Wednesday, December 20, 2006
See you next in 2007
Friday, November 10, 2006
Singapore trip
I just came back from my Singapore trip, more of business than pleasure. This years annual Asia Pacific PCC meeting was held in Singapore. Basically reps from all the Asia Pacific offices were there to attend. Being the person in charge of Malaysia, naturally had to attend. Since this this my 1st time attending this meet it was a good opportunity for me to get to know the people from Tokyo and the rest of the region.
I'll be posting pictures of my trip to the PSA port in my next entry. Its an example of an efficient and organised port
Till next time....
Very tired
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Selamat Hari Raya
Its been quite a hectic month/week for me.Since it was my wifes turn to go back to her kampung, we all headed back to kuching for the whole week. In my opinion raya in kuching is different than in KL. Kemeriahan lain,1st day of raya people were still visiting the friends and relatives till the late hours of the day. All over town houses were lit with lampu "kelip-kelip" very meriah i can say.
The concept of open house is true to the meaning. The house is basically open to anyone. very muhibah, cant say much bout KL since you cant just let any tom, dick or harry to enter right?People still wear the baju melayu till the 7th day during visiting. Its good that my daughter dapat merasa beraya macam ni. As someone who was born and bred in a concrete jungle, at times i felt kind of akward since the longest i've ever worn a baju melayu was during my wedding day.
When i come back from Raya its going to be very hectic. I'll be heading of to Singapore and Bangkok. Ive never liked traveling but its been years since i've been a way on business..seronok jugak rasanya.
Till next time......
Friday, October 20, 2006
Bulan puasa and Hari Raya
Nothing much happened in the office, even the boss took short naps during lunch hour. Proton, Perodua and the rest of the automotive industry took this Ramadhan slow and easy. I guess this the only month for them and me to really relax. I specifically told Japan that this month is going to be real slow and i have planned all the shipments and vessels to call at the end of the month. I dont want any problems during raya. The ports were very happy on this arrangement. I did alot of entertaining this bulan puasa, as usual Hotels all around town were offering their ramadhan buffet. It seems that the prices are going up every year. I wonder who can eat RM90 worth of food anyway?
Cant play much golf this bulan puasa, spent most of it at the driving range. Met a lot of "instructors" at the range. Some gave good tips some were not worth listening to. Regardless of all those "tips" my swing still tak perfect.
I'll be leaving for Kuching this Saturday (21st). This year its my wife's turn. Celebrating Raya is quite different than how we celebrate it here. I still prefer Raya here, what to do dah kawin dgn org from that other part of town. Guess just have to make the best of it.
Lepas Raya ni, life will be hectic semula. Will be heading to Singapore for a week or 2 for the annual PCC meeting. This year their doing it in Singapore, and all the big wigs from Tokyo will be attending. Still tak prepare lagi the reports for Malaysia side. This Raya cuti will be spent completing it. After Singapore will be flying of to Bangkok for a site visit and check out Laem Cha bang the "Detroit of the east"
Until next time, Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahair Batin.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Selamat Berpuasa
Ramadhan hampir menjelang dan persiapan hendaklah diadakan dengan memahami cara beramal di bulan Ramadhan mengikut sunnah dan jangan menjalani ibadah Ramadhan mengikut adat kerana Rasullah pernah bersabda didalam hadisnya :
Barang siapa menghidupkan sunnahKu ketika rosak umat-Ku maka baginya mendapat pahala seratus syahid. Oleh itu berhati-hatilah melakukan amal supaya mempunyai nilai yang tinggi dan mendapat kesan yang baik disepanjang bulan Ramadhan dan dibawah ini dicatatkan amalan-amalan mengikut sunnah.
CHECK LIST AMALAN DI BULAN RAMADHAN
1. Mengucapkan tahniah (Selamat datang Ramadhan atau Selamat menyambut Ramadhan.
2. Niat sebulan bagi malam yang pertama dan selanjutnya niat untuk hari-hari.
3. Sembahyang Isyak berjamaah di masjid/surau.
4. Solat Tarawikh 20 rakaat.
5. Tadarus membaca bersemak dan berturut-turut juzuk.
6. Tidur malam membaca 4 ayat terakhir Surah Al Kahfi supaya dikejutkan bangun tepat jam 4.00 pagi.
7. Bangun jam 4.00 pagi dan setengah jam untuk Qiamullail ringan (Solat Tahjud, Solat Taubat dan Solat Hajat)
8. Jam 4.30 pagi kaum ibu masak sahur.
9. Jam 5.00 pagi/5.15 pagi makan sahur.
10.Jangan tidur sesudah sahur.
11.Solat Subuh berjemaah di Masjid.
