2 days acquantaince

she was manning one of the exhibition booth. at first glance, she seems like an ordinary girl. but there is something about her. i can feel that. i do.

so, when i told a friend of mine, she said sarcastically, "why la men like women with innocent face?". i have to agree with her. she does look innocent. well, maybe she is still new to this working thingy.

so on every opportunity i have, i went to her booth. at first, interacting with her colleague, and after a while, we chatted casually with each other. she told me that she just came back from Australia, completed her Masters in Accounting, after graduating with a degree in Journalism. we chatted as if we've known each other more than 1 1/2 days.

then she asked me, how old am i? when i told her that i'm 25, she was surprised. she did not expect me to be of the same age with her, as she (like most others) thought that i am 30 years old. and then we shared some things that usually people don't share with strangers :)

then she told me, that i have similar resemblance of one of her best friends. the way i talk, the way i put my hands into the trouser's pockets when speaking, and things like that. hurmm.. i guess now i know where is one of my other 6 is.

and suddenly, i know why i feel like there is something about this girl! she looks like Intan Suria a.k.a MegiKari a.k.a TanTan (nama manja muahahahaha)! i mean, the way she laugh, the way she made some snide remarks, and some other things lah. even her smile resembles Intan's.

so she asked me, "do you facebook?". i said "yeah. penting tu". then we continued chatting, until she revealed that she has a friend in HR. and i also know her.

by the end of the forum, we parted our ways. and being a foolish that i am, i was unable to gather courage to ask for her handphone number or email address. and here i am, writing this down as a proof of my cowardice. i guess i'm just being too conventional. and old school. hahaha.

and like every other sane and desperate guy would do, i logged on to my Facebook account. i opened my colleague's page, and searched for this girl in her friends' list.

and there it was, a locked profile. but the profile picture is not the picture that i hoped to see.

it was her picture in the arms of another man.

ok, girlfriend orang. cross her name from the list!

emcee bidan terjun

"good job. you guys are good"

all we can do was smile as a gesture to the compliments. we were too tired, and fatigue got the best of us. blame it on the lack of sleep, and disturbance on our sleep pattern.

we were told that the dry-run will be held at 1.oo am, as the ballroom is being used by a wedding function the night before. and when came 0100 hours, we were informed that the banquet told us that the ballroom will ready by 0300 hours.

so we continued our sleep, only to wake up sharp at 3.00 am (thanks to Menaka), with the hope that we will be able to do the dry run as scheduled. much to our dismay, the ballroom was still yet to be ready for the event! the floor was still messy, the backdrop was nowhere to be seen, and the audio was yet to be in place (yes, there are lots of grammar errors here. lantak laa).

we waited until 4 am, and since we've wasted an hour waiting for nothing, both of us decided to return back to our rooms, and came back to the hall by 5.30 am. hoping to be able to conduct at least a dry run for the launching gimmick.

we waited then, and only by 7am, the audio people came and setting up everything, and by that time we had to rush to return back to our rooms, refreshed ourself via shower, and got ready for the event. we only managed to run through the launching gimmick with the team (no dry run tho!).

so, yeah. when one of the speakers mentioned to the crowd, how the emcees are to be congratulated for the job well done, although we were hit by the lack of sleep, we really appreciate it. we feel that we deserve it.

it's not the organising committee members, the chairman, the protocol, the floor manager; but us the bidan-terjun emcees who insisted on having the dry run. yes, other team members also were staying up throughout the morning, waiting for the hall to be cleaned and arranged by the banquet team for the event. but the credit all goes to us. muahahhahaha

sekian luahan hati seorang emcee bidan terjun. nasib all internal VIPs cakap great job to both of us. we can see that our name sure naik punya the next time the company needs emcee. muahahahaha

+ve

i am positive!

hello Santa

Dear Santa,

why have you not commenting my blog entry? is it because you're mad that you can no longer receive mails from kids? fret not Santa, for the decision has been reversed. you may ask your lawyers to rest now. want to know more? click here!

since i've shared this info with you, you better comment at my entry, or better, buy me those things that i want to.

else,

i'll come over to your house, and bring along with me officers from Wildlife Department to rescue those reindeer. i am pretty much sure that you do not posses any license to keep them as pet, and thus i wonder what will they react once knowing that you used those reindeers as slave?

so, you have 2 options.

option 1: get me those things i wanted

option 2: failure to do so, i'll come over to your place. well, they might take your reindeers away. but me? i'll bring along my lawyers to sue you for failure to give me what i want, and also to sue you on copyrights infringement, even your lawyers wont be able to defend you.

i know your address.

and for the betterment of the kids around the world, i am going to share your address with the them all.

