Saturday, May 23, 2009

Weekend yang istimewa

Huh, seronoknya...

Member aku yang dah lama tak jumpa tiba2 dtg holiday Brisbane. Si Farid and Aishah yang sama batch Petronas dengan aku turun Brissie for a holiday. Macam tak percaya! Terjumpa kat Nando's, I didn't know he came down and he didn't know I was still here. Caught up and talked about heaps (Ajaib ya? Me talking heaps? That's just impossible..!!)

Bestnya!!!! Feels like I've taken a time machine and travelled back 5 years!!!!!!

Went to the office that morning to finish up some work. Needed to load up some massive data before month-end starts tomorrow. Tapi system tiba2 down!!! Dammit!!! Buat penat je drive 1/2 half-hour!! Oh well, I've found enough work to make my weekend trip to office worthwhile, since you can't do much about things you can't control.

Dapat message daripada si Zara semalam, apparently si Ayip dan rakannya kat KK for a business trip. Business trip, dahsyat mamat ni! Jual apa sampai berjalan ke Sabah ni? Part kereta ke? Hehehe.

Finished the night with the guys a.k.a guys night in. Perati si Abu study jap, and then melantak Krispy Kreme beramai-ramai sambil menonton Phenomenon, diikuti dengan sesi Winning Eleven hingga pukul 3 pagi. Kesimpulannya:

- Chelsea ada some flaws semalam yang menyebabkan midfield asyik kalah battle
- Comebacks don't happen every now and then, but when do it's always at a special time
- Aku perlu mentenyeh (dan mungkin juga menyekeh) mental si Abu ni, supaya dia tak cepat down setiap kali dikalahkan oleh musuh2 yang gemar mem'psycho' opponent. I mean, we've all been there haven't we?

Selamat malam guys. You rock!!!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Lamanya tak update

Assalamualaikum,

Huh, kat sebulan ye since Easter? Been smashed, but felt like writing a few stuff in here. After all, menulis2 ni can be a therapeutic thing if you're in the right mood and use the right words.

What's up? Well, the last 4 weeks have been a hurricane of events. I've been spending a lot of time the office, cleaning up the accounts. I work in Team Revenue, and currently those accounts have got heaps, and I mean heaps of unidentifiable payments that shouldn't belong there in the first place. So I need to reallocate them to the right places, because they might be revenue belonging to another account, or worse, payments that are supposed to go to a debtor account. Failure to do this may result in your revenue being overstated and an inflated receivables balance.

Hehehe, best baca? Ahahaha, technical stuff aside life goes on as usual. Currently helping out the Queensland Malaysians society with funraising. Recently made a food+drink sale at Uni, we made decent profits, now I'm in the process of drafting sponsorship letters to help fund our trip to Sydney for the National Games Carnival. Hopefully banyaklah pihak yang sudi membantu. Dah buat proposal dan tulis surat cantik2, harap2 dapatlah sokongan yang diingini.

What else? We had our first Winning Eleven competition ever. Good turnout of 30 people, good matches and awesome goals. Definitely will organise that again.

Apart from that, my brother and my housemate's studying for exams in June. Housemate will leave in July, might start finding new ones. Cross the bridge when you come to it? How's that sound?

Ans

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Bye Wellington! You rock!!!!

Awesome holiday! Puas hati and definitely will come down NZ again insyaallah jika masa dan kewangan mengizinkan.

Pictures all in Facebook. Sila la lawat jika berminat, next time anyone have any queries about NZ, let me know. More than happy to field them where I can (Cewah, cam tourist guide la pulak)

In summary, best sebab:

1) Makan sedap - Terima kasih kepada Abg Jastin + Kak Hani, kenyang 3 hari senang hati.
2) Weather best - Week before we came was really cold and rainy, but time kita datang weather was perfect! Loved it!!!
3) Scenery cantik - Bukit beralun macam dalam movie, and laut dia biru macam watercolour. Dammit kalau tak sejuk aku dah terjun dah.
4) Nice people - Also had the hospitable Farah taking us around the city and having a great time at the Te Papa Museum (me liking museums? Fair dinkum)
5) Last but not least ----> Lemon and Paeroa!!! Minuman rasmi NZ, dia adik-beradik Bundaberg Ginger Beer. Hehe, siap bawak balik sebotol nak kasi housemate minum.

Sekian terima kasih.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Hello Wellington!!!!

Arrived in Wellington safely Khamis malam. Sejuk!!!!! Nasib baik pegi April, bukan July!!

Abg Jastin was there to meet us, lama tak jumpa cousin aku yang sorang nih. I would've told everyone, and I'll say it again that I haven't met him for aaaaaaaages, almost 5 years. Wedding dia pun aku tak dapat pegi! Hampa!!!!!! Esp given that their family has been really nice people, and bila kita visit diorang jek, confirm diorang masak tahap kenduri, sedangkan yang datang tuh satu family jek. And then pegi air terjun kat Yan, layan mandi sungai sambil picnic. Cool as.

First day? Hehe, belum upload pics lagi tapi we loved it!! Lain gila from Brisbane, you'd go around the area and see buildings being built on hills, all over the area.

Seems that Wellington is a really hilly place, and when these developers plan the town, they didn't want to adjust the land contour too much, they somehow built the whole thing around it without 'menarah habis' bukit-bukau kat area nih.

Bukit2 dia pun beralun cantik, alih2 dah nampak kambing beberapa ekor melepak rempit sambil pekena rumput sesuap dua. Kenyang la korang.

