Pizza Hut

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

Some pics from my mak's birthday. We celebrated at Pizza Hut ( Yup, Ipoh pon ada Pizza Hut )

Atuk & Cucunya

Alif buat-buat paham apa orang cakap

Senyum sampai ke telinga. Very diplomatic punya smile as in 'I dont understand what U are saying Mak Ngah, i just smile to be polite' :)

'Kat bawah chair alip ni ada cat ke mama?'

Dia tengah geram on something. Not sure what.

Licin...

Mak, my sister & Abah

My sisters & Mak

Birthday Girl. Tahun depan dah nak pencen dah. Happy Birthday Pn Pengetua!!

His aunties always treat him like celebs. So to repay them, Alif would perform some stunts like this one. Mama malas nak layan....:)

Post ni Aje Yang Request

Assalamualaikum & Good Day



This is the ubat kurus i was talking about. Aje requested the pic. So here it is.

Frankly, i'm not sure whether it is effective or not lah. It has been quite some time since i last weigh myself.

But my pants seem to be a bit longgar. But that might due to my jogging as well. So conclusion, i dunno whether this ubat works or not. Plus I have not taken it for a month now. Since somebody died bcoz of ubat kurus. My wife bans all ubat kurus.

So now, i have to get kurus on my own effort lah. No Pain No Gain.

Kaput

Assalamualaikum & Good Day,

Feels like want to lay down and sleep. The sofa seems to be soooo inviting at this moment la (dalam bilik opis aku ada sofa ok....jangan jelas ah :P )

today, got four meetings. 8.30 am, 10.00 am, 3.00 pm & 3.45 pm. perghhhh...tak sempat aku nak bernapas....

after the second meeting i got tired oredi. plus today is Friday. so i drove early to the mosque and lepak dalam kereta tido.

after prayer, rushed to attend the 3.00 pm meeting. i told the chairman i need to get off early bcoz of the 3.45 pm meeting.

He said, 'no problem tuan'. he only let me off at 3.45 pm. ciss...kena tipu aku.....

so i drove like crazy to the fourth and last meeting of the day which was about 15 km away. I arrived at 4.05 pm - i got lost. I approached the main gate....the guard was there....

me : Hello, saya ada meeting di dalam ye
guard : inche...itu meeting ahh sudah cancel laa.....

hiiii.....kalo korang, korang marah tak? apa la....if you have to cancel the meeting, please inform in advance la kan. buduh punya olang....

dah jom balik. have a nice weekend

Alif Hafi bin Azrul Sani

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

masa ni Opah buat majlis 'Naik Buai'. I think he didnt like the idea spending his time in the buai.

Finger Lickin' Good

tolong abah...alip nak jatuh ni. masa ni tak pandai balance lagi


dah beso dah anak aku skang ni. kejap je dah 2 taun 5 bulan. tapi sampai skang tak berenti nyusu badan. berenti la alip oiiii....

3 km

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

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On monday I increased my running distant from 2.5 km to 3.0 km. Now my route has two hills for me to climb :P actually it's not that 'hilly' la, more of an incline. but still, the seksa tuhan je la yg tau.

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and yesterday, for the first time in my short jogging career, i timed my jog. i did 00:21:02:09 for the whole 3km!!! ahahahahha....malu ah kan. i think even a drunk can run faster than me.

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Nevertheless, i wasn't upset. ekceli i targeted below 20 minutes. so to clock 21min++ is not that bad lah. i hope after a month i would be able to clock below 18 minutes. Insya Allah. wish me luck ok.

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so now, off i go to Kuala Kangsar. One whole day of meeting :(

Weekend Summary

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

My weekend went like this


SATURDAY

Went to Padang Polo in the morning. The plan was to jog 4km, but couldnt finish it. Only managed 2.6km (according to the marker)

The reason : i ate 6 cokodoks for breakfast and a mug of coffee. so i felt a little bit heavy. But nahhhh....i was just weak in the brain department. Not enuff determination. It's all in the mind la stooopid.

