SETIA INDAH

Pic taken from Jaring

Al-Fatihah
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The Prime Minister's wife, Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, has returned to Rahmatullah at 0755hr this morning.

My deepest condolences to Pak Lah and his family. Pray for her well being after life. Al-Fatihah. May Allah bless her soul..Amin.

Afif

When we talked about career, Su shared sum of her experiences being a teacher at a boarding school in PutraJaya. She claimed that the life of a teacher might be less hectic or stressful and there will definitely be a pay cheque at the end of each month. BUT be prepared that actually this profession can be monotonous, doing the same thing year in and year out. Her statement make me re-think and think-deep, humph no wonder there are many burn-outs in the profession. Neither are there ample opportunities for promotion. Su said, " if u choose teaching as your life career; love your job, love your school and love your students esp! U will meet various faces in yr classroom, believe me." That was a piece of advice from Su. It gave me a clear picture on the profession sikit2.. Considering all this, I am sure that teaching is sumthing that i like doing. However i dont really have the experience facing students in a classroom and handling the syllabus as well as their colorful attitude. So i advice myself, whenever i reach a T-junction in mylife, i need to do sum istikharah work, think carefully before making a decision and weigh the pros and the cons first. I hope Allah will shed some light on the right decision. Look before you leap.

Three of us hang out till 10.30pm, minum2 at McD..then she sent me home. Peluk peluk and we bade goodbye. Hope we will meet raya nanti. Su, thanks for everything u've done for me! (Thou she doesnt even know this Setia Indah's existence..eheh.)

Alhamdulillah kami semua cekalkan hati, and we went off with niat yang murni...hundredzzz of pictures taken during the trip. (not by me, by this clique of course) Perhaps they need to polish their photography skill kot. Tu diorang belasah je amik gambar every single time. *Big Grin* These are few pictures that i'd love to lekat here..

Conclusion; Tourists are slowly returning now to Penang Island and of course the fact that life goes on...

Puas hati sangat2 when i did successfully found this restaurant last night. First time finding for it, i failed. That time around last two months if im not mistaken. With Asem, and we ended eating at the seafood gerai we passed by along the sesat road. This time with Cik Kieli's confident direction, i am very2 nekad to bring these people this time. So after we had our maghrib pray at Perling Mall, we dash off to this Damai Laut Seafood Village. With 80% of confidence, i drove along the route directed by Cik Kieli. Dah lah gelap, when we came to the remote part, i felt dug dag dug dag, (hati berkata2: eh aku ni salah tempat ke..alamak cam mana nak ckp dgn budak2 ni. kesian la diorang kalau sesat hari ni). In few minutes i saw one big and shining signboard of Damai Seafood Village. Fuhh lega hati aku. Nasib betul kali ni. We turned right and straight to the end of the road. There you are!! Susah giler aku nak cari kedai makan ni. At last i found you! Next time i can petik jari when people ask about this hujung dunia restaurant. Eheh.

Food ok, sedap. I still prefer the nasi curry. Small size is RM6 which it can serve for two hungry people. Zair introduce us for Spicy Siput Rotan dish.

"Siput Rotan ni binatang ke tumbuh2han Zair?"
He didnt even answer my question, infact he gave us his kerek smile. Eheh. However we waited for the siput rotan and other dishes to be served. In less than 10 mins semuanya dah terhidang. Giler laju diorang ni masak. There the siput rotan!! Now i knowlah, actually siput rotan ni is the same clan as siput sedut. Sumhow it live in about 3inches shell that looks very2 much like a rattan. Sedihnya, i dont hv any pic of this siput rotan. So tak dpt nak show here lah..

I have been itching to write this post since last two weeks lagi. Hayyor manyak susah to find one free time with one fine head to sit and karang this post. Finally i had a deal with Epul to be my teman tonight at office. And here i am. Tomorrow choooti so i have agreed myself that tonight i will bergumbira, write write my post, and read read my favourite bloggers...sampai rasa nak termuntah baru rasa nak balik. Eheh.

To re-cap; it was Tuesday the 13th. September. The interview day, and to be exact my second time attending the same interview session for the same post. And luckly at the same place, in the same room summore. Nasib not with the same panel. This time i had a couple. A malay pakchik and a amoi as my interview panel.

That morning, at 7am..yess its TUJUH PAGI I was dressed and prepared for my interview 11am. Gabra bagai nak rak. This time i went by myself. Driving JHB. Alhamdulillah the trip was smooth, no traffic jam n no sesat2 like last time.

I arrived at the maktab kurang lebih 10.45am. I went straight inside, gave my sweetesst smile to the lady lady librarian infront office. And they informed me to wait inside. (Dlm hati; i know it will be the same room jugaklah tahun ni. Tawakal ajalah linda oi..)

While waiting, i tried jugaklah recall importants current issues that they might forward to me nnt. Glanced at my wrist watch. Its 11am already. I went to the other waiting room. There are 7 of us waited. 3 of us (Jessica, Nasir & me) will be interviewed in room A (same room mcm thn lepas). And another 4 will be in room B.

Soon, the amoi in a room A called 3 of us in. It was first session; writing test. They gave each of us a paper which essay topic written in it. There are two topics, choose one.
1. Money is everything. Discuss it.
2. Education system in Malaysia. Discuss it.(Actually topic 2 ni panjang lagi, tapi lebih kurang cam nilah ceritanya..)

So i did 'O Som' on both topics, i chose no 1. Ehehe...So i started la write write and write. In 45 mins time, they collected our answer sheet. Humph...lepas!

Then, they asked us to wait outside for the second session; one to one interview session. Jessica first, then followed by me and Nasir was last. 5..10..mins waited for Jessica to open the door. After 15mins, there Jessica are opening the door with relieved face. Its my turn now, i greet both of them and move forward. They asked me for sit, so i sit lah. Dlm hati berdebar2 sangat. First they want me to explain briefly on myself. So i talk talk talk. Then they asked basically why do i want to be Cikgu? Humph..i straight answer them "Because i love teaching and i would to serve my country". (Jawapan tu si su yang ajor). Then i still waiting for the current issues...apalah current issue yang diorang nak bagi kat aku ni..After they talk2 to each other, then the amoi asked on education system in Malaysia. How am i going to contribute my knowledge and skill into current education system? Dlm hati Alhamdulillah, takdelah diorang nak tanya pasal palestine ke or katrina hurricane ke. So i answered la pot pet pot pet. Then stop. They asked me then on teaching experiences. So i nodded and explained. This time they asked for prove letter pulak (surat perlantikan lah). Last year diorang tak mintak pulak. So in proper and polite i requested to bring it the next day. Fuhh lega when the amoi agreed. So that was end of my session. Then waited outside for Nasir's turn.

After that, we had 3rd session; which is group discussion. Last year we didnt have this session pun. Maybe because of high demand in this profession, so it became more n more filtering this time. We are informed to discuss on topic given in 45mins. Before started, they allowed 5 mins for each of us to sit quite and think ideas to be elaborate next. Then they asked us to start the discussion and we are given 45mins to discuss!! 45 minit tuuuu....matilah aku.

The topic, 1. Adakah education system sekarang ni is a good system? 2. Adakah Malaysia a great nation?

So i am very2 thankful to Jessica actually, she was good in starting the conversation. Me and Nasir tried our best to make our discussion live and informative. Alhamdulillah we did it! 45mins. Entah apa entah yg kami cakap. Tak kira ar. Semua benda kami citer. Eheh..
After all those 3 sessions, we bade goodbye to each other and set forward for our routine. We ended approximately at 1.30pm. Then i drove to KTM, bought train ticket for Anis. And i straight to City Square. Bought a set of fish and chip in Season as a reward for being so-courage in attending the interview untuk kali kedua in mylife. While eating sorang2 there, sempat jugak me and sorang Ah Beng mualaf in front of my table main2 mata. Woo hensem ooo..

Fuyoo panjang jugak entry ni ek. Puas hati aku! ahahaha..*Devil Horns out* Ok rasa nak muntah dah tengok computer. Chiow.

