Sepertemuan dengan tuan-tuan kantor....

Yeah..macam tu tajuk sudah kestau apa cerita dia ba ni....the day before I fly-fly back to Penang, 3rd Jan...I went out meeting dengan saudari "tagalog", saudari A lil Bit Of Everything (atau juga pilak sebab dia bilang dia hitam..haha..) dan tagalog's friend di Secret Recipe, Warisan Square..I really don't know what were so great about the foods in Secret Recipe...last-last si "pilak" komplen juga itu, ini dan nina...paling dia mahu komplen itu anu la...bayangkan magi asam laksa kana randam air panas yang agak banyak di dalam mangkuk then bila minum sup dia ko masi was-was...benarkah aku meng'order' magi asam laksa bermain dalam fikiran..begitu sekali resepi rahsia durang kah..hahaha..nasib teda kotak cadangan..kalau ada....entah berapa banyak cadangan saudari "pilak" mau tulis..haha..it was around 4pm...then berpisah mencari arah sendiri lebih kurang selepas 5pm la...terus dengan blurnya memandu kereta tanpa hala tuju dan tiba-tiba berhenti di salah sebuah kedai cina yang ada jual dan masak sayur baby kailan seafood beserta sebotol dua minuman bergas jenama tiger...huuhuu..entah macam mana..sedar punya sedar udang ada 6 tinggal 2 untuk saya..haha....punya godoot ko "pilak"....

Lepas beberapa teguk minuman bergas aku kemudiannya menghantar si godoot tadi balik...kana bawa inda mahu..sampai rumah mama mu cakap muka mu yang hitam pun jadi mirah kan..haha....aku meneruskan perjalanan menuju ke Beverly Hills, Bundusan (perkampungan artis hollywood ka ni..haha..) seperti yang telah di rancang untuk bersekutu dengan adik perempuan aku dan teman lelaki nya di TNGC kenen....tapi sebelum sempat aku menaiki bukit tinggi menuju ke TNGC...adik perempuan aku memberi tahu "macam kana cancel saja tu.." Usaha aku untuk bersemuka dengan durang macam terkandas..haha...lalu aku keluar membeli sekotak sigup Dunhill sebagai bekalan pernafasan dan teman sepermainan...haha..entah secara kebetulan la kali...aku melayari halaman kantor Designated Hermitage lalu terus saja ke kantor Random Thoughts.....punya lah aku terharu melihat ketelusan hati saudara Random Thoughts..apabila aku terbaca pesanan ringkas di kotak bicaranya...

2 Jan 09, 11:11

xigorx: happy New Year to all...Wel, kalau ko di KK ko kol sa..012BEE1L4L....hehehehe

Aku dengan pantas menghafal numbur berteka teki tersebut...pasti bukan senang di pikiran aku untuk melepasi ujian ini..dengan mudah aku berjaya menyelongkar masuk rahsia teka teki numbur ini..haha...aku kemudiannya terbangkan pesanan ringkas ke numbur yang diselongkari tadi...balasan di terima selang beberapa saat...pasti saja aku tersenyum lalu...berputik lah kasi pertemuan kami di Pusakag Cafe pada malam itu...melalui pesanan ringkas saudara Random Thoughts..aku bersua muka dengan hampir keseluruhan O2C members...melalui beliau juga aku bersua muka dan bertetawaan bersama Ludicrous Rambling...walaupun agak samar-samar permandangan malam itu..aku berkenalan dengan ramai tuan punya kantor-kantor pada malam itu....sebilangan darinya termasuk la..Bobby, Lumis, Junior, Mr Gee (2nd time meeting him), Gurangak, Gidong, Tompok, Tata (Have met her before in Penang..Jew's cousin) dan Kupi (punya bising ko..haha)...ramai lagi tu tapi saya teda pen mau tulis nama kamu satu-satu ba...I can barely remember muka-maku ayu kamu...tetawaan manja dan manis...gelas-gelas dari Bobby dan Gidong...walau begitu aku sempat berkongsi nombor perkontekan di masa hapadan untuk aku bersua muka dengan kamu lagi....I had a great time guys even mula-mula...mimang aku akui..kepemaluan aku sangat la malu...nasib baik jejaka ceria Ludicrous Rambling dengan kelogopan stout beliau mampu meneutralkan kesipu-maluan aku..haha...itu la ko saudari "pilak" inda mahu ikut...haha...menakutkan juga la...macam artis betul kalau join kamurang ni..sakit mata kana gambar paparaji..haha...