12.Tadarus pendek.
13.Matahari tinggi segalah, lakukan solat Isyraq.
14.Menjalankan kerja harian dan menjaga pancaindera.
15.Jam 11.00 pagi tunaikan Solat Dhuha.
16.Lakukan Solat Kafarah Baul 2 rakaat. Rakaat pertama selepas Fatihah baca Surah Al Kautsar 7 kali dan rakaat kedua selepas Fatihah baca Surah Ikhlas 7 kali.
17.Jam 12.00 tengahari tidur, niat tidur waktu Qailulah (ganti jaga satu jam diwaktu sahur)
18.Solat Zuhur berjemaah.
19.Tadarus pendek.
20.Sebelah petang kaum ibu menyediakan berbuka petang.
21.Solat Asar berjemaah di Masjid.
22.Jika masa petang jangan gunakan untuk bersiar-siar atau menonton TV yang melibatkan kemaksiatan. Sebaik-baiknya digunakan untuk mengikuti majlis-majlis ilmu atau berdoa kerana waktu itu amat mustajab.
23. Berbuka dengan ala kadar iaitu minuman yang belum dipanas oleh api atau dengan buah kurma atau buah tempatan.
24.Segera Solat Maghrib di Masjid.
25.Makan malam bersama keluarga.
26.Bersiap sedia untuk ke masjid menunaikan Solat Isyak dan Tarawikh secara berjemaah.
KELEBIHAN-KELEBIHAN YANG LAIN
1. Menghadiri majlis ilmu setiap langkah di beri pahala ibadah sunah setahun.
2. Mengekali berjemaah diberi balasan dengan disediakan sebuah bandar khas di Syurga.
3. Membuat hubungan baik kepda kedua ibu bapa, Allah pandang dengan penuh kasih sayang.
4. Isteri taat kepada suami diberi pahala seperti pahala Asiah dan Mariam.
5. Sesiapa yang menyampaikan hajat saudaranya disampaikan 1000 hajatnya di akhirat.
Mengurangkan berat badan di dalam menjalani ibadah Ramadhan
1. Sebelum puasa timbang badan
2. Kawal berbuka puasa
3. Pastikan semakin lama menunaikan ibadah puasa akan semakin kurang berat badan
4. Elakan daripada makan berlebihan
RANCANG PENINGKATAN IBADAH RAMADHAN
1. Sepuluh hari yang pertama adakan muhasabah amalan.
2. Sepuluh hari yang kedua, pastikan keimanan bertambah kuat dan selaraskan dengan sempena Nuzul Quran.
3. Sepuluh hari yang ketiga kuatkan azam untuk beramal di malam Al Qadr :
i. Dengan melakukan Solat Maghrib,Isyak dan Tarawikh berjemaah.
ii. Atau ditambah dengan Solat Subuh berjemaah
iii. Duduk dengan air sembahyang dan baca Al-Quran, Ayat Kursi, Surah Al Baqarah terakhir (Amanarrasul), Surah Az-zalzalah, Suraah Al Kafirun, Surah al Ikhlas dan Surah Yasin.
iv. Bagi kaum ibu yang uzur, baca zikir.
v. Bangun pukul 1.00 pagi tunaikan Solat Sunat Wuduk, Solat Hajat, Solat Tasbih, Solat Taubat, Solat Istikarah.
vi. Jika sedang beramal, badan terasa sejuk dan terharu maka inilah tanda-tanda mendapat Lailatul Qadar.
SELAMAT TINGGAL RAMADHAN
i. Pastikan Tarawikh terakhir
ii. Ucapkan Selamat Tinggal Ramadhan dengan penuh terharu dan berdoa semoga dipertemukan sekali lagi dengan Ramadhan yang akan datang.
Friday, September 15, 2006
What will they think of next?
Friday September 15, 2006
Illegal racers and spectators to face heavier fines and longer jail terms
City Traffic chief Asst Comm Hamzah Taib said spectators caught watching illegal motorcycle races and egging on the participants would also be subjected to prosecution under the amendments. Mat Rempits and their fans can expect higher fines and longer jail terms.
