2008 is history

(This entry was actually written in 2008, tapi sebab internet down, 2009 baru la dapat post)

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Assalamualaikum & Goodday

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This would be my third attempt to post an entry today. It's not the network, it's me. I do have ideas and points, but it just keeps on circling in my head and refused to be elaborated. I'm drained.

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So I'm going to just write about the obvious. Bye-bye 2008, Welcome 2009.

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2008, personally, I feel that it went too slowly for the country. I think the country is plagued with too many controversies which are yet to be solved. No thanks to our self centered 'Ahli-Ahli Yang Berhormat'. I am sometimes saddened that we as voters were forced to vote when there were actually no candidates worthy of being the Yang Berhormat. One candidate is a thief and the other is a racist. Ditelan mati emak, diluah mati bapak.

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How could this be? Are we so pathetic that we are deprived from having good leaders among us? I suspect that good leaders do exist, but they don't want to surface just yet. They are still hiding in their places of zen and just waiting for the right time to save this country from bigots, racists, thieves, hypocrites etc..etc. However this is just my wishful thinking, I know....

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We need leaders with testicular fortitude (aku pinjam word ni dari blog Demi Negara). Leaders who are also patriots, who would die for this country, who would spend all of their energies to ensure the sons and daughters of Malaysia inherit a strong and united nation. A nation that is feared and yet respected by others. Can we really have these kind of leaders? Only time will tell. So enough about politics.

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On a more personal note, I feel that 2008 is fairly a good year for me and my family. We finally moved to our own house, my wife got a hefty increment and a big fat bonus too. Me myself got an unexpected promotion. Alhamdulillah. And to forget we also got a new family member. Akif is nearly one year old. Time flies huh?

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So now 2009 is here. I embrace the dawn of 2009 with caution. You know la with the prediction of financial tsunami coming. We need to be prepared. Maybe in 2009, I'll be thrifty and prudent. eheheh....Hopefully, if the forecast is true, it'll not be as bad as 97/98. Insya allah....

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Ok people. Have a great year. Keep in touch!!!

31 dah aku

Last Friday I turned 31 year old. This year I was calmer compared to last year. Last year I was a little depressed being 30 and all. But this year, everything seems to be suprisingly exciting. I dont feel I'm old at all. ahahahha.....

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my frens for all the birthday wishes. I was suprised by the amount of wishes I received. I'm blessed with a lot of nice frens. Thanks you guys. Happy New Year 1430H!!!!

French Connection

I have always wanted to go to France. I'm captivated by its reputation as romantic & old city. But to visit France, it'll cost me a fortune. I might have to sell my car :) Because of that and also with the spirit of cuti-cuti Malaysia, my family & I went to Bukit Tinggi instead. I LOVED IT!!!

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Since story telling is not really my forte, I'll let the pictures to tell the story. But to those who haven't got the chance to go, you better go. To me it's worth it.

at main gate

family pic

akif & me
akif's amazing panda advanture
fire dancers, the one on the left actually eats fire....tu yg alif takut tu

fire dancers in action

dinner at La Flamme

alif & me

mat rempit

at japanese garden

minat rempit

lumut at japenese garden, cam carpet kan

bus ride

in front of the Chatteu

santa's latest elf

at Colmar Tropicale, based on the exact village of Colmar in France

takde apa ni, saje snap this pic coz I nampak cantik je susunan makanan tu :)

5 years

Today is my wedding anniversary!!!

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It has been 5 wonderful years. Although there were hiccups here and there, I guess it was normal. Some people say, if your marriage survives the first 5 years, then it will last till death do you apart. Hopefully it's true, Insya Allah.

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I'd like to thank God for the happiness that I'm enjoying right now. Alhamdulillah!

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I'd like to thank my wife for all the sacrifices she had endured all these years.

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Thank you mama.

Thank you for Alif & Akif.

Thank you for believing that I was sound asleep when alif/akif ask for milk in the middle of the night

Thank you for waking me up in the morning.

Thank you for taking care of the kids when I'm out lepaking.

Thank you for letting me hog the TV.

etc...etc...etc

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Thank You for everything lah :)

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But I still blame you for the weight I've gained though :P

Love you always. Hope you'll like the flowers :)

Rojak Post

Assalamualaikum & Goodday

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The JPA has announced that they feel that by giving government servants 30 days annual leave, it will affect the productivity of the service. Thus, it has been decided that government servants will be cut their annual leave entitlement from 30 to 25 days. However, this only applies to new recruits, the existing one could choose whether to accept the decison or not.

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Hmmm....I think it doesn't sound right. If you want people to produce more, why must you cut down their perks? I thought it's supposed to be a 'carrot & stick' concept. You perform, you'll be rewarded, you fail to perform, punishment awaits.

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I think most gomen servants wouldn't mind the cut. At least I don't. I never used my leave more than 10 days a year. So not a problem. It just that the reason - to improve productivity doesn't justify the action. Lagipon, it will affect our GCR. It will take us longer time to accumulate the maximum 120 days for GCR. Betul tak?