In the afternoon, i took mama & alif for our weekly jalan2 session. went to ipoh parade.

while mama was busy looking at handbags, i was busy chasing alif around the mall. berpeluh-peluh aku di buatnya. so was he.

i guess he was boring duduk in the stroller.

In the evening, i went to a Senamrobik Perdana in Sg. Siput. Dato' Seri Samy Vellu was there too. The senamrobik was soooooo tiring la. Mebbe bcoz of the jogging i did in the morning.

Later that nite, watched AF5. Boyyy.... they suck BIG time. i think this is the worst set of students AF had ever had. Pity the industry.....


SUNDAY

Morning : Breakfast, read newspaper & zzzzz.....

Afternoon : watched Melodi. they were making noise about fans prefer indon artists better than malaysians. well i have a message for them : LAGU MESIA TAK SEDAPPP!!!!

The rest of the day : resting & zzzzzz

sekian. tima kacih :)

Dah Jumpa Dah

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

Last Friday when I got back, i asked Alif about my contact lense.

Me : Alip tau tak kat mana abah sorok abah punya contact lense
Alip : Tauuuuu.....
Me : ye ke...tunjuk kat abah bleh tak....
Alip : Bleyyy.....

He ran towards our room and i followed.

Alip : Tuuuuuu!!!!.....

I couldn't believe my eyes. the contact lenses were there on top of the meja cermin right where i left it. I tot i left it on the closet.

PELUPA betulla aku nih. Alif pon bleh ingat. I'm not young anymore :(

TQ alip. Abah lap U

Alif's Curse

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Alif was doing his routine climb up on our meja cermin yesterday

Me : Haaa....nak wat apa tuuuu???
Alif : Alip nak pajat la meja ni, boleh tak? Abah marah tak?
Me : eh marah la....kan abah kata takleh panjat2
Alif : Boleh la abahhhh....
Me : Alip nak amik apa?
Alif : Tuuu....kotek len tu....yang gweeen kaler tu
Me : Huh...mana bleh...dah, dah, tanak main sini la, jom kita main ball kat luar

on our way out, i decided to hide the contact lenses. I put it on the closet.

This morning the contact lenses HILANG....hiii geram betulla aku....i was sure i hid it on the closet. but i couldnt find it. i searched it everywhere, but to no avail.

i think i kena sumpah by my own son la....

ok la everybody...have a nice weekend

p/s: tomorrow i gotta go for a senamrobik session with dato' samy vellu....bosannnn

Geli-Geleman

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

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A few weeks back ada satu group of indians ni datang jumpa aku. There were three of them. Two brothers and their mom.

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Out of the three, only the younger brother could speak malay.

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They mengadu that a few years back their home was demolished by the gomen to give way for a road project. They claimed that they were promised some compensation money by the district office (opis aku la tu). But until now they have yet to receive anything.

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At this point aku dah tak sedap hati dah. Coz to my knowledge district office will never offer any compensation. oh ye...i forgot to mention that they were living illegally - setinggan.

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Since this happened before my time, i asked them to wait and i went down to check with my officer. Turned out that they were lying!! Cilakak!! The district office never offered any compensation, it was the Y.B's office that promised for a compensation. Lega...

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So i went back up and explained to them. I offered to help them by writing a letter to Y.B's office. They were so happy la. Very happy i tell you.

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So it was time for them to leave. I salam each one of them starting with the younger brother. Bila sampai turn si older brother ni. Dia salam with both hands and suddenly bowed, i was like - eh apsal pulak la mamat ni....

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Rupa-rupanya DIA CIUM TANGAN AKUUUUU....yg bestnya tu I could feel his thick and black mustache brushing my skin. What a nightmare!!!! Geliiiiiiiiiiiiiiii sioooottttt.....bodoh punya mamat. becoz of that i lost my appetite....hiiii...until now i could still feel the feeling...yuckss

Yesterday

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

Yesterday I didn't finish my jog. I had covered nearly to 2km when suddenly my spirit vanished.