Santa Claus, 1 Santa Claus Lane, North Pole, AK 99705

Xmas wish list

dear Santa,

i've done an internet search, and i found that there is no reference to you mentioned anywhere in Christian's holy scriptures. Which this brings to the fact that you are actually a Caucasians icon, not a religion icon. Hence, i am writing to you in the spirit of 1Malaysia and brotherhood of global peace and Mutual Understanding of Religions, and asking you to fulfill my this year's Xmas wish.

rest assured, that i've been a good boy (those who said i've been bad, watch out punks, Coz i;m gonna slice your throat later tonight).

so, this is my 2009 Xmas wishlist

1. full set of Rockband musical instruments for Wii
2. Wii-Fit boards and games
3. Motion-Plus for my Wii
4. hit titles of Wii videogames
5. ps3

will you give me these?

22102009

(this has becoming of a bad habit of mine)

achoo! oh my, there are loads of dust over here. well, as usual, this entry will start with words of apologising to fellow readers (if there is any, due to inactivity for the past month) for the long silence. loads of things happened throughout the month, and i am perfectly content with the happenings. hence, lack of emo-entries. hahaha

office gossip first.

under the new VP, seems like Human Resources Management is heading to new direction. In line with Tan Sri President's speech theme, it's time for us to have a major paradigm shift.

we need to change the way we think. rather than having this victim mindset, one must change to see the positive side of everything.

ahh.. i must say that this is hard, even for me. i am a staunch supporter of changes for the good, but please oh please tell me, the masses need to be informed on the changes then only can they understand and embrace the changes.

i wonder if the new management truly understand the HR credibility formula.

Credibility = Communication + Compassionate + Reliability

but where are we now? everything is done via the secured, encrypted, confidential way.

even within HR fraternity, only selected few have the privilege of knowing what's happening.

there are rumors of outsourcing of non-technical positions, as what happened to the IT arm. until there is concrete proof that is happening, i'll just assume that as rumors (u just cannot discount anything nowadays hahaha HR sendiri pun dah tak percaya HR...how is that?)

Social life:

ok, since i moved to Kota Kinabalu, i am self-proclaimed anti-social. i mean, i rarely join activities with others, mainly due to having no car as the main mode of transportation. even Sherie was surprised when i told her that i no longer socialised over there hahahhaa.

good thing is, i'm having lots of rest (due to excessive travelling to and fro KL. am not complaining!), more time for me to sleep, and also i save a lot! hahahaha.

anyway, 2009 is approaching its finishing line. am thinking of a road trip, perhaps to penang, but am rain-checking it first due to its monsoon season over here.

my thoughts goes to the flood victims. political parties, this is the moment for you to serve the people!

till then!

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday ended with one of my colleague, shared with us a farewell note from his friend who accepted the CTO. together with the email, he added his own remark, "Energy Receive, Energy Return, Inspiring People Everywhere.. sigh".

so when I replied, "awat Tun lagu tu?"

another person responded with "....lepas ni sure jadi issue plak cuti panjang untuk kahwin"

Thursday started with me, responding to Wednesday's email, by trying to rally their spirit and motivate them for this. among the points i mentioned to them are:

• let this be a reminder to us, that someday when we are at the managerial level, let us not be trapped in this system, and do the same thing
• let this remind us, that for us to go through this, we need to assist each other, regardless whether it's in our KPI or not.
• also, for our bosses to be able to defend us, we need to meet our KPIs as well as go beyond the KPIs.

then someone replied,

"by going beyond KPIs, then people will lower the KPI expectation".

i replied,

"going beyond KPI is not lowering the expectation. going beyond KPI is after meeting your target, you did something that add value to your work.

a simple analogy:

race car driver.

main target (KPI): to complete the race within top ten place. this will guarantee the team point(s) for the Constructor Points.

side target (beyond KPI):

1. to show to the audiences his driving skill. this will awe the audiences, thus increasing his fan base
2. to ensure the cameramen are always focusing on his car. this would increase the visibility of the sponsors whose stickers were all over the car. ultimately, seeing high visibility in the media, the companies will continue sponsoring the team.
3. again, to show his skill in the circuit. this will increase his visibility to other teams, and increase his opportunity to become the main driver for another racing team.

what say you?

one sunday morning

i was at the newsstand, picking up the Sunday Times and Utusan Mingguan (yeap, i still read them. why? cannot meh? boring kot asyik baca benda pro-PR online. baca dua-dua la dey, baru balance and atas pagar).

then today's headline for Harian Metro caught my attention

Anak Haram Bercambah (click on the link)

and suddenly, this pakcik came out of nowhere, and said, "nilah, anak 1Malaysia"

i responded by telling him "ni bukan sebab 1Malaysia, ni sebab kurang didikan agama"

but still that pakcik continued with his blabbering on his 1Malaysia causing anak haram birth rate skyrocketed.

urgh, the mentality of some pakcik and makcik. what does 1Malaysia got to do with this thing? because it promotes tighter integration with people of other creeds and skin-colour?

ok lah, nowadays mmg bnyk benda and tempat yang boleh merosakkan/melemahkan akidah muncul di seluruh negara. but before we could start attacking these sins dens, are we not guilty as well? everything starts at home. families play important roles in shaping the child's identity.

ok la, u cannot put the blame on the families sahaja. semua pun salah. termasuk la sanak saudara sahabat handai.

