Smashed to the Boundary for Four!

Weekend yang istimewa

2009-05-23T20:11:00.000-07:00

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!!!

Lamanya tak update

2009-05-20T03:20:00.000-07:00

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

Bye Wellington! You rock!!!!

2009-04-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

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.

Hello Wellington!!!!

2009-04-10T15:58:00.000-07:00

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!!!!

2009-04-10T15:50:00.000-07:00

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 :)

Season baru!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-28T01:46:00.000-08:00

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

Apabila Si Zara chow...

2009-02-09T00:04:00.000-08:00

- 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

Siapa sangla (sangka) ....

2009-01-29T02:04:00.001-08:00

Ronaldo score 2 bijik, cet nyesal tak ambik kalau tak boleh dpat 28 markah...Mmmmm 28 markah

Vidic score lagi!!!!!!!!

Djokovic kecundang

Liverpool seri last minute - Hampalah adik dan housemate aku (tapi aku happy)

Last but not least, my previous post was my 100th post!!!!!! Century....(waves bat to the crowd)

Life is full of surprises, isn't it?

Joke of the Day

2009-01-14T00:51:00.001-08:00

Batman: G'day mate. How you're going?
Robin: Not too bad mate. Yourself?

Batman: Going walkabout . You know I got a second job eh?
Robin: Fair dinkum. What do you do?

Batman: I'm a fortune teller. I charge $50 for 2 questions.

Robin: (Pauses). Mate, isn't that a bit expensive?
Batman: Don't think so. Now what's your 2nd question?

- What a wanker, what a champion. Bloody ripper, bloody unreal. -

Temubual bersama Jemay - Cet, aku lak kena ye???

2009-01-07T02:47:00.000-08:00

Jemay: Ansar! bangun! bangun! (sambil renjis² air payau di muka dia) jom aa sembang..ade soklan sket..
Ansar: Mmmpphh!! Humang aihh!!! Slurrrpppp!!!! (Hisap balik air liur basi)

Jemay: Ko mimpi ape tadi?Syok je tgk tido..
Ansar: Aku mimpi jadi muda balik. Umur aku around Form 5, tapi aku dah ada knowledge umur aku sekarang. Woohoo!!! Puas hati gila....

Jemay: Saje je..nak interbiu ko sket...bley?
Ansar: Boleh, apa salahnya. Kalau kau nak belanja makan pun lagi la bley.

Jemay: Apekah ciri² wanita idaman bini anda? Dengar cerita bukan main jual mahal lagi sekarang ni eh..hehe
Ansar: Pergh, at least soalan pertama tu tanya le pasal diri / asal-usul / hobi ke, ini straight to spotlight! Yerkkk....Well, susah nak kata la. Em, boleh jadi apa2 given that crushes2 silam aku termasuklah cute + petite, the gorgeous + independent and the sweet + compassionate. I guess 3 ciri yang paling penting bagi aku would be always have a positive outlook in life , cantik (zahir dan batin), dan terer gila masak! Insya-Allah, based on these foundations you'd definitely find someone you'd spend your life with for the next 50++ years.

Jemay: Perkara paling gila yang penah sedare buat?
Ansar: Hehe, budak Brisbane sure tau punya. Aku pernah bakar rumah sendiri. Yaa, rumah sendiri!! (Not that it's something to be proud of). Time tu kitorang tgh panaskan minyak nak masak wedges, sambil tu aku lepak bilik Adnan melayan gitar lagu Iris - Goo Goo Dolls. Sedar2 je alarm dah bunyi WOOP!!!! WOOP!!!! BING BING!!!!! Mat Pin dah keluar bilik muka mamai lalu bertukar menjadi cuak. Fuad lak hilang tah ke mana, aku dah cuak gila dah takut dia mati kebakaran dalam Campus Lodge. In the end nasib baik semua orang okay and the property had insurance. Last2 aku kena bayar $1K, tu pun PETRONAS bayar setengah. Crazy night. Aku hilang punca selama seminggu.

Jemay: Ape ko akan buat kalau tgh lapar giler, kereta takleh start utk ke kedai dan makanan kat umah dah abis?
Ansar: Heh, aku jalan je. Budak2 selalu nampak aku jalan sorang2 gi Toowong semata2 nak makan. Kadang2 Indooroopilly. Kadang2 City. Kononnya boleh exercise skali la. Pk2 balik gila gak sebenarnya.

Jemay: Kalau anda dilahirkan kaya raya, siapakah yang anda akan jadi sekarang?
Ansar: Menteri Kewangan Malaysia (WOW!!! Jawapan on the spot). Knowledge and energy permitting, aku nak make sure Malaysia boleh realise its potential and menjadi negara yang maju. Kau pun tau, negara kita ni power sebenarnya. Tanah subur, negara cantik, barang murah, orang pandai etc. Cuma resources yang ada skrg ni tak digunakan sebaiknya. I guess bila dan kaya tahap takyah fikir duit nih, bolehlah aku concentrate on giving people what they need the most..The confidence to succeed, deriving pride in their own country. MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!!

Jemay: One word describe yourself? Kenape?
Ansar: Chill. For some reason aku perasan bila time org happy, aku takdele nak happy sgt and time org marah / cuak, aku takdela cuak sangat. Agaknya sebab tu time sekolah budak2 kata aku nih takde perasaan. Mungkin gak sebab aku lebihkan logik dari emotion when dealing with any situations in life. Hopefully that's a good thing.

Jemay: Adakah anda rasa diri anda bijak dan genius?
Ansar: Genius? Mana ada. Biasa je. Satu2nya sebab aku power akademik ialah bapak aku. Dia keje lecturer, dan dia memang sejak kecik dah suruh kitorang baca semua jenis buku (English, Malay, Maths, Science). Nanti dia tanya apa kita baca, kalau tak kena marah. Seksa sungguh. Dalam keta pun tgh2 balik kampung dia boleh borak pasal fizik keta kat jalanraya. Kau bayangkan la, aku darjah 2 dah kena belajar pasal inertia, gila head start. Kalau kitorang keluar berjalan2, wajib ikut dia singgah MPH, duk sana 2-3 jam membaca je apa2. Kalau dah buat hari2 lama terpupuklah minat untuk menimba ilmu pengetahuan. Benda2 nilah yang banyak membina knowledge base aku sampai sekarang. I owe him big time, definitely.

Jemay: Hari ini hari Rabu, Esok hari Khamis; (hah sambung pantun 4 kerat ini)
Ansar: Kalau nak makan nasi kerabu, jangan lupa letak manggis!

Jemay: Dimanakah anda nampak diri anda dalam masa 2 tahun dari sekarang?dan 10 tahun akan datang?
Ansar: 2 tahun, insyaallah habiskan CA qualification aku. Dah well overdue sebenarnya pun sebab aku lambat dapat keje. Hopefully aku boleh focus and finish it for good this time round. 10 tahun? Aku pun taktau, I maybe looking at a senior manager position in a company. Harap2 dgn knowledge / network yang terkumpul I can be in the best position to use all my skills.

Jemay: Bape lame lagi anda nak lepak kat Ozi?
Ansar: Maybe till adik aku graduate. End 2010 thereabouts. See how we go. Apa2 pun, I will miss this place heaps.

Jemay: Haa ni soklan yang aku asyik tertanye2 diri aku, agak misteri...camne ko bley tido dgn cepat skali? cam kalau pc ko tekan shut down button dia akan analys dulu and take a few minute, tapi ko cam terus tiiiiiiiioooooon kronnngg kroonggg, camne tu eh?
Ansar: Aku pun taktau. Dia kalau aku dapat a certain angle + suhu yang sesuai + topik perbincangan yang sesuai (cukup bunyi + not too engaging at the same time), aku switch off la. Susah nak kata, kau tengok nanti kau tau le Jemay.

Jemay: Ape diri ko buat time ko tgh tido? study ke? revise ke? terbang ke? pelik gak memandangkan kalau bunyi kapal perang skalipon ko tetap boleh tido ngan aman damai...
Ansar: Hehe, yang tu aku pun taktau. Biasanya tido2 macam ni takde mimpi. Alih2 je dah bangun.

Jemay: Saya tahu anda sedang saving money. Untuk apa kah wang wang tersebut kalau anda sudi berkongsi cerita dan kongsi wang pon ok gak.
Ansar: At the moment, menyimpan untuk benda2 biasalah macam 1) Keta 2) Naik pelamin and 3) Rumah. Apa2 duit lebih, aku sumbat dalam ASB, for me that's the best investment vehicle ever. Kau takkan rugi, kau takkan kena cukai, kau boleh keluar duit bila2 masa dan kuota dia masih banyak tak macam ASN / ASW / ASD etc. Ideally, aku nak kumpul enough funds supaya the annual dividends boleh sara my annual expenses (basic2 around RM1500 p.m la). If I can do it I'll be looking at financial independence in 5-10 years time. Moga2 dimurahkan rezeki.

Jemay: Sbgai pemain bola profesional di ambang Queensland, apakah komen dan pendapat anda tentang percintaan Rita Rudani (37yo) dan Aidil Zafuan (21yo)? jangan ngade2 kate takde komen eh...
Ansar: Gosip artis selain Mawi ni aku mmg tak ikut langsung hehe (Ini salah satu topik yang boleh buat aku tido tak kira tempat). Apart from Rita Rudaini being an andartu lawa (nak panggil yummy mummy takde anak eh?), I know nothing else. On the surface, nampak pelik la sebab the girl is older than the guy. Tapi kalau dah betul2 suka, then silakanlah. None of my business really.

Jemay: Anda juga berbakat dari segi seni muzik, gitar dan piano dan juga keranchi..goreng piano sampai kedua kaki terangkat! kalau anda ada peluang untuk mengeluarkan album jadi artis? apa yang anda akan ubah tentang cara hidup anda sekarang?
Ansar: Benda pertama yang aku fikir is nak beli satu studio yang besar gila dan penuh dengan peralatan2 best (guitar2 hero pun kita akan letak dlm tu), pas tu ajak member2 aku jamming beramai!!! Kadang2 ajak la M Nasir jamming sama. Aku rasa no matter how successful I am as an artist pun, last2 jamming ngan member jugak paling best.

Jemay: Seorang gadis yang cantik aproach anda dengan lenggang yang ayu dan rambut cantik ditiup angin sempoi..dan berkata 'Hai~~' dgn nada manja...dan anda pula??cerite sket..
Ansar: Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku, susahnya soalan ni Ya Allah!!! Hadoi, bengkek betulla tapi aku akan jawab gak soalan ni sebab interview kau best.

1) Aku akan cakap "Hello." sambil senyum mesra dan buat2 muka super-confident. Then aku akan tunggu (sambil senyum confident walaupun by that time kepala aku dah pening2, badan dah peluh2 dingin and jantung berdegup 250km/h).

2) Kalau kiraan aku betul (Pakai logik lagi aku ni, heeyyhhh), dia akan jawab "Hello!" dengan senyuman manis kasi cair tak ingat nyer. Kalau gadis cantik tu dah approach aku in the first place, mestilah dia yang nak talk about something. So kita encourage dia.

3) Dia akan bertanya all sorts of things which include "Ansar kan? Nice to meet you", "Have we met" OR "My friends tell me about you" etc etc etc. Pompuan mmg suka bercakap, esp if she likes you. So aku dengar, while politely agreeing / nodding / asking a few questions about her in return. If sparks fly, the next thing we'll discussing is where we'll be going out!! Harap2nya begitulah endingnya.

4) On the other hand, kalau dia pun senyap, then aku start la with some safe questions to show her that she's welcomed. Get to know her more, maybe there's things shared in common. After all, the way to become interesting is to be interested about other people. Easier said than done though.

Terima kasih atas interview ini Jemay. You rock!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sambil memegang Guitar Hero, playing "Reptilia" by the Strokes...KETAP KETAP KETAP!!!)

Quick question

2009-01-05T03:45:00.000-08:00

Eh macamana nak tag nama org dlm facebook? Senang ke?

My best friend's wedding - Of Luqzan and Sarah

2009-01-03T01:47:00.000-08:00

"Ansar, do you mind being my bestman for my wedding?"

Soalan cepumas itu meng'ambush' aku tatkala aku sedang sibuk menyiapkan my month-end accounts. BESTMAN? Berat tu. Kalau nak suruh jadi LASTMAN, boleh le. Hehe, melawak kejap.

"Sure mate, that would be my honour! Tapi aku rasa baik kau mintak Hafiz / Hasfuan / Fariq, sebab diorang lagi rapat ngan kau, so sure lagi meaningful for them", ujarku.

Luqzan mengSMS kembali, "Alah, aku mintak kau ada la alasan aku yang tersendiri....Hah, boleh tak?" Haih, loyar buruk pulak mamat ni. Sambil menoleh kiri-kanan takut kena rendered, I quickly replied yes and started reflecting the last 7 years about those two close friends of mine:

Luqzan Ariff bin Mustapha Kamal

First impression? Actually aku memang dah kenal mamat ni since Form 3. I enrolled in a British Council vacation course and had the pleasure of knowing this very nice individual.

In case anyone's wondering, dia memang dah tinggi + bersuara base sejak dulu lagi, and I found him to be a very easygoing person who rarely gets angry (from my knowledge) and very dependable.

Thrives on responsibility, can work with all kinds of people and has an enormous vocabulary of music, especially Indies. Despite us initially jibbing him for liking this genre, in time we did start to warm up to some of the songs (i.e HEY!!!). Probably one of my few good friends yang minat indie. Very interesting I must say.

Been a pleasure knowing you all this while, and you have definitely made an impact in my life. Hopefully you can use your project management skills to good use in PETRONAS.

Sarah binti Kamaruddin

First day sebelum dia sampai lagii, dah dengar macam2. Keywords included "Anak Mat Saleh" and orang Sarawak. Ai, maknanya aku nak guna bahasa apa? Melayu? English? Iban? Ibanez???? Doesn't matter because in the end, she turned to be a very sweet and wonderful human being.

Sarah always tries her best to treat everyone around her nicely, and I mean really really nicely. Initially we guys tend to tease her especially her inability to pronounce "saRang", "goReng", "gaRing", even "SaRah". Get it? Kalau tak, bukan rezeki korang la hahaha. However, after a while, I stopped doing those. Don't know why, probably because she never retaliated. Tuba dibalas susu sort of stuff, definitely worked.

Loves playing the piano, an expert actually. I had the chance to learn a few songs from her, which I still play till today because I loved the tunes. Can also play the guitar, created a few songs and had a few cameos with our band for one-off performances e.g "Time after Time". Sedap gilee....

An honour to know you, and I wish you the best with your career in Melaka.

Hari Kawin - 14th December

Aku pitam gila for the last 2 days. Tak tau apasal, pelik betul. Lembik satu badan. Tgh hari tu dah fikir nak call Luqzan nak cancel, but aku tanak. Menyusahkan orang je last2 minit chow ni. So berbekalkan peppermint aromatherapy, Fisherman's friend and some Strepsils, aku dengan slow and steadynya make my to Dewan Felda Perdana. I turned out okay in the end.

Raptai (Cewah, lama tak guna word ni) started around 12-2. Went through all the procedures. Ada kompang sikit, walk up the pelamin skit, kipas2 skit, pusing kiri kanan atas bawak skit and borak2 ngan family pengantin skit. Not bad, I can do that. Also noticed that while the bridesmaid (Yasmin, Sarah's sister) attends to 101 things and scenarios, my job was pretty much confined to following Luqzan around and tolong pakaikan bow-tienya. Guys do have it easy, hahahahah. Seronok jap.

That night, alhamdulillah everything went smoothly. It helped that an event manager was appointed to oversee the whole thing. At least parents have more time to attend to their friends and get emotional about the whole thing.

