Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Thinking of Buying New Tyres?

Buying new tyres can be a big investment. But have you really thought whether you have bought reasonable new tyres? How would you determine if the tyre is new or old? I never knew this trick before. (Siew of Kuching told me how)
I took the picture of my car's tyre and yes, you can understand more by learning from the picture attached.

30 years ago we were recruited almost together...

When old friends met nothing is more demanding than the togetherness. Old talks, of the yester years, laughed at what used to be funny and the still remembering how we behave and play out trainers and friends. More questions of old colleagues and lunch time was just not enough. Those were the days, my friends.

Now, we are almost getting our pencen, some of you have, well good for you, I have another year to get my pencen. Will join the club soon. Thanks for the long discussions at lunch today at MMC.
From left top picture: Sim, Jef, Jong, Fury, Siew & Kho.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Makan sedap selepas undi cap Cawan dan Sudu


Pak Imam, ayahanda-ayahanda, bonda-bonda, abang-abang, adik-adik terima kasih kerana dapat datang keceramah saya malam ini. Tidak lama lagi kita mulai membuang undi. Jangan risau jangan gundah, semuanya kan selamat. (Baru semalam ada polis tembak 3 perompak kat PJ, Selangor). Kita selamat. Ada peluru sesat tak? Tak ada cerita pasal peluru sesat. Macammana ada peluru sesat? Selamat. Perompak pun tembak tak tentu arah, mereka pun main selamat.

Hei, apakah kena dengan gambar di atas? Lepas buang undi nanti harap haraplah kita boleh makan sedap-sedap, harga barang tak naik. Ada yang berkempen berjanji barang tak naik, ada yang berjanji kenaikan harga akan dibendung..hmmm..perut tetap akan makan. Perut tetap akan berkoroncong! Boleh kah makan sedap2? Apa saja akan datang kita akan makan juga.

Itu lah memang tak habis dengan isu semasa, so jangan gundah semua, jika susah sangat undilah saya cap cawan dan sudu..marang kerapu..merang......genrati makan semua...


Sehaja Menjengok Kampung Ku..

Sudah masanya nak "berkempen" dikampung halaman. Nak tengok apa perubahan, nak dengar apa janji-janji YBs yang pro dan yang lawan. Selalu berjanji, dan tunggu hampir lima tahun baru tertunai supaya janji baru boleh dibuat. Jalan kat rumah dikampung satu PRU (Pilihan Raya Umun) berapa kilometer saja dibuatnya, hampir 2 PRU baru sampai keanak tangga. Alaihai, yang berkempen bila buat janji biarlah yang betul dan dengan keiklasan. Kamu sudah tahu semua orang tak ada pilihan. Dibuang sayang, tak dipilih salah, cuma kami bersabar dan jangan buat kami hilang sabar pulak so tunggu aku nak dengar dulu.

Yang sebenarnya bukan sangat nak berpolitik, cuma nak bagi tahu aku dapat tiket murah. Politik tu cukup setakat mulut, cukup setakat bercerita-cerita tapi siapa tahu pada 8hb Mac 2008 kenyataan dihunjung pensil.

Balik lah ke lubuk, sekejap setakat 3 hari bolehlah dengar kabar berita sana. So member and keluarga kat Miri bolehlah jumpa nanti.


Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Musibah datang tanpa di undang..

Semalam dapat berita dari Kuching mengenai Nadia bte Abdul Wahap (bin Abdul Razak bin awang Udin) yang terlibat dengan kemalangan kereta di Damak dekat Kuching. Mereka bertiga, kedua-kedua rakan meninggal dunia, satu 2 jam selepas sampai kat hospital dan yang best friendnya lagi kesokkan harinya. Kejadian terjadi malam 17 February 2008 dalam perjalan merka balik dari melihat permainan futsal. Ceritanya mereka mengelak mamat mabuk atas motor dan kereta tak dapat dikawal terus melanggar pokok. Nadia terpelanting keluar. Rakan2 nya terperangkap dalam kereta. sekarang Nadia masih dihospital, memang sakit tapi dah stabil. (Cerita ni dari Halil, Kuching)

Musibah datang tanpa diundang. Kita kena jaga langkah kita. Suka sekejap saja, duka kita tanggung sepanjang masa. Berhati-hati dijalan raya.


Saturday, February 16, 2008

I know what I did on Saturday's afternoon....


It is Ibrahim's daughter wedding today at Bkt. Kemuning, Shah Alam. I was alone and started converstions with the local as if I have always been there. Well, ok the daging palembang was good. It was a heaty afternoon and on my way back, feeling bored I just sing along session "You my everything" on the USJ/KLIA Highway.


Selamat Hari Jadi - Siti Fairuz Sakinah binte Zaini


" Dare to dream and give it your all."