Next time friends...hingga kita ketemu lagi di pertemuan akan datang....thanks and god bless you all.....Cheers!

A wedding that brought a wonderful memory back...

After almost 15 days in Sabah..now I'm back in Penang....back to work..back to the reality..wake up 5 days a week to go to work to earn money to survive into the wild world....leaving Sabah after meeting and get to know several new friends ....is never be an easy thing to do...although the moment we had was just a day or less than an hour..this sweet memory will always be commemorated in my life to come..good thing I managed to get some of these friends' numbers and thanked God for the simple but pleasant memory I had in Sabah....to start the working life today in the year 2009 was not easy and I was kind of moody..masih mood cuti yang mau relax...

Bride and groom's closest family

Spending the last couple of days in Sabah was a great fun and memorable to me...even better to make me remember of my childhood moment..it was 2nd Jan 2009..I went to Sutera Harbour to attend my relative's wedding...there I met few of my relatives that I had never met before...of course, I had met some of them.....actually, I was not supposed to be in the list of guest for that ceremony but for some reason God has shown me his miracle by swapping someone's place with someone else....my sis's BF should have been the one to attend the wedding but due to some last minute trip he had to do..the seat that was meant for him was left empty...thus my Sis, also my Bro were asking me to come with them....I rejected the offer as I didn't bring any formal nor suitable clothes for that kind of ceremony...meanwhile, my mum sent a text to me asking if I'm going...I replied "inda tau lagi..teda baju jg..." sort of la...she suggested to borrow from my Bro and coincidentally, he himself offered his shirt for me (cara dia mau pujuk kasi kawan dia pigi la ni..haha...)

Datuk Pairin menyanyikan 2-3 buah lagu malam tu..one of the last person leaving that night

I was at a workshop in Inanam, chatting with a mechanic at the moment this 4 ways communication occurred...I sent my bro's car for a "medical checkup" and been given a couple of medicines to make amend of the current state of the car....changed the water pump, a hose and the timing belt (most probably the timing belt has never been replaced since the car was bought..it was already in a nyawa nyawa ikan...in the other hand, the previous water pump had been replaced with one of Thailand's production..haha..inda heran la rosak..) spent more than 3 hours at the workshop chatting about cars with the mechanic as well as fixing the damaged parts..by the time it was fixed, it was already past 4pm..went home and resting.....get prepared for the wedding..berdandan la...

My lis Sis..yang semakin gendut kuat makan..haha.

My bro came later that evening from work then we left the house after 30 minutes time giving him time to berdandan juga..haha...reached Sutera Harbour earlier than my Sis...we had to wait as we're not sure if I have a reserved seat or not...malu starring kalau masuk pigi sign tu guess book tapi tiada nama dalam list..haha...my sis arrived quite late (I think it was over 20 minutes later) Yeah..we 3 siblings went in and checked in for a table number....we were arranged to be seated at table no 6..but entah la...kana kasi rearranged to seat at table no 5...with people that I'd never met except my bro and sis..haha....my sis is quite fond with 2 of our cousins there..so we were kind of 'save' juga la..inda juga macam stranger in a strange crowd...minum and makan macam biasa bila buat wedding di Sutera Habour la...sedap tapi belum lagi sampai nasi suda kanyang..kanyang beer sama liquor pun lain lagi..hehe..