but to terus kata "ni lah anak 1malaysia ni.."??

since ko support parti2 PR, jom lakukan sesuatu. kita tunjukkan yang semua itu takkan berlaku sekiranya PR memerintah. OK?

perutusan khas sempena hari Sabtu ni

lusa, 2 of my younger sisters are getting engaged (yea yea, for sure the question that will pop out from you guys is "so, ko bila pulak?")

my sisters are funny bunch. they once told me that the agenda for the engagements day are as follow:-

11.30 pagi - majlis pertunangan alya
12.50 tghari - para jemputan dan keluarga kedua-dua belah ke masjid berdekatan untuk solat Zohor
1.45 tghari - majlis makan tghari antara keluarga kedua-dua pihak lelaki
2.30 ptg - majlis pertunangan sabira
3.30 ptg - majlis pernikahan abg amil

LOL. they even said, "abg mil, dalam agenda dah ada. tapi calon abg amil carik sendiri lah!"

anyway, as much as i am happy that finally Nazlan clan is sudah maju, suddenly sadness rushed into me. they are no longer my little sisters (partly lah kan?).

so, lepas ni tak boleh

membuli, memaksa-rela, mengarah, mengambil-tanpa-kebenaran, mem-veto, membuli, menyuruh, memaksa, mem-black-mail, meng-reverse-kan keputusan, menggunakan kuasa mutlak sebagai seorang abang, membuli dan membuli mereka lagi.

tak pasal2 nanti kena belasah dengan boyfren/tunang/bakal husband terchenta itu.

well, here's to my lovely sisters, Alya and Sabira, congratulations for making the big steps. kitorang tak marah korang langkah bendul. tapi agak2 laa.. mana hadiah yang korang janji kan dulu tu?

and yeah, should your tunang hurt you even a scratch, pandai-pandailah korang. kalo nak mengadu dekat aku, siap sedia lah dengan kesan dan akibatnya. kalo tak kena "haa..padan muka" dengan aku, maybe dapat syarahan perdana, takpun untung2 kena tulah abangmu yang berdaulat ni. yela, tak kan nak pukul2 kot? rasuah makan kat hotel 5 bintang cukup la..

oh, kalo lepas ni korang tak back-up yong, kak ain and abgmil bila org tanya "adik2 kamu dah selamat bertunang dah pun, kamu tu bila lagi?", siaplah korang. renungan tajam ziana zain akan ditujukan khas kepada korang sepanjang sambutan hari raya/open houses/kenduri kendara/hari deepavali/hari krismas/hari new year/etc...

sweet kan saya? :)

THE house dilemma

(entries on 1Malaysia thingy can wait.. current situation requires my full focus)

am currently in dilemma.

option A

rental fee: RM1300

type: 2 bedrooms, 1 toilet apartment

furnitures: bed, sofa, air-cond, fan, ventilated stove, washing machine, built in wardrobes, refrigerator

facilities: security guard, swimming pool, tennis court, children's playground, jogging track

pros:

come December, there's gonna be only two of us (as Zaidun might be moving out as his wife could be transferred here). so, no need to find another housemate. just Kimie and i.

good facilities i.e swimming pool, tennis court, security guard

nearby town area (hence the kinda premium price). can continue walking to office.

a newly refurbished unit. no need to worry about

good service by landlord.

cons:

premium price as rental fee is divided to 2 person only i.e each rm650 at least. after factoring the utilities, about RM800 per month per person. which leaves me about RM300 as my duit belanja for the whole month.

if have to incur RM800 per month, then good-bye personal flight tickets back to KL, good-bye sesi berfoya-foya sepanjang bulan, and good-bye to lavish spending on unnecessary food.

option B

rental fee: RM1200

type: 3 bedrooms, 3 toilets, double-storey semi-d

furnitures: sofa, washing machine, cabinets, wardrobes, air-cond, automatic gate, refrigerator

facilities: none

pros:

got mangga tree in the courtyard. according to landlord, manis woo

spacious indoor and outdoor area.

once we have new housemate, the rental fee can be divided to three. meaning monthly expenditure will be about RM600 only.

besar oo the porch. can fit 7 cars.

have spacious area for BBQ and parti liar.

3 bedrooms + 3 toilets. no need to berebut toilet.

cons:

i tend not to be picky, but my gut feeling tells me that it's not the house (maybe already been influenced with the apartment kunun?)

quite a walking distance to the nearest bus stop

to go to the office either by car, or bicycle. impossible to walk (it's possible, but i guess you got the drift). in other words, jauh dari town. (ok je, saje je nak ngade2)

no stove is provided.

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option B looks nice, but we have some reservation (kitchen area i.e no stove provided, gut feelings)

option A also looks nice, but might stretch a bit in terms of financial side. this option offers me RM300 of spendable money, while option b offers me RM500 of spendable money (if we have additional housemate lah)

i guess am gonna ask around people at the office, if any of them want to join our house. if yes, then we shall proceed to option B without any hesitation. Else, option A will always be in our mind.