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Bendera digunakan untuk Sarawak Dulu-Dulu dan Sekarang....


Untuk pengetahuan semua. Belajar dari sejarah.....

Kita Tutup Cerita Lama; Kita Buka Cerita Baru..

Untuk kenangan. Parliment dibubar semalam 13 Febuari 2008 jam 12.30 petang. Harapan kita banyak, harapan kita supaya lima tahun lagi anak cucu kita dapat lebih baik apa yang kita dapat dari sekarang. Harapan kita semorga Malaysia maju, tiada huru hara, aman damai tenteram dan inflasi dapat dibendung. Harga bahan bakar dan semua keperluan jika boleh diturunkan. Selamat mengundi. Rambut sama hitam, hati lain-lain. So nanti bijak-bijak pangkah apa kata hati.


Wednesday, February 13, 2008

What can be wrong again? Go for the right alternatives!

I was planning to be home early yesterday(12/2)but just as your planning was good, technical problem LRT, spoiled it all! The counter below should have warned us of the problem before we escaled up the platform. No, they sell their tickets and keep their mounth shuts! Or if they can't talk just put notices somewhere where we can make our adjustments. So up the platform and what do you expect? People, people and more people. The queues snaked in a very disorderly manner and what is worse, no security, no Rapid KL staff around! People added on but none leaving! Waiting in quese was never an easy moment. So I signalled a few regulars to take the taxi services. We waited for about 20 minutes just accross the old office building and manged to stop a taxi. The driver anticiapted what we had in mind. He jumped queue "politely" and we made it to Sentral KL in time to catch the 6.33pm train. Taxi fare, it was extremely cheap, RM5.00 for the trip for 4 person and everyone were happy. But it had spoiled my day! I was very tired when I reached home.

This morning, the KTM Commuter from Pel. Klang was also packed due to delayed schedule and heard someone fainted in the train.

There goes the public transportation!


Monday, February 11, 2008

Walimatul Urus..Hj Ibrahim Abd Rahman : Sabtu 16 Feb 2008



Kepada kawan kawan semua..jumpa disana antara 12 - 2pm..Ok?


Sunday, February 10, 2008

Dancing with Lions..



It is the fourth day of the Chinese New Year and today we have the opportunity to see the chinese lion dance in action. In my younger days, weeks before the Chinese New Year, we can hear rehersals and we can also peeped through broken zincs to see each teams' trainings. I am not a chinese but the growing up years in my kampung have made me understand that there are also rivals teams, then. We normally see the beautiful and colourful chinese lions like the picture above and that particular drum beat. But have you seen the round head shape coloured in fierce black, white war-like stripes painted on the face, red eye balls and black and green striped body! All the teams members wore black kung fu attire! The drums were beaten with a wicked round and round sound and you know immediately they are the bad guys. Younger days says "black is beautiful". I followed these teams and like them because of their aggresiveness. You can see more kung-fu with this team. Years ago, maybe these were allowed but now there are controls over things and to avoid unfavorable incidences. So now you see only the Hakka lions and the most cutest of them all is the Peking lions. It has been sometime that I see them dance. Maybe today, I will have that opportunity again, somewhere in Nilai.


Saturday, February 9, 2008

Afternoon at the Clubhouse..


Afternoon recreational activities with our grandchildren will do good for the mind, just like food suppliments

Friday, February 8, 2008

Maryam bte Ismaily


Pictures were taken today at Seremban. Maryam is still in sleeping mode.

Jom ke Nilai....

Selamat Hari Jadi - Khallish..

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Majlis Cukur Jambul anak kelahiran kariah masjid..

Lepas solat Subuh berjemaah di Masjid Putra Nilai, pagi tadi diadakan terus majlis cukur jambul anak kelahiran kepada salah seorang kariah masjid. Kami 10 ( 3 sajalah yang lain ikut belakang saja) orang berzanji, berselawat dan mengunting rambut Ahmad Aqimuddin yang kecil dan halus itu. Bergemar masjid dengan selawat dan saya rasa inilah pertama kali dalam hidup saya menghadiri majlis begini setelah Subuh.

Saya rasa kemeriahannya berlainan, sangat dekat dihati, sangat bermakna, suasana dingin mula bermain dengan perasaan, mengamit kelemahan, mengamit rasa keinsafan, mengamit kisah-kisah silam, bertapa sayangnya orang tua kita kepada kita, betapa perihatin mereka terhadap perkembangan kita.

Gunting, mangguk berisikan air, air zamzam dan kismis, semua disediakan didalam dulang oleh ayah Ahmad Aqimuddin. Kami guntingkan beberapa helai rambutnya, sebagai syarat sahaja, dan menggosokkan kepala Ahmad dengan berhati-hati. Semorga Ahmad menjadi orang yang baik-baik, insyallah.