Date to remember;
3 Sept 05 - 15.6secs
Moga2 dia berjaya mencapai cita2nya. Amin!

Pagi ni received an email on this merdeka spirits among these secondary school students. When viewing the flash presentation, woaaaa budak sekolah pun boleh buat flash and shoot very very nice picture mcm ni ka! Tiba2 terasa diri ni kecil dibanding dengan semangat kelima-lima remaja ini.

See their spirit...

Teringat waktu belajar subject sejarah masa sekolah2 dulu. It brings back many memories about the man who had the strength and guts to face the very top colonial statesmen and politicians to argue the case of our independence. When watching klip kemerdekaan shown in TV tu it really brings keinsafan when Tunku Abdul Rahman’s shout of Merdeka Merdeka Merdeka that memorable morning. It is indeed the starting point of what we have today kan. I think kan his contribution to the nation and to all Malaysian had been immeasurable lah kan. I really hope my anak cucu esok will continue the effort to make Malaysia terus maju ke hadapan, peace and harmony.

Keranamu Malaysia! A Happy Merdeka day to all Malaysian..

Aduhh..bz bz bz. Nampaknya sebulan lebih ni tak sempat2 lah nak update my dearie blog. However hope i can find a time to berceloteh here sooonnnnn....

Last week, i went to MPH dengan kak Chah and her 2 angels, Dina (6 yrs old) n Ifan (4 yrs old).

"Linda pilihkan lah buku citer melayu utk Dina ni." Kak Chah requested.
"Ok no problem, Ifan tak yah ke?"
"Anak bujang aku sorang ni lain sikit. Tersa....ngat lah 'rajin' nak baca buku. Buku kat umah pun dia belum khatam lagi."
"Ooohhh eheh ok. Paham2.."

Choosing an appropriate stori book for 6 yrs old kid is not easy, unless we know very well her performance level. After much careful thought, however, I have decided on 2 interesting malay stori books; Lempeng Gergasi and %$%!#$ (haiyar tak ingat lah pulak tajuk lagi satu tu. Hisy apalah teruk no memori aku ni). Kak Chah agreed. While waiting Kak Chah for her another book hunting session, i just roaming around the book shelves and my eyes stucked pada buku2 Enid Blyton. Teringat kisah silam, dulu kecik2 suka baca2 buku Enid Blyton. I grew up with her mystery and adventure stories. Tapi tu memang dah lama sangat, and even dulu2 stori book Enid Blyton ni bukunya buruk2 sikit. Kertas kuning. Biler tgk terbitan baru ni, rasa jeles pulak. Childrens nowadays are soo lucky. Buku cantik2. Hardcover lagi. Uhuuuuu.. Jealous jealous. Ambil one of The Faraway Tree series. Its fantasy tales. Selak2 buku tu, hummph interesting. Rasa dah lama pulak tak baca buku2 fantasy cam ni. Looking at the price. RM11.90. Hah! Very very affordable lah. Kak Chah tercengang when she saw me carrying that book to the cashier. Finally i bought one of the series; "The Folk Of The Faraway Tree" for my ownself. Eheh.

"Awak nak beli utk sapa tu?"
"Aahahah, orang nak baca ar kak. Dah lama tak baca buku2 fairy tale cam ni. Eheh.."
"Hai awak nak jadi budak2 balik ek.." she gave her big grin.

Then off we went to Jusco to window2 shopping.

Nak mengarang, tapi masa tak mengizinkan. Tapi tangan rasa gatal nak post new entry. So just post you a simple birthday wish Afida. Hope you like this simple card created for you. (Eheh tiru idea Ura tampal2 card ni *wink*).

Note : Bukan gambar sebenar ;-) Photo taken frm HowardShooter

A : Pukul hingga kembang
500gm cream cheese
100gm castor sugar

B 3# eggs yolk

C 25 gm soft flour or self raising; flour-sieve

D 200mls cream(ANCHOR) / susu segar

E : Pukul these three till putih melepak n bila diterbalikkan tak jatuh.
3# white eggs
40gm castor sugar
13gm corn flour

80gm melted butter - sejukkan suam-suam kuku.

For lapisan bawah cake:
4 cups biskut marrie or cream crackers
1/2 cup melted butter <--- Tekan dalam acuan n letak dalam freezer.
Then tuangkan adunan cake di atasnya.
Bakar 180c selama 1 jam (preheat oven)

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P/s: Petua cheese cake

1: Acuan- guna acuan spring foam. Gi kedai kek tanya acuan cheese cake, kalau acuan biasa susah nak potong nanti.

2: Cara bakar-need oven api atas dan bawah. Pas tuh u buat mcm double boiler (cake di bakar di atas bekas yg berisi air) Ini penting tau, kalau just bakar mcm biasa, gerenti tak menjadi cake tuh, texture dia jadi lain.

3: Last skali bila nak potong cheese cake always guna pisau yg dipanaskan dulu. Either nak panaskan ngan api or rendam dulu pisau tuh ngan air panas.

My reminder : Sediakan each portion separately and then baru masukkan sequentially every portion. A to B; B to C and seterusnya.

Disclaimer : The recipe given by a fren, belum try lagi. So tak tahu lagi whats the result and does the flow betul atau tidak. I post it just for my own keepsake. Senang nak cari nanti bila2 nak guna.

Letih letih. For 2 hours-lunch-hour time; i've been shop-hopping around the whole Angsana Mall to find my dream Scholl sandal. Went back to the office with frustrated feeling. At last Ura yg berbelanja sakan. She bought a nice Clarks sandal and a money's worth a set of crystal chess. Lovely! Me? Endup with buying nothing. Eheh. Ada satu Scholl sandal latest design tadi, tapi rasa tak sepenuh hati. Jadi, decided not to buy lah.

Terasa badan dah naik sangat sekarang, habis kain2 baju kurung terpaksa di tetas. Kalau tak, sure senak perut. What is really bother me is; i hv uneven distribution of these weight gaining. The obvious is my belly as well as my pipi. I dont really mind about the pipi, but i DO mind on the belly ni. Recently i do sit up every morning. Chewah. Still belum membuahkan hasil, but i will continue until i can see the good result. So at this moment, my leg still in unchange condition. So rasanya this is the only reason on my recently tired aching feet. It goes to the reason for my Scholl-Treasure-Hunt event today. I really really adore Fera's Scholl sandal. She bought it last year. Sekali pakai terus jatuh cinta! Tp maybe dah lama sangat, dah tak de pulak design tu. (Sigh). Takperlah, i'll continue my treasure hunt this weekend maybe to Duty Free Complex kot.

What i do in the mean time is doing own footbath and massage. Alah rendam air garam biasa jer. I do love the results. So i will keep this effort until dah jemu nak rendam. Eheh. Normally for instantly revive this tired, aching feet after my long day, i drop a small amount of salt into a baldi of hot water and soak for 10-15mins. N after that urut2 la sikit. (although no massage skill at all *wink* buat2 terer lar). Lepas tu, rasa lega sangat2 n badan pun rasa berpeluh2. I will try to keep this effort as long as i can lar (selagi tak jemu). Eheh. (Nak pakai lama kaki ni woo...)

Today i really agreed with the phrase 'monday blue'. Normally tak terasa sangat pun tentang mood 'monday blue' ni. But today it really hit me. Boss call this morning to let me know regarding the cumulative data on project 74150. I thought he wants to see the report. Rupanya he wants to see the chronological data that we have for this project. (Naperlah aku tak tanya terang2 dengan dia pagi tadi *long sigh*). When he came up just now, he forward the request; im shocked n statued with mata terkebil2. I tried to answer accordingly (which i really aware that aku ni tak menjawab soalan dia). At the same time, i admitted that i mis interpretted his request this morning (with really2 warm face... malu sgt2). He tried to be calm with nice wording; but looking at his frustrated face making me soo guilty. Humph what to do, my mistake.

