Permisi Pak!

assalamualaikum

just got back from jakarta/bandung. hmm...so much to write n i dunno where to start. lemme start with a brief description of our neighbor lah ye

First Impression
'Kotor siot tempat nih'. Seriously man...Dirty and dusty la. No maintenance culture at all. i tot Malaysians have civic problems, but believe me, the indons are much more kesian than us. we malaysians easily can be 10 years ahead of them in terms of civic responsibility.

The Country
Well, we went to Bandung and Jakarta. In general, I would say that indonesia is a beautiful country, especially if you are a history buff. they preserve thousands of old buildings way back from the dutch era. but like i said, they dont maintain it. so everything looks dirty and dusty.

The People
They all look just like us la basically. Brown skin color, black hair bla..bla...

Anyways, the chicks can be divided into 2 categories la. First category, the one who look exactly like the bibik who we can see a lot here in Malaysia.

The second category are those who look like supermodels. Damn hot i tell u. But usually u can only see them on tv la. During my 6 days visit, never once i met the latter category. Everywhere only the bibiks around. hampeh!

The dudes, all look like indons in malaysia la. one thing for sure, i noticed that most of the indons are short.

Transportation
Indonesian drivers are crazy lots. Traffic laws have no meaning here. Traffic lights lagi la. Lampu hijau jalan merah pon jalan. tak paham tul aku.

Taxi drivers suma cekik darah. If u have plans to visit indonesia make sure u only take taxi from Blue Bird Group. they are the only reliable taxi service.

Factory Outlets
Only Bandung has these outlets. Good place for shopping branded goods. some sort of reject shop la. but the good thing is that they dont tear the labels. aku sempat jugak la beli nike track suit, D&G shirt and Versace Tshirt. the 3 costs me Rp 150,000 (RM 60). It was a pity that we didnt spend much time in Bandung.

ok la, that's it for today. next post there will be some pics. easy for me to explain. bye!

Jakarta!

no mood for blog la today....just want to drop some announcement

Next week i'll be in jakarta. sort of family vacation. hanim, alif, opah and myself....

ekceli not my idea lah to go vacation. it was my wife's idea. she even paid for the fares - RM 1,099 return ticket for the 4 of us (elehhh dapat ticket AirAsia bleh la....)

so we'll be vacationing (ekceli my wife and opah nak shopping tu...aku tau sangat) for the whole week, next week.

so oklah...boring ah today

Alif the Menace

came back early yesterday. as i opened the front door, i heard thumping coming from the kitchen and at the same time a loud scream - 'abaaahhhh'

it was my lovely-hensem alif - as jovial as always. it is our daily ritual actually. whenever i come home, he'll leave whatever he's doing and run as fast as he can to greet me. the feeling to be welcomed by your own flesh and blood is undescribable (ade ke word nih?)

after hugging and kissing i picked him up and went straight to my room. the first thing i saw was, a pool of minyak gamat on my matress - dead center!!!

me : haaa.....sapa buat niii....nanti mama marah nanti nii....
alif : *smile*
me : alif buat ke? (struggling to look angry)
alif : takkk....abg adlan buattt...(adlan is his cousin)
me : heyyy...abg adlan kan pegi school, camne dia buat plak.... alif buat kan?
alif : ehehehh....
me : kenapa alif buat camni....naughty tau camni....allah marah tau
alif : alif nak lukis-lukis la abahhh....nak lukis moon
me : *speechless*

i didnt know what to do. whether to laugh or pretend to be angry. but i know i'm not suppose to encourage him. at last i spooked him by telling him how angry mama will be when she got back. tak jalan pon. rilek je mamat tu. takut sekejap je...

then i bathed him. sampai kecut-kecut jari-jari dia yang kecik tuh (if my wife tau sure aku kena marah punya la)

after putting on his pajamas. i gave him a book and a pen and i myself went mandi. while i was bathing, i noticed that alif was so quiet. i thought - 'khusyuk betulla menulis tu'

once i came out of the bathroom....jeng...jeng...jeng

his red and blue pajamas turned white....

my bed oso white....

and the carpet oso white....

the whole room was covered with white mist....

'DIA MAIN BEDAK LA PULAKKKKKKK!!!!

there was alif....smiling as always with the bedak in his hands....terus habis....and he said excitedly....

'abah!!! snow bah..snow!!'


to alif : abah loves you...muaahhhh

Projek Kurus

assalamualaikum

i planned to go jogging last saturday. i set the alarm. prepared my running gears. everything la. even bought a can of 100 plus. so the location is at Taman Rekreasi Sultan Abdul Aziz or fondly known to Ipoh people as Padang Polo.

the track is approximately 1.2 km and i planned to complete at least 2 loops (beginner takleh jogging jejauh). so i went to bed early on friday night so that i could get up early the next morning (malaysia BOLEH!!!!)

next morning - ujannnnn.....ehehehh....cancel ah....susah betul nak kurus ni.

so plan A is a lost (it's not my fault what...it's fated by GOD).

so now plan B - the ubat kurus.