For the record (should've taken pics!!!), we started with walking up the pelamin. Luqzan and I started from the right side while Sarah and her sister started from the left. We met up the middle of the hallway and walked up. We took our places, made sure the pengantins are comfortable in their seats and started 'kipasing' them. Taktau apasal, Luqzan tiba2 suruh aku kipas dia kuat sikit. Walhal time raptai dia kata sejuk, ahahahah. Must be the crowd, mmg panas pun malam tu.

Kemudian, ia diikuti bunga rampai dan renjisan air mawar. Bukan diorang je kena, in fact aku2 sekali pun kena 2-3 das bunga rampai itu. "Hah, kamu cepat2 le kawin ye?" Tanya salah seorang perenjis, probably one of Luqzan / Sarah's bosses. Heh, aku pulak kena. Thanks lah tapi. Both families from their sides came up to bless the couple, and it was good to see them giving valuable advice for the future.

Diikuti dengan makan. Time tu la aku lepak semeja ngan semua budak2 Brissie and member2 lama PETRONAS aku. Caught up on a lot of things, was really happy to see them all in good health. Heheh, miss the old days sometimes but hey, we do move on I guess. And then naik ke pelamin balik for the cake-cutting ceremony, a few more formalities after that and it's all over!!!!!

An awesome day for me, and a very very special day for them. Congratulations guys. Aku doakan agar perkahwinan korang kekal hingga akhir hayat, dan diberkati Allah. Funny that, my first bestman assignment was such that aku bukan saja kenal pihak lelaki, malah kenal pihak perempuan. In fact, bukan saja kenal biasa malah kenal rapat. Definitely went a long way in making everything easier.

Final picture from the wedding, hope you enjoy it!

Backdated entries: Raya 2008

2008-12-30T21:44:00.000-08:00

Best ever Raya!!

1) After solat raya: Saufi, Fazrin, Abu, Me, Afif, Johan, Anhar, Zaiful, Ridzuan, Hazri.

2) Me and my brother, Abu. I can't stress enough his priceless ability to tell jokes and short stories. Keeps my serious and lone-ranger character in check. Vital stuff. You rock bro.

3) Lepas solat raya lagi

Dari kiri (Berdiri): Fariz, Joghos, Zaiful, Mango, Apit, Baloo, Katek, Rakim, Fazren, Jejaka Usrah, Faris, Rahim, Jejaka Songkok, Abu, Soul, Malik, Ji (Hidden) , Jo, Arepbayor, Jejaka Raymos.

Dari kiri (Duduk): Dan, Me, Syed, Faiz, Tanpa Nama (Hidden)

Depan: Mat Rock.

Hujung Kanan: Mat Selit (nak menyelit masuk gambar)

4) Beraya rumah Abg Sharizal - Ika, Apit, Aiza, Aku (Hidden), Mango, Anas, Abu, Fariz

5) Beraya rumah En Wan MAS: Abu, Fadil, Apek, Fehi, Ami, Jejaka Toleh Kanan, Zara, Amy

6) Gadis-gadis Brisbane (Damn, memang aku tak kenal 1/2 of them la ni). Hoh, semua lawa2, tunggu apa lagi?

Berdiri dari kiri: Intan, Tasia, Gadis Biru, Jerry, Gadis Pink, Ika, Zu, Aiza, Gadis Ungu, Gadis Berbaju Hitam, Gadis Ungu 2, Gadis Pink 2, Ami, Gadis Biru Muda, Gadis Biru Tua Sikit, Gadis Putih.

Duduk dari kiri: Denise, Amy, Gadis Filipino, Zara, Dila

7) Open house raya MASCA, i.e Hari Melantak. Beribu2 lemon, tak caya usha gambar bawah.

8) Tgh serve makanan kat segerombolan manusia. Aku dengan semangatnya bergotong-royong sementara tetamu2 di atas bergotong-boyot.

Aku, Alan, Baloo, Apek, Faiz, Jejaka Kamera.

9) Setelah beberapa jam menjadi "Pakcik Dining Hall", aku lepak join bebudak makan. Good to see many friendly faces.

From left: Ika, Me, Zara, Tasia, Anas, Jerry, Amy

10) Bergambar kat luar pulaak...

Blkg: Mango, Ika, Aiza, Amy, Luqman, Alun, Faiz
Depan: Jerry, Zara, Aku, Tasia, Mat Rocks!, Abu

11) Geng2 lelaki Brisbane di open house yang sama

Left to Right: Abu, Haze, Mango, Rocks, Umar, Me, Anas, Sunglass Man, Aziz, Zul.

12) Habis!!!!!! Clean up after open house over.

Back: Baloo, Diyana, Bin, Azalea, Cik Tie, Azrina, Katek
Front: Karen, Apek, Umar, Johan, Aku, Smiley Guy.

JUMBALIKKKAAA!!!!!!!!!

Mati hidup semula

2008-12-30T21:34:00.000-08:00

Assalamualaikum,

HOI HOI HOI!!!! I'm back!!!!!!

Terlebih dahulu ampun2 beribu2 ampun, sembah patik harap diampun. For the last 4 months, I've been really busy with work / study / survival in this country that is now Brisbane.

Plan asalnya is nak letak gambar2 raya, tapi aku sempat2 nak upload gambar to my laptop. Tu yang kasi delay sikit tuh. But insyaallah, jika tiada aral melintang, I will definitely do my best to keep you guys informed of what I'm up to.

Hehe, got some catch-up entries to do.

Ans

Peringatan part 2

2008-09-12T18:43:00.000-07:00

Just sharing: The always reliable ayat kursi. Easy to practice, but heaps of benefits

SINAR CAHAYA AYAT KURSI

Dlm sebuah hadis, ada menyebut perihal seekor syaitan yang duduk di atas pintu rumah. Tugasnya ialah untuk menanam keraguan di hati suami terhadap kesetiaan isteri di rumah dan keraguan di hati isteri terhadap kejujuran suami di luar rumah. Sebab itulah Rasulullah tidak akan masuk rumah sehingga Baginda mendengar jawaban salam dari isterinya. Di saat itu syaitan akan lari bersama-sama dengan salam itu.

Hikmat Ayat Al-Kursi mengikut Hadis-hadis:

1) Barang siapa membaca ayat Al-Kursi bila berbaring di tempat tidurnya, Allah SWT mewakilkan dua orang Malaikat memeliharanya hingga subuh.

2) Barang siapa membaca ayat Al-Kursi di akhir setiap sembahyang Fardhu, dia akan berada dalam lindungan Allah SWT hingga sembahyang yang lain.

3) Barang siapa membaca ayat Al-Kursi di akhir tiap sembahyang, dia akan masuk syurga dan barang siapa membacanya ketika hendak tidur, Allah SWT akan memelihara rumahnya dan rumah-rumah disekitarnya.

4) Barang siapa membaca ayat Al-Kursi di akhir tiap-tiap shalat fardhu, Allah SWT menganugerahkan dia setiap hati orang yang bersyukur, setiap perbuatan orang yang benar, pahala nabi2, serta Allah melimpahkan rahmat padanya.

5) Barang siapa membaca ayat Al-Kursi sebelum keluar rumahnya, maka Allah SWT mengutuskan 70,000 Malaikat kepadanya - mereka semua memohon keampunan dan mendoakan baginya.

6) Barang siapa membaca ayat Al-Kursi di akhir sembahyang, Allah SWT akan mengendalikan pengambilan rohnya dan dia adalah seperti orang yang berperang bersama Nabi Allah sehingga mati syahid.

7) Barang siapa yang membaca ayat Al-Kursi ketika dalam kesempitan niscaya Allah SWT berkenan memberi pertolongan kepadanya.

Dari Abdullah bin 'Amr r.a., Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda, 'Sampaikanlah pesanku biarpun satu ayat....'

'Utamakan SELAMAT dan SEHAT untuk Dunia-mu, utamakan SHOLAT dan ZAKAT untuk Akhirat-mu'

Subhanallah.

Peringatan ringkas di bulan Ramadhan - petikan

2008-09-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

Article talks about qiamullail i.e bangun kol 3-4 pagi untuk solat, which is very beneficial but hard to do. Slightly edited to make it easier to read.

Hopefully time Ramadan nih bolehlah diamalkan banyak skit, moga2 kita semua akan dapat yang terbaik daripada Allah s.w.t

Tahajud bina kekuatan jiwa, peribadi unggul

Oleh Masmawi Abdullah

FIRMAN Allah bermaksud:

“Wahai orang yang berselimut, bangunlah sembahyang tahajud pada waktu malam, selain dari sedikit masa (yang tak dapat tidak untuk berehat). Iaitu separuh dari waktu malam, atau kurangkan sedikit daripada separuh itu. Ataupun lebihkan (sedikit) daripadanya: dan bacalah al-Quran dengan ‘Tartil’ (perlahan-lahan). Sesungguhnya Kami akan menurunkan kepadamu perkataan yang berat (wahyu yang mengandungi perintah yang berat). Sesungguhnya sembahyang dan ibadat malam lebih kuat kesannya (kepada jiwa), dan lebih tetap betul bacaannya”. (Surah Al-Muzzammil, ayat 1-6)

Umat Islam dianjur melaksanakan qiamullail (tahajud) pada bahagian akhir malam sebagai manifestasi kesyukuran kepada Allah atas segala nikmat-Nya yang begitu banyak dikurniakan kepada kita. Sesungguhnya solat pada akhir malam akan melahirkan kekuatan jiwa, memperkukuhkan keinginan dan azam untuk patuh serta taat kepada Allah.

Beribadat dan bermunajat kepada Allah pada malam hari, di kala insan lain sudah lama nyenyak dibuai mimpi indah. Ia suatu gambaran keikhlasan kepada Allah dan seterusnya membebaskan diri dari sifat riak yang boleh membakar seluruh amalan kebajikan.

Bermunajat dengan melaksanakan tahajud pada malam hari mengecewakan syaitan yang tidak jemu menggoda dengan pelbagai bisikan dan mendodoi manusia supaya terus lena hingga ke pagi hari.

Sabda Rasulullah SAW bermaksud:

“Ketika kamu tidur, maka datanglah syaitan dengan mengikat ubun-ubunmu dengan tiga ikatan. Dan apabila ia terjaga dengan menyebut nama Allah, maka terlepaslah satu ikatan, jika ia terus berwuduk maka terlepaslah ikatan kedua, kemudian apabila diikuti dengan solat Qiamullail, maka terlepaslah ikatan yang ketiga dan pada waktu pagi berada dalam keadaan segar dan giat, jika tidak berbuat demikian, maka akan kencinglah syaitan dalam kedua-dua telinganya.” (A-Misykuh)

Rasulullah SAW sentiasa mengingatkan kita berhati-hati supaya tidak diperdayakan syaitan laknatullah, jiwa yang tergoda dengan syaitan akan timbul sifat malas untuk melaksanakan ibadat, hati menjadi keras dan liat untuk mendengar serta mendekati ilmu keagamaan.

Daripada Ibnu Mas’ud katanya,

“Sudah disebut perihal lelaki di hadapan Nabi SAW. Katanya, lelaki itu berterusan tidur hingga subuh dan tidak bangun sembahyang lalu Nabi bersabda: “Sesungguhnya lelaki itu dikencing oleh syaitan di dalam telinganya.” (Hadis riwayat Syaikhan dan an-Nasa’i)

Oleh demikian, menghidupkan malam hari dengan bertahajud dan bermunajat kepada Allah akan mendapat kasih sayang dari Allah dan kasih sayang Allah itu terpancar dari-Nya melalui sikap serta tindakannya.

Segala sikap dan tindakannya sentiasa di dalam pemeliharaan Allah, yang seterusnya orang lain pula apabila melihatnya akan timbul perasan kasih dan hormat akibat pancaran kasih sayang Allah kepadanya.

Firman Allah bermaksud:

“Dan (dengan yang demikian) bersabarlah (wahai Muhammad) menerima hukum Tuhanmu (memberi tempat kepada mereka), kerana sesungguhnya engkau tetap terselamat dalam pemeliharaan serta pengawasan Kami. Dan bertasbihlah menemui Tuhanmu semasa engkau bangun. Dan juga hendaklah engkau bertasbih kepada-Nya pada waktu malam, dan ketika bintang-bintang tenggelam (pada waktu subuh)”. (Surah al-Thur, ayat 48-49)

Allah menyediakan banyak pengurniaan-Nya terhadap orang yang sanggup menukar tempat tidur dan masa istirehatnya, tilam yang empuk, bangun dalam kesejukan untuk bersuci dan terus beribadah kepada Allah, dijanjikan kedudukan yang terpuji baik di dunia mahupun akhirat.

Sejarah lampau membuktikan bahawa Salahuddin Al-Ayubi seorang pemimpin tentera Islam dalam peperangan Salib hanya memilih orang yang mengerjakan qiamullail untuk bertempur di medan peperangan kerana mereka ini memiliki kekuatan jiwa dan keteguhan peribadi yang tinggi. Hasilnya, pihak Islam menang dalam peperangan itu.

Dalam satu hadis Rasulullah SAW menjelaskan bahawa barang siapa bersolat pada malam hari dengan sanggup bersengkang mata melaksanakan solat tahajud, Allah akan memberi sembilan kurniaan kepadanya. Lima kurniaan di dunia dan empat lagi di akhirat.

Sabda Rasulullah SAW, daripada Umar bin al-Khattab yang bermaksud: “Barang siapa yang mengerjakan solat malam, dan dia membangunkan solat, maka Allah memuliakan dia dengan sembilan perkara: Lima perkara di dunia dan yang empat lagi di akhirat.

Oleh itu, marilah sama-sama kita menyahut tawaran Allah untuk bangun menunaikan qiamullail iaitu ganjarannya terlalu besar nilainya, lebih besar dan bernilai dari dunia ini dan segala isinya. Janganlah sampai ayam yang tidak berakal itu lebih pintar dan lebih baik daripada kita. Seperti nasihat Luqmanul Hakim kepada anaknya, “Wahai anakku, janganlah engkau tidur di kala ayam jantan berkokok pada waktu fajar.”

INFO
9 kemuliaan solat Tahajud

1- Dia dijaga oleh Allah daripada beberapa bencana.

2- Berkat ketaatannya, akan nampak pada wajahnya.

3- Dia disukai oleh hamba Allah yang soleh dan oleh semua manusia.

4- Ucapannya mampu mengeluarkan kata-kata yang penuh hikmah.

5- Diberi cepat mengerti dan mendapat ilmu pengetahuan.

6- Dia dibangunkan dari kubur dengan wajah yang putih berseri.

7- Diringankan hisabnya.

8- Melalui titian siratul mustaqim bagaikan kilat yang menyambar.

9- Diberi buku catatan amalannya melalui tangan kanannya di hari kiamat.
(Raudhatul Ulama).

Habis!!!!!

2008-08-26T00:33:00.000-07:00

Yeehaaa!!!!!!!

26 Ogos Merdeka exam!

31 Merdeka negara! Yeehaaa!!!!!!

Huh, never thought that would end. Exam ok la tadi, boleh jawab soalan dia. But definitely not enough time to do everything, resulting on strategic attacks to critical questions to limit the damage. We'll see how we go, hopefully ok. Would hate to have to do supp / repeat the whole sem, that definitely throws all sorts of spanners into the works.

Did I learn plenty? You bet. There's definitely questions flying everywhere, but apparently it did seem a bit straightforward at times. Some of the questions were even adaptation of CLP worked examples / focus session questions. I could have sworn my seniors told me last year's paper was hellishly more difficult than that. Well, count myself a bit lucky then (just a bit, not too much).