Gadis-gadis di meja no 5

Then suddenly..a cute girl was standing a meter away from me unloading small-small boxes of souvenirs out of the big box...I looked at her and coincidentally, she looked at me....as a complete stranger, I smiled at her...she responded with a smile as well...then few minutes after..she came and sat next to my bro...I was at the middle between my bro and sis ba...and there was one empty seat available next to my bro..entah la siapa yang inda datang tu...she sat there and chatted with my bro...she must be my relative as per observation..duh..mimang la..haha...after a while she became a permanent guest at that table...she ate and chatted with my bro and my sis..then began teasing me...as a pemalu, I thought of several ways to melarikan diri dari kana bawa menari..haha..yeah..I did well at first...pretending to not to stop enjoying the sweet and sour fish on a small white plate...I knew she was just joking teasing me but it went even wild..haha...the second time, I lost my virginity as pemalu when my sis helped her tarik me, forcing me to stand up and walked heading to the wooden dance floor menari sumazau..I was a virgin pemalu ba and I was not even drunk to dance yet...haha.and that was the first time for me to dance at Sutera Harbour..I'm not a wedding crasher di mana ada kawin di sana la muka saya ada..haha....from that onwards we danced continuously for couple of rounds...alternately, I took a chance to rest and melarikan diri lagi...for the first time, I was feeling a little nervous when she took my hand invited me to have a slow dance with her...wahaha....I just met and knew her for a couple of minutes ba...she's an aunt to me....that's her status to me...jadi balik-balik lah tu "mesti dingar cakap aunty tau.." plus the support she received from my Bro and Sis..apa la daya ku..aku terpaksa merelakan and apparently, it was a good moment to know my aunt juga kan..so whilst we were dancing and dancing...I took the chance to ask few questions about her....jejak kasih la ba kenen...she's short with a nice cute eyes which also 4 years younger than me....looking at her whilst chatting reminded me of something...I'd seen these 2 big eyes before...the look at her face suddenly become so familiar to me.....still I couldn't come up with anything....I ignored my curiosity and continued chatting and dancing with her 'till the night was over...before we left...she held my hand and hugged me couple of times...well because she's my aunt then I guess people would not mind, I was wrong..few of my first encountered relatives thought that I were her BF..I laughed and teased her for being a naughty aunt..haha...after all, I think more than 70% of the guests there were relatives from one root to another...even uncle Pairin was present that day to attend her nephew's wedding...

I don't know how, we ended up as the last person to shake people's hands before leaving the building that night..bediri di entrance door say good night and bye kenen...overall that night was great and it went all well...got the chance chatting with some of my grandmothers and aunt/uncles...before we headed to our own separated ways..we exchanged mobile number and took several more pictures together...a hug and a red rose from her before she left..then few minutes after..I received a text message from her..something that I would have never expected...I could only smile and told my bro that our naughty aunt just sent me a text of she's missing me...aunty muda (sumandak) dan naughty pandai mesej macam tu juga..then once I was at my bro's home....we were still chatting via text messages...It must be an angle who came and helped me remembered 'her'....I remember that 'eyes'..yeah..it must be her and it was so coincident that after almost 15 years..we met once again in a way that I would not have expected...refer weird fact no.6 of the Shocking Truth post..I asked her via text if she were the girl I was thinking about....she was.........still, we're relative and although I only knew her for couple of hours...I felt that there will be a chance for us to know more about each other in future to come....at least something good came out of the wedding that was meant not to be fun for a total stranger or a reserved seat taker like me....haha...thanked god for the miracle moment I had to start with the year 2009...cheers!

Holiday life in Sabah - Part II

I've been drinking a lot these couple of days..I reckon, that's the only activity I've been doing whenever I return home to Sabah for a holiday..huhu...

I went to Ranau (mentioned in previous post)..purposely to attend a family gathering (dad's side)..some of my cousins, I have not met them for almost 10 years, and some over 15 years..."besar-besar sudah kamu o kan...suda kahwin lagi..ada anak lagi..." that was some of the conversation I had with most of them...it was kind of a culture shock to me to see them with kids....haha..looking at them "mengendong" anak and taking care of their child was a great memory.....I spent couple of days in Ranau then went to Tambunan to reunite with mom's side...I've not visited them for almost 4 years...again "tinggi juga kamu ni.." yeah..that's how I reacted when I met my cousins...with a height of 6 foot tall..that's tall compared to me..haha....the main objective to visit tambunan this time was to attend my cousin's wedding ceremony..(I met Delasagos at the church's entrance but we didn't have a chance to chat; he's the bride's relative) there will be another 2nd celebration at the Sutera Harbour on the 2nd Jan..also to pay a visit to my untie/uncles after almost 4 years not coming to Tambunan...apparently, I missed a family gathering (mum's side) in Tambunan...well, my mum was kind of forgotten to inform me...if I were informed I will certainly attend that gathering as well because this is a problem we had been having..not knowing your own relatives..nanti silap sikit terjatuh sinta sama sumandak/tanakvagu...risik punya risik...saudara pula kan..putih mata cinta terhalang..haha...

The scenic view from my cousin's house in Kg Kituntul Ranau..the house is built on their land, located at the middle of a hill...you could almost see the whole pekan Ranau..