I had the energy & stamina but the body just refused to continue working. Monday Blues kot :) But i think actually it was 'malas' factor la.

Before the jog, my spirit was dampen when it rained. I was close to changing my clothes but managed to convince myself to run when the rain started going 'rintik-rintik'. But i knew then i oredi lost half the battle.

Nevermind lah, that was yesterday, today i'll finish the jog. Malaysia Boleh!

Last week in KL

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

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ni kira balas dendam time la. sebulan tak post and today i felt like not doing anything. Monday Blues.

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So, last week i attended a course in INTAN Bukit Kiara. Kursus Kepimpinan Pentadbiran Daerah. So yang datangnya suma ADOs from Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Selangor & N9. But the kursus was not so informative. Boring in fact. Why? Because most of the lecturers have never served in districts, and yet they are trying to teach us about leadership in district. C'mon man.

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Forget about the course. The best thing that happened to me last week was meeting the NZ gang at NZ lah. Kazarul, Wakrin, Achik and Ijan were there. We met twice. On Monday and Thursday. Nik couldn't make it (as expected) since he's staying in damansara. Zid? Nevermind lah :)

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The feeling was great. These are the people whom I trust my life with. Many things happened since we last met.

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Wakrin & Ijan are going to tie the knot on 24 November - Wakrin's Birthday. It'll be at Dewan FELDA. Zid helped them to book the place (bagus ah ko rambutan)

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Achik bought a Kelisa after giving up with his long lost bike (aku dah cakap dah dulu jgn naik moto). He told the gang that he's tired of PERODUA oredi; and currently contemplating to apply for a gomen's job - JKR. Elok la tu chik.

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Kazarul bought a new handphone. Nokia N75. Jeles ah aku. My crappy handphone is so screwed up that i had to tie it up with a rubber band. ehehhe....kalo tak, people on the other end wont be able to hear me. kesian aku kan. nanti la aku beli. kena buat claim banyak2 sket nih.

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On thursday, Wakrin had to go back early. Kazrul & I stayed for another hour. Our topics were mostly on our frens. Achik, Wan, Ihsan, Din, Nik, Imran, Ayop, Wakrin & Zid (Yup Zid is the only 'BOY' in the group) We discussed about how most of our frens have changed. Some got matured, some didn't have a clue and some seems dont want to change.

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Just look at me & kazarul. 5 years ago, we wouldnt be talking about life over teh tarik session. we'd rather talk about stupid things like going to lorong hj taib for bapuk sightseeing or at least rating the girls around our table.

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As for wakrin. He was approached by TWO giant corporations-Google and YTL. They offered him a job. Let me remind you that Wakrin doesnt even own a diploma. his highest qualification is SPM. these two companies knew about this and still they offered him jobs. Respect ah sama lu bro. But this actually didnt suprise me. Wakrin memang bagus pon. Tapi pemalas Ya Rabbi!!! I think that's why he rejected their offers (eh reject ke? nanti ah aku cek balik)

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Kazarul told me that I am 'senang rezeki'. ehehhh....he argued that i always get something unintentionally :) like my job now. i sat for the exam just for suka2 je. tapi dapat la plak.

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his statement got me thinking. i never realized that some people see me as lucky. i tot i struggled like the others. This tells me one thing, i have to be more grateful from now on. Alhamdulillah. Thank U kazarul for reminding me.

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As for kazarul. i see him as a survivor. u can throw him anywhere and i bet on my ass that he'll survive. he's streetsmart.

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as a conclusion. what i'm trying to say is that God has granted each one of us with different abilities to survive in this world. So it's up to us to use it to our advantage. and manipulating our abilities is not the only way to survive, you got to have faith in GOD. And there's nothing that can top that.

ADIOS

HELLOOOOO

Assalamualaikum & Good Day

perghhh lama giler tak posting ek. i'm actually dying to post but somehow got bz like crazy. so here goes the sum up....