Having said that, I'm free. Did some productive stuff after exam (must do it before the next form slump arrives..)

- Haircut at my favourite Toowong barber shop. ($10 je and nice results too, for a guy that is. Girls can ignore this and continue subscribing to their $100+ hairstylists)

- Basuh keta, makeup keta and vakum keta. Terjumpa jam aku yang hilang 1 tahun!!!!!! Yariba!!!

DR Watch $100
CR Asset recovery $100

- Melepak. Lepak is an awesome 5-letter word.

Need to catchup with plenty of other equally important stuff:

1) Parents nak dtg, therefore wajib kemas rumah / bilik / keta / iman lest you experience the fury of an angry mum. Tak sangka, dah 25 tahun pun masih takut dgn mak sendiri. Hai....

2) Sambung balik fitness training for MASCA tahun depan. Lama tak jogging, gym and swimming. Need to recover full fitness levels again.

3) Help out brother with uni stuff, crucial...I promised a few special ppl I'd take responsibility for this assignment.

4) Main bola sampai pengsan. Main guitar hero sampai pengsan. Layan EPL sampai pengsan. That should take me straight from Friday night to Monday morning. How's that for planning?

Supermassive black hole

2008-08-11T01:32:00.000-07:00

1) Macamana nak transfer gambar from handphone to laptop?

2) Macamana nak guna video call?

3) Macamana nak cek email kat handphone?

Help is much appreciated. Thanks.

Bugger...

2008-08-08T04:55:00.000-07:00

Was planning to do a 20-hour study weekend (Yup, I still need to catch up a fair bit) but at the same time company's busy with month-end.

Had 3 big work assignments to finish before Sunday night. First one's almost done, if not for the server crashing down when I've almost finalised. Damn you PeopleSoft!!! The other two might take up the whole weekend, given 1) I've never used Peoplesoft and 2) I've never done a consolidated reconciliation for rates and 3) I've never used Peoplesoft to do bank recs, nasib baik utk company2 kecik je...a bit of respite there.

Frightening. Don't know how things will pan out in the next few weeks. Guess just take everything one at a time.

Hairan bin Ajaib

2008-08-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

Funny how emotions can swing from one side to the other like a pendulum.

Before I went for my final CA focus session, I was experiencing all those sicky feelings of hatred, insecurity, fear and anger of being pushed around by an annoying module. Feelings yang amat asing dgn diri aku yg biasanya couldn't be bothered ni.

That created a really foul mood and a clouded mind by the time I reached the ICAA building, where the classes were held. Even the trip up the lift was an excuse to be cranky (e.g - "Eeeee, tingginya tingkaaaatttt!!! Aku benci naik lif tinggi2!! Boleh tak buat tinggi sampai langit terus alang2 tu!!!)

But, don't know what suddenly happened. By the time the class is over, I went out with feelings of hope, safety and optimism. Must be the sweets my tutors handed out. Must be my colleagues who seem to know no better than I do, but still keep a positive attitude. Must be the assuring voice of my tutors, coupled with valuable exam tips shared by everyone in class. Might be even the firm handshake that Michael, my facilitator gave me while saying "Good luck mate", with a confident smile. "You'll be fine", says Nicole, the other instructor.

Hahaha. Tiba2 semangat nak study balik. Life's funny that way.

Menu malam ini..

2008-08-04T03:02:00.003-07:00

Nasi, ayam masak kicap pedas gila2 and omelette. Wooooo, kenyang!!

Job well done, captain

2008-08-03T06:49:00.000-07:00

Baru habis that stupid CA quiz. Alhamdulillah, I got 6 out of 8.

That's another 1.88%, so in total that's 0/8 + 5/8 + 5/7 + 6/8 = 16/31 = 52% (a Pass!!!!). Not a bad job, given I got 0 for my first quiz, that helped my cause a lot.

Almost killed myself, ended up doing daily 2 hour after-work studies and 12 hour days on weekends and I still don't understand some of those stuff.

Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy learning accounting, and it has been very pivotal in increasing my financial knowledge substantially, but tolonglah, is there anyone who can write the standards in plain English? The sentence structures are just shocking. At best, archaic and at worst, total nonsense. I'm guessing lawyers share the same view as I do.

Sample sentence:

Derivative Definition

A derivative is a financial instrument or other contract with all three of the following characteristics:

· its value changes in response to the change in a specified interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or other variable, provided in the case of a non-financial variable that the variable is not specific to a party to the contract (sometimes called the ‘underlying’);

Notice the bolded part? Try understanding that. Now imagine another hundred of phrases similar to that, and you've only got 2 weeks (minus work, eat, sleep) to make sense of them before the next quiz and study session. That's what I had to go through, and it felt like absolute hell. Glad to get it done and over with, and still surviving in one piece. Ah lega.

Apa-apa hal pun, I'm very happy with the result, seriously! There's a whole bunch of people I need to thank. Housemate, thanks for your lecture notes / books / references, helped clarify heaps of stuff. Thanks to my senior accountants for explaining what some of the terms meant. (My very busy Group Finance Manager even made time to explain the above paragraph to me, so that's awesome!!). Most importantly, all you guys for giving me encouragement to not give up and keep working on it non-stop.

Admittedly, there's still bucketloads to be done. Exam in 3 weeks, so kena increase intensity lagi. That's alright, sesungguhnya untuk setiap kesusahan pasti ada kesenangan. All in all, great teamwork guys. Thanks heaps.

P.S - Tasia, kek kau sedap gila. Bersemangat waja aku nak buat quiz lepas tu.

What a great weekend!!!

2008-08-02T15:33:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's one of those days where all those little things created a steady accumulation of positive till end of day, leaving me with a good night's sleep and waking up feeling all light and fired up on a Sunday morning.

Eventful gila, pagi sampai ptg belajoooo je banyak2 with my bro, managed to cover a whole lot of material alhamdulillah. Abu siap masak American Breakfast lagi (don't let the name fool you, it's just fried calamari, fried eggs and fried sausages). Also spent the afternoon borak2 habis with him about family + makcik-pakcik stories back home. Covered politics too. Hoi, bila masa adik aku ikut isu2 dunia nih, siap tunjuk video2 youtube lagi!! Selama nih dia tahu fikir pasal diri sendiri saja, what a vain guy!!! Funny that, macam tak percaya dia dah 18. You rock bro.

Also we called mum + dad, saja seronok pasang loudspeaker kuat2 pas tu menyakat si Juju ngan si Ali. They might come end of month. Awesome. Great family we have, hope it stays that way insyaallah.

Kul 4 main training bola ngan postgrad. We're gonna have a friendly match with undergrads, and I've blatantly betrayed my team by joining the abang2. Menarik ah, main ngan orang baru, dah la tak bahagi team ikut kaler, pening kepala je nak defend. Last2 aku clear je semua bola.

Abu scored 2 on debut, hebat. Aku pun tak penah score, kecuali own goal!! Saw a few promising players in midfield, defence and attack. Ada yg challenge memang keras, so might be a good match although I have faith in the undergrads led by Anas (siap la aku tackle korang semua time defend hehe)

Speaking of defending, Brissie's got a new guy coming!!! Main bola, main piano, keje...hoi hoi hoi, ada kaki la...member Amar, dapat keje engineer kat sini. Very nice to meet your acquaintance, I hope you'll be able to contribute to QLD football as much as you can mate!

Ptg tu layan Bledisloe Cup, Wallablies-All Blacks. All Blacks menang, 39-10!!!! Richie McCaw ruleeeezzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!

- McCaw and the gang -

Malam tu bawak my bro dinner Salt and Battery. Verdict? Reckon he loved it when he cleaned up everything to the last chip. Balik rumah, tido sat, tetiba rumahku dikunjungi oleh the usual suspects (Ji, Ika, Jerry, Tasia and Hez). Selamat dtg!!! Layan wrestling jap (plus kutuk2 their poyoness)

Pas tu kitorang layan some game called LIFE. LIFE???? Itu game time aku time kecik kot!! It's a Monopoly-like board game where you start by spinning the wheel ("Saya putar ya Halim!"), going through life events (good and bad), taking different options and speculating on some occasions. When you reach the finish line, everyone accumulates their net worth and the person with the most is the winner.

Great game, I took a bucketload of risks which made my game a memorable one. Achievements included:

- Becoming a $80,000 salaried veterinarian
- Acquired a Tudor as a starter home, and upgraded that to a Mansion. (I have to put the kids somewhere)
- Got married and had 5 kids. 3 laki 2 pompuan. The car's too full, wife often ends up being accidentally thrown out many times...banyak sgt berleter kot hehe.
- Gambled in the risky part of life. Won $500K, but also lost $350K. Loved the adrenalin rush everytime I put in my bets. (Main2 saja, bukan betul ok?)
- Sponsored a bunch of African kids, and also forked out $300K for children's college. Hisy budak2 nih, buat mengabihkan bogheh je.
- Had in-laws visiting (leave me alone!!!) and became a grandfather.
- Got sued a few times, and lost $300,000 in the process. My bro had lawsuit immunity, lucky dingo.

Ended up 2nd place with a net worth of $1.8 million. Jerry menang 1st ($1.9M), and celebrated victory by shouting "IN YOUR FACE!!!!" literally in front of my face. Tak guna punya Doktor, hahahaha....

Abu with $0.9M kept complaining about why his Lawyer life is so uneventful. Tasia and Ika also did well despite being fired from their high-profile college jobs, and had to survive on a low-earning career as an athlete and mechanic respectively. Great game people.

Nak tido....esok sambung belajo, kuiz due malam ni, wish me luck!! I hope you guys had equally good days as well. Always nice to have em once in a while..

Bonus mark!!!!!

2008-07-31T00:48:00.000-07:00

My CA course admin announced that due to a marking error in the Quiz, everyone gets 1 mark.

Hooohoooiii!!!! (Clenched fists...) Maju!!! Setiap markah penting!!!

Unreal, but if it is, this guy is sheer genius..

2008-07-30T00:37:00.001-07:00

I was surfing through the internet reading blogs about Malaysia tanahairku. Stumbled upon some blog depicting Nor Mohamad Yakcob's experiences with Tun Mahathir during his PM days in 1998, when the Asian currency crisis was reaching its peak.

Normally, I tend to just read, but I thought I'd share this one because of the sheer feat done by our ex-PM. (Not that I'm pro Mahathir / anti Mahathir, but I'm highlighting an achievement that's worth learning from.)

Let me summarise it into a few quick points:

1. During the peak of currency crisis, Mahathir was in Buenos Aires.
2. Upon hearing that, on the spot he called Nor Mohamad to fly out to Argentina (normal people would've waited to come back first and settle problems in a more familiar environment)
3. As is, Mahathir doesn't know much about the nature of the problem, and given his busy schedule, he only had 2 hours to understand the complexity of world financial markets mechanism.
4. Nor Mohamad told everything he knew, and Mahathir did nothing but listen, with 1 or 2 questions. Nothing else.
5. Mahathir asked Nor Mohamad to write it all on paper, and pass it to him at dinner.
6. By tomorrow, Mahathir has already understood the whole situation, how the financial markets work and why Malaysia is experiencing the crisis.
7. From then, he was able to discuss various solution models with Nor Mohamad (and MTEN) as if he was already a well-versed expert in the subject.

The rest is history. Instead of taking the IMF loan, we took the path less travelled. Lowered interest rates, fixed the currency, banned overseas ringgit trade and imposed capital controls. Currency stability was reached, and a potentially devastating crisis was averted.

Learning in 2 hours...that's just phenomenal. I studied commerce for 3 years and am still struggling with the intricacies of finance. Superb effort. Bangga aku sebagai rakyat Malaysia sekejap.

Full article in this hyperlink, for those wishing to read more.

http://www.treasury.gov.my/index.php?ch=36&pg=126&ac=408&tpl_id=93

Ceria mesra bersangkalaka

2008-07-30T00:29:00.000-07:00

Tetiba banyak lak benda berlaku for the past few days. Highlights? Sure...

- Lawan Jepun, menang 2-1. Gol2 semua dijaringkan oleh orang Malaysia sahaja. Heheh, meaning ada orang score own goal la tu..teka sapa??

- Habis weekend bawak adik aku kena sana sini uruskan dia nyer benda2 uni. Sebab enrol lambat, therefore had problems with si-net, myuq and blackboard. Wasn't able to get any lecture notes / tute questions until middle of week 2. There's a Law quiz due this Friday already. Don't know how he's gonna fare, but told him to read whatever he can, so by the time he actually gets those lect notes and tute qs, he'd understand the jargon and breathe a bit easier.

- Been pounded with work as well, since my senior accountant left. Had to step up to his role and understand all the stuff he passed me into a meaningful, organised framework of info. Trying to get the gist of the sitch at the moment. Currently doing well so far, see what happens.

- Still pounded with CA module as well. Was able to get a consistent study rhythm running, despite distractions happening throughout the week. Insyaallah akan berjaya kalau niat tuh ikhlas, amin.

See you guys.

P.S - Promise to put some pics / decorations to lighten up this blog. As the owner, I have to admit even I'm starting to get slightly turned off by the display of my own blog. Ta...

Ans

Hooray

2008-07-24T19:00:00.000-07:00

Bermula dari esok pagi, rumah aku akan didatangi ahli baru. Yazaa.....

Dealing with Crisis

2008-07-23T06:59:00.000-07:00

1) Identify weak points - Poor quiz marks due to lack of time and insufficient knowledge
2) Prioritise on the weakest - Sheer lack of knowledge
3) Spend all resources to fix it - Get AASB, do all exercises ASAP, understand unit 4
4) Repeat until everything solved to best of ability - Catch up other units.

Donno how I'd do that, but I'll start with Unit 4 and then go from there.

Better write these down, if not, I'll just forget.

Jahanam

2008-07-23T06:45:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to Min and Na, great celebration just now. Nana masak, sedap gila, 3 pinggan habis. Did Nana's tax return as well, was hoping for a bit more but ended up with a bit less, slight disappointment.

Baru habis kuiz CA aku, 4/7 right (1 betul pun tembak je sebab tak cukup masa). Jahanam, terasa bodoh kali kedua, grrr....Ingat dia test topic as is, rupa2nya dia boleh siap gabung lak prinsip2 from previous modules. Cinabeng......Satu lagi question lak dgn biadabnya menanyakan pasal calculating a defined benefit plan, never done that before in my life or in the focus sessions. That came from absolutely nowhere, knocking me off my feet and putting me out senseless for the next few days. Gotta recover before the 4th session. This is super duper bad....

So far performance aku from quizzes = 0/8 (tak buat, taktau ada quiz, rugi sungguh) + 5/8 + 4/7 = 9/23 = 3% out of 7.5% = 40%. That's a FAIL.

Now I'm starting to have serious doubts on whether I can even pass the subject. FIN 208 is absolute murder, I have got to do something. If not, I might be heading towards the barrel of failure.....Help.

Beghaaaatttt....

2008-07-22T04:06:00.000-07:00

Went to work. Sibuk sepanjang hari. Had my first lunchtime touch rugby comeback game after a while. Pancit gila, dan lembab gila. Man, I've got to improve.

Spent the evening preparing for my CA focus session. In process listening my workmates throw out some random jokes here and there. Hahahahaha!!!! You guys rock.

Pegi CA focus session malam tu. Terasa macam orang bodoh. Jawapan aku semua salah, pas tu aku asyik kena perangkap ngan semua trick question dalam modul. Esok ada kuiz due, next focus session (grilling session) in two weeks time and aku kena present jawapan! Topic?? Accounting for financial instruments!!! Damnn......Exam 28 August, uffff, macamana nak buat nih?? Oh well, bertapa kat rumah je la kot from here on.