Asked whether the recent movie Remp-it – which portrayed the lives of Mat Rempits – had any effect on illegal racers, ACP Hamzah said there were two sides to the argument surrounding the issue. “On the one hand, some would say that the movie did glamorise illegal racing, but on the other, it also showed the consequences of the lives led by these people,” he added. ACP Hamzah said the police had only arrested about 300 illegal racers in Kuala Lumpur this year but had conducted special operations to deal with the problem. These operations involve traffic personnel, narcotics police, CID and City Hall officers. “We also send in undercover officers to infiltrate their groups and obtain intelligence on their activities,” he added. He said police statistics showed that there were relatively-few cases in which Mat Rempits were involved in crimes like fighting or destruction of property. He lauded recent attempts by Putera Umno to reach out to the illegal racers. “It is a good move as they are trying to ‘civilise’ the racers. These people have a lot of determination and courage and if this can be channelled properly they can become productive members of society.” ACP Hamzah also said illegal racing was a non-compoundable offence. “This means that if somebody is charged under this offence they will have to face the music in court,” he added. Itu kata Polis, ini pula kata Mat Rempit Mat Rempit: We won’t stop
Mat Rempit are adamant that illegal racing is here to stay if there is no effort to legitimise the “sport.”
This is a direct rebuff to friendly overtures from politicians to bring them back to the fold.
The illegal racers say that if the authorities really want to take them off the streets, all they have to do is build decent and affordable race tracks for them to do their “thing.”
“They have been promising these things for a long time, but nothing much has been done so far,” said Fairuz, 24, a mechanic by day and racer by night.
The existing racetracks are inaccessible to the Mat Rempit because “we cannot afford the charges,” he said.
“As for the organised races, the competition is too tough for us,” said a fellow enthusiast named Zaki.
Fairuz said the Sepang track was too far away from the city to be an attractive venue for the Mat Rempit – most of whom were low-income earners.
“Why are there so many golf courses in the city and so few tracks? It looks like nobody bothers about us because we have no money,” he lamented.
Zaki, 25, added that Mat Rempit were not society’s trash as they were often made out to be.
“There are among us graduates from foreign universities as well as professionals, like architects and engineers,” said Zaki who himself is a professional in the IT industry.
He however conceded that the majority were despatch riders and mechanics.
Even then, all Mat Rempit should not be viewed with disdain just because of a few bad apples, he said.
“All this negativity about us stems from the activities of a small number who were reported beating up people and caught for vandalism,” said Zaki.
Fairuz concurred that Mat Rempit were not gangsters, just young men who thrived on the adrenalin rush from racing.
“Like other sports, we can get emotional in a race. Sometimes fights break out. Then again, it is just among ourselves,” he said.
Another racer named Kechik said Putera Umno’s plan to convert Mat Rempit into Mat Cemerlang would not work.
“Mat Rempit will gamely take part in government-organised roadshows and convoys. But after that, it’s back to their cliques and street racing,” said the 23-year-old university student.
Zaki said he was suspicious of the motives behind Mat Cemerlang.
“Looks like someone’s trying to get political mileage out of ‘taming’ us,” he said.
What will they think of next? Puteri Umno asking Bohsia's or minah rempit as our childrens role model? Puteri Umno can call them Minah Cemerlang.....I guess Putera & Puteri Umno have run out of ideas. Sometimes I wonder why they were created in the 1st place?
On a happier note,congratulations are in store to Haizal who has a new addition to hisfamily.Now you can train your son to play winning 11 on the PS2.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Nothing...
1. I forgot where i put my digi cam, so no pics. Picture quality of my V3X not up to par
2. Busy with work, presentation blah..blah..blah
3. Busy hitting those golf balls, doubt my handicap will improve that much
4. Busy layan anak..at her age kena spend that extra time
5. My damn laptop resolution, sharpness of the picture...man i dont know whats wrong with it makes me not in the mood to update it. Have to get the damn laptop sorted out
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Selamat Hari Merdeka
Sorry…its just going to be a quite empty entry. Tak boleh & tak pandai nak menggambarkan perasaan of being free and independent, cuma banyak bersyukur. Like for every Merdeka, I will spend it with my parents, its time to reflect and enjoy each others company. Kalau tak merdeka , I guess I wont be where i am right now. My parents wont be where they are right now. Syukur that me and my family live in a country which is truly blessed.
For me I’m grateful that my daughter lives in a free and democratic country where there are no wars, famine and what ever else bad is going through the rest of the world.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Tandas
installed kat Sg Wang.
Toliet cleanliness ni very sensitive topic, i remember few months back agak kecoh pasal the condition of toilets tak begitu memberangsangkan. Diharap dengan teknologi baru ni, masalah tandas ni dapat di bendung.
I got these pics from an email a friend of mine bagi, i guess some of you may have seen it. They say they have it in Switzerland. Betul or not i dont know cause i tak penah pi Switzerland. They say they make good chocolates :)
Friday, August 25, 2006
Someone else's point of view
Pure Malay?
Let me begin by laying my cards on the table. I know next to zilch about the etymology of languages.
That's why it impresses me to no end when someone speaks, with utmost conviction, about the preservation of the purity of the Malay language. They must know something I don't.