House in Tambunan..the kolam I used to pancing ikan dulu-dulu...years ago, the fishes were fed with baja ikan..now not anymore...the padi field where saya mengatam padi (linggaman atau sabit) also mencari katak di musim hujan selepas mengatam...decades ago, there was only a big bamboo house..

The new house next to the above house..4 years ago, I had the chance to see its foundation and I was quite surprised to see the outcome; a very big house for a family of 4...my uncle (tauke) punya rumah..huhu..


I'm so attracted to one of my niece...I can't really remember her name but she's so cute..adorable...well, it is not too much to say that my sis's daughters are all cute..a mixed marriage between [Sungai(+Suluk)]+[Dusun(+Cina)].....pictures were taken using my mobile phone..

New year..celebrated with friends..stayed at Fab's house, BBQ'ing and drinking...he was born on 1st Jan and it is timely to have a great but decent party at the right moment..hehe...a year ago, we celebrated his birthday in Penang and now we had it in Sabah...there were plenty of things happened on my way to his house..earlier I went to HSBC bank to withdraw some money and pay my debts (credit card la apa lagi..haha)...they were now settled although there was one left; CitiBank (i just realized there is no CitiBank in KK..walawei) returned to the car (my bro's previous car before he bought a new one) and darned it! The car won't start! Battery was weak and after several attempts, the bat run out of charge....I called my bro and he came and helped me to re-charge the bat using a jumper...yeah! we made it.haha..left the car idle for couple of minutes and drove heading to Fab's house in Putatan....then suddenly...I saw smoke coming from the front bonnet...I knew there was something wrong....I then stop and managed to park the car on the road side..coincidentally at a dark area somewhere in Putatan...next to a signboard of "Amaran..dilarang membuang sampah.." and next to a hutan bakau....the whole place was dark..no street light at all...I called Fab and asked him to come with lots of water...guess what..haha..the radiator was already dry...empty!(I had refilled the radiator with lots of water a week ago) Fab came couple of minutes later (with his bro in-law) with a bottle of water and a big jug of water....we then re-fill the radiator with all the water we had....then again, the car won't start! Using a jumper we managed to start the car (no wonder there's a jumper being kept inside the rear bonnet)...arrived at Fab's house, I left the car idle for over half an hour...to ensure the battery is being re-charged...the next day, refilled the radiator as I saw water dripping at the bottom of the car then ignited the engine without problem....yeah! we certainly had a great new year and birthday celebration last night although I was kind of tired...that was a very rare experience I had (New Year's Eve)..haha...I'm grateful it all went well...Thanked god!

Happy New Year 2009!

Holiday life in Sabah

It's already the 5th day I'm in Sabah....

Saturday (1st day) the flight from Penang was alright..I met an old acquittance of me from Tambunan..well, she's a stewardess...earlier I noticed that she's been looking at me several times then right before we landed, she came to me and said.."you look so familiar..are you from Tambunan?" I replied.."No.." I was kinda rude I thought for not giving a proper response to her question..I should have said.."sorry..no.." she then said sorry and still with the look familiar sentence before she walked away...once we landed, before I went down from the plane..she stopped me and asked if I remember a girl who's staying next to our house in Tambunan...of course I remember and she then asked "bukan nama ko wel ka?"...then a short conversation occurred leaving me the only passenger on the plane whilst others had already entered the main building...we had to stop the conversation and hoping to meet in Tambunan later on as she will be home in a couple of days later to attend a wedding in Tambunan..I gave her my card (coincidentally I have 2 cards in my wallet...) but I totally forgotten to ask her name and number...better luck next time then...the funny thing about the memory she had was..."suda la ko jadi doktor?" I was like..kind of blur..then another steward came and interrupted our conversation.."dia cakap ko mau jadi doktor bah masa ko kecil...masa kamu kecil punya cerita" I then laugh kecil kecilan..haha...what a memory huh...she kept on "pukul manja" my hand...yeah, she always came to our house at that time...haha...but i never really remember what I had said during that time...perhaps you might want to hear one funny story about child hood memory...an old friend of me during child hood...she came to me and reminded me of what I had told her when we were like Primary 1? I said that I will marry her when we're old enough...how can she remember that and I can't????