i didnt know which ubat to buy, so i asked my kakak ipar, kak Hani. she told me that most crews use ASBAB (crews - stewards/stewardess, and yes my kakak ipar is a stewardess). so ASBAB it is....

saturday evening went to pasar malam and bought that ubat. quite expensive tho...RM 10 per bottle. a bottle contains 100 pills. dosage is 4 - 6 pills per consumption. that means it will last around 25 days.

so far cannot tell yet. see how la after a month :)

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today i got 2 groups of visitors....

the first one came with a land ownership problem. they were lead by their Tok Ketua....

apparently one of their kampungmate claims that the district office had given him authority to develop other people's land untill 2009!!!....no such thing mah....no way jose...

ehehheh...pening gak aku....camni punya orang pon ada ka?

sib baik benda ni is related to law and it was kinda ez. dengan konfidennya aku bagi speech kat tok ketua and his crews....

i would say it was a successful meeting. satisfaction was there. but i dunno how to describe it. but it was fun....

the latter group was made of entrepreneurs (correct my spelling if i'm wrong) from a PPRT* kampung (*Projek Perumahan Rakyat Termiskin). they wanted the district office to help them with their electricity problem. again, this is not exactly what district office does for the people. but what to do? the public thougt they could come to this office and solve their problems.

so i reluctantly told them that we cannot help them. we could help if it is for the benefit of the whole kampung. but if it is just for one person/group...cannot la. i actually wanted to help but my hands are tied....cedih gak aku...anyways life must go on....

Resolutions?

assalamualaikum & good morning

2007....
hmm....not a good year la....
by december i'm going to be 30.....
not young anymore....(never say the word 'old' :) )
ahahha.....

Alrighty then....
my resolutions:

1. Be a better muslim
2. Be a better husband
3. Be a better father
4. Produce another child :) (i'm lobbying like hell rite now to my wife)
5. Buy a house (gomen loan interest is just 4% oii...flat rate)
6. Fill up application form to further study

i think that's all la....
too many pon takleh....

ohh yea....
this morning i woke up as usual at 6.15....
took off my tshirt....
took off my short - my wife is dying to wash it, but i like the smell :)
wrapped myself with my towel....
and suddenly i saw it.....

myself in the mirror....
U are so damn fat Azrul....DAMN IT!!!
then the good side off me said - oooiiiii apa la pagi2 buta mencarut....
so insaf kejap....

during shower.....
i told myself that i will throw some of this fat away.....PERMANENTLY

when i graduated....
i was around 57-60 kg....
now...a whopping 75 kilos - at least.....
this is result of 6 years of no sports and 'eat while you still can' mentality.....

and my last resolution for the 2007....
to achieve my normal BMI.... 68 kg the most....
by hook or by crook....
alaaa....one whole year takkan takleh nak reduce 10 kilos...
it's all in the mind....
so watch out for the new azrul....:)
chow....

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so the bosan one la today....
lepas semayang tadi dunno wat to do....
so i went to this one gerai and ordered teh o ais....
bukan nak minum sangat pon....
just to kill sometime b4 masuk opis balik....

so far i still dont have lunch partner kat opis baru nih....
busan siot....
being lonely sucks....
especially when u are on top....
everybody is scared at the new boss....
kira aku skang ni boss of all bosses la kat sini....
'capo di tuti capi' like the mafioso said....

everyone is so polite....
"akum en azrul....jemput minum en azrul....tumpang lalu en azrul"
ehehehh....busan kan.....
the best thing is i'm the youngest fella in office....
and yet everybody is thinking highly of me....
unnecessary pressure *sigh*....

but i think this is just rezeki and cobaaannn from GOD....
HE wants me to be patient and strong....
Ya ALLAH please help me to go thru this....

ok la it's nearly 5 o'clock now....
it's time to stop merepeking and get my ass home....
so have a good weekend u guys (as if anybody would read my blog :)

new job

assalamualaikum

i'm in a process of adapting my new job....
so far ok la....
i think i can cope with it....
but still....
i dont think i will last long enough here.....

district administration just doesn't suit me....
from my observation.....
most people who work in district.....
they survive because it's their passion....
they love working with the society....
and most of them just dont want to work out of their home state....

as for me....
i like to work with central agencies....
to me, i'm more of a policy maker rather than operational guy....
if i was going to do operation.....
i'd prefer something to do with federal or central agencies....

in a nutshell....
state or district administration is just not me....
but that doesnt mean that i'm not game for it.....
it's just that i dont want to stuck here for the rest of my service....

So the quiet one

Assalamualaikum....

sunyi kan....
i finally got ahold of a computer....
in my new office....:)

so something about my new job....
i'll be doing rural development....
it was shocking actually....
because i had the impression my jobscope is on land management....

nevertheless....
it's not so bad....
i did development work when i first got into service....
so i got some experience in this field....

the only thing that bothers me is entertaining the politicians and their crews....
i hope that i wont be sucked into their games....
i just want to do my job....

and maybe further my study after a year in this district....
from there i hope to be transfered back into my former agency....
hopefully lah....