Because given my limited knowledge on the subject, I often find Bahasa Melayu to be littered with words originated from places as far afield as the Middle East, India, China, Indonesia, Portugal and England.
Allow me illustrate my point:
"Jangan asyik duduk memuja televisyen tu, tolong abah buat kerja. Padamkan tanglung di luar tu, ambilkan mentega yang dalam peti ais, keluarkan pisau dalam laci, tapi kalau tak ada pisau, garfu pun jadilah. Pagi ni, abah nak makan sarapan roti sahaja."
Asyik: Rooted in the Urdu word 'ashiki' which means passionately, or with love.
Memuja: Rooted in the Sanskrit 'pooja' which means to worship, or prayer.
Televisyen: Hah! No prizes for guessing where this one came from.
Abah: Rooted in the Aramaic term for father. Also frequently used in ancient Hebrew.
Tanglung: Nice word, this. Cantonese for dragon light, I think.
Mentega: Portuguese for butter; in Spanish it's 'mantega'.
Peti Ais: 'Ais' is of course ice, phonetically transcribed.
Laci: Pronounced "lah-chee". Don't hold me to it, but I think it may have originally been Dutch.
Garfu: Portuguese for fork.
Sarapan: Breakfast in Malay, Minang, Javanese, and Balinese.
Roti: Hindi for bread.
There you go. Roughly 11 out of the 41 words used here are foreign. Nothing to be ashamed of really. It's the same with English.
An Englishman traversing our country once remarked to me, with more than just a hint of ridicule in the tone of his voice as he surveyed the signages on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, "Pejabat Pos? Hah! I presume 'pos' comes from the English 'post'. Why don't you Malays invent your own words instead of borrowing from ours?"
So I turned to him and replied, not just with a hint of ridicule, but with great relish, "Ah, but John, the term 'Post Office' isn't English at all, dear. They come from the Latin words 'postis' and 'officium'. Yes, Latin, mate. West-central Italy. Romans. Spaghetti-ville. Mothers with moustache. Yessiree, the English language is a mish-mash, haggis-like, illegitimate child of Latin, German, Scandinavian languages, Viking conquer-speak, Hindi (remember bungalow and veranda?), Malay (yes, 'amok' is Malay!), and who knows what else!"
John kept well silent after that.
Why, even my second sentence at the beginning of this article ("I know next to zilch about the etymology of languages.") has words more mixed up than Penang 'pasembor'. 'Zilch' is a cross-breed of two words - 'zero' (from the Arabic 'sifr', which is a state of being nothing) and 'nil' (from the Latin 'nihil'). 'Etymology' comes from, among several other words of different ethnic origins, the Greek 'etumologia'.
So much for the purity of language/langage/lingua (English, French and Latin, respectively).
Which brings me back to my point. The Malay language. Or Bahasa Melayu. (Is it still Bahasa Malaysia now, or has it gone back to Bahasa Melayu? Who knows? All too often it depends on the political agenda of the current guardians of the language, unfortunately.)
Being myself a Melayu (well, half Javanese, a quarter Bugis and a quarter Japanese, anyway), I wonder what all the fuss is about. Now that we've established no one speaks pure anything anymore, why the endless crusade for linguistic purity here in Malaysia?
Recently, a well-renowned Malay film director went up in arms over the sanctity of the term 'Filem Nasional'. (Not a very Melayu phrase at all, to begin with, given that we can easily unearth the origins of the words 'filem' and 'nasional').
In any case, a 'filem nasional', he insisted, must be in Bahasa Melayu. Which means that Malaysian-made films which have the actors speaking in Chinese or Tamil will not qualify as 'filem nasional'. In other words, they will be classified as foreign films, and therefore, will not be eligible for local film award shows, tax rebates, and worse, will be taxed as foreign films are taxed.
Poppy, and more to the point, cock! What is the point of all this self-important paranoia? Here we are, singing "Malaysia, Truly Asia" for all the world to hear and see, but here in our own backyard, it's "Malaysia, Truly Melayu" and everyone else can go to pots.
Come, come.
By Yasmin Ahmad (Gubra & Sepet)
Thats my 2 cents folks
Julia thanks for that email
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Questions of the day
1. Why cant people accept change?
2. Why do people complain?
3. Why are there insensitive people in this world?
4. Why am I so tired?
Is it because I dont eat right? or is it because I sleep late? or is it because I work too hard
5. Why am i complaining a lot?
Guess you cant have everything.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Apa saya buat hari Sabtu
Pada hari sabtu, isteri saya ajak saya pi Midvalley Convention Centre. Kat situ ada Winnie the Pooh punya convention. Since my daughter minat giler Winnie the Pooh, so kena lah bawak dia pegi tgk. So sampai sana, the whole place was full of budak-budak kecik plus the school holidays baru start. My wife ajak my sister and dia bawak her kids. As usual I had to tag along, kalau tak memang kena leter the whole ride home.