Fainna ma'al usri yusra..

On the bright side, housemate aku masak kari ayam tahap sempalit. Kenyang gila, sengih balik aku. Not a bad way to end the day. At stumps, its 2 for 234.

Weekend yang chill dan relaks

2008-07-20T06:36:00.001-07:00

Sabtu - Gi keje, nak post this 15,000 line journal, tak dpt2, pelik sungguh, Isnin ni kena settlekan..

Ahad - Pegi Super Amart, beli tilam for my bro who's coming next Saturday!!!!! Woohoo!!! Suruh diorang hantar sebab tak muat keta, lalu dicas $66 for delivery, erk....Oh well, one off so I reckon that's fine. Dah lama tak shopping tilam, seghonok lak aku baring lama2 melayan kelembutan deluxe plush mattresses kat situ.

Also got a new comforter set, beli kat Woolies. There're 3 choices: Pink (Sekian terima kasih...), Blue (Jgn nak ngada, aku dah ada blue dah) and Brown (Yup, that'll do). Had pizza for lunch, kenyang sampai malam.

After that gunting rambut, $10 kat Toowong. As cheap as you can get. Apparently the shop belongs to a nice Middle East / Turkish / Lebanese guy who got all his daughters (Has to be, they look really alike) working there, which explains the bargain price. Been there thrice now, and it suits my requirement for "decent short @ no 4". Tambahan pula, daughter2 dia sungguh bersopan santun, suka senyum2 and have really nice hairstyles, so confident skit aku nak menghulur kepala aku. Ah, ringan je rasa kepala lepas sehabis tu, nak pk pun senang skit.

So Toowong Barber Shop, please keep up the good work. Positive employees attract happy customers. Loved the haircut, tolonglah jgn bankrupt, maklumlah small business...

While my hair was being cut, for some reason it triggered some story about my childhood, pretty funny...aku rasa selain parents aku, 1-2 org je tahu pasal benda nih kot. Lain kali lah aku cite, one at a time ok fellas?

Ptg tuh layan tido sat. Then I got a nice visit from Ji, Ika and Jerry. Layan kejap Game Lord of The Rings, hahaha seronoknya lama tak layan game2 cam nih since Diablo (Mapen kau still hafal rune2 combination?? TIR RUUUUUUNNNNE!!!!!!! Ahahah)

Malam tuh ada kuiz, so study je lah. Suddenly, quiz deadline extended to tomorrow night, yahoo! Boleh la study lagi skit then buat sok. (Some people just to get it over with, but I think it's worth spending another day, just my opinion).

And yes, happy birthday Ali Imran adik aku!! Dah 10 tahun kamu eh, ingat baby lagi. Manja mengalahkan anak kucing. Today he's been ordering Juju to bake a cake for him, spoilt brat. He's also been pestering mum for Tasmanian Oysters today, because he loved the ones at Salt and Battery when they came to Brissie. Therefore, dgn selamba riangnya mak aku berkata, "Nih kamu la ni bang, sapa suruh belanja oysters hari tu." WHAT!!!!! That came out of nowhere. Oh well, biarlah, menyakat lagi la tu as usual. Hai, mak aku nih...

Good night, gotta work tomorrow. Love my work.

Ans

Fascinating - worth a read...

2008-07-19T06:51:00.000-07:00

I was just reading Malaysia-related news on the net and accidentally stumbled upon this blog.

An 18-year old girl (in 2004, now she's around 22) from Tamparuli (A place in Sabah, there's a nice song about the bridge I like to play)

She chronicles her experiences during her 3-month national service. I loved it because it's very well balanced, full of substance, not too emotional, well-articulated and portrays outstanding maturity levels beyond her age!!

Big deal for me, given I've never been in NS before. It's got absolutely everything. The good, the bad and the ugly. (Make that superbad and superugly...)

Anyway, sapa ada masa baca lah.. fascinating gila!!! (bagi aku lah..)

http://dreamsome.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_dreamsome_archive.html

Good night everyone. Hope you're all alive and happy out there.

Keje weekend

2008-07-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

An initial crankiness to turn up to the office on the weekend was quickly vanquished when the boss shouted 4 pizzas between the 6 of us!!!! Perrgggghhh, melantak macam org gila hari tuh, buat keje lepas tu pun tersengih2 jek.

Ni yg rasa nak dtg keje tiap2 sabtu ni, heheheh

2 mimpi pelik

2008-07-17T05:03:00.000-07:00

1 - Aku mimpi tgh buat Consol Cash Flow Statement utk company aku...semangat berlari ke sana sini jumpa semua orang tanya pasal operating / investing /financing activity items...ahahah, bangun tido tau2 je dah penat berfikir..dah la kena gi keje lak pagi tuh, double fikir...letih2 ehehe

2 - Yg ni lagi pelik... Aku tgh lepak kat some majlis keramaian dekat2 sekolah rendah aku, tetiba aku jumpa mak aku..Apparently she's wanted to matchmake me with a girl she knew. (WOOPPPP!!!!!!!!)

Namun, hajat tak kesampaian. Belum sempat nak tgk rupa si gadis itu, aku seraya terjaga tetiba2, sebab alarm handphone aku berbunyi...citpoodah...

At least kalau tak kerana keje pagi tu boleh le aku sambung tido (mana tau mimpi tuh sambung balik, you know what I mean?)

Oh well, till then, Mrs "Girl with No Face"....

Classique

2008-07-15T03:31:00.001-07:00

Felt like putting on this pic, taken since 3-4 years back??

- Segerombolan jejaka di Guyatt Park, Barbeque Umno (probably) -

Dari kiri: Snowboard, Kuyut, Fariq, Jemay, Apai, Luqzan, Remy, Hasfuan, "Mystery guy", Adnan, aku.

P.S - Take note of my dishevelled hairstyle, plus the poor fashion sense, now that's dressing to shock in its purest form.

Never fails to make me smile everytime I see this pic. Hahaha, rindunya zaman sengal dulu2.

It reconciles...

2008-07-14T01:42:00.001-07:00

Tuhan saja yg tahu betapa lapangnya dada aku bila spreadsheetku me'reconcile'kan dirinya sendiri, advantage Ansar now.. on with the theory part, and then submit!!! Yahooligans!!!

CA assignment

2008-07-13T19:16:00.000-07:00

Spent 30 hours already on gigantic cash flow spreadsheet reconciliation for a consol entity acquiring and disposing subsidiaries, the kind you'd see in typical growing / listed companies. Pehh.....malam ni hantar, but got most of them organised.

And there's also part A as well, the theory questions and backing em up with AASB legislations and doing journal entries where relevant. Tax effect accounting, that's an ouch...

Definitely look to close in on 12 hours by end of day today, starting to see numbers everywhere now. Maybe I am destined to be an accountant after all, hahahah!!!

Ansar

Wowwweeee!!!!!!!!

2008-07-11T00:18:00.000-07:00

Syukur alhamdulillah,

After bergegasan seharian, pada pukul 4.45 pm adik aku selamat menerima an unconditional offer of entry to UQ.

We got the CRICOS number. Now we need to get the visa organised between now and 25/7/2008. That's 14 days, just enough time I reckon. Kelas start 21st July, he's gonna miss that.

But he'll attend uni starting 28/7/2008.

Credit to everyone in the family yang berhempas-pulas sejak 5 hari lepas trying to get everything in place. Now we rest for weekend and launch stage 2 on Monday. Juggling 20 things at the same time with constrained resources and time has never been so stretching. Project management at its very best.

Till then.

Ans

Postal service bodo!!!!! (Jgn baca kalau anda tak menyenangi luahan2 emosional)

2008-07-08T06:58:00.000-07:00

Tak guna sungguh..

Kitorang kena hantar application adik aku yg nak masuk UQ before end of July. Initially aku apply guna photocopied docs dulu, sebab bapak aku tgh hantar original through registered mail, so takpele..

The catch?? 2 minggu baru sampai.!!!!! Mangkuk sungguh!!!! WTF?? Menyampah menyengit!!! Ada la 2-3 hari lepas baru sampai, and then obviously UQ hantar conditional offer suruh kasi document original secepat mungkin. Kepala hotak kau, memang lah aku nak hantar original, tapi dah benda tuh tak sampai2, macamana aku nak hantar!!! Ni kang jgn nak menyalahkan aku lak bila adik aku tak sempat enrol sebab benda2 teknikaliti yg bodoh dan bangang sebegini. Mak aku dah risau dah rumah, aku pun takleh buat apa, doa je le banyak2.

Yang lebih menyusahkan lagi, postal service tuh bukan hantar kat rumah aku, dia hantar kat post office!! Abih tu, nak ambik bila?? Weekend P.O tak bukak, Uni pun tak bukak, pecite??? Nak ambik time weekday memang tak dapat lah, sekarang busy melampau2 sebab end of financial year, ambik cuti memang tak dapatlah, nak dtg lambat / balik awal nanti bos lak bising. Bodoh sungguh2...

Last2 aku terpaksa menyusahkan housemate aku, suruh dia lak jadi runner aku ke post office st lucia and then hanto ke UQ student centre esok pagi secepat mungkin...haiya, sudah meletakkan harapan kat org lain lak, antara benda2 yg aku paling susah nak buat dalam dunia. Apa boleh buat, sabar je le, jadi tak jadi tu ada la hikmah sebaliknya ye tak? Kita hanya mampu merancang but in the end tuhan jek yg menentukan...as long as we keep communicating with UQ Insyaallah they will understand.

Then when that minor glitch (oh guys, sorry to rap on but it has not finished yet!!) is resolved, kena buat visa pulak.....kena tunggu offer baru boleh buat, mana boleh main apply jek...nak apply lak kena tunggu between 2 minggu (paling cepat) - 1 month (paling lama), hari tu kena call UQ bertalu2 (dahla tanak kasitau status application adik kat aku, purely because bapak aku yg dinamakan "Delegate of Authority"...habih tu dia tinggal ngan aku, aku pun penting gak hape...). Skang nampak gayanya kena call DIMIA / Embassy lak bertalu2 sebab kesuntukan masa, and nak expedite benda nih secepat mungkin. Pas tu beli ticket, goodness knows ada ke tak tiket time2 cam nih, mintak2 ade la...kalau tak dah start lambat kan payah tu, nasib baik first sem, ada la leeway 1-2.

Yg menambahkan hanginnya, hari tu UQ kata nak tengok semua results baru boleh kasi offer, alih2 aku tanya sepam lagi, diorang kata ok and diorang akan kasi conditional offer asalkan we show up the results eventually. Pebenda nih?? Did I miss something??

Last but not least, UQ for some reason is still charging $9115 instead of $8000. Extra 1115 to covers OSHC (yang sucks, aku benci OSHC sebab sengal, medicare rules!!!) and application fee ($100, yang aku dah bayar, tapi tak tau apa pasal dia mintak sepam lagi, bengong)...Kena call Uq bertalu2 lagi la nih nak clarify mana nak bayo dan mana nak settle sendiri...

Final word, will go all out, full on to make this work. Would love to have my bro joining me, because I know he'll love it..I have faith in him, and know he's got the character to succeed.
Orientation? Takyah ah gi formal2 session tuh, aku settlekan jek in 2 days max. Easy cheesy peasy squeezy.

Lapang dadaku melepas geram, macam tulis diari saja hehe. Ok lah, nak tido...thanks guys / girls for reading / listening, you have a great day as well.. sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite okay?

Ans

Budak ragbi MASCA 2008 QLD

2008-07-06T06:36:00.001-07:00

Berdiri dari kiri: Apek, Dan, Mango, Rahmat, Abu, Badak, Peja, Mohsin, Farez
Duduk dari kiri: Abang ???, Umar, Johan, Palan, Toi, Ayep

MASCA 2008 - awesome

2008-07-05T01:56:00.000-07:00

Gambar-gambar takde lagi, tapi nanti aku post. Summary (from my biased perspective).

2nd place Overall!! Great team effort

Won:

1) Tennis - Nana power gila
2) Volleyball - Zizul and Co gempak gila
3) Athletics - Apit, Jo, Hajar, Huda, Dila, Faris, Abu, Arul laju gila
4) Squash ladies - Hajar Snr power gila
5) Frisbee - Apek, Jo, Ron, Hajar and Co mantap gila
6) Badminton Ladies Doubles - Sherene and Donna best berabisan!!
7) Takraw - Arip dan rakan-rakan 'psycho'ed their way to a memorable gold medal. "Tekong, mari sini..." Ringing any bells?

Silver: Berlambakan, include:

1) Futsal girls - Kalah only because own goal. Bad luck.
2) Rugby - Apit hero gila, lari dari tepi lalu try kat tengah. But lost to NSW.
3) Ping - pong - Ayam tambatan, Zaki merangkul pingat perak yang baik.
4) Badminton - Mixed, good performance, lost ngan Victoria
5) Netball - Initially led by 2 goals, only for NSW to hammer in 3 goals in the last 5 minutes. Now that's heartbreak in its purest form.

Sengal: (Paling malas nak cakap sebab involve aku, but oh well...)

1) Bola padang - 4th!!! Kalah semi on penalties, what bad luck...good game though guys. 3rd place pun kalah!! Seriously, my heart is 100% there but buggeroo, my thighs and my calves just aren't.

Also scored the first goal of my MASCA career, unfortunately it went to the wrong side of the field. A routine attempt to clear a harmless cross went wrong when the ball flicked my outside foot, which magnificiently spun and swerved backwards into the far corner, leaving Ji with no chance. What th??????

2) Futsal - A tale of fatigue and no subs, where'd everyone go? Kalah QF, and I ended up walking out with a cramped calf, sad way to end a disappointing campaign.

3) Basketball - Ben the inspirational captain got injured causing a significant slump in the team. The rest is history.

Hypothetically (being a bit sour grapes here ok?), if we won bola padang and futsal, we would've had a genuine crack at being overall champions, since we didn't lose out by much versus NSW being defending champions again. But we didn't, and I personally thought I didn't play too well, and was simply unfit for tournament level. Definitely could've done better.

Oh well, what's happened has happened. Good thing is we still have most of the team (a young and promising team too!) to compete in NSW next year, so yeah, I would love to have another crack at bola and futsal. Will have a super duper bloody ripper of a crack...

For now, I've been spending my 3 days lying in bed like a dead man, while my leg muscles swell and shake uncontrollably. Even work colleagues could notice my dilated pupils and agonising limps from a mile away. Worth the effort though.

Final words, well done team!! Queensland Roar Queensland Roar Queensland Roar....

Ansar Masuri
Juruhebah
Temasya Sukan Tahunan Pelajar-pelajar Malaysia 2008.

When they come of age...

2008-06-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

1-0.

Well done Spain. Awesome achievement, pegi keje pun tersengih2. Enough said. Now moving on to MASCA!

P.S - Sorry for the delayed post. I promised someone that I wouldn't post final results till the day after.

What a nice day eh?

2008-06-28T01:04:00.000-07:00

My day in a nutshell:

Woke up. Went to work, to prepare ahead for end of financial year. Spent half a day updating fixed asset registers for 2 Small and Medium sized entities. Had a good chat with workmates about plans for weekend, listened to music while wearing sports clothes to work. It is Saturday after all :)

Gi rumah Rahmat (member a.k.a fitness trainer), dia buat makan2. Orang lapar disorongkan nasi ayam dan mi goreng berempah, mmmppphhh!!!!! Cam biasa gunakan taktik buat2 malu, akhirnya end up menghentam 3 pinggan, abih tu banyak, kang tak habis kang membazeer....

Training bola petang tadi. Nice session, bit of defending, bit of attacking, bit of technicals here and there, try to make sure no one gets silly injuries before game. Had a good spar with the Indons, attack looked impressive but not too testing, since everyone's holding back on their tackles. Kalau main Football Manager, tackling mode = EASY.