Another so-called monday blue mood was my color decision on our (asst felo) batik uniforms. Pembantu felo perempuan ada 4 orang, while lelaki ada 3 orang. When deciding the color, they put the responsibilities on me alone sbb yg lain ada kerja. So last friday i when to Jakel Tampoi. Knowing that Jakel having a grand sales. Here is the option to exclude, i cannot choose blue (its for Majlis Executive College), cannot choose green (as it for Jawatankuasa Mahasiswa), cannot choose maroon coz Aril already have it. So what other nice color left for me? There are purple, brown and yellow left. Tapi color2 ni quite dull with that kindof fabric, i really think if warna tu di basuh beberapa kali, sure its fading. So ada 1 color really strucked my eyes. Not sure how to define the color, its lighter than maroon but darker than pink. Bila dah difikir2 kesesuaiannya untuk perempuan as well as lelaki, i decided to buy that color for everyone.

Unfortunately, hari ni Lan told me that he never wear that color as well as Zair. But he tried to put in a nice wording to jaga my hati lah. I concluded guys didnt really adore the color. But they tried to ambil hati, saying that they dont really mind the color. But their expression gave my heart ache and guilty. Kesian kat diorang, dah lah kena bayar, tapi color tak berapa menarik pulak. Infact i dont really think they will buy the color ever in life kot. Sumhow, i have to accept my disability in choosing the right color for everyone. Sorry guys. Sumhow i really appreciate the way they try to jaga hati kakak mereka yang sorang ni. Thanks.

Ura's comforting wording : Takperlah linda, memang susah nak please setiap orang. Thanks Ura.

What is done has been done, next time tak mau beli dah color ni untuk mana2 lelaki. Phobia!

My decision

Tak jemu2 SPA menjemput diri ini utk attend PTD's exam. Received an invitation letter from SPA to attend PTD's exam on coming 7 & 8 June 05. Bila tengok lagi sekali, confuse pulak. Rasanya last year satu hari jer attend exam ni. (Last year pun attend jugak exam ni, tapi tak lepas.) Ni kenapa pulak sampai 2 hari?! I noticed there are additional segment this time. Which is test on sahsiah. Humph....

07/06/05 Tuesday

Ujian Sahsiah Part 2
Section A : 09.00 am - 09.45 am (Sahsiah diri; 136 quests in 45 mins)
Section B : 10.15 am - 12.15 pm (Sahsiah Pegawai Tadbir; 100 quests in 2 hours)

Ujian PTD Part 1
Section A : 02.00 pm - 02.45 pm (Kenegaraan; 60 quests in 45 mins)
Section B : 03.15 - 04.00 pm (Problem Solving; 40 quests in 45 mins)

08/06/05 Wednesday

Ujian PTD Part 1
Section C : 09.00 am - 09.35 am (Essay Comprehension; 20 quests in 35 mins )
Section D : 10.00 am - 11.00 am (Malay essay writing; 300-500words)
Section E : 11.30 am - 12.30 pm (English essay writing; 200-300words)

---> Panduan peperiksaan

Pergi ke tak.. pergi ke tak... pergi ke tak ek... *long sigh*

Extracted from Female Magazine May Edition;

1. Why we like to go to the toilet in groups. Its just safer, okay?
2. Sometimes, we just need to talk about our problems without being given solutions to them. Venting helps, you know.
3. We cry over everything, from happy things to scary and sad things.
4. Girl power..they will never get it.
5. We cant do them a favour by wearing lacy thongs every day.
6. Why we take such a long time to decide what to eat, which shoe to buy and.. everything else, really.
7. Why, when we put on mascara, we open our mouths. We dont know either.
8. Good food is important than good drinks.
9. Our need to always dig up the past. Eheh, we need something to back up our case, ok?
10. Apparently, our mood swings. WHAT mood swings?!

When arguing on this matter; men vs women topic, i think its a long session to discuss on. However, i do think Allah jadikan every kejadian ada pro n contranya. Lagipun lelaki dan perempuan kan dijadikan utk saling melengkapi. So its a complement towards each other. Humph ingat lagi dulu2 belajar statistik, selalu jumpa wording complement2 ni. Eeheh..

Pengantin lagi....
Congratulations to En Wan n Rahimah.. 30th April 2005

Tak sempat nak bercerita panjang. Loads of things to be settle within this 2 months. Kadang2 terasa gatal juga tangan nak menaip.. Tapi bila fikir2 panjang, tak boleh diturutkan kegatalan tangan ini. Eheh. Sumhow these are new pictures of Haneef Irfaan. My new nephew. So cute! Mamanya dalam pantang pun sempat berkomputer. Ibu Moden!

Title : Haneef Irfaan
Author : Ainol & Ariq
Date Published : 19th April 2005







So cute...may this baby aneef be the famous heart-throb in town. Yeahh...Eheh.

Last night Asem n i went to Smart Market. My only intention was to buy lists of DVD ordered by Fara. Impressed with the Chinese bro at my-regular-dvd-shop. He still memorizes my face la. (Cayalah bro). I think its quite sumtime jugak lah I didn’t have chance to ‘visit’ his shop. I gave him list of the DVDs I would like to buy. And he started roaming and rummaging around to collect all listed DVDs. He took about 15 minutes to complete the list. He gave me spesssial price for that stack of DVDs. (Eheh thank you thank you bro. I’m sure we’ll meet again next time). Went back home. Catch the Explorace on TV3. Would like to express my congratulation to them in accomplishing the game at for the RM100K tu. Wooh bukan senang dapat tu. And I’m heartening to hear Narin’s good heart in giving her air-ticket to Hanif for him to be able to travel with his wife. So sweeeet..

Pagi tadi I wake up 5am bersiap2 nak pergi kerja. My target this morning is bersiap awal supaya Icah tak kelam kabut nak hantar ke Skudai n patah balik ke tempat kerjanya. So, on our way tu, singgahlah sekejap di gerai2 kuih tak jauh dari rumah. While Icah gi membeli2 kuih tu, suddenly I become aware of my wallet’s location. I searched in my handbag, alamak its nowhere found! Alah malasnya nak patah balik cari dirumah. But with heavy heart I have to make my U-Turn jugak lah. I looked everywhere in my house, alahai takde pulak ‘cik bonia’ aku ni. Mana pigi ni? I felt tensed. Then called Asem to search search and look look in her car. Kot2 lah tertinggal dalam kereta dia last night. She said she found nothing. My eyes started to be in tears. But tahan lagi. Ntah kenapa tiba2 rasa sedih takut pemergiannya. (which is my ‘cik bonia’ lar). Dah lama kami hidup susah senang bersama. Takkan its about time kot. Sayangnya…

Tak puas hati jugak, I drove Icah to AHGR, and I dropped Ita at bus stop nearby. I pulled myself together and drove off to Komtar to reach Asem. While driving I kept myself reciting a doa teached by my friend dulu2, its Ain. Ingat lagi. She told me to recite this doa if happen we lost something we own.

Subhanamalla yanaamu walayas hu. Allahummazakkirni maa nasitu.

(Meaning : ehm I’m not sure the full meaning of the ayat..but the first part tu I surely know its a ayat for sujud sahwi which means -- > Maha Suci Allah yang tidak tidur dan tidak lupa and unfortunately the second part tu tak dapat nak bagi the exact meaning of it. Sapa2 yang tahu boleh lah share2 ilmu ek. )

While driving to Asem's office, Asem called me back giving a good news. Alhamdulillah! Its under her car seat rupanya. Glad, thank Allah for this. Ni lagi menambahkan keyakinan diri sendiri terhadap amalan2 yang diajar.

Upon arriving at the parking lot in Komtar, i parked my car at one of the lot. The lot is nearby to a small drain which cover with jaring2 grill. Amidst the rushing hour, unfortunately I dropped my car keys down a drain pulak. Wahh menyedihkan sungguh hari ni.. Bertanya2 dalam hati, apalah dosa aku semalam. Aduh, dah jatuh tangga di timpa pulak tangga! Nasib baik drain tu cetek. So i look around for any kayu2 kecil to pull out the key out of that drain. Nasib baik berjaya mengeluarkan kunci tu tanpa pertolongan sapa2. If not, sure lagi havoc hariku hari ni. Eheh. Bagus jugak hari ni, thrilling.