Projek Kurus

I've been jogging consistently since January. 2.5km, 3 times a week. That's on weekdays. On saturdays, i do 4km at Padang Polo.

I love Padang Polo lah...

Not because of the padang,

Not because of the track,

Not because of the smell of the grass,

Not because of the poco-poco dance,

and certainly Not because i can cuci mata a bit :)

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seriously man, big boobs, big butts suma ade, but i'm still loyal ok :), so if u're single, padang polo is the best place to look for partners lah. hehehh....digressing a bit eh

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ok the real reason why i love padang polo is because of the people. Here, there's no such thing as Malay, Chinese, Indian etc. We are just Ipoh people trying to get fit. No Game, Just Sport :)

You could see all races jogging side by side, senamrobiking, main bola. It's like the ideal nation lah. Terharu siot aku tgk unity kat sini. It's true la, sports could unite people. U might think i am being corny huh? i dont care la...it's the truth

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I even made frens with this one chinese guy. We dunno each other's names. We just smile and high five whenever we bump into each other (he was running againts the current). Maybe this week i'll try to get to know his name.

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Kasut Baru

I bought new shoes. A pair of Nike REAX. This is my second NIKE. The first one is a NIKE Max Air. I figured that since the old one is expensive, i'll wear it when i go jalan-jalan lah. The new one is solely for jogging.

Mr. Nike Max Air, now Mr. Kasut Jalan-Jalan

Kasut Jalan-Jalan punya side view

Mr. Nike REAX, the new guy

New Guy's side view

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Accident

Aku langgar bontot orang la plak. MARAH. Masa tu aku nak belok kiri. The lady yang aku langgar tu dah kluar dah simpang tuh, but lepas tu she conviniently berenti tgh2 jalan. Yang aku ni plak ingatkan dia dah lepas. So usyar belah kanan - CLEAR. Step on the pedal and BAMMMM!!!! FAK la....

Aku tanya apsal berenti. Dia kata ada moto. The bike was actually 100 meters away. But i took it as an ujian lah from ALLAH. So we settle there la. Dia punya kete calar je. kete aku je teruk.

I tot it wont cost me much. So i dont bother to report. My wife told me that i should. She should know since she a lawyer specializing in accidents cases. But Nooo i said.

Kan dah menyesal. The cost of repairing the damage. RM ... nevermind lah. buat aku angry ajer. But it's 4 digits la.

Nampak cam sket je kan. Bila dah bukak reinforcement bar dia bengkok, clip bumper suma patah, casing lampu pecah, condenser ari cond pon patah....arghhhhh....sabar je la

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Practical Jokes

My sister bought alif a practical jokes kit. Funny ah. just look at the pics.

Baru bangun tido. Serabai rambut dia

What's Up??!!

Ala-ala Ronaldinho version super ngeri

3 years oredi!!

Assalamualaikum....

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this friday (16 February 2007) will mark my third year in government. Cepat betulla. Tak sangka dah 3 taun.

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Anyway, it wasn't easy lah to be in government. Different culture, complicated procedures, the lazy staffs and many more. However, so far, i'm happy. Compared to my previous private sector job, i got better job satisfaction in gomen.

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It's funny you know. When i graduated, it never occured to me that i would be a gomen officer. my impression of gomen then was BORING and only 'skema' people would go for gomen jobs. some more, i tot that gomen officers were all lazy and only goyang kaki all day long.

but i was wrong. 100% wrong. i ekceli have to work harder in gomen due to the heavy workloads. i'm given much more freedom in decision making. my colleagues are all cool dudes. just like the one i had in private sector.

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one more thing, in gomen they stress on trainings. every once in a while u have to go for training. the most famous of all training is off course the basic training or DPA course. DPA is a 6 month course and all you have to do is to attend the classes and off course sit for exams. you are given 6 meals/day and your own room. tp yang paling best, gaji tetap jalan cam biasa. kaya oii 6 bulan gaji full, expenses takde sangat.