Happy shoppers
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Why should I care?
Anyway, I'm not bothered that much on the going on of the old establishment. The thing that pisses me off is when people say eventhough I "bukak pekung di dada" but the same old things are still happening. The best thing is these people are getting promoted for doing it. Look, I did my part. I told the truth, whatever happens after that does not interest me. So okay these people who got promoted may have siphoned money and had the extra marital affairs. At least the Senior Management of the Group knew about it. If they got promoted because of it, well congratulations! At least my conscience is clear.
If my colleagues in the old establishment read this, please understand that I'm not pissed with them . Please understand that I did the best in my capacity by informing the management. Like I said at least i did something. On the day I left there were 3 of us leaving. I know from a fact that 2 of the exit interviews were answered just for the sake of answering. The truth was never told.
I dont know whether MKB will lead the company or not, but i know from a fact that if he does you guys wont have a future there. Just concentrate on finding greener pastures. The main thing here is whether the company can achieve that RM150m target. Well if by the 31st December of 2006, they do achieve it hats off to them. They have prooven me wrong. But if its otherwise then i'll be knocking on their door on the 2nd of January.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Do we really want to know?
Please understand that i have nothing against Cik Siti but its just getting too much. Ever since Malaysia’s self proclaimed Diva announced that she was gonna marry this very rich duda dude. You can at least get one story about her in the papers, ie who’s gonna design the wedding dress to where they are going to spend their honeymoon.
Is it that important?
Frankly speaking I don’t care much about who she marries, the thing that pisses me off is that more important news are being sidelined because of her. Take for example, the day she announced her wedding people in Lebanon were getting their ass kicked. Guess who got front page coverage?
Do i care?
I guess its not just me who’s getting sick and tired of this whole fiasco. Come on lah Siti & Dato K, just get it over with and at least I can read some real news for a change.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A Breath of "fresh" air
In the previous company, the whole area was a smoking zone. I pity the people who worked there, especially the non smoking people. Even if you put a non smoking sign people just wont wont bother. People would even smoke during board meetings.
Now its a totally brand new ball game. In my new workplace, they really enforce the no smoking policy. There are only like 3 people who smoke, and that includes me. Basically we are a dying breed. The provided smoking area is basically at the stair case. There you will find other smokers who occupy the other floors.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
To all you durian lovers
While driving back to my parents house, I would notice people selling durians by the road side. I have never bothered bout whether durian ni "tgh musim ke tidak" but i make a point to buy a few "bijik" when i go back to my kampung.
D11 "Number Eleven" is a very popular durian in the 70's. It has creamy yellow flesh with a pleasant taste and a subtle smell.
The D604 was first cultivated by the late Mr. Teh Hew Hong of Sungai Pinang, Balik Pulau. The flesh is quite sweet, and has some "body" to it as the seed is small.
D600 This durian originates in Sungai Pinang in Balik Pulau. The flesh has a bittersweet taste to it, with a touch of sourness.
D700 The flesh is darker than D600, like chrome yellow. Also slightly hard. Crispy, but the smell is not very strong.
Ang Sim (Red Heart) Ang Sim is a durian with flesh which is quite soft and very sweet, and dark yellow in colour. It also has a nice aroma.
Khun Poh This durian takes the name of the late Mr Lau Khun Poh, who first budded it. Khun Poh has beautiful orangy flesh with a slightly bitter-sweet taste and a heavy aroma.
Actually banyak lagi variety of durian. Letih plak nak transfer all those pics. To all you durian lovers enjoy.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Jom lepak tepi Highway
tuan punya kereta dgn gigihnya cuba menukar tayar
dgn gagahnya dia menukar tayar
"Pemerhati"
It took us 3 hours to change that tyre pasal tuan punya kereta takde spare tyre and he thought it would be a good idea to use my spare tyre. Unfortunately spare tyre Honda dengan tayar Alfa Romeo are totally different. So terpaksalah pusing area Damansara carik brand new tyres.
Kepada tuan empunya kereta, I wish him good luck in his new job. It has been an honor working with you. I guess its high time you bought that Toyota Wish you always talk about. since MISC is going to pay you big bucks to join them.
Next : Proton Walkthrough survey
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Japanese Food,view from the top & how to repair your bonnet kereta
As usual still ada problem nak upload my pics.until then have a productive week.