Pokok pangkalnya if we facing to a problem kecil atau besar, yang penting ialah physically effort and confident n tawakal pd Allah when reciting ayat2 Allah (doa especially), InsyaAllah DIA akan menolong kita.

Tentative Kerja Lapangan di Kawasan Masjid Jamek, KL.
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25/04/05
Perjalanan Pergi
26/04/05
10.00am - 1.00pm
Pengambilan data (water level utk 10 tight pole)
27/04/05
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Pengambilan data (water level utk 10 tight pole)
28/04/05
10.00am - 1.00pm
Pengambilan data (water level utk 10 tight pole)
29/04/05
Perjalanan Pulang

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Will be staying at Fida's house, Setiawangsa. Fida, here akak come! Eheh. Will be menyusahkan dia for those 4 days. Lama tak jumpa this cute sister of mine. Since last december if i'm not mistaken.

My own tentative (exclude all the fielworks things)

1. Dining out with Fida n Memet at the best Char Kuew Tiaw stall. (venue? i didnt even know yet)
2. Visit Kak Ida at UM
3. Meet Fara to handover all the dvds
4. Visit Su and her new baby at Putrajaya (if masa mengizinkan). Her newborn baby is a boy, weight 3.14 kg, name : Muhamad Afif Fahmi (glamer nama you), 6th April 2005.

Special congratulations to Ainol & Ariq for their newborn baby yesterday, 19th April 2005. They got a boy too! (Nol, nampaknya mulut aku tak cukup masin. I once dreamed they got a girl instead. Eheh.) They havent named the baby yet, his weight is 3.3 kg (besor gak) and she delivered her baby at 3.24pm. A big congratulations for them!

Thanks to MZ kerana menjadikan PC ni kembali bernyawa. Nampaknya kena belanja kat Bistro bila2 ni. Eheh k.i.v ler dulu ya.

Tengahari tadi hantar Kak Shidah ke airport with Ura n Kak Azah. Seronoknya Kak Shidah dpt jalan2 ke Sabah. She is responsible to site visit her practical students there. Sambil menyelam boleh la minum air. Balik jgn lupa beli byk2 mutiara ye kak! Eheh..

Given by Icah last time, it’s all about me who born in Year-Horse. It’s all in. Quite long, time nak tidur boleh baca2.


The Horse Personality

[Bukan nak percaya sangat, just for me to muhasabah what kind of person am i]

Convocation carnival is back again! We have couple convocations in a year. One in April and the 2nd will be on August biasanya. Biasanya convo April ni kecil2lan jer. For the reason that long semester break has begun. However this year, I found its quite crowded jugak lah at the carnival. Maybe ramai yang join May semester. That’s why diorang ni tak reti2 nak balik kampong agaknya. Eheh.

Last night ada opening ceremony for the convocation carnival. Officially launched by DYAM Sultanah Johor (Cansellor). And she was escorted by her daughter in law; Raja ZS (Pro Cansellor) and dearly Puteri Maisarah. And ada few lagi orang2 besar. Tak kenal sangat.

Event started with few speeches session then followed by Zapin performance by kanak2 comel frm Tampoi’s primary school. Nash sung his old-time favorite song “Pada Syurga di Wajahmu” and another song requested by Sultanah sendiri. If I’m not mistaken the song title is “Asli”. The second song is performed tak live, maybe Nash pun terkejut tak sangka Sultanah request another song from him. Eheh. Then as usual Sultanah and her crews visited gerai to gerai. I saw she bought lotsof items jugak. Tak menang tangan pembantunya.

Around 11pm I asked Wan to give me a ride to home. Tak larat nak mengikut Anis n the gang meround2 lagi. So off we went back.

Recently when i really need to create a cover letter, i remembered some time ago, i read akutakreticakapomputeh post regarding the matter. I searched and i think its a simple and good cover letter, straight forward. Still i think it fit to certain kindof organisation. For my current condition, i think it just good enough. Alhamdulillah jumpa juga contoh cover letter yang tak meleret2. *Smile*

Received from Kak Ida this morning. Thru email. To whoever created this, i should give 10 star to her/him. It makes me senyum tak berhenti while reading it. It really hit the nail on the head reading these stuffs. *smile*
Just got an additional info from Cik Kieli, rupa2nya owner of this statements is from Mak Andeh. Her own living experience in Johor. Thanks to her for listing out this piece of informations about being a Johorean.

1. They end 9 out of 10 sentences with Ekkk...
   Ekk ialah trademark orang Johor. Digunakan di hujung SETIAP ayat menggantikan tanda soal (question mark). Contoh :- Ni awak punyer ekk? Nama awak saper ekk ? Kenapa kite kaler tak cantik ekk ? Dan macam-macam ekk lagi.
   
2. They refer to Johor Bahru as Johor and not JB.
   Kalau orang di negeri Johor sebut Johor, it meant Johor Bahru (JB), the city dan bukan Johor, the state. Biasa digunakan oleh mereka yang tinggal di luar bandar Johor Bahru seperti di Masai-chusettes umpamanya. Contoh : Beb, gua nak turun Johor laa. Lu mahu ikut gua tak? So, if you ARE already in Johor, tak kira di daerah mana - if the locals kata nak pergi Johor, it means nak ke Johor Bahru. Jangan pulak buat lawak bongok berkata, " Eh, lu kan dah ada kat Johor?" Or worse, jangan memandai nak tambah ekk with that question.
   
3. They pronounce Muar as MUOR. (kena juih bibir sikit)
   In fact you pronounce everything that ends with "AR" as "OR".Contoh : Aku kena pakai seluor besor untuk main bolor kat Muor besok. (Aku kena pakai seluar besar nak main bola di Muar besok). Aku teringat Kakak tegur aku bila aku cakap macam tu. Kenapa Mama sebut besar, BESOR ? Slipper , SLIPPOR ? Aku tergelak. Aku cuma speak like that bila berjumpa dengan true blue Johorean aje.
   Lapo (lapar), penampor (penampar), ulor (ular), pagor (pagar) dan lain-lain.
   
4. They are brash with a CRAZY sense of humour.
   Honestly, I belum pernah jumpa orang Johor yang serious or square to a T. Or cannot take a joke. Walaupun pendiam atau pemalu , but their sense of humour boleh tahan gak. Almost all of them (yang aku jumpa dan kenal lah) are either loyar buruk or bigor. Baik di kampung mahu di Bandar. The sense of humour is unique that I find kadang2 orang luar (non-Johorean) agak takut with the brashness of budak-budak Johor.
   (Did you see Majalah 3 the other night - see how Tunku Yem (nama manja Tunku Mahkota Johor) bercerita pasal anakanda dia Tunku Ismail ? Haha.... that is exactly my point!)
   
5. Diorang ada ENDUT.
   Kalau tak pernah berendut, sure pernah ada endut or busuk-busuk pun teringin nak ada endut. Contoh ayat : Haa...kau dah ada endut yer ? Kau pergi berendut kat mana ? Orang berendut dia pun nak berendut.
   
6. Diorang Makan Gula Tarik, Sagun, Gula Kandy, Bobotok....
   Dah lama aku tak tengok atau makan gula tarik, sagun or kandy. Ada lagi ke bebenda ni kat Johor ? Aku tak boleh nak describe dengan teliti these things cos it has been 30 years since I last tasted them.
   Aku pernah tanya my Dad dulu - kenapa buruk benor nama dia bebotok. Then my Dad cerita :
   Di zaman dulu ada seorang nenek yang tinggal seorang diri. Everyday cucu dia akan datang bawak makanan. Nenek ini suka sangat pais ikan dengan bubur so dia suruh cucu ni bawak tetiap hari. Bila cucu tu bawak makanan lain, Nenek akan tanya " Mana Bubur Tok? ". Lama-lama Bubur Tok jadilah Bebotok - kesan dari cakap cepat-cepat. Itulah ceritanya. Aku kecik lagi masa my Dad cerita tu. So, kalau dia kelentong aku - maka kelentonglah cerita bebotok tu. Sekian adanya.
   
