and pada semua, thank you for joining us. maaf kalau ada kekurangan. Pada kak Diva tahniah kerana dinaikkan pangkat dan selamat memulakan tugas di tempat baru.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tahniah & Selamat Berjaya
Memandangkan seorang kenalan yang juga merupakan seorang dj radio akan dinaikkan pangkat dan bertukar ke Miri, maka kesempatan pada hari cuti wesak digunakan untuk meraikan beliau. it's more of get together over high tea rather. ingatkan nak berkumpul di menara Kl tapi ada pulak yang gayat. Marriot Putrajaya is a good option with it's good food, nice live music and polite crowd tapi jauhlah pulak. finally ended up kat Nikko. adik memang suka bebenor tiramisu kat Deli Lobby lounge Nikko tu. Lagi pun Nikko is only 5 minutes away from home.
and pada semua, thank you for joining us. maaf kalau ada kekurangan. Pada kak Diva tahniah kerana dinaikkan pangkat dan selamat memulakan tugas di tempat baru.
and pada semua, thank you for joining us. maaf kalau ada kekurangan. Pada kak Diva tahniah kerana dinaikkan pangkat dan selamat memulakan tugas di tempat baru.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tribute To The Teachers
May 16 ... teachers day ! So what ! come to think of it why do people nowadays emphasize so much on the special days ....teachers day, mothers days, nurses day, labour day, fathers day .....and all the donnowhat days !. In my good ole days, i don't think anybody borders very much on the so and so days.
Come teachers day, i bet every body would give a good account of their teachers. Do I have fond memories of my teachers ? - of course I do. Well, some are worth mentioning here.
1. Cikgu Wan Mustapha (my standard 1 teacher)
- his son, wan farid was the class monitor. every time cikgu comes into the class, the monitor will stand up, acknowledged and says 'murid murid semua berdiri, selamat pagi ayah' ...and follows my the rest of the class.
2. Cik Gu Yahaya
- I was in standard 4 when the late Cik Gu Yahaya taught us mathematics. A very strict and ruthless teacher I would say. Even his name send shock tremors to the class. He would just point to any student to come forward and solve the mathematical problems on the blackboard. with the ratan always in his right hand, one is sure to get a token on the palm if one can't solve the problem. then automatically, you'll be sent to stand up on the chair. but he was also quite considerate as he would always give you another chance .... a second mistake however will see you on the highest peak in the class (standing on the table!). I do recall, whenever my name was called to approach the blackboard, rather then wasting his time, i would automatically spring up to stand on the table. I learned that by doing so, i always spare the mandatory canning - wow, clever me !. and of course a very common sight to see ... before the maths period was over, 90% of the students in the class will either be standing on the chair or table. needless to say one of the regulars on the table is now a professor in statistics at universiti kebangsaan malaysia.
3. Miss Ng (geography teacher when i was in form 2)
- a young, pretty and sexy teacher from Ipoh who always wear the shortest miniskit!. somehow whenever she came for the class, all the boys will rush to be seated in the front rows. and once the class was over, Arief will always hold a press conference ..... goes like , 'well, today she wears a pink colour undie' ... followed by a moment of Ooooooo and deep silence
4. Cik Gu MN
- a young teacher, graduate from one of the teacher's training college. a form 2 history teacher cum warden. somehow he was always up to something and honestly i find him very irritating. when we were in form 5, he must be in his early 20's. this is one teacher who always think that he was the smartest, strict tak bertempat and very very annoying. unfortunately, i was caught on at least a few occasions - skipping prep classes, lompat pagar keluar malam from the hostel and painting graffiti. he was the one who recommended and insisted that a group of us be awarded the honourable public canning. and he was also the one who recommended me and MRM to be suspended from school for 2 weeks - and that was less then 1 month before the MCE exam. and it's still fresh in my memory when he called me and MRM to his room and said.. 'i bet my last dollar, that both of you will never go far and i'm not surprise if both of you tak jadi manusia pun'. well, i'm glad we proved him wrong .... at least i'm not a pest to the society and dato dr. MRM is an adviser to the prime minister on energy section !