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So korang pikir-pikir la dulu sebelum terima skim baru ni. Frankly, aku rasa it wont affect much. Especially those who are still young cam aku....ahahhaha....

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Some news on Bukit Antarabangsa. Some of the S&R personnel refused to help the victims. They were frusrated that the residents accused them of looting.

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Hmmm....aku pon rasa kekadang the victims pon melampau. Orang dah tolong tu, appreciate la sikit. Kalo ada bukti takpe la. Bukan semua orang jahat wei. Aku paham la yang korang tengah tension & risau. Cuba la control sket emosi tu. Ni elok-elok orang nak tolong, dah jadi kecik hati la plak... sapa yang susah skang ni? Korang jugak kan....

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Askar, Polis, Rela, Bomba semua tu pon manusia. Diorang pon tau penat. Diorang pon ada hati, ada perasaan. So cut them some slack la. Same goes to the abang-abang polis, bomba, askar & rela. Mangsa pon tengah tensen tuuu....layan je la. Kalo kita tak buat (looting) apa nak takut.

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Kekadang aku rasa sebab diorang ni suma jenis orang-orang kaya, mungkin sebab tu kot diorang ni demanding sket. Nak itu la nak ini la. Orang tak pernah rasa susah la katakannn....kena susah sket mula la gelabah.

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Tolong orang miskin lagi bagus la. Baru-baru aku ada bagi bantuan kat mangsa banjir. Orang-orang kampung la ni, tak banyak pon kerajaan bagi. Satu family RM200. Itu pon diorang punya suka, sampai siap cium tangan aku lagi. Syukur betul diorang. Aku yang tolong bagi duit je pon rasa puas je. Rasa cam aku dah contribute untuk kurangkan siket pening diorang. Agaknya tu la hikmah jadi orang yang kurang senang kan.... pandai bersyukur, komplen pon tak banyak. Entah laaa....

What????

Assalamualaikum & Goodday
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I just found out that my job comes with a package. A scary one. By assuming this post, I am automatically appointed as the Chairman of the District Mosque!!!!!!
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Me???!!!! Azrul Sani bin Ibrahim????!!!! Chairman of the District Mosque????!!!!!Whatttt???!!!!!
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I'm soooo not ready for this job. I didn't sign up for this. I can't even perform Subuh on time and now I'm the chairman. Not funny...sooo not funny. The system is flawed. I demand that I be stripped off my chairmanship!!!!
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Ish...this is soo disconcerting, discombobulating and demoralizing. The truth is I'm scared. I'm not fit for this job. I wouldn't want to be the one who might tarnish the sanctity of the mosque, would I?
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Or maybe this is a way how God's telling me that He wants me to be a better Muslim. To take up this monstrous responsibility. Helllpp....

Congrats Aman Shah

I received a call at 7.30 am. I was driving to the office. It was a southern number. I wondered who could it be? Then I thought maybe it was one of my relatives from who wanted to know how are my parents doing in Mecca. So, reluctantly (coz I didn't have hands free) I answered. Cheh....it was my long lost friend Aman Shah.

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He sounded so excited and chirpy, considering it was only 7.30 am. He told me he got his promotion oredi. Obviously he was as happy as a dog. ahahahha....congrats Aman. After 5 repeats of PTK1 you totally deserved it. Persistent dude....persistent!! Dont forget to register for PTK3 ok. Goodluck!!

WTF???!!!!

Scene One

I went to Padang Polo recently to jog. As I was jogging, I saw something that really really irked me. A lady was walking her dog, not just walking ok, along the way, the dog would stop and did its business. WTF???!!!

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Scene Two

One day, I went to have breakfast at a coffee shop near my home. As I was entering the shop, I saw a couple. There was a basket on a chair next to them. In the basket, there was a dog. WTF????!!!!

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On both occasions, I just lost interest in whatever I was doing. Frustrated. Disappointed. Angry. Insulted.

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I think these people have problems living in society. They are not ignorance. But they are merely arrogance. They are idiots. They do not deserve to be in this country.

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As we all know, a public park and a coffee shop are meant for public. When it's a public area, there are norms that should be adhered to by all and sundry. By bringing a pet that you know will cause uneasy feelings among others are just plainly arrogant. Or should I say racist? Are they trying to send a message that they don't give a crap about others and all they need is their own kind?

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These are exactly the kind of attitudes that could turn a non-racist to a racist. A total disregard of social sensitivities and respect for others. Sure, this is a free country, but please be considerate. Don't be soooo busuk hati to others. And please don't tell me you do not know. That's so fu*king lame. Fu*k YOU!!!!

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I think I wont tolerate anymore. All this while, I believed in mutual respect. I tried my best to respect others. But it seems that some people just do not care. So why should I care? The scenes above are just the tip of the iceberg. There's more. But before this, my stand was, humans are not perfect, and we tend to make mistakes. But to do the same mistakes over and over again is just stupid and unacceptable.

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DAMN!!!!

Bukit Antarabangsa

No words can describe the agony experienced by the victims of the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide. So I will not make any effort to console them as I feel that they are better off being left alone at the moment. Not now. Let them grieve first. Help them logistically, but don't psycho-analyze them. Not yet.