Also, very quiet area. Would make a great retirement village, since there's enough amenities to meet your needs, and and awesome view to match. I think it's wonderful, tapi Jastin kata time spring lagi best, penuh bunga. Yeke??? Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!

One trivial thing? No plate keta pelik. Format sama macam Aussie i.e 3 Letters + 3 Numbers, tapi dia punya zero jadinya macam ini - Ø. Layan gelak dua tiga kali gak ah.

Finally, the accent. Where can you start, or where cin you start? Pagi2 je dengar jiran sebelah cakap, "Yeah, just put it in the litterbox (letterbox)" Ahaha, sure I'll do that, if that stuff is litter material!!!! Nice bunch of people with a unique sounding accent.

Gotta go, nak jumpa Farah jiran kitorang lak tengahari nih, kat Um Te Aro (Believe it or not, tuh nama tempat tu...How Maori is that?)

Will update soon, happy holidays!!!

After a while!!!!

Hi guys,

Ampun tuanku beribu2 ampun, sembah patik harap diampun. Patik pacal hina datang mengadap etc etc etc...You get the idea :)

Sibuk bagai nak rak for the past few weeks, probably even months.

As you know, my company's currently under voluntary administration (A fancy term which in layman's terms meant "I don't have enough money to meet my debts, my business is a mess and I'm getting someone to help me out while I fix up the whole thing)

Happened back in 6/11/2009 (Public info, so I can share this). Took a while to get accustomed to the new ways of working (and still am!), and changing your work methods to adjust to the various business conditions. Had people been laid off in hundreds back in December - I survived thankfully, but hope to remain that way.

At the same time, kena admit nak balance the workload with your studies has always been a monumental challenge. Nih nasib baik still single and looking, kalau tak lagi parah entah2. Well, kena doa banyak2 la bila bangun subuh pagi and jaga kesihatan at the same time. Mintak2 ok lah.

But yeah, will update when I do have time. Sekarang tgh cuti Easter, Tuesday masuk keje. Woohoo!!! I do miss uni life (more like the uni holidays where you seem to have so many of them!!!!!) even though working has its own rewards, financial being one of them.

Till then :)

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Season baru!!!!!!!!!

Salam muhibah, apa khabar semua????

Uni season has started, maka aktiviti2 akan hidup kembali.

Been quiet so far because not much has been happening. Just doing my usual routine of working, studying, and sleeping. Unfortunately not things worth updating in my blog for the last couple of weeks.

The only thing that makes sure I'm still alive and happy is weekend football bersama geng2 yang best. Kalau dah selalu sgt turun padang Munro tu, you start to know everyone.

This includes that Arab guy yang selalu score offside, mamat Real Madrid yang suka buat skill dengan muka berlagak, mamat Fabregas yang suka pass bola2 jauh gila walhal main padang kecik jek, and not to mention mamat2 South American yang sentiasa mencantikkan permainan menggunakan skill2 superb mereka. Therapeutic....

Last but not least, the Malaysian team yang aku sayangi!!! You guys rock!! Mari kita memeriahkan padang Oval 7. Yaaaa, sudah March, semua orang sudah balik! Kita boleh training dan friendly untuk MASCA. Horee!!!!!

Let the games begin!!!!



Standing: Arip, Baloo, Faris Jr, Anas (Captain), Farez (Manager), Apit, Brian, Ayep, Ji, Me, Man
Sitting: Lan, Apek, Dan, Musab, Abu, Rahmat, Haze, Johan

Monday, February 9, 2009

Apabila Si Zara chow...



- Zara, sorang lagi member lama aku yang telah selamat pulang ke Malaysia -

Not much happening lately, but recently one of my old buddies left home to Malaysia for good.

Sesapa yang duk Brisbane would know I'm referring to Cik Zahrah Fowzi, yang berjaya menjadi seorang peguam bertauliah setelah berhempas-pulas menghafal 1001 kes perundangan selama 5 tahun.

Tentang beliau? Anak gadis berumur 24 tahun ini berasal dari Kota Kinabalu, Sabah yang juga dikenali sebagai Negeri di Bawah Bayu. Having said that, anyone who met her for the first time would never be able to pickup her accent. Yes, she's that good. Aku pun mati2 ingat dia orang KL until much later.

Came in 2004 (or was it 2003) to do her law degree at QUT. Cun, next time aku nak saman sesapa I know who to call hehe.

Terkenal dengan sifatnya yang peramah dan suka berceloteh. Can fit in with all types of people and loves netball. Barangkali kalau si Denise jadi singa betina at GK, si Zara akan jadi her harimau betina partner at GD. Awesome combination, would've been nice to see you guys win a gold medal in the MASCA games. Huh....

Also heard she's a shopaholic, but I've yet to confirm with my own eyes (Neither have I contemplated on joining the girls in their 7-hour shopping sessions. Do you have any idea how many Expert Guitar Hero songs I could've mastered by then????)

All in all, you could say I've noticed her progression from being a youthful uni student into a matured full-fledged female. Definitely wish you all the best in your future careers and remember: "Always do the right thing, and you'll be safe, di dunia dan akhirat"

P.S - Ramli's fine. Kitorang kasi dia makan banyak2, nanti dah besar boleh buat friendly dgn ikan lain. Hehe, just kidding. Take care!

Pictures of her farewell coffee session:



- La Dolce Vita. Housemate aku sampai terjuling2 mata, heh seronok sgt kot malam tu -



- Second picture, haaa...yang ni cantik! Aku suka -

Ans