7. Pernah (or berangan nak) jadi Mat Rock .
   Aku rasa sebab kedudukan Johor dekat dengan Singapore, sebab itulah pengaruh Barat di Malaysia masuk melalui Johor dulu. Itu teori aku lah. But kalau ikutkan sejarah Johor, Sultan yang mula-mula kawin dengan Mat Salleh pun Sultan Johor (Almarhum). So, tak heranlah kalau kumpulan Rock kat Malaysia ini semua ada susur galur dari Johor. Amy, Zainal Abidin, Nash etc. Boleh pakai ke teori aku ni? Jangan aku kena pancung dengan Sultan, dah ler. Ampun Tuanku !
   
8. Kenduri Kawin Ada Telur Pindang
   Telur pindang ialah telur ayam yang direbus dengan segala macam rempah dan dedaun untuk mendapatkan that special taste. Lepas rebus, telur akan berwarna cokelat. Both kulit dan isi. Normally orang buat telur pindang ni for special occasion, seperti majlis perkahwinan. Zaman dulu-dulu, you can tell the social class of the tuan rumah - normally orang kaya-kaya jer buat telur pindang ni sebab ianya rumit dan makan masa berjam2 therefore menggunakan kos yang tinggi.
   
9. Tidur atas LECA (rhyme with letak and baca, the non-baku way). Baju simpan dalam GEROBOK.
   
10. They never watch RTM sebab semua cerita dah tengok kat TV Singapore!
    When I was growing up, aku cukup suka tengok TV Singapore sebab iklan dia semua dari overseas, very menarik. Besides the cerita yang terkinilah. Well, TV Singapore cuma dapat ditengok oleh penduduk JB dan kawasan yang sewaktu dengannya. As you go further up north (of Johor), you can see aerial TV semua setinggi pokok kelapa - semata2 nak dapatkan siaran from Singapore!
    

Kamus Johor :
Bongok - bodoh
Bigor - gila-gila, contoh :- Apek Senario tu macam budak BIGOR ekk ?
Endut - makwe/pakwe. Awek/balak. Boifren/girlfren. Boleh digunakan tanpa mengira jantina.
Berendut - berpasangan.
Pergi berendut - dating.
Botok-botok, bebotok - sejenis makanan menggunakan ikan, ditambah memacam dedaun, letak serbuk kari (don't ask me - aku tak reti buat) dan dibalut dengan daun betik, diikat dengan sebelum dikukus. Alah, macam Pais Ikan tuh.
Leca - tilam. Normally dibuat sendiri menggunakan kekabu (orang zaman dulu-dulu semua DIY - tak ada Vono, Slumberland ).
Gerobok, Gobok - cupboard. Almari. Tak kiralah simpan kain baju ke, simpan pinggan mangkok ke.

Tentang statement no. 8 tu tak sure sangat. Balik nak tanya dengan mak, betul ke ada vocab tu. Maybe kami2 jer yang tak guna dah vocab ni.

Dah hampir 2 minggu my pc becomes internetless. Rasa mcm duduk kat ceruk2 Afrika jer. Agaknya Afrika pun lagi advance. I contacted IT admin here last week, they check check, ping ping, then they told me that the problem rose by PK not because of my dearly pc. Then, they told me to wait around this 2, 3 weeks to let PK settle the problem. *Long Sigh* (Rasanya hidup tak berapa nak lengkap tanpanya, Chewah). Amidst this internetless time, I kept kacauing pc orang kat belakang. When he went to lunch then only I can check my mails, reply reply mails, reading news, reading other blogs etc etc. Within just few minutes, I guess I turn out to be the most successful speed reader these days.

Last weekend I escorted mak to Segamat, ambil atok (which is my atok perempuan) tinggal di rumah kami. Lately ni atok selalu sakit, hopefully dengan berubah2 angin ni keadaannya makin positif. Atok tersayang ni ada satu perangai yang selalu memeningkan kepala anak2nya. Bila atok stay di rumah anak2nya, she won’t be able to stay put more than if I can say 3 days. If mo...re, she will keep insisting my uncles or aunties to send her back to kampong. But alhamdulillah atok tak lah terlalu memaksa, cuma anak2nya saja rasa terkilan sebab tak dapat menjaganya lama sikit at one particular time.

So we picked her up on last Sunday, then Monday morning she persuaded mak to send her to Pak We’s (my elder uncle) house in KT. Kadang2 kelakar juga bila mengenangkan sikap orang2 tua ni. Tapi what to do, kita semua akan mengalami keadaan seperti ini. Kena banyak bersabar dan turutkan aja kehendaknya. I noticed mak seems reluctant to send her to KT, maybe mak tak puas jumpa atok. Tapi we have nothing much to say cause no one will watch her during day time. Kesian pulak kalau dia tinggal sorang2. So nak tak nak, mak hantar juga ke KT pagi2 isnin tu. Next week Ita’s shift will be at evening, maybe we can bring atok back to Setia Indah.

Last night I went to night market at Taman Daya. Actually I do not have any intention in buying food there just accompanied Mum and Icah buying their weekly favorite food; rangka ayam. When we almost reached our favorite fried chicken stall, I saw one living body lying on the road. To be precise his position is flat on the tummy with his hands at the sides of his head. All my life, I never get a chance to see a cadger in that pathetic position. His face and his eyes guarded his container in front of him. All this while, I normally see them in sit or standing position. And at least I ever saw one lying in side position but not in this kindof position..

At first my impression was “Ya Allah kesiannya dia..” It touched my heart to see him in that kind of state. With walking capability only left on one leg, I felt sympathy on him. Then my brain started working vigorously. How is he ending up lying on that road? Who take him there? I don’t think he crawl by himself all the way. No…I don’t think so! And he..llooo please lar Mr. Cadger, can u at least stay put at tepi jalan? Not in the middle of this T-Junction! Then Icah ask the fried chicken lady, how is he made it to be there? To my surprise, she said this Mr. Cadger actually be there by himself. Actually he can walk! And he even got his artificial leg lagi. O Tuhan! He is a damn good liar. He hides his artificial leg in one of the shop nearby. Then he will be preparing his position once they busy setting up the stall. I watched his bowl; I guess he got pretty loads of income that day. As he keep cleaning the bowl and hide the money down in his chest. See…haiyar dunia dunia. *sigh* I lost my sympathy on him.

Positive thought : Maybe he is living under certain circumstances, humph poor Mr. Cadger..

I have been waiting for almost a week for pictures in the Dewan Beringin, Gombak. But i guess luck is not on my side yet. So have to wait fara return from her honeymoon lar nampaknya. Just sitting around and i guess wai..ting is making me antsy. Urghhh...

Na, mana gambar fara?
Mak, dia tengah honeymoon lar. Tunggu lepas dia honeymoon ye..
Oo ah yalah..

Father of the bride (in blue) is cautiously attentive to his menantu vow of marriage..

She...is anxiously waiting for the akad to be pronounce in order perhaps..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

Yay!! Great! Alhamdulillah. They finally together.

Fara N Hasnol : Aku doakan perkahwinan korang kekal hingga akhir hayat. Dah kahwin, jgn lupa aku tau!

Unfortunately, i failed to attend Mira's Wedding because of my instabilized body temperature (Demam is for the short term). My deep apology to them. Apa apa pun Tahniah dan Selamat Pengantin Baru to Mira N Izat. May Allah bless their marriage till the end of life..

After receiving Sis Atiza's green light, here i go.. I've cut and paste this personality description from her previous post. Tq Sis Atiza! Since it gave 85% correct factual statements towards my own personality, then i guess i hv to keep this as my own collection lar.

JULY
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

Wording with green color : I doubted the truthness of these statements. Eheh. Life would never be perfect right..

Wording with purple color : Eheh ni aku perasan sendiri kot..

The rest : It looks like me myself. ;-)

This morning, as i opened the gate to let JHB make her way out, i glanced the bin near, Ok i guess MBJB has done their work today as i view the tong sampah state. I looked deep down inside the black bin, ok cleared! Sumhow my eyes stucked at one tiny tiny bottle left inside the bin. O Tuhan! That was my aromatherapy oil! How could Icah thrown it away? I know the filling already empty. But i have my very very sentimental value on that particular tiny bottle lah Cah oi.