Arrived in KK (Saturday)...Fab fetched us (me and Jew) and straight away heading to Kepayan..4 set! then went to airport again to fetch Brandon and Fab's gf..headed to Cempaka..it was already around 4pm...from that time onwards....we were drinking as if there's no tomorrow...haha..there were me and Jew (Penang); Brandon (KL); Johnny, Fab, Nelly, Helga and Norman (KK) drinking...I was completely lost that night...drunk like crazy..beers kept on coming non-stop...I can't remember what had happened to the second quarter of the event...once i was told..I was like...what was I thinking?...we then adjourned at around 10pm...Jew's bro sent me to "somewhere" I still don't know..and my bro fetched me from there on and brought me to his friend's house....I was already drunk..but funny was, my bro also drunk and he didn't remember he drove to fetch me...haha....again, I can't really remember about the party there...still, I drank couple of cans...the next day, I woke up laying on the floor...moved onto the sofa and saw the wedding picture...(eh..I recognize the lady on the picture.) She was a student in USM..same batch as me...when we went out that afternoon for a lunch she then asked me if I still remember her...obsolutely I remember her...she was thinking of asking me that question the time I came in that night but there was no point of asking with the condition I was at that time..haha...she married to my bro's friend...haha..what a small world huh...nice meeting her again with a bigger tummy (pregnant)..went home to my bro's house and resting..my body was "sick" the whole day..thankfully I didn't kogutan (headache due to hang over)...resting the whole day..worst..I left my hp with Jew and the phone is already in Ranau...on the other hand, Jew left his jacket...so we're going to meet up for an exchange..hahaha..thankfully I brought with me the other hp (Digi) and use the hp until we've made the exchange...hehe..Thanks to Johnny (Penampang guy) who is one of my best buddy since in Penang..he took care of me that night..well I was drunk like crazy..haha..thanks!

Monday...went out to Putatan meeting up with Fab for a lunch...I was still blur about that night in Cempaka...he opted for not saying anything further..haha..he just laugh at me and suggested to speak with Johnny...we had our lunch somewhere nearby the Maybank Putatan...thankfully I still remember most of the roads in KK..hehe...Fab left to work and me drove heading Centre Point..what a massive jam there...plus with the heavy rain..I was stucked there for almost an hour...due to the rain and jam, I decided to cancel my plan to jalan-jalan cari pilak di CP...drove straight to 1 Borneo...yeah..still raining and there also a massive traffic jam along the way to 1B...reached 1B and I was excited to see and explore the great shopping mall in Borneo...parked at the basement and walked into the entrace...once I was in the building...I began walking..from right to left and forth...ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor and 3rd floor...in my mind.."??????????????..Is this the great 1B mall that was rumored to offer a good place for shopping and spending your leisure time????????" Sorry but I am disappointed with 1B...my Bro was one of the RA for the project..(when he was working with a company that was involved)he told me a lot about its defects there and here...I totally see where and what he meant by that....I'm sure most of us knew what is that thing that causing such good project become a waste....hoping to see more development and improvement by the time I come to visit it next time...at around 7pm that night I went out to meet up with Fab again at Donggongon..just to accompany him meeting up with the Pusakag Production's owner...Fab has been working hard whilst he was still in Penang to produce his own Dusun album..we've heard several of his songs and we believe, he has a very good voice, lyrics and music for the market....before we left, we had a couple set of beers at the Pusakag Cafe..Fab sang couple of songs..as for me, I preferred to observe the new place and enjoy the music..that was for the night...

Tuesday...went out to Sadong to meet one of a fellow blogger...who? for the sake of keamanan kerajaan Sabah..I have to keep it secret..haha..and several other coincident things happened...Johnny was having lunch there with his colleagues...(I never know that he works in Maybank, Sadong) my ex was also there having lunch with her colleagues or friends or I don't have any idea at all..haha...once I arrived, I went to Maybank to take out some money yang semakin kering..haha...then went to meet Johnny..too bad I didn't get the chance to meet or say hi to my dear ex...chatted few minutes with Johnny also a simple hi with a hand shake introducing myself to Johnny's friends..left him and went to meet that fellow blogger...first time meeting and it was just a short period of time...enough for me to eat nasi ayam and drink a glass of milo ice..hehe...nice meeting you "tagalog"...hehe...we adjourned after almost an hour chatting as "tagalog" has to work...pekerja berdedikasi..I then headed back home...that evening I went out again to meet up with my sister and her bf...we went to Lido for a dinner...I arrived 30 mins earlier so I had to wait them for the entire time..huhu..it was planned at 7:30pm but she was shopping in Karamunsing with her bf...it was the first time for me to get to know her bf..so, the dinner was just kind of a catch up chat among me, my sis and him...couple of hours after, we then headed to our own direction....once i arrived in Kolombong, I saw lot of cars were parked along the road....then I realised they were actually stopping by to watch the fire...a shop lot was burnt down...I saw one police car and NO FUCKING FIREMAN!!!! Although it was dark...still, I was able to see there was no one trying to stop the fire from spreading into the other shop lot unit...but the day after, I saw it's only that one unit..others are saved...thanked god..few minutes at home, I received a call from Johnny telling me he's with his friend drinking in Donggongon...I went there and joined them...there were Johnny and Don (Douglas if am not mistaken)..drinking with Don that night was the second time for me...so we knew each other..chatting and laughing continuously...we didn't drink that many as Johnny has to work the day after and I have to drive back...so we ended up with 5 set of beers...went back at around 1am...