Sungguh bermakna majlis yang tak seberapa, Tuhan Maha Kaya lagi Adil, tahniah kepada ayah Ahmad Aqimuddin.

Sekian. Salam kepada semua.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Khallish Darmia...


When all has been said and done for the day, time to look at what you have and sit back and breath. She would go for me when I sit down at home, indicating me to carry her around the house and not mentioning pointing at the car outside. But grand childrens are like that. Almost all grand parents weakess points are their grand childrens.

Have you done a good job, man?

What can be one of the worst sleeping positions is to have your notebook between your legs and trying to get your job completed with your tired fingers and weary eyes and you don't even know whether your have finished your tasks or otherwise as the night deepened! In the morning when your alarm sounded and you immediately awake your notebook to see what you have done, surprise, you are no way near finished!

Well, think again, your job can never be finished until presented and discussed eventhough how well you have taken care of all the possible gliches that can arised from your works. Done is done, finished is finished, the more worries the heavier will be your head in the morning.

These challenges by the day will make the bitterness and sweetness in your life! Just give yourself a pat on your back and be happy about it, you know well you have done your very best!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Today I attended an intensive Paint.Net class by Deo..

Today I got my first lesson on how to use the Paint.Net software. Well, difficult at first but I am trying my best to get the best out of the 1 hour lesson by Deo. The result is as above..somehow there is is still a lot of room for improvement and more to understand the tricks to make the result better.


Monday, February 4, 2008

Always at work!

Chief Many Clouds looked for his warriors ..oh..oh..no warriors yet. Warriors will ride in but a little off the time because of this and because of that. The warriors never leaved their duties and have swown in blood. All warriors knew CMC would be off to his hunting trip a moment more. So CMC came in the second time to check who would have the honour to to take him to the starting point. All warriors pointed at Laughing Wolf!

Sunday, February 3, 2008

The Story of Daniel : Pasar Minggu Pekan Salak


Daniel woke this morning and followed us to the Sunday market at Pekan Salak about 4km from my place. It was the big and resourceful. But prior to the market Daniel detoured and stopped at a stall somewhere in Kpg. Jijan, Sepang, took his roti canai..hmmmm..nice and crispy! Paid off and went straight to the market. He found things of interest, jambu air, crabs, ribs and quills (puyuh). So he was careful not to go astray knowing he is small but he knew someone was watching him from a distance (GPS not needed). Well okay, after marketing..it was back to the bank again!

Wrong Question Straight Answer....Serve me Right!


While talking to Daniel (4 yr grandson) of things that he saw at his brother sport's day at the Salak Tinggi Stadium yesterday (Friday) I recalled asking him a question, "Your brother, did he got any number in the sport yesterday ?" Daniel said,"Number? No..er..yes..yes he got number here!", while using his pointer finger to his left nipple! It was his sport jersey number!

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Majlis Kenduri anak sahabat & bos - Abd Aziz K.


Anak kawan baik & bos hari ini, menjemput ke Majlis Kenduri Kahwin anaknya Shimatul Aida Abd Aziz di Dewan Anjung Wisma Sejarah, Jalan Tun Razak,Kuala Lumpur. Kita keluar dari Nilai jam 11.45 am sampai di dewan kenduri jam 12.30pm. Ramai kawan dari tempat sekerja ada hadir dan kawan-kawan yang lain pun ada. Tahniah ke bapa pengantin dapat menyambut menantu!

Friday, February 1, 2008

Our 5th Grandchild...



The latest addition to my family - Maryam. Sorry about the flashlight! So not many photos taken and it is also Friday and almost prayer's time so need to leave my wife and daughter at the hospital and after prayer to fetch them back again. She was 2.9kg at birth. I have not touched her yet becuase I still have the week old flu in me. Maybe next week I should have the opportunity.


A Recollection of this week's StandOffs!

It's been a hard, days n nights, And I have been working, like a dog! ..(Beatles) It's off to work at 7am and back after 9pm sometime almost a new day! But it was this week (only- hopefully). and not other weeks but like the tides, it looks like a monthly affair. Ironically, it has been almost a 4 days weeks all these while since we entered 2008 and our workstations has been correctly perceived by few as the warzone. After last night --ahhhha I'll feel good!..(NTV 7's 2nd theme song)..so I thought, but Chief Many Clouds called and seek clarification on my slides. Need to find the details from Ragging Bull by mid-next week when Chief come back from the hunting trip. But best of all, today is a public holiday for those working in KL! It is the FT day and as a reward for all KL people -rest! For me and wife, our destination will be GH Seremban to see our 5th grandchild! So adious for now.