Come teachers day, i bet every body would give a good account of their teachers. Do I have fond memories of my teachers ? - of course I do. Well, some are worth mentioning here.
1. Cikgu Wan Mustapha (my standard 1 teacher)
- his son, wan farid was the class monitor. every time cikgu comes into the class, the monitor will stand up, acknowledged and says 'murid murid semua berdiri, selamat pagi ayah' ...and follows my the rest of the class.
2. Cik Gu Yahaya
- I was in standard 4 when the late Cik Gu Yahaya taught us mathematics. A very strict and ruthless teacher I would say. Even his name send shock tremors to the class. He would just point to any student to come forward and solve the mathematical problems on the blackboard. with the ratan always in his right hand, one is sure to get a token on the palm if one can't solve the problem. then automatically, you'll be sent to stand up on the chair. but he was also quite considerate as he would always give you another chance .... a second mistake however will see you on the highest peak in the class (standing on the table!). I do recall, whenever my name was called to approach the blackboard, rather then wasting his time, i would automatically spring up to stand on the table. I learned that by doing so, i always spare the mandatory canning - wow, clever me !. and of course a very common sight to see ... before the maths period was over, 90% of the students in the class will either be standing on the chair or table. needless to say one of the regulars on the table is now a professor in statistics at universiti kebangsaan malaysia.
3. Miss Ng (geography teacher when i was in form 2)
- a young, pretty and sexy teacher from Ipoh who always wear the shortest miniskit!. somehow whenever she came for the class, all the boys will rush to be seated in the front rows. and once the class was over, Arief will always hold a press conference ..... goes like , 'well, today she wears a pink colour undie' ... followed by a moment of Ooooooo and deep silence
4. Cik Gu MN
- a young teacher, graduate from one of the teacher's training college. a form 2 history teacher cum warden. somehow he was always up to something and honestly i find him very irritating. when we were in form 5, he must be in his early 20's. this is one teacher who always think that he was the smartest, strict tak bertempat and very very annoying. unfortunately, i was caught on at least a few occasions - skipping prep classes, lompat pagar keluar malam from the hostel and painting graffiti. he was the one who recommended and insisted that a group of us be awarded the honourable public canning. and he was also the one who recommended me and MRM to be suspended from school for 2 weeks - and that was less then 1 month before the MCE exam. and it's still fresh in my memory when he called me and MRM to his room and said.. 'i bet my last dollar, that both of you will never go far and i'm not surprise if both of you tak jadi manusia pun'. well, i'm glad we proved him wrong .... at least i'm not a pest to the society and dato dr. MRM is an adviser to the prime minister on energy section !
Friday, May 2, 2008
LABOUR holiDAY
well, a short break for the first of May. the decision was rather late, thus despite taking the budget airline, the fare was not that cheap after all. the initial plan was to redang or tioman, but for reasons i still find hard to comprehend, we end up in langkawi. no regret really.
I can't exactly remember when was my last trip to langkawi. perhaps 10 years ago !. but i do remember taking a mid day flight and the hotel was perhaps 15 minutes away from the airport (honestly didn't remember the hotel's name). attended the opening ceremony at 3.00 pm and presented my paper just before the break at 5.00 pm. after a quick snack, i rushed back to the airport to catch the last flight home.
by the way this trip was the first for my 2 teenage kiddos.
.... and adik on arrival at langkawi airport - i gathered she was fairly excited
thought of visiting the under water world but as advised by the receptionists at the hotel, the cable car ride was a far better option . and there goes the kiddos and the maid in the cable car
and the scenery at the summit was just breath taking. and the aura and phobia of walking on the hanging bridge !
needless to say, visiting the mahsuri mousoleum was a must for the visitors to langkawi.
and of course the attraction of the beach. lots of places to hang out and unwind along the cenang beach at night - very much resemble the night life in kuta beach in bali. a lot of good restaurants serving good seafood and western cuisines. but alas, the tomyam was a mere disappointment!
and can't blame the maid - wow dia pun nak melaram !
and finally, that was me in langkawi.