Wednesday...I'm going back to Ranau..I'm currently waiting my bro to fetch me after sending his gf...till then hope you had a great holidays...going to meet up with Jew later in Ranau for an exchange..I might be in KK on the New Year's Eve...

Balik Kampung

At this time I might already boarded a plane heading to the KK…or I might have landed in KK and somewhere in KK, hang out with friends...partying, chatting and drinking…

I can’t really tell precisely where I might be for the whole period of my annual leave (22nd Dec 2008 – 4th Jan 2009) I could be in KK, Ranau or Tambunan…earlier this year, I had planned to visit my old friends in Sandakan but due to some complication…I have to bury that plan and postponed to some other time….I haven’t been to Sandakan for over 6 years…the place where I grew up….the place where I learned to be a boy also a teenager…be it good or bad, it’s part of me you’re getting…..

The last time I went back to Sabah was in Jun 2007…which was a waste as I would considered it…I might be a selfish man at some point for not thinking of going back to Sabah although I have plenty of holidays..I might also be one of the guy that you would call, non-patriotic for not going back to Sabah to help our own people and beloved state to develop a better place for living…you call it…whatever you’d like to…I never really had nor having a real homesick feeling as most people would call it…of course I’m missing and worry about my parents and care about them…but thinking of pursuing the “thing” in life and making the best out of you…one must take certain different path and live to do the best out of it…surviving in other people’s territory, into the wild world…least I could do is, not leaving them behind if they require my help or perform my responsibility as we call it…

I’m thankful to have good parents...blessed by their prayers…by mean, God’s will…and blessed with good friends around me….heading back to Sabah to reunite with my family and relatives is always a good feeling…although deep down inside, I’m always worry that I couldn’t do much to ease their life...especially when I’m there observing the real thing with my own eyes…which usually makes me angry…still, thinking of the reality of life…I can’t do all and handle everything as I would wish and hope....

My first day in Sabah will be filled with parties…we have a plan for a small kind of reunion at one of a famous karaoke centre in KK…heading there once I arrive in KK later in the afternoon…afterwards, I’ll be joining my big bro to a BBQ party at one of his friend’s house in Putrajaya…several of his friends are my friends as well (childhood friends in Ranau before we moved to Sandakan) few hours ago I was amused (smiling) by both of my siblings when they were asking who’s going to fetch me at the airport…then 2 of my friends were asking the same question followed by their offer to fetch me…I rarely tell my friends or family if I'm coming back...having said that, I have not felt this kind of feeling for quite a time…another friend was jokingly asking me to jalan-jalan at Centre Point later in the evening (funny and cute because she will be there with her friends…it’s a perfect "coincident" meeting each other..hehe..) it seems that lots of people are looking forward to see me…thanks and very much appreciated…unfortunately I had already plan for a friend to fetch me…F.Y.I… me and Jew will be boarding the same plane from Penang…Fabian who had recently moved to Sabah couple of months ago is fetching us then proceed according to plan (lunch then Karaoke-drink)…usually, I will be the one who will contact and remind them that I will be arriving at this and that time then request their favour to fetch me at the airport....

"Hi wel..[smile]" if you recognize me k...then "Sudah makan?"..I'm sure I will reply "Hi..belum..kau mau belanja?[smile]" hehe...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009! Had a great holiday chaps!

Berjalan Kaki 10km..

UPDATED - Added Pictures on 17th Dec

Saya berasa sangat penat hari (ahad) ini....