While driving, i keep membebel to her, reminding how insensitive she was over my things. Luckly she kept her mouth shut! Or else sure she will have to listen all my craps. See, i start my day today with such emotional feeling, haiyar this morning, almost 2 hours i sat infront of my desk doing nothing! Icah, icah, temper betul aku dgn adik yg sorang ni. Spoiled my mood aja today. Hope this evening i can forget this rage inside. Sakit dada kalau tahan2 marah macam ni..

I received two wedding invitations from my dearly friends in KL. One; from my best friend Fara. Which will be take place on March 19th at Gombak (i've been informed earlier regarding this date by her). Another one was from Fara's good friend in KL (which is a good friend of mine too); Kak Mira. (Tak sangka dia ingat kat kita ;-) ) Kak Mira's wedding is on March 13th at Segambut. Humph..Mcm mana nak pergi Kak Mira punya wedding ek? I'm stucked here in JB on that day to finish my work lah pulak. At first, i'm thinking of going her wedding at her future husb's side in Kota Tinggi. When looking at the date, aiseh on the 19th pulak! My..my..what other options do i have now? Unless i lari kejap ke KL on that saturday evening, then stay overnight in Fara's house (if she sudi to let me in) then i go to Kak Mira's wedding menyibuk dengan Fara n her partner. Still, its not a decision though, yet to discuss with Fara first. Fara O Fara, what do you think?

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Its been almost 2 weeks since i lost my beloved father. February 18 2005 (9 Muharram 1426) around 6pm, he took his last breath. I was shocked to death when receiving the news from Icah. Cried and cried and at the same time i asked Shahidah to sent me home. Admist receiving the shocking news, she manage to call Kak Shidah and Dr. J. Kak Shidah rushed to G14, upon arrival she hugged me with teary eyes too. I'm felt numbed and i'm at lost for words that time. She sent me home with Shahidah beside me. Dr. J and few KRP's students followed behind us to Setia Indah.

I went thru feeling shock that he has gone, numbness that got me through viewing his calm face and through the pengurusan jenazah ceremony; felt lethargic. As I dealt with the grief process I managed to make sure the ceremony smoothly been done. As an eldest (only a sister n my mum; none male members in the family), i am so worried how to manage all the necessities on that day. But somehow i really thank God for all the smoothness in the ceremony. People surrounding us are great helpers to our family. I really thank God for this!

Friday 18/02/05 (9 Muharram 1426)
He took his last breath around 6pm; Majlis Tahlil for 1st night
Saturday 19/02/05 (10 Muharram 1426)
Mandi, kafan and kebumi in Tanah Perkuburan Islam Tmn Istimewa; Kenduri Tahlil for 2nd night
Sunday 20/02/05 (11 Muharram 1426)
Kenduri Tahlil for 3rd night.

It's hard to describe but, I can tell that as I have gotten back into more of an everyday pattern again, I keep him in my heart and i know he is still watching me. I miss my father today as much as I did then. I would still give anything to get another hug from him or to give him a kiss on his forehead. Sumhow i must redha for all that have written.

A big thank you to :
All my relatives n neighbours jauh dekat, Kak Shidah, Kak Azah, Kak Marina, Ura n husb, Dr. J, Shahidah, Anis, Fera, Linda, Didie, Ojay, Lan, Nafis, Nazim, Eidzaney, Onah, Shidah, Fatin, Azie, Nani, Kak Chah, Dr. Min, Che Wan, Azlan n his friend, Asem, Awanis, Zair, Aril, Sab n her mum, Kiah, Yaya and to all yang mendoakan dari jauh.

To whoever i forget to put here, i ThankYou you all too!

Hati tak sihat sangat2 dari pagi tadi. Rasa resah gelisah dari bangun tidur this morning. I've been reciting few doas to cast this bad feeling away. My heart O my heart, what is wrong ni?. *wondering with long sigh*

Felt so syiok watching Indonesian tv-drama showing at Suria Channel every saturday night. I lurve the theme song by Agnes Monica (Alah..forgotten the song title already lar. Kindof mak nenek la aku ni.) Not so interested in buying the album so i decided to search2 only in Google hoping for the free downloadable mp3 for this theme song. At the end, search search search and i found zero output. Bunch of craps lagi ada. Humph..poor linda.

Must ask Awin for this song soooonn, since she is the 'mp3 sourcerer queen'.

Jutek - i'm not sure the exact meaning, but thru my understanding it sort of she is quite fussy. So probably the direct translation is 'my fussy girlfriend' kot.

Just came back from my lunch with Ura. This week is a Career Fair Week here. I'm not so interested in cuci mata there. But still, i accompanied Ura to hand over her quiz answer sheet to one of the booth there. As i walked down the aisle (in the dewan lar of course), i saw many big big company booths promoting and offering jobs for these young graduates. Ura said, while she glanced through their applicants listing, (perghh! many of them with 3.9's cpa! and the lowest cpa is 3.2 beb!). Can you imagine, all these graduates graduating with 3 pointer above and loads of them are deans lists lagi.) Students nowadays become more n more terer lar kan. I guess lecturers shoulders become heavier n heavier. This morning i discussed my students performance with Nihra. He also acknowledged these days students are smarter and smarter. He suggest we should lesser the spoonfeed method. That is the only way to make them more productive. So guys, prepare for the battle! Eheh! Your Cik Linda will be very mean and cruel after this. (Toink toink tanduk keluar). Perhaps sumtimes its a blissful to be an ignorant. Eheh.

Ura handed the answer sheet to one of the lady sitting in the MISC booth counter. To my surprise, it happen that lady is Aida Yuhana lar pulak! (used to be my close friend last time in uni). Still drooling over her mum's apple pie last time. Taste superb! We chit chat about 10mins and i promised to meet her again at 4.30pm; to see their 2yrs old Muhamad Syakirul Ariff. Aida..aida..i miss our old time together. Me, aida, as, diara, dayang and my dearly heavenhell clan. Together we shared our good and bad times in Perwaja!

My reminder for tomorrow's partay!

The last box is unpacked!

Hazinah and Marina cordially invite you for an afternoon of lunch and merriment at our Open House!
Saturday, February 4th
at two o´clock
address : xxx - xxx
R.s.v.p. (555) 555-5555
Bring the kids!

The menu so far : Laksa Sarawak, Roti Jala, Crab Ranggoon (appetizer)
Kalau nak bawak yang lain dialu-alukan.

Pic taken from http://www.horchow.com

Last night punya eating sessions. Oficially we already had our dinner at home since zila was cooking yesterday. But Lan insisted in having dinner with four of us jugak, so we had to accept his invitation with full tank mode. Our so called 'dinner date' with Lan was at 2100Hr. Then about 2030Hr, Kak Azah sms-ed; "Enda, datang lah rumah, kitorang masak best hari ni". So I decided to go to G14(her house) first just intentionally to taste the food and let Lan knows to pick me up at G14(which is not so far frm my house; 5mins walk). So upon arriving at her house, i realised i've been tricked by them. Eheh. They havent cook up anything yet, the best menu by the Chef Azah last night was actually Mee Maggie Masak Ssspecial. I was laughing out loud. Haiyar, diorang kenakan aku. Eheh. So i waited them cooked the mee maggie at soonest as they could. "Yerlah kan, mee maggie cepat di masak, sedap di makan". [with the maggie tv ad tone]. Actually the ssspecial part is the new maggie product they want try. Not so sure the type..something with extreme2 wording. Curry Flavour plus Chef Azah original spices! Less than 15mins, everything is served at dinner table. I ate in a small portion, as i have to save sum space for other dinner session later on; with Lan n his gang. 2110Hr, Zair called waiting outside G14. I rushed to his car n we went to pick up other 3 angels at G10. Then off we went to Kebangsaan and meet Lan n other friends there. Ate Mee Bandung shared by four of us[four:housemates], then we 'chit chat' about 2 hours time, [fuhh buat keja2 lagho sekali sekala. eheh], then we went home with boombastic-super full tank last night. [Sigh..i think i'm gaining my two 'tyres' already now, Haiyar, susah hati woo mcm ni.]