Summary:-
verdict: a good and well deserved short holiday
Shopping: fantastic (at least i got 3 pieces of ralph laurent shirt for only rm 500)
Food: the restaurants were fairly good, clean and affordable
Setback: adik merajuk sebab tak jumpa cari starbucks to get her ice blended mocca
I can't exactly remember when was my last trip to langkawi. perhaps 10 years ago !. but i do remember taking a mid day flight and the hotel was perhaps 15 minutes away from the airport (honestly didn't remember the hotel's name). attended the opening ceremony at 3.00 pm and presented my paper just before the break at 5.00 pm. after a quick snack, i rushed back to the airport to catch the last flight home.
by the way this trip was the first for my 2 teenage kiddos.
.... and adik on arrival at langkawi airport - i gathered she was fairly excited
thought of visiting the under water world but as advised by the receptionists at the hotel, the cable car ride was a far better option . and there goes the kiddos and the maid in the cable car
and the scenery at the summit was just breath taking. and the aura and phobia of walking on the hanging bridge !
needless to say, visiting the mahsuri mousoleum was a must for the visitors to langkawi.
and of course the attraction of the beach. lots of places to hang out and unwind along the cenang beach at night - very much resemble the night life in kuta beach in bali. a lot of good restaurants serving good seafood and western cuisines. but alas, the tomyam was a mere disappointment!
and can't blame the maid - wow dia pun nak melaram !
and finally, that was me in langkawi.
Summary:-
verdict: a good and well deserved short holiday
Shopping: fantastic (at least i got 3 pieces of ralph laurent shirt for only rm 500)
Food: the restaurants were fairly good, clean and affordable
Setback: adik merajuk sebab tak jumpa cari starbucks to get her ice blended mocca
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Does honesty pays ?
a couple of days ago, while having our regular nasi lemak at penang village, a close friend was asking me whether it was worth been honest and trustworthy ! naturally i startled in disbelieved with such unexpected question. knowing him way back from our hostel years, he was the honest and naive type (and a bit blurr at times ,.... sorry Mr. N****). back to our dear friend, he must has been disappointed for been left out in the recent promotion exercise - most of his peers have been promoted to a pengarah level by now. he says his only weakness was that he was honest, transparent and doesn't know how to cheat his ketua pengarah (i suppose somebody has to tell him that there is such thing as tipu sunat!).
honest is a word which is hard to describe and can be interpreted in many different ways. you may not realise the act until someone congratulate you for your deed. usually those who appreciate your help and honest act will pay you in kind, be it a simple thank you or something beyond you expectation. just to reflect some of my personal 'unsangkarable' appreciations.
a. a young indonesian man was referred to me in HKL from a private hospital in subang jaya. he sustained severe head injury when he was high on drug and fell from his second floor hotel room. immediate attempt to contact his family members proved futile even with the help of the Indonesian embassy. his dad and mum arrived from Jakarta about 6 weeks latter after his came out from his coma and was able to tell us his house no. honestly i can't bear seeing his parents then with tears glistering in their eyes. for 6 weeks they were damned worried as their son has not contacted them. he was suppose to fly straight to Amsterdam via Changi, but decided to take a detour to kl. and i was really happy and proud to see him improving as the day goes by. when his parents requested that i accompany his son back to Jakarta, i naturally agreed. another big big surprise. yes we actually flew in his dad's private Lear jet ! little did i realize that his dad also own the Jakarta Grand Hyatt (never have i imagine that I'll be sleeping in a presidential suite at the hotel). 3 days in Jakarta, been very well entertained within the circle of the super rich is an experience of a life time. and an another surprise - a small token of USD 10K(that's what his mum said).
b. Puan F****** what admitted in a state of coma at about 3 in the morning. having arrived from heathrow about 5 hours earlier, her husband thought she was still having her jet lag until she started to have uncontrolled seizure. urgent CT scans of the brain done on admission indicated bleeding within a large frontal lobe tumor. all the while her complaint of frontal headache was dismissed as migraine attack. emergency surgery to remove the tumor was done in the wee hour of the morning. Thanks god, she survived. 3 weeks latter someone from the travel agency called. 'En. J***** was very grateful that you save his wife & he insisted that you take a well deserved holiday with you family'. and there we were, an unforgettable fully paid family holiday in mount titlis, Switzerland courtesy of Mr J*****. Thank you Mr J***** and Puan F******. do keep in touch.
