me through here and I'll read your post.