Lagho/sia-sia - no specific purpose

Nieces and nephews angkat.. Eheh.

Everytime i saw LTdL's tv ad on the screen, it made me smile in spontaneous-mode. I guess i really obssesed by the ad. When the ad appeared, i became statued! Not realising people surround me noticed my indeliberately-grin stucked on the screen, the ad is about those kiddos in north part are inspired by the LTdL event that being held every year in their territory.

The tv ad is actually take place on the scene when the sprinters reached one of the checkpoint and behind them are few kids [age around 7-12yrs old] cheh..riding their basikal tua to follow the track too. And the most kelakar part is along the way, they have their own pitstop crews who waited with the drinks. Not mineral water. But with sugarcane drink! [Penuh pulak tu]! They got spirit! Man! Eheh. The sugarcane man's pocket surely become thicker during the event. *wink wink* Hope the kids will bring proud to Malaysia one day. Young sprinter to the rescue! Eheh.

Perhaps they are lots of creative works by the local kids to feel the excitement during the event. Sure its quite happening there!

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LTdL - Le Tour de Langkawi

Last night, i had my sleep around 0200hr after reading my precious Time Traveler's Wife. [ya, ya tak abis lagi..Ehe.]

At 0300hr, Shahidah woke me up.
"Akak, Kak Rash call, ada emergency katanya"
"Ok tq" i replied listlessly.
"Yer, ada apa kak?"
"Linda, akak baru dapat berita, atok akak meninggal." She said in her deep pain.
"Innalillah. Abis cam mana ni?" I was shocked.
"Akak nak mintak tolong linda hantar akak, boleh tak?"
"Boleh, akak nak mintak tolong hantar sampai mana? Airport?"
"Erm macam ni, akak nak mintak linda teman akak balik KL malam ni, akak tak berani nak drive sorang2 sebab akak belum tidur dari tadi. Takut akak terlalai waktu drive nanti. Bila sampai KL akak hantar linda ke Pudu boleh?"
"Oh ye ke, ok. Boleh. Akak nak gi kul berapa?"
"Nanti setengah jam lagi akak datang ambil linda ya."
"Ok, sabar ye kak"

In short,
Today my day started at 0300hr in the morning.

• 0330hr - We went off to KL. Kak Rash started the ride. Then we stopped over Ayer Keroh's R&R, changed the driver seat and i drove until Seremban. We have our Subuh in Seremban's and we continued the ride.
• 0800hr - Arrived Kg Baru, i took a bath and changed my cloths.
• 0900hr - I went to Pudu to take a bus back to South, while Kak Rash and her family continued the ride up to Perlis (their kampung), hoping to see the arwah before the funeral.
• 1100hr - I managed to get the bus to South. Thinking of sleeping on the bus, but uncomfortable with the seat.
• 1400hr - Arrived in Sri Putri and took a taxi back to my office.
• 1430hr - Finally i'm back in here. Alhamdulillah!

If not because of the eIRPA registrations, surely i will be in my room to sleep and will be sleeping till tomorrow morning. [Me and my exaggerations *wink*].

Al-Fatihah and my sincere condolences to Kak Rash n her family. Amin!
I should get some rest..

Last week, i went visited Kak Cah few times. Cant help feeling sympathy on her condition now. With her routine KPLI classes that treated her to be just like secondary students. So many assignments for her to do in a short period of time. To babysit Hazim(4months), to entertain Dina(6yrs) n Irfan(4yrs). With no 'boss' beside to cuddle her every night; (as her hubby has to commute frm KL every 2 weeks, since she entered the maktab early this year). With no car to make her mobile; going to maktab, do a grocery and etc. All this while, taxi drivers has become her good friend (which some of them are nice n some of them are cekik darah). I guess taxi driver here are soo intolerant rather than KL taxi driver. Infact many agreed with the statement. Some of them even proudly telling the meter rate is actually depends on their own mouth! They became obstinate with our neighbours over the causeway.

Its pretty tough for her. But one thing, i admired her courage and how independent she can be with those basic neccesities. And her love towards her kids, she cant bear to be apart with those 3 angels. Luckily she has Wak to help her. Last week, i accompanied her to Kedai Telekom for phone n streamyx installations, then to Faizal Clinic for her medical checkup. I oftenly visit them and not forgotten the vitagens, chocolates, and breads for the angels. I think that are the least i can do for them. Hopefully God bless Kak Cah with endless courage and patience. Yesterday while we were on phone, suddenly i shocked when she drastically hung up the phone after hearing loud screaming from the next room. After 1/2 an hour.
"Kenapa kak?"
"Hazim tergolek dari tilam, nasib akak tak pakai katil, kalau tidak, ntah mcm mana lar hazim"
"Ya Allah! Aduh cam mana dia kak? Is he ok?"
"Dia ok. Dah lah dia demam. Kesian dia."
"Alhamdulillah kalau dia ok"
Deep in my heart, i feel sad. Worried on them. Feel so kasihan. If anything bad happen [puh..puh..touchwood!], how Kak Cah suppose to do ek. She didnt have any relatives pun here. I really hope Abg Jas will get his motorbike as soon as possible so the Honda will be hand over to Kak Cah sooner.

Kak Cah, Dina n Irfan. This pic taken while Hazim 4 months in her womb! ;-)

Phew.. i've been drafting this post since last weekend! Bz..bz..bz [utterly boring]. Struggling with poster preparations and also the process of installing bunch of softwares back into this dearly-PC.

Friday; 14 Jan
After a long wait, finally i've succeeded installing dual boot Linux with Win2K. Alhamdulillah. After all the strains n pains, not to say the tears shedded that have dampened my cheeks every night, finally its working! Ura kept motivating me with her saying "Sabar linda, bukan senang nak senang, cuba lagi smpai dpt". I made it! Here are brief notes for my future reference on Red Hat Installation. [Recently i easily become mak nenek lar, so easy to forget things].

Inside the tower box:
2 hard disks : Master (WDC -20GB) & Slave (Maxtor - 80GB)
256 DDR RAM
P3 1.8Ghz
BootDrive on WDC DataDrives on Maxtor Windows 2000
Software Needed: RedHat Linux 9.0 & Partition Magic 7.0

I have identified these basic-important factors below before doing the installation RHLinux :

1. My comp must hv enough unpartitioned disk space for the installation [done]
2. To choose Workstation type for GNOME or KDE : Requires atleast 2.1 GB [done]
3. I did make sure the /boot location is placed within the 1024 cylinder (which i placed it after the MBR-Master Boot Record) [done]

Question is : Why i still cant install RHLinux with GRUB Loader?
Error Occured : boot process hang after apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x0b (Driver version 1.16)Two solution regarding apm problem :

1. Disable apm option in BIOS (how come? my BIOS didnt even have this advance power management option). Then i edited the kernel(/grub.conf ) into : kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb apm=off. Concl : Not a good helper.

2. I tried to change the /boot/grub/grub.conf
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,2)kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd-2.4.18-14.img
------ into ------
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,2)kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=/dev/hda6
initrd-2.4.18-14.img
Still no hope! After so many attempts, at last i decided to install RH9 with LILO boot loader.

Amazingly, it works pulak!! Haiyar, if in the first place i've tried to change the boot loader, sure i will not wasting so much time like this! Sumhow, Alhamdulillah. Although the GRUB installation problem still in ??? but i didnt have much time to solve the problem at this moment. As long as i can hv my Linux environment for the project, its good enough. I will KIV the error to one fine day.

References:
Linux Questions
Red Hat Open Source Leader
Ed's Software Guide on Linux

Email from a friend; Its so heartening to listen the song. I am humble by the lyrics.