c. Tan Sri Dato Seri D**** had a massive bleed in his brain following a fall in a posh hotel in Jalan Sultan Ismail. Apart from mild weakness of his left limbs and mild personality changes, he has indeed shown a remarkable improvement. and without fail, come hari raya, tan sri will deliver a huge 6 feet high hamper to my house, plus the rm 1000 dinner voucher. received a fax from his office on Monday for another informal dinner at his residence in tropicana golf and country club. well this is the second dinner in a year.
d. Dato L** was grateful that i treated his son who fell from the balcony while trying to so sneak his girlfriend into his room. we became close friends since then. and again he love to entertain friends and his close business associates over dinner. that reminds me of another dinner at one world hotel next week (lucky I'll be in langkawi then !). and of course he was rather disappointed that i couldn't attend the official opening of his restaurant in Perth last year.
e. and that reminded me of the other numerous gifts i received over the years ranging from nana ricci silk tie to mont blanc pen.
f. then there was this chap from muar who always bring a half gunny sack of rambutan or mangosteen when ever he came for his follow up visit. and not forgetting Tuengku A** who regularly travel from bandar aceh with buah salak madu sumatera and keropok belinjau (for some reasons, those patients from sumatera put more trust in our doctors than theirs)
g. and of course as usual, bottles of wine and boxes of chocolate from the Scott's whenever they came to see me in the follow up clinic at the southern general. needless to say, the nurses then were the happiest lots as they known invariably they were the lucky one to carry the bottles home.
h. above all, a small crayon painting from irina, a cute 7 year old sabahan girl from tawau touch my heart the most. in her drawing, apart from her parents and two other siblings, she included me as her beloved family member whom she dearestly love. sadly she died a week after i received her drawing. medulloblastoma is always a fatal and aggressive childhood brain tumor. Alfathihah.
well, despite what some people might think, I still believe that honesty and sincerity still pays. you may not get an immediate reward, but insyaallah the reward is always there in the here after.
Friday, April 18, 2008
KLKL
selepas solat jumaat biasanya aku terus saja pulang ke rumah. receptionist aku dah memang maklum aku tak masuk lagi ofis lepas solat jumaat, jadi memang dia tak ambil appointment petang jumaat unless ada real emergency. biasanya lepas solat jumaat aku akan settle semua urusan bank, bayar utility bills, melepak kat favourite coffee shop atau terus pulang ke rumah melayari internet. jadi petang jumaat dapatlah dengar KLKL (kenangan lalu kuala lumpur) yang dikendalikan oleh dj fauziah zakaria @ kak porsh. lagu lagu yang dimainkan memang kelas dan nostalgik, lebih lebih lagi jika dikendalikan oleh dj azizah sulaiman dan fauziah zakaria. for some reasons, the two djs just have the instint for good songs. kak porsh is one dj who will try her best to please her listerners. kadang kadang terasa malulah pulak sebab selalu jugak request lagu. rasanya last week dah request lagu rafeah buang, hari ni request lagi sekali .... ish ish ish. but then, i just love her songs. so lepas dinner dengan the kids tadi di klcc terus ke tower record cari cd rafeah buang (lucky for me as that was the last copy).
petang tadi the kiddo from far away land sms ...'can i use my credit card to get a new nokia e65. they're having sale now. only rm 1500.00'(berapa rubles eh !). seems that the kiddos are upgrading their mobile once in 2 years. yang untungnya the maid ... rasanya si sri wahyuni tu dah ada 3 mobile phone. familiar sangat dengan statement ini ....'kalau abah belikan phone baru, nanti adik/abang bagilah phone yang lama ni ke kak sri' ......