La ni nak cari dinner, tapi tak ingat mana aku letak wallet. Nak kena cari ah ni. Maybe finish the night watching Wimbledon, competition getting interesting since Sharapova, Ivanovic and Djokovic crashed out. Good night guys, thanks for reading.

You guys rock, love you guys heaps!!!!

Worst Friday night ever

2008-06-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

Nak tengok movie, takde movie best. Last2 kena layan "My best friend's wedding". My Best Friend's Wedding??????? Takde cite lain ke???? Sb please hit me with a hammer right now.

Nak tgk Wimbledon (Nana / Baloo / Ji - Federer menang kan?), delayed sampai lambat gila last2 aku tido.

Nak buat hot choc, marshmallow lak habis, demm...dahlah aku tak budget bebudak nak lepak rumah kalau tak aku beli banyak skit donut.

Akhir sekali, sebab takde sports nak tgk sgt kena layan some dumb "Irish hurling" game, ala-ala AFL yang menggabungkan bola, ragbi, basketball, handball dan lari membawa telur dalam sudu - sumpah aku nampak diorang bawak sudu main game nih. Siap boleh curi sudu opponent lagi!!! Dahlah diorang main stok serius gila, pas tu siap stadium penuh crowd lagi! Bodohnya, tengok game 20 mins rasa macam 2 hours.

On a positive note, thanks guys dtg rumah aku layan lawak2 sengal beramai2. Tergelak2 aku sampai tgh malam. You guys rock!!

P.S - Mat Pin - Aku tau skill fancy yang paling basic tuh apa...kahkahkah, kelako2, credit to amar ah ni...ada2 je idea mamat tu.

Sedap!!

2008-06-27T14:34:00.001-07:00

Yahoo!!! Semalam aku pegi city beli Krispy Kreme!! Tiba-tiba dapat 1 biji donut free!! Argh argh best gila!!! Chocolate flavour!! Wooooohoooo!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh..........tenang kembali seperti sediakala. Must be the sugar.

Spain 3 Russia 0

2008-06-26T13:50:00.000-07:00

Lawalah!!!

Semi-final

2008-06-26T04:09:00.000-07:00

Jerman 3 (S'Steiger, Klose, Lahm) - Turki 2 (Boral, Senturk)

Spain - Russia -----> Woohooihooi, sengit nih. Come on Spain, penat sokong game Itali hari tu tak habis, skang kena sokong semi lak. Gila intense

Correspondence Part 2

2008-06-23T15:55:00.000-07:00

- Team Effort -

Pasukan Bolasepak Sepanyol,
Bilik 14, Blok Mozart,
Perkampungan Sukan Ernst-Happel,
Daerah Vienna,
35000 AUSTRIA

U.P - Encik Iker Casillas dan rakan-rakan

Selamat sejahtera,

Apa khabar saudara di sana? Harap-harapnya sihat walafiatlah, kami sekeluarga mengirimkan salam sayang kepada seluruh komuniti pemain di sana.

Tempoh hari, saya ada mengutus surat kepada adinda Villa mengucapkan tahniah, kini saya bertujuan sama, khususnya kepada saudara dan mereka yang lain. Tanpa usaha yang gigih dan kesabaran yang tinggi, pastinya kita tidak akan mencapai kedudukan istimewa sebegini.

1) Prolog

Saudara,

Harus diakui, mengalahkan pasukan Biru itu amat sukar. Dari mata kasar, mereka kelihatan lemah dan corot dalam pusingan awal. Namun, mereka terkenal dengan tabiat menggagahkan diri mereka pada detik-detik penting. Sesungguhnya, Biru akan melakukan apa yang cukup untuk menang, tanpa mengira cantik tak cantiknya kaedah itu. Berbeza dengan kita. Mencintai kesenian, justeru tersedak di saat-saat kritikal.

Biru mungkin pincang bakat, namun kelemahan itu mereka tutup dengan pertahanan yang kebal, bergelut keras dan mental yang amat kuat. Sentiasa berjaya menghancurkan kesabaran kita serta menghasilkan mentaliti bahawa kemenangan adalah mustahil. Dengan itu, kita meletup sendiri.

2) Jalan Kemenangan

Menewaskan musuh sebegini? Bisa, namun hanya satu jalan. Fokus setiap detik. Cabar setiap bola. Sabar, dan terus mencipta peluang sedikit demi sedikit. Pegang bola sebanyak mungkin. Paling penting bertahan dengan penuh kerajinan. Itulah kaedah yang telah kita gunakan, dan kita berjaya.

Harus diakui, takdir menyebelahi kita kerana ketiadaan (1) Si Biadab Pirlo dengan hantaran mautnya serta (2) Si Kerbau Gattuso yang sentiasa berniat ikhlas menghancurkan kaki-kaki kerdil para pemain kita. Namun dari pihak kita, kita lebih berusaha keras dan lebih laparkan kemenangan. Ini dimanifestasikan oleh jasa saudara menyelamatkan rembatan Si Jawa Camoranesi (a.k.a Wak Parjo Imam Besar Masjid Jakarta). Paling terbaik. Mereka juga mengerahkan Si Musang Tua Piero, tetapi tiada hasil. Akhirnya, kita seri 0-0 dan menuju penalti. Mimpi ngeri mengalahkan Freddy Kruger menjenguk kembali.

Tetapi, kita berjaya bertarung ke titisan darah terakhir. Jasa saudara menepis keluar dua peluru Biru membikin gila seantero Sepanyol. Dan pada saat adinda Fabregas meleretkan penalti pertama seumur hidupnya ke sebelah kanan, jeritan kemenangan berkumandang di udara. Sebuah bebanan lenyap dengan tiba-tiba. Sebuah batu dalam kepala kita, perlahan-lahan merekah, menghakis dan menjadi debu-debu halus, lalu hilang ditiup angin. Badi 88 tahun sudah tamat.

3) Epilog

Seperti yang saudara maklum, kemenangan sebegini pasti bikin sakit mata penyokong-penyokong neutral. Bosan, tiada seni dan tiada gol. Saya setuju. Namun dalam konteks ini, ia jauh lebih indah berbanding kemenangan 4-1 Russia tempoh hari. Saya lihat kesungguhan saudara sekalian bertarung. Pertahanan hebat penuh fokus sehingga tamat. Cubaan menghasilkan peluang dari serata padang. Paling penting, sabar dan sentiasa yakin bahawa kemenangan mutlak adalah milik orang yang berusaha. Jangan lupa faktor nasib, mungkin selama ini berpihak kepada Biru, barangkali sudah tiba masanya ia bertukar tangan kepada Merah.

Russia di separuh akhir? Itu kita fikir kemudian. Untuk masa ini, nikmatilah kejayaan manis ini dengan puas. Kemudian mulakanlah hari esok berbekalkan dada yang lapang. Sampaikan salam sayang saya kepada para pemain. Beritahu Tuk Nyang Aragones, jaga kesihatan tu sikit. Darah tinggi nanti. Balik kampung raya nanti saya singgah la makan ketupat pulut.

P.S - Tiba-tiba rasa ingin makan masakan Sepanyol...

0 out of 3

2008-06-21T16:00:00.000-07:00

Holland kalah?? Demmm....tak disangka2, tapi memang Russia main bagus gila. Created chances, took the attack to the Dutch and deservedly won the match. Vote Arshavin as MOM, his presence definitely injected much-needed inspiration into the Russians. Van Der Sar did well to save heaps, but the Russians' sustained pressure wins out in the end. Great match, great match.

- Hero Negara Rusia, Mr Andrei Arshavin (Gambar hak milik bbc.co.uk)-

So far, aku predict Portugal (kalah!!), Croatia (kalah lagi...), and Holland (kalah ajaib!!!)

Only one left, Spain. Adakah Torres and Co akan menumpaskan Italians-Italians itu? Atau adakah Itali akan meng'catenaccio'kan diorang sampai mati instead? What a cracking game we're gonna have. Come on Spain, come on Spain!!! (Menggenggam erat kedua2 buku lima)

Uish!!!

2008-06-20T15:36:00.000-07:00

Turkey macho gila! Salah teka lagi, dammit..

Housemateku balik Ahad ni

2008-06-19T16:34:00.000-07:00

Crap.

Apparently dia balik Malaysia sat, pegi jenguk2 adik dia kat sana.

So I'm gonna be alone for week. Fuh, sangap!!! (Not that I talk that much to my housemate anyway, but it's always nice to see someone else at home).

That's cool though. I've got work, studies , football training and Euro to keep me occupied. Then life should be back to normal. And then, MASCA!!!!!!!!!! Let the games begin!!!!

Euro Quarter-final

2008-06-19T15:57:00.001-07:00

Portugal vs Jerman (Jerman 3-1, budget Portugal)
Croatia vs Turkey (Budget Croatia)
Holland vs Russia (Budget Holland)
Spain vs Italy (Budget Spain, kenapa oh kenapa lah kena jumpa team housemate aku awal2)

So far 0 out of 1 right. How will the rest of them pan out eh?

Tribute buat dua member ku

2008-06-17T05:17:00.000-07:00

Remember my last post, "Insane"? Alah, entry where mailbox aku dihantam jemputan kahwin member2 aku tuh. Dua tiga menjak nih, kena hantam lagi. Setiap kali kena, tiap kali tu lah aku akan 1) mengucapkan tahniah sebab berumahtangga AND 2) mintak maaf sebab tak dapat dtg. Bugger.

Recently, another two of my friends (the very same people who once upon a time wouldn't even give two hoots about talking to girls, let alone bercintan2) have gone to the next level. So I think it would be nice to do a short tribute about them, since we used to be the greatest of mates.

Weih, btw member2 yg lain tuh pun best gak, tapi aku dah delete semua jemputan so aku dah lost track who marries when. Anyway here goes:

1) Mohd Firdaus bin Mahmud (Maos) - Budak Rumah Biru!!

Pandai gila dan alim gila. Orang Pahang, area Muadzam, first time jumpa dia time kelas 1R, selalu konfius muka dia ngan Mat Pin. (Biasalah, dulu aku nerd so selalu sgt konfius2 nih). Senyap tak banyak cakap, very softspoken guy. Eventually tinggal satu dorm ngan dia lagi time end of F1. Mamat ni amatlah pengemas, katil sentiasa tegang tahap baling bola hoki boleh lantun punya. Kalau katil dia kantoi inspection, anggaplah katil korang2 semua pun akan kantoi sama.

Tak suka merapu / mengutuk, tapi boleh layan gelak gila2 nya kalau budak2 start buat lawak2 bangang diorang. Kalau study tuh mesti top 10 jek, and also a great sprinter. Lari macam angin kencang, mengalahkan ribut Greg! Been my classmate for 5 years, so aku mmg tahu sgt hati budi dia.

Last time aku dgr cite dia kat UTP. Alih2 dapat kad. What the??? But then, I'm very2 happy for his marriage and hope it will stand the test of time. Good luck.

2) Tajul Ariffin bin Norizan (Tajul) - Budak Black

Budak nasyid, alim dan suka menyanyi. Very artistic as well, kalau bab menghias kelas / melukis poster / menambah kerawang entahapapatah tu dia lah yg selalu buat. (Aku ada tolong skit2 tapi jadi buruk gila, baik kasi dia je la..) Tu pun budak pandai yang baik gak, tapi macam biasa kalau bebudak2 buat lawak2 bahan diorang dia pun mesti join gelak sama, kadang2 siap tambah lagi!! Great guy, kalau lepak ngan dia mesti keluar 1-2 line dakwah nyer kan, huh, keinsafan..

Sukan pun main gak, terer dia main hoki tu. What an all-rounder.

Lepas SPM, dia sambung study German under PPP rasanya. Eloklah tu, bolehla dakwah org German belah sana lak. Dia, Tuah, Digun semua satu batch la tu. La ni, tak tau apa cita, pejam celik dpt kad jugak. So, again tahniah kepada Tajul, moga2 dicucuri limpah kurnia rahmat sampai bila2, amin.

They are awesome people, and I can only wish for happiness and enlightenment to be upon them till the last of their days. Amin...

Gila-gila remaja

2008-06-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

Czech Republic's 2 goals - Predictable gila
Turkey's 2nd half fightback - Touching gila
Cech's 87 min clanger - Mangkuk gila
Nihat's winner - Macho gila

Last but not least, me not getting up for that match - Rugi gila!!!

Nice job

2008-06-14T20:59:00.000-07:00

Saudara David Villa,
No 9, Lot 135 Felda Zorro,
43650 Villareal,
SEPANYOL.

Ke hadapan saudara Villa yang berada di sana, semoga saudara sentiasa sihat sejahtera dan gembira selalu.

Saudara Villa,

Warkah ini sekadar bertanya khabar dan berterima kasih kepada saudara kerana menghidupkan harapan kami di saat-saat akhir, tika kegagalan kian hampir. Bagaikan guruh berdentum-dentum jeritan seantero rakyat dengan jasa saudara.

Semoga saudara terus bertempur gigih untuk masa-masa akan datang. Ingatlah Villa, sesungguhnya usaha tangga kejayaan. Minta diri dulu.

P.S - Sampaikan salam saya kepada kekanda Torres sekali ya? Rindukan orang-orang kampung di tanahair Ulu Sepanyol Hilir.

Malam ini

2008-06-13T02:43:00.000-07:00

Sabtu - Dutch yang rajin vs France yang tua - Go Dutch!
Ahad - Spain yang power vs Sweden yang stable - Go Spain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sengihan Sepanyol

2008-06-10T17:15:00.000-07:00

- Muka orang2 menang, courtesy of soccernet.com -

Tersengih2 aku menyaksikan si Villa dan si Torres memporak-perandakan defence formation Russia malam tadi. Aided by the masterful passing display of Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas, the strikers are assured of constantly having the bullets to work with.

Cantik. Sungguh cantik. Complemented by Puyol and Co at the back, they were as devastating as a high-voltage taser gun, powerless to defend against. 4-1 is an accurate score to reflect the game. Russia did nothing wrong, they just lacked the class which became the pivotal factor in the end.

Concerns? Atm defense je lah, they did let in a late goal. Lacked just that liiiiiiiiittle bit of authority compared to e.g the Dutch (Tu pun masterclass jugak tu). No worries for firepower and imagination, just question marks on ability to soak up pressure from the likes of Germany, Holland and the gang. Pretty? Yes. Effective? TBC.

Summary: Gol demi gol

1-0: Through sampai Torres, tepi-tgh ngan Villa. Winning Eleven stuff.

2-0: Iniesta mencucuk antara 2-3 defenders, lalu Villa meng'ole' keeper.

3-0: Fabregas through cun gila kepada Villa, dribbles past the lastman and the rest is history.

3-1: From a corner, a flicked header was reheaded strongly by Pavlyuchenko.

4-1: Villa chip baik punya, Xavi shoot tapi ditampan ke atas, however Fabregas was there to mop it up, siap diving header lagi.

On with Greece and Sweden!

Macgyver is awesome!!

2008-06-06T21:49:00.000-07:00

HEROKU: MACGYVER

Guess what? When my family came lst time they got me a set of Macgyver series!! Season 1 to 5!!!! Bestnya!!

That guy has got to be my best hero ever, best invention since the wheel I reckon. I mean kalau korang tgk cerita2 moden sekarang semua pasal Forensic Investigation lah, Lawyers lah, Police lah.
Padahal this guy sempoi jek menyettlekan life-death situations with everyday equipments, and a great level of applied common sense. Respect gila:

Tak percaya? I end this entry by giving you situations where you need to solve these problems. See if you got a bit of Macgyver in you.

