Perluang & Kreativity

Jika tak ada perluang, kita cari jalan, buat jadi. Jika tak ada sungai, kita buat sungai!

Kita pikirlah bersama-sama...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Today

We all know that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed in August 1945 after explosion of atom bomb. However little we know about progress the people of that land made during the past 62 years.

Here are some photos.

Panas! Panas! Panas!

Cuaca panas disini! Tak boleh tahan! Tak tahulah kenapa. Kipas berpusing tapi masih tak dapat hilangkan rasa panas. Peluh dibadan masih juga mengalir! Air-con di pasangan dingin pula sebelah paginya! Tarik selimut! Subuh memenunggu tetamunya, tak boleh leka! Wajib bangun! Mandi! Jika sempat, ke masjid jika tidak, hampar sejadah diruang rumah disanalah subuh!

Cerita sebenarnya memang cuaca agak panas, gempar bumi di tanah besar Cina, taufan Nargis di Myammar, mungkin ada kaitan. Kepanasan, gegaran dan kekecangan mungkin teorinya bermacam2 tetapi hakikatnya perkara ini belaku atas kehendak Illahi.

Jadi sebagai manusia, kita tiada kuasa cuma menerima dan sedaya mungkin mengadaptasikan diri dengan keadaan yang ada. Itu cubaan semuanya.

Cuaca malam ini masih panas! Terasa bahangnya! CCTV9 masih cerita pasal gempar bumi! Di Myammar tiada lagi angin kencang. Berita paling panas semalam cerita drebar lori nak cari "lori keempatnya" dengan persetujuan 3 "lori yang lain"!!!

Panas! Panas! Panas!

Siapa bos?

PNB Ilham Resort, PD, N9

Terima kasih, sebab ada juga masa untuk kita berfikir dengan tenang

Gambar semalam: Kami meneka personaliti yang tertulis dibelakang masing2. Saya teka betul dengan 3 soalan - "Tiger Wood"

Permandangan pagi tadi dari bilik saya

Ingat simpang bahaya di Inti Kolej, Nilai!

Lalu saja tempat ni, memang kena berhati-hati. Students dari luar negara, Pak Arab, Pak Hitam, Mongolia, China dan lain-lain dan orang kita pun ada, entah ada lesen kah tidak. Buat nyawa rasa hujung tanduk bila tengok dia orang pandu kereta. Selalunya di simpang masuk ke Inti Kolej, Nilai ni banyak kemalangan terjadi. Yang kerap buat hal, budak-budak macam ini lah!

Semalam terkena pada Tuah and Dolly. Masih di hospital dalam pemerhatian. Harap harap semuanya ok dan selamat.

Cadangan:- Adakan kempen keselamatan jalan raya di Inti Kolej ni dan pantau cara mereka pandu kereta. Nilai ini bukannya besar sangat. Orang lama Nilai dari jauh, boleh teka, dan dengan tepat, siapa yang pandu dengan cara kereta itu dipandu! Lorong2 rumah di Taman Melati 3, macam trek Sepang!

Malas nak cerita, sakitkan hati! Silap cerita nanti kita kena tangkap!

Mr. Sunny 130Y

Pagi tadi kami sekeluarga ke Seremban. Singgah buat 'realingment' kereta kat Cempaka for RM25. Selepas tu terus ke Seremban gunakan jalan Mantine. Singgah lagi di tempat servis Nissan untuk pasang CD player yang dhantar minggu lepas.

Jumpa Mr. Sunny 130Y! Kenapa Mr Sunny 130Y? Saya pun tak pernah jumpa dia. Dia sembang kat kita dia ada kereta Nissan 22 tahun sampai sekarang masih ok. Mana kereta tu? Tengah overhaul dan dicat baru di belakang workshop ini. Hmm dia tengah pantau kerja oranglah ni.

Belanja lebih kurang RM6K untuk kesemuanya. Mr. Sunny 130Y puas hati. Semua ok, pasal Sunny 130Y.