Saturday, April 12, 2008
birthday oh b'day
March and April are always the months to reckon. I suppose life was much easier for us when the kiddos were very much younger - a barbie doll or an ultraman stuff would do the trick. well, time changes ... and one would not be able to pacify a teenage with such birthday gift anymore.
March 18 - adik request for a new 3G mobile. she just lost her new rm 1250.00 nokia(hardly 3 month's old). can't complaint very much - a fairy careless and destructive character at times. request granted - kalau tidak tak tahulah muncung panjang mana !
March 23 - a week prior to the date abang has be posing and playing with my nikon SLR. hinted that he'll be joining the photography club in school. one night he asked whether he could have a D60 or D40x nikon SLR for his special day. well, we reach a compromise, since i hardly use my D80, he's free to use it any time he wish. well, he seems happy but deep inside i could sense that he felt he should also get something solely for himself.
so then this was abang's 16th birthday present.
April 2 - it was nana big day. since the owner is in a far away land, then the pleasure was on us to decide what she deserve for her birthday. adik and abang came out with a brilliant idea. .... we decided that being the eldest, she should get the biggest present, a 40 inch sony plasma tv. well sorry nana for the time being, the rest of us will enjoy your birthday present. be free to ask for it when you're back for your summer holidays. such an excellent idea from adik and abang.
March 18 - adik request for a new 3G mobile. she just lost her new rm 1250.00 nokia(hardly 3 month's old). can't complaint very much - a fairy careless and destructive character at times. request granted - kalau tidak tak tahulah muncung panjang mana !
March 23 - a week prior to the date abang has be posing and playing with my nikon SLR. hinted that he'll be joining the photography club in school. one night he asked whether he could have a D60 or D40x nikon SLR for his special day. well, we reach a compromise, since i hardly use my D80, he's free to use it any time he wish. well, he seems happy but deep inside i could sense that he felt he should also get something solely for himself.
so then this was abang's 16th birthday present.
April 2 - it was nana big day. since the owner is in a far away land, then the pleasure was on us to decide what she deserve for her birthday. adik and abang came out with a brilliant idea. .... we decided that being the eldest, she should get the biggest present, a 40 inch sony plasma tv. well sorry nana for the time being, the rest of us will enjoy your birthday present. be free to ask for it when you're back for your summer holidays. such an excellent idea from adik and abang.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Merapi Oh Merapi
Rasanya dah lama sangat tak jengok blog ni ... ish ish dah bersawan rupanya. sejak entri terakhir, memang rasa hopeless sangat ! sebenarnya tak ada apa special yang nak di update. well, we're suppose to head to palestin masa cuti sekolah yang lepas tapi terpaksa dibatalkan on the eleventh hour sebab pergolakan terbaru yang terjadi disana. kata our guide, pihak regim telah sealed off the border, jadi no way we can enter. further more keadaan masa tu sangatlah huru hara dan merbahaya.
pilihanraya telah pun berlalu but then rasa sangat menyampah pulak dengan the series of post election events yang berlaku. by the way i cast my vote for the first time walau pun dah registered dengan spr since 1988. rasa banggalah pula sebab calon yang menerima pangkahan pertama saya tu menang ! eeeee geram pun ada ..... ada ke patut adun adun di negeri kelahiran aku nak tunjuk act pulak dengan Tuanku Sultan. sedih rasanya melihat perangai those useless politicians. manalah lafaz 'kesetiaan pada raja dan negara' yang menjadi tunggak rukun negara.
disebabkan tersangat menyampah dengan isu isu semasa yang berlaku, we decided to surf the net, and there we were.
..... our flight on malaysia airline ke jogjakarta mengambil masa hampir 2 jam setengah. seperti lapangan terbang di bandar aceh, medan, bali dan bandung, lapangan terbang adisucipto di jogjakarta juga agak usang dan tidak begitu impressive. memandangkan hari cuti umum good friday, maka perjalanan dari lapangan terbang ke hyatt hanya mengambil masa 15 minit.
(gunung merapi yang jelas kelihatan dari bilik kamar)
as it was not a plan trip, kami agak at a lost apa yang nak di buat di jogja. our main aim was to visit candi borobudur (now that we've visited 6 out of the 7 wonders of the world). the hotel was amazing with very nice landscape and fantastic scenery facing the golf course and mount merapi.