Hari ahad..tepat pukul 5:10 am, saya bangun seperti yang telah di rancang..saya, Jew dan Finella bergilir-gilir mandi...di mulakan dengan Finella, saya dan di ikuti oleh Jew....kami bertolak dari rumah kira-kira pada pukul 6:05 dan tiba di Penang International Sport Arena (PISA), tapak pendaftaran (garisan mula/akhir) bagi acara kebajikan "Penang Starwalk 2008", 20 minit kemudian...terdapat sangat ramai manusia pada pagi yang indah itu...dianggarkan sekitar 10,000 peserta telah menghadirkan diri dan melibatkan diri dalam acara berjalan kaki itu...jalan-jalan raya yang terlibat telah di tutup untuk kegunaan awam khas untuk menjayakan kelancaran acara ini..
Beberapa minit menanti...rakan-rakan lain (Frankie, Stella, Marilyn dan Henry) akhirnya tiba...Donny, seorang lagi rakan di jangka lewat kerana beliau akan datang selepas sahaja tamat waktu bekerja beliau...acara berjalan kaki tersebut akan di mulakan tepat pada pukul 7:00 am (kategori pertandingan) dan 7:15 am (kategori bukan pertandingan)...sambil menanti acara di mulakan, kami berborak dan meramal apa yang bakal berlaku bersertakan dengan beberapa lawak jenaka Sabah (seperti biasa orang sabah suka berlawak..haha) sedar tidak sedar..acara suda bermula....ramai peserta mula berpusu-pusu mengorak langkah mereka...kami dengan niat untuk mendapat tempat terbaik dalam acara tersebut turut mengorak langkah demi langkah....malangnya, strategi penyertaan tidak di rancang dengan begitu baik....kami mendapati, kedudukan pada ketika itu tidak dapat menjamin kesudahan yang baik berdasarkan jumlah manusia di hadapan kami yang sangat ramai...dan betapa jauhnya jarak kami dengan peserta yang berada di paling hadapan...namun begitu, usaha tetap di teruskan...saya, Jew dan Frankie bersama-sama menamatkan acara berjalan kaki 10 kilometer tersebut dengan lega dan berpuas hati...kami berjaya sampai ke garisan penamat di dalam masa yang di peruntukkan..10 kilometer selama 2 jam (kami melepasi garisan penamat dalam masa 1 jam 47 minit)...setibanya kami di garisan penamat, kami kemudiannya di berikan sekeping sijil (tidak bernama), kopun RM5 tajaan Nandos dan tiket bertuah dengan nombor siri untuk cabutan bertuah yang akan di lakukan semasa penyampaian hadiah kepada pemenang (berdasarkan teori, no. siri tersebut merupakan kedudukan anda di kalangan peserta yang berjaya tiba ke garisan penamat) ...saya telah di berikan tiket bertuah bernombor "04183".....

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Di anggarkan jam suda melepasi 9:00 am (berdasarkan masa yang kami catatkan) termasuk lah masa untuk menanti ketibaan beberapa rakan kami yang lain...kami kemudian pergi ke kem-kem penaja untuk mendapatkan bekalan cecair menggantikan peluh yang tidak henti mengalir akibat keletihan..terdapat Milo, Sunqist, 100 Plus dan banyak lagi masing-masing membekalkan minuman percuma...kami kemudianya berehat dan berborak beberapa ketika di bawah teduhan pokok pinang (Pulau Pinang)...sambil bertemankan beberapa batang rokok sebagai bantuan pernafasan tambahan, dan seterusnya berpindah masuk ke dalam dewan stadium PISA....kami duduk dan sabar menanti di dalam dewan dengan harapan nombor siri tiket bertuah masing-masing akan di sebut sebagai pemenang cabutan bertuah, namum nasib langsung tidak menyebelahi kami...hadiah-hadiah tiket bertuah sangat menarik...5 buah motorsikal tajaan Suzuki, beberapa tiket penerbangan tempatan dan antarabangsa jajaan MAS, AirAsia, FireFly dan China Airlines...32" LCD TV, Set Audi Bunyi Rumah dan barangan elektrik tajaan Panasonic...beberapa biji telefon bimbit tajaan Digi dan banyak lagi hadiah menarik.....