Last, last rupanya cerita nak tompang ke Rahang area kat bomba..oklah takde hal sebab tak jauh. On the way. ternampak sebuah Sunny 130Y..on the road, tapi bonnet belakangnya ternganga! "Is that your Sunny!" saya bergurau "Eh..no lah..he must have forgotten to lock the boot!" katanya. Bestnya, cerita tu ngam dengan peristiwa sepanjang pagi.

Mr, Sunny 130Y buka cerita Amway, buka cerita Kanada..dan terus dia soal."you want free ticket to Kanada? I can give you 2 free tickets!" Tak pernah ku dengar offer macam ni..betul kah orang ni. So jawab ok saja, afterall takde apa nak dibayar. Kita bertukar no. hp..dan kita lihatlah nanti betul tak cerita Mr. Sunny 130Y ini!

What about Dubai? Some facts....

Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness

The same street in 2003!

Last year!!

The madness. Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.

The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all. All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree. Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.

The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.
Wow! Canggihkan?

Pokok misteri ~ Mysterious Tree

At a glance you may be confused the above tree with a massive trunk with a 'Baobab' tree (which is renowned to possess the largest tree trunks of the world) but, this is yet another unknown specie which is seen in the close proximity of a hermitage deep in the dense forest in 'Andra Pradesh' in India.

Agrotani..usahawan sambilan..

Sayur dibawa balik minggu lepas baru habis supply semalam. Memang lain rassanya sayur yang baru dipetik dari kebun dan terus kekuali dan dimakan!

Teringkat kisah diceritakan oleh peserta dari India semasa berkursus dulu tentang pertanian...

Dua rakan se universiti, setelah habis pengajian, masing-bertanya apakah kerjaya yang mahu dipupuk untuk kerjayaan masa depan masing2..."Aku, aku nak jadi seorang tokoh korporate, terkenal, bijak dan pandai memajukan syarikat, dan macam-macamlah,"kata seorang daripada mereka. "Saya, mungkin, terus membantu ayah tuaku di kebunnya supaya aku dapat membantu dalam pemasaran hasil2 kebunnya...," kata yang sorang lagi..

......lebih...20 tahun kemudian.....

Mereka berjumpa sekali lagi dan bertanyakan kabar ....

Memang, yang sorang tadi menjadi tokoh korporat terkenal, hampir setiap minggu muka dalam surat kabar bisness kebelakang ini. Sekian lama mereka berbual, dan setakat ini hanya yang korporat bercerita..last, last, bab nak pencen..dia nak cari tanah nak start tanam2, bela2 macam2 rancangan pencen. Mungkin sibuk, tak dapatlah nak urus itu ini dahulu, nak jumpa kawan pun setakat..hai,hai, bye,bye..." Sekarang kau buat apa?," sempat juga dibertanya kawannya yang duduk diam mendengar saja ceritanya...

"Saya, saya...sekarang mejalankan perniagaan asas pertanian yang ayah saya telah tinggalkan kepada saya semenjak saya keluar universiti dahulu. Allahamdullilah, beberapa tahun kemudian saya diberi perluang untuk berkursus dan kami mengeluarkan hasil tanam, ternakan dan produk2 berasaskan tani yang telah dipasarkan diluar negara. Sejak itu, ladang kami diperbesarkan dengan pembelian tanah2 dari kawan2 sekeliling. Tak apa, tentang tanah yang kau cari tu, mungkin saya boleh tolong carikan,......."

"Hmmm...hmmmm...ok..ok..," tak banyak nak diceritakanya kepada sipetani tentang racangan pencennya tadi....

Tahniah! Kepada Bro Jambali & Wife, Julia...

Sempena penyerahan logo "Halal" Jakim ke atas produk-produk yang telah dipupuk sekian lama dan kami sekeluarga berdoa dengan pengitirafan yang dianugerahkan semorga usaha-usaha adinda sekeluarga terus maju.

Kami tidak dapat hadir sama pada hari Ahad ini disana, sebab ada urusan kerja hendak disiapkan. Walau bagaimanpun, ucapan tahniah sekali lagi kami ucapkan.

Sekian. Terima kasih.

R&R pada hari Ulangtahun!