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but DPA is a very tiring but fun course. especially, the outdoor modules. we had to go for military, police, BOMBA and OBS modules. all are tiring but fun. i dunno how to describe lah. just look at the pics :)

BOMBA - Oil Spill Exercise.

api betul tu tau. Dont play-play


'steady azrul steady...'


i oso dunno which one is me, all look the same init?


Offensive Internal Fire Fighting (OIFF)
Notice that we only crawl in there. if we sit or stand we'll be mati katak due to the extereme heat. scary tak?



me and my buddy padil. tengah tunggu turn untuk scuba. masa ni kira fit gak la. takde spare tyre :) btw, zip tu senget sbb memang style suit tu camtu. it has nothing to do with me


hehehehhh....i was nervous but nak cover line kena la senyum



BOMBA : ko dah readi ke blom ni?
me : dah bang
BOMBA : okeh. dalam kolam tu ko jangan terkencing pulakkk
me : kalo camtu saya pegi toilet dulu la bang


military module - Battle Inoculation (BI)
the soldiers are shooting REAL bullets you know



my platoon and i. we had to crawl for about 100 meters. penat tu jangan cakap la. nak bangun takleh takut mati katak. so crawl je la. along the way tu plak ada a few small lopak. in the lopak they put some kind of explosive and bila we all lalu kat situ je dia meletup. pehhh...memang rasa cam Saving Private Ryan la



padil : lu jangan memain rul, minah tu wa yg punya tau
me : aku dah kawen la bodohhh!!

happy after finishing 1st in the BI exercise

these are just pics from the military and BOMBA modules. i couldnt find the police and OBS pics. nanti la kalo ada aku post la.

Interview

Assalamualaikum

Last two weeks were very bz for me. I was in Alor Setar and Penang. Kena jadi panel interview. Post - Pembantu Tadbir (Perkeranian/Operasi)....hehehhe...macam-macam orang aku jumpa...

but there was this one girl from penang who i cannot forget la.

i was flipping thru her documents. i noticed dat she has a diploma form a local politeknik. her CGPA - 3.74 !! power tuuu.... so i asked her:

me : cik xx, saya tengok di sini result awak bagus, 3.74... kenapa tidak sambung pelajaran (gila formal ah bahasa aku)

girl : saya sebnarnya....saya....hisk...


suddenly she cried. really crying i tell you. fortunately for me, this was not my first time interviewing people and it was the first time somebody cried while being interviewed.

so i kept my poker face. calming her down a little. even gave her tissue.

when she ok. she told us the story la. came from a poor family. she was offered a place in U but had to decline coz have no money. she said, her other siblings oso like dat. got good result but cannot further study coz have no money.

this is actually the first time i felt kesian to a candidate. b4 this, ko nak nangis ke, nak merayu ke, jerit ke, i dont care....i wont be influenced la. but this girl i really kesian la. lagipon dia punya performance during interview pon ok.

so i rekomen my chairman to give her the job la, and he agreed. hopefully we did the rite thing la. and hopefully she would be able to change her fate bcoz dia dah janji nak buat PJJ kalo dapat kerja ni. hopefully la....


some of the funny answers given by candidates

Q : Bagi saya 5 negara Asean
A : china, india, america, canada and malaysia
Q : awak tau tak ASEAN ni apa ni?
A : hmm...negara-negara bersekutu kan?...
me : (yea rite)

Q : bila tarikh kemerdekaan malaysia?
A : 31 Ogos 1946
Q : betul ke ni? yakin?
A : betul cik, saya yakin. saya memang ada baca buku sejarah sebelum interview
me : (yea rite)

Q : ada berapa wilayah persekutuan kat mesia ni?
A : 2 cik
Q : huh? bukan 3 ke? ...ok la bagi saya yang dua tu?
A : wilayah persekutuan selangor & wilayah persekutuan labuan
me : *frown* ok lah

ekceli got some more...tp got some work to do la...so chow

Jakarta pics

yeeeaaaa......finally the Jakarta pics.