1) You are equipped with a binoculars (normal not fancy) and a pack of ciggys. Use that to get through a laser-filled room.

2) You have several bars of chocolate. Use that to fix a leaking tank containing concentrated sulfurik acid.

3) You're at a high-security complex guarded by many soldiers going in and out the main door. The door has a code, but you can't get anywhere within 100 metres to spy it, due to tight security. You have nothing but a newspaper, a watch and a magnifying glass. Solve the problem.

4) Last one, I like this one heaps. You're on the edge of a mountain cliff and there's nowhere else to run from a bunch of angry Central Asians. Invent a mini-rocket thruster when all you have is a gun, so you can launch yourself and parachute to safety.

I rest my case

Weird of the week

2008-06-04T03:06:00.000-07:00

- Mimpi 1: Apit buat blog!!! Cerita pasal pasukan bolasepak Kuala Lumpur. What th???
- Mimpi 2: Tiba2 aku ada dalam bilik pas tu reunion ngan Haris, Tupak, Shikin, Fariq, Amar, Pin, Bijan, Hasfuan, Nurul ngan sapa2 tah lagi...huh, pelik2

Well, at least one of them made sense. Tupak dtg Brissie Sabtu nih, lepak sampai Rabu. Azman (Cloncurrian - pegi tgk blog dia weih...!) sampai esok malam. Huh, nice little reunion we got here.

Gambar (lamanya nak upload!!!)

2008-06-04T02:37:00.000-07:00

Atas permintaan ramai...Aku bukan tanak upload, tapi aku tak reti...

Sapa boleh ajar aku upload gambar handphone to lappie, korang memang kacak / lawa. Cheers!!

Me, Mum, and Juju @ Inala (Kampung Vietnam - Pham Thanh Mhoe Tinhhh!!!!!)

My brother, Abu memodelkan jersi pasukan bolasepak QLD

Ali, budak paling kecik dlm family

Back with a vengeance

2008-06-04T02:22:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhhh, lega pun dapat tulis balik dlm log nih, for some reason selama nih aku asyik kena kick keluar aje, but now i'm back, alhamdulillah, so start the frying pan!! Kita mahu frying!!!

Ok, where do I start? Banyak nak catchup nih, cewah macam borak ngan member lama tka jumpa jek, padahal cakap dgn diri sendiri. Mmmm, ok got it...

Family aku selamat sampai malaysia isnin pagi keesokannya. Alhamdulillah, good to hear that, and good to know they really enjoyed their stay in Brissie for a week. Dengan berbekalkan sebiji refedex, sebuah kereta sewa hyundai accent and a sense of adventure, aku bawak diorang bejalan merata explore habis the whole brisbane area. Mt Coottha, Glasshouse Mountains, Ipswich, Toowomba, Sunshine Coast, Museum, Sciencentre, Art Gallery, Citycat. By end of week, aku dah pancit membawa ke sana ke mari but I felt really happy to be of service. Mum was smiling all the time, so I smile too. Simple as that.

Dahla tu, asal aku balik keje jek minggu tu, bukak2 pintu sudah ada baru kari..uhh wanginya, sejuk le rasa nak langkah kaki masuk rumah. Kalau tidak, letih siot nak masak lepas habis keje...ni keje aku balik makan terus, and then biasalah, woman's touch...tetiba ada lak jambakan2 bunga kat meja depan, tuko cadar/bedspread/comforter baru....eeeepppp!!!! but hey, nice job guys, well done!!!

They also brought bola jersey for QLD team tahun ni. Tema? Malaysia bebeh!! Kuning hitam harimau mengaum!! Rooaarrrr!!!!!! Sorang bayar $40 jek for the whole set, lawa2 tu, siap ada number ngan name skali...what a bargain, but a fair amount effort was put into that though...merata jalan the whole KL cari supplier yg boleh cari jersey for the whole team, sebab for some reason, diorang semua stok 1-2 jek, 10-20 takde...pelik2, anyway everyone loved it....wore tat for our 1st friendly against the Indons, and ended up winning 5-1!! Must be the jersey guys...great scott!!

Also had the chance to meet my sis's bf who came from Sydney. So sepanjang seminggu tuh borak2 lah ngan dia skit, saja get to know the person. So kalau kita gi mana2 tuh, kita ajaklah dia ikut skali, sembang2...as usual, mum does the rapport building while I do the listening / analysing. It's all tag team guys. In the end, it worked out well.. He seemed to be a good person, and nampak gaya macam bukan main2 punya orang lah..so, if things do get serious, i think it should be ok, based on first impressions. Lebih2 tu serah pada tuhan la, kita hanya mampu merancang ye tak?

Now I'm back at work and back blogging. Si Abu tak ikut, dia ada uni so next time lah dtg jumpa abang ok? Take care...

Terima Kasih

2008-05-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

Aku nak ucapkan terima kasih kepada housemate aku sebab kasi family aku crash bilik kau selama seminggu nih. Jasa mu dikenang, you rock!!!

Sekian terima kasih

Satu ribu

2008-05-28T05:38:00.000-07:00

Family came Sunday, yay!!!!

At least satu ribu benda berlaku lepas tu, tiba2 banyak gila benda berlaku, kehidupan aku jadi 100x lagi happening ngan tiba2, aku bercakap 100x lebih banyak berbanding biasa, so tiba2 terlampau banyak benda nak cerita and my mind felt too tired to articulate everything!!! So I'm just gonna summarise them in bullet points: Facts and emotions

Facts

- Makan banyak gila sampai pengsan, siap bawak bekal lagi pegi keje! Bestnya! Ada orang masakkan! Boleh bawak bekal pegi keje!!!!
- Bangun awal gila, tahu2 jek breakfast dah siap pas tu baju seluar dah siap berbasuh, berjemur dan berlipat. Woohoo!!!!!
- Keta sewa seminggu sebab keta aku baru jek siap semalam. Pegi workshop konon2nya nak collect tapi ada malaun mana tah parking depan keta aku, block jalan!! Camana nak keluar weh???
- Terperangkap dalam ofis selama 3 hari, while my family gi museum, library, city, makan kebab, fish and chips, aku lak reconcile accounts...what th?? Dahla month-end, gila struggle nak apply leave, terpaksa bekerja lebih gigih supaya boleh siap kerja2 in advance. Nasib baik bos lembut hati, dapat la chow. Jason Liew and Dave Morrison, you guys rock!!
- Gi Mount Coottha tadi pekena kopi, sok mungkin gi Moreton kalau tak hujan. Kalau hujan, e're buggered. Layan planetarium / herbarium / botany garden kat kaki bukit Mt Coottha kot..
- Met my sis's bf. Nice guy, i think i like him. I hope he likes me, that may be hard given i don't express emotions that much but see what happens.

Emotions:

- Happy gila, having your family here's always great! There's the mum who's always full of stories, your sister who's always loved you as her brother, and my baby bro who likes annoying the crap out of me, all in good fun. Ayah ngan Abu je tak dtg, kalau tak lagi kecoh la hidup aku

- Pening gila, biasanya hari aku nih senyap, tenteram and I have at least 18 hours of "Me-time" in a day. Tiba2 3 hari nih aku banyak bercakap / mendengar / berbincang / me'react' and always end up mentally exhausted albeit satisfied at the end of the day.

- Lega gila, parents sampai selamat. Padahal sebelum flight diorang boleh lupa langsung nak buat visa Aussie, seb baik boleh buat online. Kalau tak dah burn tiket dah. Dahla makcik information tuh kerek ngan mak aku, org tanya mana nak buat visa dia suruh buat kat embassy, banyak la kau!!! Flight lagi 1-2 jam je, pas tu bila tanya boleh buat online ke tak, dia tak nak mengaku kalah pulak, mangkuk sungguh. Last2 dapatla buat online, sampai gak sini. Alhamduliallah.

- Warm gila, always nice to have those long and meaningful chats with people you love. People who somehow remember those little things about yourself and details of events that happened 20 years ago, still fresh in mind as if all those memories are safely stored in a DVD and replayed back to rekindle fond nostalgics.

Life is good. And this post is massive. Good night guys!

To do

2008-05-24T15:16:00.000-07:00

Kemas rumah - vakum, lap kitchen, kemas bilik, lipat baju, iron shirt
Cuci siling
Cari related Brisbane brochure - Hafal, telan dan hadam
Ngaji
Study CA module

Menang

2008-05-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

Yey yey yey!! Tadi friendly ngan brunei, menang 4-1! Terima kasih diucapkan kepada keeper tersayang, fellow defender yang macho gila, midfielder yg keras dan passing hebat, dan akhir skali para striker yg menghancurkan pertahanan mereka 4 kali. Good game all round, tersenyum2 aku tido malam ni.

Tepuk tangan! Clap clap clap...

Weekend

2008-05-23T17:47:00.000-07:00

Aahh, bangun tido pun rasa aman jek. Might visit one of my good mates who just came back from Malaysia. Hari tu dia balik 7 minggu for his project, so it'll be nice to catch up with him again. That guy rocks.

Keretaku part 2

2008-05-23T05:08:00.001-07:00

Damn it. Patutnya siap Rabu, last2 sampai Isnin depan baru leh buat. Geramnya!!!!

Know what happened? Aku hantar keta aku Selasa, pas tu mekanik dah check, kata ada electrical problem. Apparently an ignition switch was not working well, causing the engine to sometimes start and sometimes not. Untung2 jalan, kalau tak tersadai je le kat garage. Supposed to be a straightforward job, involving an auto-electrician to come an install / replace a new switch and my car should be up and running again.

Guess what? Dia tak dtg!! Rabu Khamis Jumaat!!! Asyik2 kata ada job lain, sangkut ngan client2 lain tak ingat lama nyer!!! I felt like blowing off to the mechanic, tapi tak sampai hati sebab bukan dia yg salah, tapi auto-electrician tuh, farrrrrrr out...also the Shell mechanic was being very apologetic and accountable towards making sure my car will be fixed as soon as possible, and admitting that "a simple job has turned into a one that's taking bloody forever" in his words. Ah, he treats his clients well.

Notwithstanding, I still ended up having to take 4 hour trips to and from work, which accumulates 20 hours a week...how's that for destroying productivity guys? Sure, not gonna complain too much when you compare commuting in Malaysia (jam-packed) or the ones in China (super-duper-sardine-packed) but still, really wish i could have my car back. Cepat lah siap, aku janji akan jaga keta aku baik2 from now on...duit habis skit pun takpele, janji boleh gi keje...bukan boleh bawak kubo pun pitis2 nih..

On the bright side, weekend!!!! Singgah city makan kurma daging berlaukkan nasi (literally) kat Abra Kebab Wintergarden. Lapar lagi, so melantak chips Red Rooster. Dahaga, so pekena Taro Milk besor kat Myer. Ingat nak beli Krispy Kreme, tapi tetiba rasa jemu lak mulut membayangkan donut2 berkalori tingginya. Line pun panjang gila, despite just recently opening a new kiosk in Myer Centre.

Spent 30 mins terhegeh2 mencari bas 412, bukan dulu kat Casino ke???? Dah la bila aku call Translink operator dia kata kat "Adelaide St, aproaching George St". Cari2, tak jumpa. Call sepam lagi, answering machine lak jawab "George St, approaching Adelaide St". What!??!?! Call my housemate, dia lak kata, "kat Casino". Pun tak jumpa. Teringat lak member aku sorang kata dekat depan Pub Irish tuh (O'Brien?? O'Malley's?? O'Reilly's??). Takde gak..Menapak lak ke belah Conrad Hotel, pun takde..pancit kaki aku berjalan by now tahap nak menyumpah2 dah, last2 jln balik ke Adelaide St, kat corner of George St by chance...tiba2 ternampak Bas 412!!! Lariiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohooo!! Nightmare has ended, I'm free! Sejuk gila kat luar tuh!! Lega dapat lepak dlm bas balik.

Turns out the bus stop was set such that the bus would be heading towards the city (previously the stop was set so it heads away from the city, time dia depan JB HiFi dulu.) Because of that, I retained the same assumption and didn't bother looking for buses facing the opposite direction. Alhamdulillah.

Esok friendly lawan Brunei. Cayalah!! Can't wait!! What a cracking game we're having tomorrow!! Good night.

On form again?

2008-05-21T03:03:00.000-07:00

Pening2 hilang - check
Sakit2 badan hilang - check
Kurangnya perasaan berat yg menghantui seluruh badan - check
Recovering my concentration back at work - check

Ladies and gentlemen, I reckon I'm back in business..

Aku rindu keretaku!!!!!!

2008-05-21T03:00:00.001-07:00

Keta hantar gi workshop last tuesday, esok baru siap. In the meantime, there's public transport.

SUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kena naik 1 bas, 2 train dan jalan kaki 20 minit!!!!!
That's 2 hours going and 2 hours returning.....Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What inefficiency, what a waste of valuable time. Nak tido dlm tren pun takleh takut terlepas station....

While this is not too bad compared to public transport back home, 4 wasted hours still bites you in the neck. Hampeh....

I need my car back, I need my car back, I need my car back, I need my car back....

Beware: This entry drains reader's energy levels! Proceed at your own risk..

2008-05-20T03:24:00.000-07:00

Sabtu - Training bola sampai pengsan, defend-attack drill rocks!!! I love football!!

Ahad - Masuk comp bola, lari sampai pancit tapi team tak lepas, draw semua game! Ah, where are the destroyers when you need them...

Isnin - Recovering, I swear I must've spent 30 mins on actual work and the other 7.5 hours just checking blogs, walking around, reading papers, reading football tactics / news / tips.

Selasa - Recovering lagi!!!!! What is going on??? I must be going through a form slump. Dua tiga menjak nih malas nak buat sebarang benda.. Only thing I can think of doing in the morning is sleep sleep sleep, padahal dah lebih 8 jam tuh. That's bad.

Maybe I lack exercise. Maybe I'm not eating enough. Maybe I'm eating too much. Maybe I sleep too late. Maybe I sleep too much. Crap, could be anything...

Didn't help that I've been sleeping late for the last few days, alasan sebab melayan member baikku dari Cloncurry. Huh, dan dan jek, stop hiding behind excuses and have a real crack at improving your life. While you're thinking about that, remember to wash the dishes, lipat your clothes, iron your shirt, cuci siling bilik air sebelum Priscilla the Devil comes again, organise team registration, get your car fixed, don't eat so much outside, read the newspapers more often, jangan tinggal sembahyang, ngaji selalu, gi gym, study your CA module, get those company accounts organised and as an added bonus....get brochures to scrutinise before mum comes on sunday. Oh yeah, call someone to hire a car to pick her up maybe.

Fuh, leganya dapat melepaskan. Probably explains why my mind feels jumbled up for the last few days. And why my body has been functioning to that of an elderly person.

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! Great Joke from Facebook!!!

2008-05-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

Baru2 ni aku check Facebook (BERSERABUT!! Aku benci!!!!). The only reason I checked was because I keep getting friend requests from old friends and even workmates!! Macamana diorang boleh kesan aku sial???

Papehal pun, si Muiz penah hantar kuiz kat aku titled, "What sort of Football Player are you?"
This is the result! (WTF???? Hahahahaha!!! FACEBOOK'S A JOKE!!!)

LIONEL MESSI

You are the wonderkid.The prodigy.You are being hailed as the next Maradona by the great man himself.What Maradona does,you can also do it.Just don't pick up the same cocaine habit.Marijuana is a better option.You have a great future ahead,so good luck.May the force be with you.

Oooofff......