Ulangtahun kami disambut dengan serdahana. Beriadah bersama anak dan cucu dan sebelah malam keluar makan di Seremban kat Man Tomyam bersama keluarga.

A tribute to my roots..Buyong

This the only photo I have of my great grandfather and his generation. My father is Abdul Manan.

27 tahun lalu, hari ini....

Pejam mata buka, pejam mata buka..27 tahun kami dah berumah tangga..kepada Jamilah, wife saya, terima kasih atas sayang yang berpanjangan.

Is & Diana
Dolly & Tuah

Eh.eh..mana lagi sorang cucu..cucu baru 2 bulan ..Maryam

Kenangan Abadi...

Lawatan ke Miri memberi banyak erti walaupun singkat ianya tetap bermakna. Semua orang yang patut di ziarahi tercapai, mak saudara, bapa saudara dan mereka yang berumur dari kita. Allahamdullilah sempat jumpa semuanya. Foto di atas dimabil semasa nak balik ke KL pada 12 April lalu. Nanti datang lagi...kita tangkap foto lagi!!!!

All has past but not forgotten..

Cousin Mawi spoked about the RM1 monkey! And I happened to have the photoshot taken by my father of that moment, my brother and his monkey - Zimbo. For more story please click ZIMBO

About Zimbo, the monkey, became our pet and was with for many years until the chain could no longer withstand his strengths and he showed his fangs too often. He must go.

My late father, took him to the forest of the Canadian Hill and released him there. Freedom for Zimbo. It was a sad moment to have a pet and when time like that, it was for the best of all, Zimbo and us.

40 years later, my brother is operating a decent familly business and Zimbo that cost RM1 was never heard of but his decendents are surely in the forest of the Canadian Hill.

He ain't heavy, he's my brother...

My younger brother and his family members are united in making a living. I have the opportunity to sit with them at their snack's site in front of the Miri Chinese Chamber at Jalan Raja. The snacks are great, barbequed chicken wings, hotdogs, etc and also newly fried noodles and other local delights like donuts, cucur..good taste and great for afternoon snacks. They are open from 2pm till 8 or 9 in the evening.

Best is, snacks are great, cheap and value for money!

You may asked? Arsenal, Tottemham supporters at my bro's snack stall? Why? No lah, just want to make ourselves happy! We looked ok, are we not?....

Nur Hazmierul's shuffle di rumah Mok Yah nya....

Maaf sebab sengsara melihat video Hazmie sebab tak pandai nak tengakkan video. Belum belajar part tu lagi.

Semasa kunjungan kerumah adik saya, Norsiah di Tmn Tunku, Miri, Hazmie, 7 tahun, buat shufflenya...boleh tahan juga..

..dan sama-sama berada malam tu.....

Reviews and definings....more to come

I have 4 staffs to take care off. 2 are now deployed to Penang and Kedah for process reviews of implemented projects ready for standardization. 2 are still here preparing the reports for submission.

Today very big process definition for new products were being held. Many participants were involved. Tomorrow 2 more different batch of participants looking at other process will come. The workshops are held high above the clouds!!

The old skills I left for a year or more is coming back fast! Of course with the encouragement of fellows facilitators....

O mak I!

Pasar Ahad, Salak, Sepang. Bangla hampiri gerai ikan.."Ada ikan puyu?" .."O mak I!, Dio cari ikan puyu! Sini ikan laut! Nak ikan puyu, tangkap sendiri!" Dalam loghat nogerinya. Tapi bukan maksudnya menhentam bangla tu, tidak, lagipun bangla tu tak faham apa dikatakannya. Mungkin dia sedang berjenaka. Semorga bangla tu jumpa ikan puyu yang idamkannya dipasar ini.

Lepas pasar Ahad, balik kerumah sekejap dan keluar lagi ke Seremban, nak ambil keyboard yang dihantar 2 minggu lalu. Sebab ada gurantee, kami dapat keyboard baru.

Balik ke Nilai,kami rehat. Selepas Asar bawa cucu-cucu ke NSGCC, untuk swimming.