'Bape lama nak senyum ni abah?'


'Cepat la abah...alip nak naik awoplane ni'


In the plane. Ekceli he is very sleepy. We had to get up at 4 am to catch the 7 am flight. Masa snap this pic dlm 645 am. Notice the sleepy eyes. tp still sporting when asked to pose

'ZZZZZZ'....he slept right after take off. he refused to bangun after touch down. 'Alip nak tido agiiiiii....' he sreamed when the stewardess tried to wake him up. We were the last passenger to leave the plane.


In Bandung. Jalan Cihampelas. So called the jean's paradise la. Tp takde pape pon. Suma local jeans. i tot ada le levis ke CK ke...tp hampeh


waiting for the 'Blue Bird' taxi

at the mall in Bandung. this is where we usually eat. ekceli got gerai outside. but since it was sooo dirty, we decided the makan at the foodcourt la. tak sanggup beb. like my MIL said 'kembang tekak mak'

our hotel in Bandung. Hotel Karmila. A no star hotel. RM 80 per nite. ekceli i wanted a better hotel (berlagak) but since i had to pay for two rooms, i decided to go ahead with my wife's suggestion. not dat bad la the hotel. got everything like normal hotels do. only the water smell like shit. no joke man

at the Mayor's Office garden. Dont ask me about the rhino, i dunno


'mana polish ni abah...alip nak naik la motor ni....'

he kept asking me this question untill we left the place.

alip was bored. so we bought him a book. so he drew and drew and drew

some of his masterpiece. FYI, the figure on the right is a police car. the three circles are the siren. while the left figure is a policeman. the two circles are his gun and his hands. at least that what alif told me.....


'I YIELDDDD'.....sleeping while mama and opah shopping. me? almost die out of boredom....

mama : ok tak abah? which one ah?

me : (hmm....soklan trick ni...camne ni)
mama : cepat la abah....nak balik dah ni

me : ok..ok...yg ijau tu ok la

at last she spent another 15 minutes and bought a completely different dress. i hate that kind of question la. it's just mama's way to buy some more time

A&W in Jakarta

alif, mama & opah at Taman Mini Nasional. Alaa cam yg kat Ayer Keroh melaka tuh la. tapi this taman is at least 50 times bigger that the one in melaka

alif : bleh jgn cium alip lagi abah....tension aahhh

"opah duduk la dalam ni....alip nak tolak ni'

at National Museum

alif wanted to take pic with 'Mr Senapeges' (Mr Snuffleupagus of Sasame Street).


still at the museum


at MONAS or Monumen Nasional.
Indon : ok bapak, ibu...sedia ya. 1...2

Me : (ni kalo dia rembat camera aku naya nih)

an indon helped us to take this pic. memula tu aku takmo. tapi mama kata it's ok. reluctantly aku bagi jugak la

in front of the biggest mosque in Jakarta. tp very the dirty one. i really can't understand their mentality la

at hotel in Jakarta. Hotel Alia Cikini. A 2 star hotel. RM102 per nite. ok la. cam 3 star hotel kat malaysia.


mama, alif & the red fire engine. notice the fire engine is so old skool

nak balik dah. babai indon. i wont miss u :)

Geram ahh

Assalamualaikum

gerammmmmm....

When I left home this morning, i brought along my camera and its software. I wanted to post some of the jakarta pics. Once arrived, I installed the software (i had to install the software, if not i couldnt transfer the pics from camera to pc). I was happy since the installation went very smoothly. So now it's time to transfer. Jeng ... Jeng ... Jeng.....

'LUPA BAWAK CABLE DIA LA PLAKKKKK'

GERAMMMMM....

it was a total turn off. now i have no mood to blog lah. next week la.

oh yee....btw next week i wont be around. got an interview exercise in penang. hehehe...best ah

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....