(candi borobudur yang banyak menerima kunjungan penduduk tempatan dan luar negeri).
disamping candi borobudur, kami juga mengambil kesempatan menyusuli jalan desa ke kaki pergunungan merapi - the scenery was great dengan ladang buah salak di kiri kanan jalan ke kaki gunung.
sempat juga ke universitas gadjah mada (UGM) - antara universiti tertua dan terfamous di indonesia. rasanya ramai juga penuntut malaysia yang sedang melanjutkan pelajaran disana.
(penuntut UGM yang sedang menjamu selera - the best part is puluhan warung di sekitar kawasan universiti tidak menyediakan kerusi meja untuk pelanggan mereka, so that explain makan sambil bersila !)
the shopping district sekitar jalan malioboro tersangat padat dengan ribuan manusia (naik pening kepala pulak dibuatnya). terdapat banyak batik tulis yang memang cantik cantik. seorang pedagang batik di kawasan tersebut memberi tahu terdapat beberapa orang dari kuala lumpur datang ke kedainya bagi menempah pakian pengantin.
and as usual, what ole ole do I get for myself ? ..... NOTHING !. dan cuba tanya the same question to my wife. yang menghairankan, kalau shopping tak pernah dia mengeluh penat !
pilihanraya telah pun berlalu but then rasa sangat menyampah pulak dengan the series of post election events yang berlaku. by the way i cast my vote for the first time walau pun dah registered dengan spr since 1988. rasa banggalah pula sebab calon yang menerima pangkahan pertama saya tu menang ! eeeee geram pun ada ..... ada ke patut adun adun di negeri kelahiran aku nak tunjuk act pulak dengan Tuanku Sultan. sedih rasanya melihat perangai those useless politicians. manalah lafaz 'kesetiaan pada raja dan negara' yang menjadi tunggak rukun negara.
disebabkan tersangat menyampah dengan isu isu semasa yang berlaku, we decided to surf the net, and there we were.
..... our flight on malaysia airline ke jogjakarta mengambil masa hampir 2 jam setengah. seperti lapangan terbang di bandar aceh, medan, bali dan bandung, lapangan terbang adisucipto di jogjakarta juga agak usang dan tidak begitu impressive. memandangkan hari cuti umum good friday, maka perjalanan dari lapangan terbang ke hyatt hanya mengambil masa 15 minit.
(gunung merapi yang jelas kelihatan dari bilik kamar)
as it was not a plan trip, kami agak at a lost apa yang nak di buat di jogja. our main aim was to visit candi borobudur (now that we've visited 6 out of the 7 wonders of the world). the hotel was amazing with very nice landscape and fantastic scenery facing the golf course and mount merapi.
(candi borobudur yang banyak menerima kunjungan penduduk tempatan dan luar negeri).
disamping candi borobudur, kami juga mengambil kesempatan menyusuli jalan desa ke kaki pergunungan merapi - the scenery was great dengan ladang buah salak di kiri kanan jalan ke kaki gunung.
sempat juga ke universitas gadjah mada (UGM) - antara universiti tertua dan terfamous di indonesia. rasanya ramai juga penuntut malaysia yang sedang melanjutkan pelajaran disana.
(penuntut UGM yang sedang menjamu selera - the best part is puluhan warung di sekitar kawasan universiti tidak menyediakan kerusi meja untuk pelanggan mereka, so that explain makan sambil bersila !)
the shopping district sekitar jalan malioboro tersangat padat dengan ribuan manusia (naik pening kepala pulak dibuatnya). terdapat banyak batik tulis yang memang cantik cantik. seorang pedagang batik di kawasan tersebut memberi tahu terdapat beberapa orang dari kuala lumpur datang ke kedainya bagi menempah pakian pengantin.
and as usual, what ole ole do I get for myself ? ..... NOTHING !. dan cuba tanya the same question to my wife. yang menghairankan, kalau shopping tak pernah dia mengeluh penat !
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