Flattering? Definitely, Messi tuh mmg la dribbler favourite aku, tak terkalah. But I thought I would get some Defender / Defensive Mid's name, purely based on the answers I chose for the questions (i.ke I chose the sensible answers rather than the wacky ones). Sekali dapat nih lak, malas nak pk banyak2 sgt, kang jadi Mat Jenin lak.

Would be interesting to know other people's results though. One of my good friends normally plays in defense, but he ended up getting Drogba!! Hahahaha!! Alright everyone take care eh?

Huh

2008-05-16T21:14:00.000-07:00

Kenapalah orang suka call aku time aku kat:

1) Toilet
2) Sembahyang

Time lain senyap jek phone, pelik pelik

Azman - rakan Kelantanku dari Cloncurry

2008-05-16T07:14:00.001-07:00

Weeiiheeyyy, si Jemay dtg lagi menghabiskan masa bersama2 rakan2 nya. Biasa la keje gomen, so dapat la tiket flight balik brissie sekali sebulan. Huh, cemburu buta aku, tapi bagus gak ah..at least duit tax aku digunakan untuk bawak member baik aku balik brissie, lepak2 layan kopi and bercerita. Last time dtg belanja aku dinner ngan kopi, hari ni dtg belanja lagi dinner ngan ayor, woohooo!!!!!! Terima kasih banyak2 la Man, jasa mu dikenang.

One of my final chains of link that connects me to my past. Sekarang yg tinggal banyak budak2 baru, pun best gak since they've got those youthful characters which always keeps me emotionally healthy. Tapi seronokla kalau member2 lama ada lagi, maklumlah ada kaki nak melaksanakan certain activities.

Anyway, keep that short before I start going off the rails. Man, you rock!!!

Belajo

2008-05-15T02:38:00.000-07:00

Hari ini aku dapat aku nyer CA module. Time to study! Exam August nih, so 3 bulan jek nak understand the material. Subject? Financial Reporting and Accounting....ahhhhhhh, best nya

Cuci

2008-05-14T04:54:00.001-07:00

Hari ini aku balik lambat keje, sebab sibuk sikit. Biasa lah, nak kena submit BAS Statements and weekly reporting journals before tomorrow, so stay back skit. Dinner try la Nando's Chicken Steak tuh...ok gak, but I still prefer the ribs!!! Yumm...

Still lapar, so singgah kedai kebab beli kebab plate. Should be okay i think, kenyang pun kenyang, sihat pun sihat.

Tiba2...

Aku menerima surat cinta daripada property manager aku, banyak gila comment pasal kebersihan rumah! (Weih, before semua org start meleter aku pasal kebersihan I'm gonna defend myself first...aku selalu vakum rumah!! Kalau time on-form tuh siap cuci dinding bilik air lagi!!)

Heheh, it triggers bad memories of the past time Campus Lodge dulu. Warden tegas nak mampus, org dah vakum rumah, and siap lap debu2 kat ceruk bilik lagi, dia still boleh comment "Your house is Unhygienically Unacceptable". What, you're inferring my house as a fly dump??? It is true that the cleanliness level left much to be desired (baca old post) but sekali tu je. Cuci macamana pun dia still tak puas hati gak, last2 panggil professional cleaner. Pas tu bukan ada beza pun!!!! Org dah kata old stain, old stain lah, takleh tanggal nak buat camana, letak clorox kang hancur lantai, so scrub sabun biasa je le... Grrrrrrr....

Dulu George, sekarang Priscilla pulak (one of my friends will remember "Fiona" when he reads this hehehe). Macam2, oh well, better start cleaning up this weekend them. Grrrr, "Unhygienically Unacceptable", my foot!!!!

Selamat malam rakan2.

Dungu

2008-05-13T04:21:00.000-07:00

Hari ni aku tiba2 tak boleh sign in blog aku, sampai la malam nih baru dpt. Last2 malas nak tulis apa2. Sekian terima kasih.

Ibuku datang

2008-05-11T18:41:00.000-07:00

My mum's coming to see me on this 26th, great!!! AirAsia offered that super-cheap $62 promo, so I ended up buying a ticket for my mum to come here (Mak jele, Juju ngan Ali bayar sendiri...sorry I'm not that rich), Thank you Tony Fernandez, you rock! Now everyone can fly!!

Right, on a more serious note now..

Apparently my mum dah siap packing dah sekarang rempah-ratus, dvd dsb. Wow, semangatnya! Padahal kalau aku balik, the day before baru la aku nak cari suitcase / passport / wallet. To say she's fired up for her 1 week trip Down Under is an understatement. She's been asking me on how to spend her time there, and I keep saying "Yes, mum, I'll get that organised" (calm and unemotional tone) which normally means "I have got absolutely no idea, and I hope that on the day you arrive I'll magically be enlightened with a tour guide's knowledge."

Anak jenis apakah aku ini? Kena sumpah jadi batu nanti baru tau

So, I drafted up a list of places to go...

1. Glasshouse Mountains - She likes walking / views / plants. She also likes asking what's this and that. If I don't know, she'll even ask the inevitable bonus question, "Habih tu, apa kamu buat kat Brisbane selama ni Bang?" Errgghhh....

2. Museums - Likes culture. Problem is, I am devastatingly clueless about culture and if she spots this ignorance, someone's gonna get grilled (And it's not Nando's chicken!)

3. Gold Coast / Sunshine Coast?? Don't know if she's really into seas, but I might get away with this one. Ajak picnic ke, ambik banyak2 gambar ke

4. Toowomba - City of Gardens, enough said. I hope the drought doesn't spoil it.

5. Mt Cootha - Views and drinks, show Brissie at night...Boleh kot

6. Markets?? (Eumundi / Carrara / Rocklea ???) Does she like it? I don't know...Do mothers like markets??

7. DFO?? Definitely not, Malaysia 100x cheaper

8. Australia Zoo? Hey hey hey, now we're talking!!!

That's all for now. Is that it? 8 Ideas?? That sucks. I've been in Brissie for 8 years, this should've been schoolboy stuff ay?? But then she's only here for a week, so that might be enough. Anyone have any ideas?. I just wanna make sure mum enjoys her trip here, because she rocks!!! Happy mother's day, love you mum.

Weekend ku yg sihat

2008-05-11T01:48:00.001-07:00

Biasalah, keje aku kalau tak makan, main...so here goes:

Sabtu pagi: Swimming, saja kuatkan ankle ngan shoulder, lama tak gi, best tul the feeling of water given dah lama tak gi sana. Pancit gila, padahal sorang mamat aussie nih rilek je buat banyak2 lap walaupun speed berenan dia slow jek. Huh, kena improve.

Sabtu ptg: Bola training! Yahoo!! Biasaa aku malas nak gi training2 nih, tapi sebab yg nih sama member jadi best. Practice crossing a bit, and then training defence vs attack. Disudahi ngan main ptg2. Budak2 turun awal, cayalah korang, you guys rock!! Pancit lagi, so that's the end of the day.

Ahad pg: Tido weekend, bangun kol 11. Layan some old Clint Eastwood movie smlm, tu yg terbabas tido kol 4 tuh.. Sia-sia.

Ahad ptg: Bola lagi, hooray!!! Training ngan team Man lak, dia nyer company hantar team bola for some sports carnival, tak cukup org so import la aku, Abu ngan Man. Bagus gak main dgn diorang best. Last week tak kenal sapa kekok sikit. This week dah start figure out passing / running habits diorang, jadi senang skit ah...penat lagi tak habis2 skang, pekena Gatorade sebotol pun tak puas lagi.. malam ni lak ada bola..bugger!!! Mestikah match dibuat pada waktu tgh mlm? Camana nak keje sok nih? Oh well, bad luck..

Enjoy your life guys, I sure am at the moment :)

Yum

2008-05-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

Hari ni makan yoghurt satu tab besar, lama gila tak pekena. Fuh sedap...

Insane

2008-05-07T03:15:00.001-07:00

Inbox..

Dua tiga menjak ni mailbox aku asyik dihantam oleh jemputan kawin, from my own schoolmates! My schoolmates!! Pergh, tak sangkanya semua org dah besar tiba2, berkerjaya dan kini sudah berumahtangga. Huh, congrats banyak2 aku ucapkan kat korang semua, moga2 we can still keep in touch once in a while. Marriage is always a big big big gigantic thing, it involves lots of effort, compromise and sacrifices so korang2 yg telah membuat decision sebegini, I have to admit it is an achievement by itself and harap2 boleh berkekalan sepanjang hayat.

Member2 lama aku - Jaka, Manan, Aish, Abby, Shahril, Piyang, Gundat, Hakim, Poyo, Makro, Kicap, Joe, Tem, Zultek, Boks, sapa lagi eh? Tu je kot, sori kalau tak ingat yg lain2.

Sometimes it's hard to believe how time flew. Cam baru semalam jek rasa kat STAR dulu.
First day orientation, nangis bila kena tinggal parents, nangis lagi sebab tak hafal lagu sekolah, nangis sebab kena ragging ngan senior, in fact time telefon pun nak nangis lagi, sebab phone operator tak kasi buat reverse charge!!!!! That was pathetic, pk2 balik.

Mmg betul la budak2 asrama nyer bond kuat gila. Mana taknya, makan sama2, main sama2, tido sama2, kena ragging sama2. Batch aku ada le 100 org je kot, mmg sekor2 tahu ah kelibat masing2, rapat tak rapat. Biasala kalau dah selalu sgt mengadap muka2 sama for 5 years, mesti ada pergaduhan2 bangang pasal isu2 remeh punya, adat berkawan katakan. But in the end, the comradeship has been cemented and until now we still make time to hang out with each other. Mesti ada makan, mesti ada bola, mesti ada lawak2 bahan org nyer, ingredients for a great night out. Bebudak nih kalau nak ngutuk org, nak malukan orang ya allah, semua jenis idea keluar. Mmg konfirm berdekah2 dibuatnya. Kadang2 teringat benda2 cam tuh, mesti tergelak sorang2 nyer pas tu kena rendered ngan member, panggil aku org gila..hehehe

That was then. After that, aku fly Brissie and lama sgt tak contact diorang. Serious I miss those guys heaps. Odd, considering I don't talk that much anyway during gatherings but it's only because just seeing them in good health and smiling is enough to keep me happy inside. Also, it's because I must've spent most of the time laughing like a hyena everytime they start to come up with those tall crazy stories, latest gossips about teachers (mesti ada nyer!!) and sesi membahan member / cikgu / senior. Macam sial..

Tau2 jek, dah dkt 8 tahun dah kitorang dah tinggal sekolah. Heaps happened to them. Ada yg jadi doktor, jadi loyar, jadi engineer, jadi akauntan (me!), buat Master, buat Business etc. Tau2 jek, budak2 dah start berwalimatulurusan. Situ kenduri, sini kenduri, satu pun aku tak gi...abih tu, dah aku tersesat kat sini, buat camana..sorry guys, nanti aku lawat la family korang insyaallah...kalau korang ada anak lelaki sound, nanti aku carikan dia but bola sepasang :)

And not to forget, my uni friends as well..si Luqzan, Farid, Aishah, Kimah, Suria and Adnan. There's also Haris + Kenadd, Tupax + Shikin, Man + Nisa, Bijan + Nurul, Amar, that's most of us already, who's next? Got a few couples in mind right now, heh...kalau jadi then alhamdulillah..Mintak2 dicucuri rahmat jugak seadanya.

Whatever happens now, remember this: We may be busy with our own lives and not contact each other as much, but I will always look after you guys' backs. This is a promise. Trust me.

Hari yang gila

2008-05-06T05:12:00.001-07:00

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh.......Masa untuk menulis, yeeehaaa!!!!!

Pagi tadi sakit perut nak mampus!! Bangun2 jek terus lari pegi toilet. Mesti semalam nyer makan nih, my housemate's girlfriend ajak kitorang kat makan rumah dia, layan Mi Kari siut..pergghhhh!!! Mantap dan layan. Benda tuh dah perfect dah, aku jek ngada nak letak sambal banyak2 kasi berasap kepala. Ambik kau, senak seharian hari ni, but it was worth it! Sedaaaaaapppp...

Dah la mimpi ngeri. Know what happened? I was in this court playing netball with girls against some other team. Tak tau apasal, aku asyik buat mistake jek manjang. Pass out lah, kena intercept lah, salah baling lah. Last2 kena marah tahap tak ingat nyer ngan Denise + Hajar (apahaaal la korang dua tiba2 ada ni). Terjaga aku, for a moment aku boleh takut nak tido balik....Hahahahaha, that's funny.

Also had a full day at work. End of month accounts reconciliation, evil EY auditors coming to check our books for mid-year review. Letih, balik rumah straight terjelepuk atas katil. Makan goat chop ngan mashed potato, huh housemate aku nih boleh tahan skill masak dia. Senang hidup..

To do

2008-05-04T17:42:00.002-07:00

1. Buy honey, buy mallows
2. Lipat baju
3. Usha brochure Brissie
4. Settle claims - Medicare, MASCA
5. Book padang
6. Collect duit jersi
7. Pam bola
8. Ngaji skit
9. Cari spare part keta, check minyak hitam / brek / steering / air bateri
10. Kemas bilik skit
11. Jemur kain, angkat kain
12. Iron baju (Has anyone invented the machine yet?)
13. Practice interview questions
14. Mintak mak pesan CD Yoga / Pilates skit
15. Stretching skit, jalan kaki skit
16. Training bola skit - Control, maybe trap off wall x 20 ke, place bouncing ball ke, cut ke...
17. Gi baca paper tu - Gila ignorant aku 2-3 menjak tu, prihatin la skit kat dunia luar tu..

A holiday today, thank goodness. At least I get to pace them.

Bonus: (Kalau still bersemangat waja by end of day)

18. Vakuum rumah skit
19. Cuci bathroom skit
20. Baca my CA module skit
21. Skit-skit lama-lama menjadi bkit. Hehe

2008-05-04T17:42:00.001-07:00

Balik kampung

2008-05-04T02:46:00.000-07:00

AirAsia selling tickets for $62 one way! (exclusive fees, taxes, surcharges and extras). Bought mine, final bill came to $481, has to be the cheapest ticket I've paid ever! 25 Sep tolak, 9 Oct balik.

Yay!!!!!!! Ooooo balik kampung, ohohoi balik kampung, hati girang

Hari Ini

2008-05-02T17:27:00.000-07:00

Intense.

Seloroh malam

2008-05-01T04:12:00.000-07:00

Semalam aku mimpi Torres. Ji pun mimpi Torres. Tang tu dah ok dah, tapi takde lak kitorang mimpi Drogba score 2 biji. Haha, funny that

Lupa lupa lupa, lalala ding dong ding dong

2008-04-30T02:40:00.000-07:00

Pelik, pelik, pelik, pelik...

Aku baru perasan rupa2nya aku ada habit of selalu lupa clear sink and kitchen area everytime after masak. Also, aku selalu lupa jemur baju lepas basuh, biar jek lama2 dlm washing machine sampai busuk. Heheh, this habit was very politely pointed out by my housemate on numerous occasions, sungguh embarassing. Wonder why? For some reason, dlm banyak2 benda aku nak buat hari tu mesti tertinggal 2 benda ni punya (sometimes I forget other things as well but dua nih always the main culprits). Not only on this occasion, even happened since years ago so it is a recurring habit (and an annoying one, because no one likes going home to a filthy kitchen or smelly laundry)

Teringat 4 tahun lalu, huh lama tuh, time aku tinggal kat Campus Lodge ngan Pin, Fuad dan Adnan (Great Housemates - rindu sungguh zaman tu). For some reason, all of us happen to practice the same habits. Kalau bangun pagi mesti ada jek sink tuh penuh ngan benda2 tak basuh / minyak masak / kitchen berlendir yg berminggu tak settle. Kadang2 aku basuhkan diorang nyer benda, kadang2 diorang basuh aku nyer benda. Either way, someone has to clean up. Why? Only reason I can think of was semua orang biasanya bangun lewat, rushing nak gi lecture, masak breakfast cepat2 and then lupa nak kemas balik. Repeat that routine for many many days, added by the fact that we're all laid back people (which is good since no one gets too fussy but no one could really be too bothered to get all emotional pasal isu2 nih).