Malam datang,....O mak I...ngantok!

Kerja Lama, Tempat Lama

1st April, melapurkan diri untuk kerja lama ditempat lama. So takde yang baru, cuma yang ada mungkin orang saja yang baru. Hampir 1.5 tahun kat tempat tu, harapan saya agar dapat membawa ilmu baru tempat lama ini. Sebenarnya, Jumaat lepas dah lapur kat bos baru dalam surau nak ambil anyak berkat lebih.

Setakat ni, tempat yang ditinggalkan takde ganti lagi, memang susah nak pikir pasal orang-orang yang duduk kat atas, orang yang dibawah yang sengsara, nak tak buat nanti tak jalan pula, nak buat buat, banyak kerja lain nak buat. So macam mana? Salah kah kita ni?

Harap mereka boleh berfikir atas nilai KRISTAL yang ada, apa itu..kau fikirlah sendiri....!

Majlis Cukur Jambol Cucu Kami; Maryam

Majlis diadakan Sabtu lalu di Permai, Seremban jam 11 pagi. Jemputan dikalangan keluarga dan kami hadir awal jam 10 sudah kelaura dari Nilai. sampai di Seremban jam 10.20 pagi. Maryam tengah tidur pakai baju merah, Ali pun pakai baju merah. Maaf takde gambar sebab kamera diguna sementara oleh Elyas, dibawanya ke Melaka untuk projek MMU.

Lepas tu, hampir Zohor kami pun TESCO dan JJ SBN2. Adaler beli sikit dan layan anak bongsu kami.....

Selamat Hari Jadi - Ali Ridha Ismaily (2 Tahun)

Rimas tonton Water Horse!!

Saya bercuti panjang sejak Khamis lalu. Tak banyak yang saya lakukan cuma cukup rehat untuk menenangkan fikiran bersama keluarga. Kami sempat pergi ke Seremban 2, "beriadah" seperti biasa menemani Azie tonton "Water Horse". OK lah..masa datang tiket untuk tempat duduk sesuai dah hampir habis. Ada tetapi 2+1 berasingan. Terpaksalah beli ..dah sampai.. so siapa yang duduk sorang2!...siapa lagi jika tak saya! Kiri-kanan dibanjiri budak-budak hingus..bila ada scene yang baik..punya..ada sorakkan..alahai...nasib...nasib...Lain kali beli tiket awal sikit!!!

Pesta Rapat Umum...Kawan ku...

For story see previous posting....

A day for memory lane...

Telekom Malaysia will be facing a nationwide picket by the National Union of Telecommunication Employees (NUTE) this Tuesday 18 March 2008. The picket is as a mean to protest against TM’s implementation of the Employee’s Share Option Scheme (ESOS). Together with NUTE, the picket will be also joined by Sabah Union of Telecommunication Employees (SUTE) and the Union of Telecommunication Employees Sarawak (UTES) who will be staging the protest in their respective states.
According to NUTE president, Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal said the picket was due to the unfair allocation of shares where TM’s management had no clear formula for allocation. TM was also said to have failed in disclosing the information about the whole process, and did not discuss the terms and conditions of allocation with the unions. The unions are also not satisfied with the overall ‘outsourcing’ handling by the company.
“The decision made by TM shareholders during the extraordinary general meeting was well-received by the three unions. However, the three unions unequivocally and wholly reject the manner and procedure of the ESOS exercise,” said Shafie to NST.
25 pickets will be held in the Peninsular Malaysia and three in Sabah and Sarawak.
In October 2006, more than 500 members of NUTE organized a picket in front of Telekom Malaysia HQ in Kuala Lumpur in protest of their ‘insourcing’ activity of the call centers to VADS Berhad, a company majority-owned by TM. The employees were the staff of TM Call Center at the Retail Customer Contact Center (TMRCC). During the same time, about 800 employees in Sabah and Sarawak picketed in the respective states.