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Keletihan di wajah kami tidak dapat di selindungi lagi...apatah lagi perut yang semakin lapar sedikit sebanyak mendorong kepada rasa mengantuk yang tidak terhingga rasanya..saya sempat tidur beberapa minit sementara menanti nombor bertuah saya di sebut..malangnya, semua itu hanya khayalan..huhu...kami berganjak tanpa lengah menuju ke sebuah pasaraya besar Sunshine untuk melegakan rasa lapar di perut...masing-masing makan dengan lahap dan berselera...walaupun keletihan, kami semua agak gembira kerana ini merupakan pernyertaan kali pertama selepas berada di Pulau Pinang hampir 9 tahun (Jun 1999)....masih saya ingat..pada tahun 2000, kami (saya, Jew, Brandon, Donny dan Johnny) pernah melakukan larian 100m di stadium USM pada waktu subuh selepas kembali dari bersukaria di malam hari..bayangkan berlari 100m dengan memakai seluar jeans, kasut kulit "boot" dan minda yang masi di kuasi alkohol....atau pada waktu dan hari sebegini, kami masih girang gembira "aramaitee" bertemankan karaoke dan minuman beralkohol...

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Selesai menjamah makan tengah hari..kami terus sahaja kembali ke rumah masing-masing untuk mandi dan sekali lagi keluar menuju ke komplek membeli belah terbesar di bahagian utara Malaysia, Queensbay untuk menonton wayang berjudul "Bolt"...atau lebih tepat lagi saya terjemahkan sebagai "si anjing bengong" berdasarkan kisah cerita wayang tersebut..hahaha....Queensbay hanya terletak tidak lebih dari 4 Km dari rumah saya dan kami kembali bertemu di perkarangan masuk ke panggung wayang dan kaunter tiket pada 3:40 pm..sungguh tidak di sangka, kami telah terlepas waktu siaran wayang "Bolt" pada pukul 3:35 pm..melihat pilihan wayang yang ada (Cicakman 2, Antu Fighter, Doraemon The Movie, The Day The Earth Stood Still - penuh dan Los Dan Foun)..kami terpaksa akur untuk menonton wayang "Bolt" pada pukul 7:35 pm pula....kami berpecah mencari arah masing-masing sepanjang beberapa jam sebelum bertemu kembali di perkarangan panggung...bayangkan kaki yang telah letih berjalan 10 Km...kami terpaksa meneruskan perjuangan...keluar masuk beberapa buah kedai menjadi aktiviti utama...mereka yang lain pula menghabiskan masa membaca secara percuma di kedai buku "Borders"...saya pula melepak beberapa ketika di dalam pusat permainan hiburan melihat beberapa orang remaja yang hebat menunjukkan bakat mereka dalam permainan "Initial D 3 Arcade"...saya kemudian menghabiskan beberapa wang ringgit bermain timbak-timbak "Time Cop 3" dan kembali melepak menonton remaja-remaja hebat bermain "Initial D 3 Arcade" sebelum berganjak ke perkarangan panggung seperti yang di janjikan....

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Wayang"bolt"...agak menarik dan agak lucu...sesuai untuk mereka yang ada "anjing bengong"..haha....tamat menonton wayang, masing-masing meneruskan perjuangan mencari hala tuju ke rumah masing-masing untuk berehat...saya agak bernasib baik kerana saya akan bercuti pada keesokan harinya berbanding mereka yang lain...namun begitu, sengal-sengal di kaki semakin terasa..mungkin kerana usia atau kurang bersenam? pastinya kerana otot yang kurang bersenam....hehe..

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Maaf kerana tidak dapat berkongsi gambar-gambar menarik sepanjang acara berjalan kaki kerana saya tidak membawa sebarang perkakasan yang membolehkan saya bertindak sedemikian (tidak bawa HP atau dompet masa bejalan)...saya akan cuba untuk mendapatkan gambar-gambar menarik daripada mereka yang membawa kamera....

A slipper that cost me RM190

I’m off today…that’s the bottom line…hehe.…a’ight, perhaps I was really tired yesterday causing me to wake up a little late today (around 11am) where I slept at about 3am..I didn’t even dream of anything...it was so plain and once I woke up, I was rushing to check my email if there were any urgent matter/emails needing my attention…none…great god!

Surfed the internet awhile, took a shower then straight to the office…reached at the office at around 12:20pm…sent several emails (as well as reply)…a short discussion with developers on their current works…updated the customer of their issue’s progress then a small chat with new staffs….

Left the office at around 2:45 heading to one of the shopping complex nearby my house (Kompleks Bukit Jambul) I was