Anyway, it got to a point so bad that sebab dah lama tak buang sampah (sebab asyik lewat bangun, rush brekky and tak kemas), pada suatu hari DAPUR AKU TIBA2 BERULAT!!!!! ARGHH!!!! WTF??? Tuhan saja yg boleh bayangkan betapa terkamjatnya aku bila balik rumah dari lecture uni, nampak benda2 kecik warna putih melompat2 atas carpet. First time tengok ingat habuk jek, sekali tengok dekat2, wah!!!!! Melompat aku!! Meloncat housemate! Huh, kalau warden Campus Lodge ada skali mau dia lompat paling tinggi sekali, mengalahkan Lee Kum Zee..Kelam kabut gak ah nak minimise the damage. Kitorang main belasah jek vakuum the whole carpet, termasuklah ulat2 tuh, huh like a nightmare come true. Pas tu bila menatang2 tuh dah berkumpul dlm bag vakum, only god knows how it stank, and we had to put all sorts of sprays /perfume to neutralise the odour. Daripada full time student, tetiba menjadi full time cleaner, flexible tak flexiblenya kitorang. Tak cite pun selama nih sebab takde sapa really minat sgt nak dgr pasal isu2 rumah nih, semua org ada problem masing2. Skang dah ada blog aku boleh ah berceloteh sorang2 in my virtual world :)

That was then. Now, I'm definitely much more responsible than that (Or so I think, we always try improve everyday don't we?). Old habits die hard though, and they do rear its ugly head up every now and then. Aku tak sedar pun some of them still remain until of late, so I'll need to address this problem quickly and effectively.

Aku perasan kalau aku bangun lambat (kalau dah ngantuk tu, kol 7.30 pagi pun tersengguk lagi nak bangun, another area for improvement) aku akan rushing nak gi keje pagi2, so prepare breakfast cepat2 and lupa simpan balik benda2 tuh. Kitchen lak, sebab aku sejak dulu memang selalu lupa nak lap stove pun lepas masak, so habit tuh mmg still remain. Finally, laundry tuh selalu lambat jemur sebab I tend to wash them at night (lepas balik keje) and then malas nak jemur waktu malam, sejuk dan basah. Unfortunately, bila bangun lambat (again!) waktu pagi mmg confirm ah tak sempat jemur apa2 langsung. Result? A pile of something that smells like rotten eggs. Not cool.

Solving it? Think I got it now, just needed to think aloud for a bit. First, bangun awal skit so got more time to prep brekky and clean up. Around 7 maybe, iisssshhhhh susahnya!!!! Well, either that or no brekky at all, just bawak epal makan dlm keta je. Second, lepas masak and makan, immediately clean up the stove and sink. Finish everything in 1 hit. Finally, lepas basuh baju straight jemur. Sounds obvious, but funny how your habits make these simple steps feel like a mountain to climb.

Some wise man said, "Do something for 21 days and it becomes a habit". Islam ada mention something similar, but for 40 days. Either way, if I can do this everyday I'm sure it'll become heaps easier. So everyone, pls wish me luck and thanks for reading!!

Getir

2008-04-29T23:09:00.000-07:00

Great strike Scholes, wonderful wonderful wonderful strike. Well done, MU!

Now come on Liverpool!!! Go Torrrreeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joke of the Day

2008-04-28T17:37:00.000-07:00

Jiran: Cik Aminah, thanks sebab pinjamkan saya casserole dish awak. Ni nak pulang balik ni.

Cik Aminah: Wah, siap isi ngan blueberry pie lagi!! Susahkan awak saja!!

Jiran: Takpe, takdehal.

Cik Aminah (kepada Cik Baba): Eee, you tak rasa dia sweet ke? Hari tu dia pinjam tupperware, dia isi kuih. Pas tu dia pinjam mangkuk tingkat dia isi dalca kambing pulak!! Everytime dia pinjam something, dia meeeesti isi balik ngan some stuff. Baik nya dia!!!!

Cik Baba (diam sejenak sambil menghisap rokok di tepi parit): Hmm, bagus juga kalau saya pinjamkan dia saya punya wallet..

Go figure

2008-04-27T23:06:00.000-07:00

E-B-E-G-E-G-B'-G-B'-E, E-B-E-G-E-G-B'-G-B'-E,
D-B-D-F#-D-F#-B'-F#-B'-D', D-B-D-F#-D-F#-B'-F#-B'-D',
C#-A-C#-E-C#-E-A'-E-A'-C#', C#-A-C#-E-C#-E-A'-E-A'-C#',
E-B-E-G-E-G-B'-G-B'-E, E-B-E-G-E-G-B'-G-B'-E,

E-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-E-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G
D'-B'-F#-D'-B'-F#-D'-B'-F#-D-B'-B-D'-B'-F#-D'-B'-F#-D'-B'-F#-D-B'-B
C#'-A'-E-C#'-A'-E-C#'-A'-E-C#'-A'-A-C#'-A'-E-C#'-A'-E-C#'-A'-E-C#'-A'-A
E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G-E'-B'-G-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E!!!!

D'-E'-E'-E', E'-D'-E'-E'-E', E'-D'-E'-E'-E', E'-D'-E'-E'-G'-E'-D'
D'-B'-B'-B', B'-D'-B'-B'-B, B'-D'-B'-B'-B, B'-D'-B'-B'-D'-E'-E'
E'-A'-A'-A', A'-E'-A'-A'-A', A'-E'-A'-A'-A', A'-E'-A'-A'-B'-A'-G
G-E-E-E, E-G-E-E-E, E-G-E-E-E, E-D'-E'-E'-D'-E'-E'-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who would've thought???

2008-04-27T02:52:00.000-07:00

Bodoh!!! Hari ni tgh2 nak masak aku simpan la apple juice dlm fridge. Tak sangka rupa2nya dia punya cap tuh tak tutup betul, habis tumpah!! Argghhh!!!!!!! Habis setandan tisu aku kena guna nak lap lantai and fridge. What a waste of precious time. Ladies and gents, do not spill juice, especially sweet flavoured ones on the floor. Takes an eternity top clean them up, could've been so much better used for more productive activites, like eating, sleeping and watching tv. Bugger bugger bugger, that's all I can say.

Right, felt much better after pouring out my heartfelt passion and hatred for all the little annoying things that happen in life, on this blog. Ujian Tuhan, ujian jek tu..

By the way, went for massage this afternoon, knees and ankles playing up. Bit of soreness, hoping nothing serious, need to get it in good condition so I don't get severely injured like what happened to my friends. Once dah injured, biasanya area yg kena tuh dah tak kuat dah.. Should warmup, do stretchings and not commit too much except for games that matter.

Sok keje, baju seluar semua dah iron..Yes yes yes!! All 14 of them, tahan ah 3 minggu keje. Can get away with not doing so for a long time. Someone should invent a machine that when you put your clothes in, dia siap iron. Anyone who can do that is truly a genius and will definitely be my best friend! I'd even pay $1000 for it. Any takers??

Have a good week everybody!

Hello again!!

2008-04-26T16:49:00.000-07:00

Right, been a while since I updated this. Apa cite Ans? Sama jek..Occupied with work, study and housekeeping. Other than that, weekend sibuk dipenuhi aktiviti2 sukan:

Sabtu pagi - Frisbee, Sabtu ptg - Bola, Ahad pagi - Basket, Ahad ptg - Bola / Ragbi. Huh, rasa macam atlit saja.

Did I mention we had Queensland Sports Carnival last weekend? Rumah Hijau (my house) menang yahoo!! Dah lah aku ngan Mango captain, yahoo!! Dapat medals and rations, double yahoo!!!!

Weekend was eventful. Thursday didn't go to work, got down with a stomach bug. Must be something I ate yesterday. Maka aku cuti 4 hari, woohoo lama nya!!

Friday's ANZAC day (Aussie's Hari Pahlawan), it's a public holiday to commemorate a bunch of Aussies/Kiwis who were killed during World War II. Also spent the last 2 days melayan Guitar Hero 3, some PS2 Game involving tapping your guitar to fit the rhythms. Berkat usaha gigih dan tunjuk ajar housemate (yg terer main guitar gak), kitorang dah settle Expert Level in just 3 days. Phenomenal!! Ptg tu lak ada friendly bola ngan Vietnam. Seri 2-2. Mangkuk! Ada 3 penalti miss!! Gof igure, can't believe that happened. Well, better get the all bad luck out quickly before MASCA. I was disappointing, being found wanting on fitness and ball control, training training training!!!

Saturday UMNO buat tennis tournament. Tak main, sebab tak reti, so sokong je la member2 kat court. Pretty interesting especially when the supporters start to get going with waves / cheers / boos / emotional flicks and such. Time final tuh siap training cheer MASCA lagi, one of my friends yelled "OK!!! Training MASCA! Sebelah kanan QLD, sebelah kiri VIC, jerit!!" Maka pair sebelah kanan tu dapatlah all the cheers and encouragements sedangkan pair kiri lak dapat segala boos and death threats, padahal dua2 team mmg QLD pun. Hahaha, kesian gila. Ended up won by Chow Jon Son and Lavana, solid stuff by them. Housemate played, but got unlucky in the first round. Heh, Anas nanti someday aku terer main nanti kita buat ah gandingan mantap eh? Habis tournament singgah coles jap, beli air, while Ika, Jerry and Anas beli roti sebab tak lunch lagi. Buat nasi goreng stock 2 hari originally, tapi dah lapar sangat makan habis the whole batch well before intended period. Then diorang gi tgk Anas main bola with Indonesians while I went to see UQ Rugby team play against Visitors kat padang. Bongok, dah leading 19-3 last2 kalah 30-41. Tak fit!! (Macam aku :) ) Habis ragbi, layan girls punya netball team. Yes, I like all sorts of games and netball is also a very fast exciting game when played properly and not "gedik"ally.

Malam tu dinner nasi goreng + Musab punya tulang kambing aqiqah anak lelaki dia, layan!!! Try buat cekodok semalam, uuu jadi siot!!! Malang, lupa letak gula + garam, so tawar skit. Bugger...

Called mum to see how everything's going. Mak's fine, just came back from Johor to visit cik Ala and also stopped by Singapore with Ayah, Juju, Abu and Ali to see how the country looks like. After all, the last time they went there was 12 years back and Singapore's had so much change since then. Semangatnya diorang jalan2 jauh time weekend. Ended up being tired but she seemed to enjoy it. Abu's started uni now, mum told me baru2 nih dia keluar ngan sorang girl nih, apparently his friend (That's what he says, poyo lah budak nih!!!). Funny part was when he used up 1/2 bottle of perfume, and even got Juju to tag along, siap jadi driver lagi!! Hahaha, what a great guy, I must catch up with you when I go back bro, what a great great guy. Juju's been on the phone with her boyfriend as well, studying in Sydney to be a pilot. Bila the whole family datang Sydney in May, he's coming up to Brissie to meet her, and we'll take it from there. Huh, macam mana ni??? In addition, my strong feeling says Dad's gonna follow suit, despite saying no several times initially. He has a habit of changing his mind in the very last minute. Ali pulak has been reading heaps of English books, good on him! He did really badly in BM and BI last exam, probably because we were a bit lax on his studies given the focus was more on Abu / Akak at that time, but we have to allocate some time to guide that little baby boy as well (Baby?? Ansar, he's already 10 and still speaks like a cartoon character!!!!!). Masalahnya subjek BM dia lemah, tapi nak baca buku English jek, apa nih?? Got him to read at least 2 hours of Malay book a week, should be manageable and he still gets to do other stuff like playing, watching TV or drawing airplanes being his passion. Not being a dictator, am I? I think that sounds fair. Ayah still sibuk ngan keje dia, usually he'll have something to say if it involves problem solving, decision making or improving a position/process. If not, he keeps cool and quiet while mum does all the talking. Mum's always got great stories to tell me over the phone, every single time without fail. It helps that I normally call once a week, so there's enough material to keep me interested. Keeps me close to home, and in the loop of what's going on with everybody over there. What I find amazing is her ability to keep up with everyone's life developments, fuelled by her genuine curiosity and concern about other people's welfare. Should learn from that...

Finally, malam tu MU lwn Chelsea. Bongoh!!! (Bongok + Bodoh) MU managed to blow the title race open once again with a 2-1 loss at Stamford Bridge. I can hear Ferguson's hair dryer warming up to Max Power for the umpteenth time in his 20+ year tenure. Kalau menang game tu dah settle dah title, nak jugak dramatic finish. Dang....So Chelsea's unbeaten record at Bridge stays on, maybe Liverpool can break it next week. Tolonglah!!!

Well, that wraps up the weekend. Today nak training bola area first touch, I really want to keep my place as a DM regardless!! I can do this!! Hunger hunger hunger, make it work! Never talked so much as well...charge on!!!

Komputerku

2008-03-05T02:40:00.001-08:00

Hari tu rosak, terkena susu. Hantar la nak baiki, mak aih mahalnya cas sampai $300!! Tukar keyboard je kot! Dah la speaker tetiba tak jalan! Kena godek2 skit ah, kalau tak jln gak hantar balik baiki speaker lak. Bugger...

He's back!

2008-02-22T06:05:00.001-08:00

My housemate's back!! Awesome!! Woohoo!!!!

Cool

2008-02-20T11:52:00.000-08:00

Tak pening! Tak pening!

Aduh kepalaku again

2008-02-19T12:58:00.000-08:00

Ow, throbbing gila pagi tadi. Applied the same remedy, seems to be working. Let's hope the pain will slowly dissipate over time.

Aduh kepalaku pening

2008-02-18T12:49:00.000-08:00

Woke up with a massive hangover, and no I don't drink. Head spinning, chest tight and a general struggle to fight against sleeping in, since I did have my 7.5 hours sleep.

5.30 pagi, sejuk gila. Gosok gigi, basuh pergelangan, masukkan air dlm hidung dan menghembus, apaprently because the syaitan resides in there when you wake up. Solat, and then jalan kaki. Stretching sikit2, nyanyi2 skit and did a solid 1/2 hour walk.

Still feeling doozy and tight, and I was just doing up my brekky when suddenly..

AAAAAHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oohh...Aahh...Whooaaa...

Suddenly, I feel better now :)

Budak2 dah balik

2008-02-18T12:46:00.000-08:00

Yahoo! Best sial!! Bebudak Malaysia semua dah dtg balik, caught up with them yesterday. Had a good chat about how things were going, got some dinner and got home. Marvellous.

Also caught up with a friend who's trying to get a job here. Insyaallah akan diusahakan, kalau ada lubang2 tu aku akan sound lah. Good to help out other ppl.

Wishlist

2008-02-15T13:28:00.000-08:00

I want to:

- Wake up for Subuh everyday
- Ngaji 2 muka sehari
- Exercise 30 min per day everyday
- Eat out less
- Love my work and get my CA

One at a time, mate. One at a time. Focus on priorities and keep it real.

Bowling

2008-02-15T02:11:00.000-08:00

Best gila bowling. Scored 120 and 133 on both frames. Unlucky though, there are a few other mates racking up bigger scores. Having said that, 120 and 133 is not that big. got some strikes, missed some spares. Love it, love it heaps! Will definitely bring my kids for a bowl, future allowing. That would be really awesome. Bowling, barbie and ice-cream. Deelish!!