Day out at Kelab Komuniti Cyberjaya

It was drizzling and tidak kesampai nak tengok anak-anak buah beraksi menjadi marshall di Go-Kart Show Cyberjaya. Tapi tak apa. Some info though, the kelab komuniti tak perlu ada membership. Open to all, ada permainan tak perlu bayar dan kemudahan swimming pool, dewan badminton, futsal pun ada hanya for minimun fee. And driving range..50 balls for RM3.50. Facilities excellent tempat pun ada orang jaga.

Harry Potter ( My Grandsons's favorite)

"Where are the DVDs?" Today's 4 years old are widgets' savvy! Can't blame them for my other two kaput DVD players. Harry Porter's movies are indeed exciting and yes, just let enjoy the movies and half way through they fell asleep then you take over to watch the TV. So, just can't have the DVDs lying around if you want to take control of the TV. It will be a nightmare to see the same DVD over and over again. Sometime I think I wanted to break the DVDs into pieces....hmmm..better not, just watch Harry Porter..

Scoreboard 2008 for kenangan..

Be Strong. Stand-up face the world!

Changing habits is not an overnite sensation. Habits are results of consistent following a guided pattern of doing things. Procedures are laid like food served on tray. You take it in the most effective way you think best and then repeated doing the same thing over and over again to make it perfect. The more frequent it is done, the better you are and later, the guidelines can be put aside. A new culture has been developed. Things will happen naturally.

Question is, how long can you developed this process, from designing habits to creating a culture? A day? A week? A month? 10 years maximum for big corporation! (Motorola). I have got some feedbacks from people I work with before...5 years down the road I received a phone call, telling me they are getting the fruits of their investments. That the patience that you have to bear in developing cultures NOT an overnite sensation. Performance will see yo-yo because of the unlearn and relearn and you can see spotty improvement here and there. These will create internal competition among units or teams to make theirs the best! This is healthy. Over time, you will notice gradual improvements.

The trouble with people now is that you have a period of 3 years to make the difference! Waiting is no longer an exception. Hunting and fishing should be fast! Use granades use the tiger trawler's net! It will be efficient but not good in the long run. The hunters and the fishermen will surely have a bleak future. Maybe exhausted. Reasons being, competition, staying alive. Can't they feel that the ground is shaking? Some people are often blinded by what they are after.

Talking about burning platform, the same people have been sitting on hot plates ensuring deliverables are coming over and over again. Here we go again, the phrase they used to say! Well, it a job, anyway, some people come and go but others are here to stay! The veterans have seen the changed of the guards and how those left behind are cleaning the shits they have left behind! No need to mention here, just ask the veterans!

No matter what, you have got to believe in what you are doing. Let's try to understand how some tasks are to be delivered. The right culture will give the desired numbers, consistently and rising as processes matures. Rangers and infantry have the same vision but they mission and tasks differs.

So change agents, stand strong and face the world, you know your craft well and hope that sometime and somewhere down the road you might be receiving a phone call but definitely not tomorrow!

The Walls have Ears!!

Train your ears to listen and you get much out of it. Commuting in trains can furnished you with lots of information but some are just noises. What are the jobs available? Who and who and where? Wow..and what happening with that company or department? Just close your eyes and pretend you are asleep and have your mind wondering. It is tiring though, because most does not affect you. Some might make you tickle then you need to control your giggle by turning away your face toward the window if you are sitting next to it or just hold your bag and bowed. The worst or most exciting talks you can capture is on the way back after work. Information will flow, pleanty of them, but just wondering if you are multilangual, imagine the data you will be compiling! Maybe some details next time.

Come Election Same Story...

Everyone pointing fingers at each other. The SPR and the political parties (both pro and oppo) taichi here and taichi there. This is the 5th election for me and same thing also I hear, never resolved. Okaylah we take every year 100 years old people died since I first took my vote 25 years ago; so 100 x 25 = 2,500. Then, 8,666-2,500= 7,166 people have come to the age of 100 since then making it a record for us to have 285 people reaching 100 years old every year for the last 25 years! What a record!

The records might not be accurate but, but at least you make some justification why the records are wrong rather than making simple analogy of what may have happened. This is no monkey business. The next election the same issue will arise and the same answer will echo.

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.

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.

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.

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."