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I just hope that they will brace themselves as there's nothing more they could do. This is God's will. Nothing could have stopped it. Nothing.

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But I still believe that God showed some mercy by only allowing 5 fatalities. Imagine, 14 houses were destroyed at 4.00 am in the morning, and yet there were only 5 deaths. When I saw the footage on TV, my first thought was '14 rumah???!!!...4 pagi???!!!!...semua tgh tidur tuuu.... banyak la yang mati ni....'.

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Miracle???!!! I don't know. I do not have enough ilmu to discuss it. All I know, we all need to learn something from this. Hopefully, we do. Insya Allah....

How la?

I've been eating non stop since Hari Raya. Yup, it's that long. Now my body is ballooning. I could only smile when I saw my fat laden body in the mirror. Tensen ah. I think this is how my body retaliates after a month of fasting. ehehh... It's payback time, they say. I really need to put a stop on all this. Bersedialah lemak-lemak semua. Your honeymoon is over.

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The weather is not helping either. It's been raining almost everyday here in Ipoh. So I cant run. I really miss running. I think my sneakers merajuk oredi as I've been abandoning them for quite sometime now. All I do now is playing badminton once a week. Tu pon dalam 90 minutes je. It's just not enough lah.

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I think I want to start going to the gym la. But gym will cost me. Dunno la. It seems that gym is the best available solution at the moment. How la?

Another 10 sen

Assalamualaikum & Goodday
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It's another 10 sen slip on petrol and diesel prices. Yeayy!!!
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Alhamdulillah.... I think life should be able to go back to normal. Even though, goods prices are still high, but at least it's now better compared to the RM2.70 petrol price tag before. To me, that 10 sen cut would translate into RM25 saving. For a working class like me, that RM25 can at least buy my son's milk. Ok la tu kan.
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We should be thankful. Thankful to God and also the government. It's funny how humans work, when someone does something bad to them, they will scream to the top of their lungs and cry for justice. But when someone does something nice, they'll just keep quiet. C'est la vie....
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So people, stop your whining and start being thankful ok. Donate some money or something, whatever turns you on. Believe me, you'd feel better about yourself and your life too. Take care peeps.

of being blunt

A friend of mine posted a note on her Facebook last week. It was about how she likes to say what's on her mind and sometimes being so blunt and eventually hurt someone else's feeling. ahahhaha....

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I've been knowing her for years now, and I admit that she sometimes offended me with her speak-my-mind style. But since we are friends and I'm also the hati kering kind of person, no damage done. Frens are meant to annoy each other whatttt....ehehehee....

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However, I feel that there is a very thin line between being perfectly honest/blunt and being rude. Unfortunately lah. I'd agree that we sometimes need to be blunt, especially to the very annoying people around us. In my line of work, I meet annoying people almost everyday. People who do not even know what they really want, but still want to blame someone else for their failures.

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Handling these kind of people is really taxing - mentally. Sometimes the devilish side of me just want to kick their asses out of the office, but somehow I managed to keep myself together.

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Before I go further, I just want to say that I'm not an expert of human psyche ok. Just want to share some experience :P <---disclaimer nih :)

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I feel that we need to train ourselves to be bluntly honest and yet still being polite and acceptable. Because there's no point of blurting what's in your head and yet not getting the message to the receiver rite? You accomplish nothing and maybe it'll cost you a friend. So mebbe you want to add elements of politeness and subtlety whenever you want to be blunt.

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For example, let say if I want to marah my son because he's playing with matches, I'd say

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Alif Hafi, jangan la main mancis tuuu.... dangerous tau.... nanti kalo terbakar alif kena masuk hospital nantii.... kena makan ubat & doctor inject alif dengan needle bigggg sangat..... takut tak?

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instead of

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bleh tak kalo ko jangan main mancis ni..... nak mampos ke apa haaa.... nanti kalo terbakar rumah ni sapa yang susah?..... aku jugak yg susah

Nampak tak. If it was me, I'd definitely be more comfortable with the first one. The message is very well received. In the second one, Alif might stop playing the matches, but not because of he understands the danger, but because he is scared of me.

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Tapi tu la kan. At the end of the day, we are just humans and we are not perfect. We are who we are, and it's difficult to change that. So if you ever offended someone, just go and apologize la....forgive & forget!

Al-Fatihah

Two of my frens lost their beloved fathers last Friday. It is such a great loss to the community as both of the arwahs had served the community well. I'd like to convey my deepest condolense to both of my frens.

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Although the word death invokes anxiety and sorrow, I found the news quite a relief. Dont get me wrong ok. The fact that they both left us on Friday really amazes me. As I was tought that anyone who dies on Friday will be spared the 'siksaan kubur'. So those who die on Fridays are the chosen one. It's not easy to be the chosen one though, you have to really devote yourself to God, follow his orders, be nice to others and so forth and so on.

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I hope if my time comes (hopefully not in the near future), it would be on Friday. Insyaallah.

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So now, lets sedekah the Al-Fatihah to both of the arwahs. Al-Fatihah....

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p/s: harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan nama