Yesterday, received the final edited draft of the college magazine; named SUTRA after Sinaran Keunggulan Kolej Rahman Putra. This final lap is done by ICT's club. Impressed with the new cover designed by Eddy n his gang compared with the previous one. There are bunch of archi students who involved with. Creative but still not up to my level satisfaction. I enjoyed simplicity concept in the magazine. We have listed out 12 points of to-ammend-list; a guildeline for them to do this final editing. I think they missed these 3 points:
1. Image
This is major point to re-do : Stretchy pictures make the hansom/prettie looks so elastic dik oi. In real, they dont look that kembang. So please re-size the image size. I know all of you very expert in Photoshop kan.
2. Page Background
The design of the background for 'College Activities' part were so crowded. Yes, it is a creative arts; somehow it still distract readers interest to read the club bulletins. Humph [long sigh]. I have to refer this point with board members; maybe its only tak kena with my eyes. Others may give different views kot. Should go for a majority; re-do or not to re-do.
3. Block residents picture
Why i cant see any files containing the pictures of each block residents? [another long sigh, eeeh budak2 ni menguji kesabaranku]

I'll do a Q&A session with Awin this eve.
My own collection; the SUTRA O4 cover.

Had my stomach-pain since this morning. Turn left, i felt pain; turn right, not much improvement. Haiyor. How am i suppose to sit properly ni. Lunch-hour; anis, ura n me went to post office for her hubby's registered mail. Me waiting in the car, while she went to the P.O, n Ura take that few-mins-time to do shopping spree at the Avon nearby. What a lovely n fancy brooch she bought with a price at RM17 only. Must buy one for myself.

We decided to have lunch inside. I'm not that hungry, but still, i think i hv to eat to avoid the angin. Saw the mee sup displayed. All in one; just waiting for the soup to fill up the bowl.

"Abg, saya nak isi dan sup aja boleh tak? Saya tak nak mee"
"Hah?! Alamak dik, dah tak derlah isinya lagi. Tinggal yang ini aja. Isinya tak der yang lain. Kalau nak, abang bagi kuah ajalah, nak?"
"Ehm boleh lar"
He gave me a bowl of a hot soup. Sup kosong.
The other cafe guy noticed the blur situation between us.
"Dik, kenapa tak nak makan? Dah mkn ke tadi"
"Belum, tapi saya tak de selera nak makan. Tu yang nak sup aja"
Dont know why i've been so honest to explain.
"Oh kalau gitu biar abg potong2kan ayam goreng dan masukkan dlm sup ni nak? Boleh jadi sup ayam"
That moment, i'm quite confused. Why lar he is so good to me ek. From my observation [Chewah], they are not the usual workers. There is a makcik who incharge guarding the cashier before. Maybe today the makcik holiday too kot.
"Oh kalau cam tu lagi bagus. Tima kasih ek"

Paid the soup and the fried chicken. In total = RM1.90. Alamak! I thought they will give me a free lunch; due to my off-color look today. Fat Hope! Ehe. Next time i'll pasang strategi.

This morning i had to rush catching up my 0800hr class. If 15mins late; sure those students have make their move. If there is an award to offer for 'who-jog-faster-to-theclass' in this campus, i think i am qualify enough to be nominated this sem. Should vote for me. Ehe.

Had to cancel another class at 0900hr because of my other assignment. Called the student to cancel it and they agreed to replace it after semester break. Good. Alhamdulillah. [Another workload for me to be add on my after-break-todolist].

After completed all morning job tasks, back to the office with jamming-stomach. Cant find time to have my breakfast pun. I statued at my dearly-PC, woargh..so tense! Better for me to settle other things first before i godeh the PC back. Doing my morning routine: reading; NSTimes, Utusan, emails and few routine blogs.

Its been two days dah, i've been stucked up with this dual-boot installations things. What a drag. When everything went so much wrong, this is the point my panas-hati will explode. I have two harddisks inside my dearly-comp; currently using Win2K. Through my reading, i found it is possible to make dual boot installations within two different harddisk; sharing the same roof. Now, till evening its still being a headache to me. Aaarrgghh..what is wrong actually ni? Yesterday, after so many susah payah, at last i successfully installed the RedHat in hdb. Today; the loader went wrong. Neither my Win2K nor the RedHat is running; they both went crazy.

Its the end of the week already, and i am still not doing any progress! Man. [long sigh]
I would be very very happy if a completed thesis fell from the blue sky specially-dedicated for my name. Woah.. [Berangan biler lar bulan nak jatuh ke ribaku]. Ehe.

Before i get another stiff neck, hope i'll find the solution sooner. On top of that, tomorrow; i had those student's workshop to be taken care of. Haiyar, what an unproductive week i had this week lar.

A friend send this videos address thru my YM.

Horror. Hope we cherish days of our lives.

YnCR Internet Radio Station, School of Communication, USM.

Dari pagi rasa tak shiok sangat. Rasa panas perut tak hilang lagi dr mlm tadi. Ni semua gara2 nasi goreng yg dibuat smlm terlebih cili giler. Aduh aduh. Nak minum eno sejukkan perut tak jumpa plak. Sabar yer perut.

At 1915hr smlm, terus switch on Channel 5 for OE movie. Sequel ocean's movie aku dah jadi tunggang terbalik. Watched OT first then baru dpt tengok OE. So what i can conclude; i think OT better lar kan. The rich steal from the rich and then give back to the rich. Ehe. Funny jugak. But oklar its a great sequel to OE.

Malam around 0030hr menghantar one of the student to the clinic. Ntah mcm mana, while she cutting the board for her assignment, dia terpotong separuh isi jarinya sendiri. Payah..payah. Darahnya non-stop pulak tu. Kak Dah drove to the clinic, then we get the dresser to clean the wound. Alhamdulillah so far so good.

Last night i had long-enough sleep. Its a payback time after last week busiest days. I've been busy on my thesis preparations, plus soo many felo things have to be settle back then, yet still pending. Humph.. *long sigh*. Their Kursus Pemantapan JKM is just around the corner. Paperwork revise, meetings n planning their activities are among my to-do-lists for next week. Not forgotten, my other works, headache..headache. Next week, sure badan i bengkok you. Ehe!

This morning at 0900hr, Kak Dah, Ura n me went to the Senai Airport. Its Hajj season now, we are going to visit Kak Mid's parents. They going to the Holy Land for their Hajj. Its a rainy day, sumhow we managed arriving about half an hour before the departure time. Upon our arrival, we salam-ed the relatives and of course greet the pakchik and salam-ed the makchik. Suddenly i felt sad inside. [Remembered Uteh's stories last year]. For elderly like these pakchik n makchik, i really2 pray for their strong and courage when reach the Holy Land. Most importantly, praying hard for their good health. In amidst of the fervour situation, its almost the time to depart. Again, we salam-ed n wish for their good health, safety n hope Allah will grant them Haji Mabrur. InsyaAllah.

Among the crowds, i heard sumone saying the snow is fallen in Mecca now. [Tak sure betul ke tidak]. Despite the weather changes; hope the pilgrims returns to their hometown safe n sound after all the rituals. Amin.

My deepest condolences for the lost of thousands tsunami's victims. To their family and relatives; be strong my dear, to Allah we belong, to Him we shall return. Every time i heard the updated stori about the tragedy, i cant help from being in teary eyes. Now, since the darker day, i longed my doa for them.

Tsunami tragedy - 26th December 2004.

I'm up to my neck. The fatigue of a long busy day made me stop writing for a moment. Since its a new year entrance, i should probably wish Happy New Year to all. May Allah bless us frm any heartbreaking tragedy lagi!

I received this new year e-card from one lovely friend in Melaka. Thanks Kak Azah. I lurve the wording. Allow me to post it here ye akak. ;-)

I Wish For You...
Comfort on difficult days
Smiles when sadness intrudes
Rainbows to follow the clouds
Laughter to kiss your lips
Sunsets to warm your heart
Gentle hugs when spirits sag
Friendships to brighten your being
Beauty for your eyes to see
Confidence for when you doubt
Faith so that you can believe
Courage to know yourself
Patience to accept the truth
And love to complete your life

Happy New Year and May Allah will always be with u. - azah