Thank You Harmony

Since I left my WD player at my parent's, someone has ruined the remote control. Well the usual suspects would be either my son or both my nephews all under the age of 3-Year old. I could not blame them for their crime.

It's killing me though because nobody selling the remote control. I have looked everywhere for it, at the Low Yat, local market website in Malaysia and every shopping complex I visited and dropped by at the computer store. No one! I could order from WD itself actually but the shipment only within U.S. I could not watch any movies through this WD again without the remote. 

Initially I found an advertisement in mudah.my selling the Logitech Harmony Universal Remote. I called him and confirmed the item was RM220. I browsed lelong then and found it with cheaper price. Only RM170. Without further ado, I grabbed it.

The result now I can watch my movies through my WD and disposed my other remote controls as well. Not disposed la, just keep them away in some drawers in my house. Why need 3 remote controls if you just need 1 only for your Astro, TV and WD. Intelligence as well, you can teach it how to control your device in case the model is not in the database.

Total solution as Sales Engineers call it.

Something about Germany from my Point of View

1. Everytime you dine at any ordinary outlets, you need to put your dishes at the designated place. This is includes fast food outlets like McD or KFC. How do you know it is ordinary? Well, most of the meals are less than 10 eur. At least I think so.
2. You can smoke almost anywhere and then throw your cigarettes butt anywhere you like. That explains why Germany is not so clean. But please don't smoke in shopping mall or public transports. I used to visit Siemens Turbomachinery at Leipzig, and you know what, they smoke in the staging/workshop area like nobody business.
3. If you can't speak Deutsch you will feel like stranger. However most counter girls/boys in place like main central station or airport can speak english better than most of my colleague here in Germany. You better learn Deutsch before you come here.
4. So far I haven't found even one free wifi in Germany. All are paid wifi.
5. Germany has no toll booth. You can use the highway for free and most of them with no speed limit. Germany famous with this thingy.
6. The fuel price keep changing from time to time according to world market price. The highest so far I have seen was 1.69 eur per litre. Not sure what RON it was. They also have RON 95.
7. If you travel to Germany, make sure you don't bring meats with you. This is includes raw or instant like Berahim.
8. For Malaysian, you are entitle for 90 days free entry upon arrival. If you want to stay longer than that, you need to apply for visa.
9. The public transportation is the best in the world. Every locations are connected nicely with public transportation which includes tram, bus, suburban train, regional express train, underground train, and inter-city train.
10. Most movies are well translated to Deutsch even in cinema. But they do have cinema with original language but it hard to find. People here claim that Germany has the best translator. Well I second that, they could mimic the voice of Shah Rukh Khan exactly the same, in Deutsch of course. Can you imagine SRK speaking Deutsch, it's only in Germany.
11. They have unique allergy to sun with temperature above 20 DegC in sunny day. They will love to have a barbeque. The past 4 to 5 days, weather was good for barbequing. People who live behind my hotel were barbequing almost everyday from 1600pm until 2100pm or maybe more depending on temperature. When I was in Berlin, I saw they were laying on the river bank and most of the men were topless while the women nicely suit in their bikini.

Giant has employee with tiny attitude

Forwarded email: Nukilan Mazidul Akmal Sidek

Jam 12.30 tadi saya dan 2 anak ke Giant di Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Pantas kami membeli beras, ayam, 2 barang permainan , bateri dan shaving foam. Jam 12.51 saya membuat pembayaran di kaunter, RM327.26.

“Senapang, Battle Max-Sceptor ini harganya RM149, bukan RM199,” saya memberitahu juruwang kaunter 24, Farah Yesmin.

“Oh! Saya dah punced, pergi ke Customer Service,” arahnya.

Saya terus berdiri di hadapannya.

“Cubalah check dulu harga sebenar, mungkin saya tersalah tengok,” ujar saya.

Penyelia perempuan berdiri di kaunter berhampiran kemudian memanggil pekerja lelaki berasal dari Jawa, Indonesia tampil kekaunter menggunakan walkie-talkie. Melihat kejadian itu, pengawal keselamatan Giant menghampiri dan memegang tangan saya.

"Don't dare touching me," saya mengingatkan dia sambil menolak tangannya.

Perbuatan bodohnya itu mungkin menggambarkan kepada pelanggan lain saya melakukan kesalahan sedangkan saya hanya menuntut hak sebagai pelanggan.

Setibanya pekerja Indonesia di kaunter, penyelia bertanya kepadanya.

“Berapa harga barang permainan ini?,” tanya juruwang.

“RM199,” katanya yakin.

“Cuba check dulu,” pinta saya.

Pekerja Indonesia itu kemudian berjalan ke arah rak barang permainan, saya mengikutnya rapat dari belakang.

“Mana tulis RM199?,” tanya saya kepada pekerja bermuka masam itu.

“RM149. RM199 harga lama,” ujarnya selamba.

“Tadi kamu kata RM199, kalau saya tak suruh check, saya kena tipu macam tu sajalah?,” saya menegurnya.

Dia langsung tidak menoleh, jauh sekali memohon maaf. Kami bersama berjalan menuju ke kaunter semula. Saya kemudian meminta penyelia memanggil pengurus bertugas.

“Bagi diskaun sahaja dengan dia,” kedengaran suara dari walkie-talkie.

“Hello! Saya bukan nak minta diskaun, saya nak jumpa manager. Tak boleh ke?,” saya bersuara.

Kurang 5 minit, muncul penolong pengurus, Zahir Ishak.Saya jelaskan kepada Zahir perkara berlaku.

Awak panggil budak Indon kurang ajar tu balik, datang sini, minta maaf. Jangan suka suka menipu saya. Saya ada duit, bukan nak minta diskaun. Lagipun barang itu saya dah bayar. Usah tunjuk muka haram jadah dengan customer. Kalau silap minta maaf, mudah,” pinta saya.

Zahir kemudian bergegas mencari pekerja Indonesia saya maksudkan. Kurang 10 minit, pekerja itu muncul bersama Zahir dari celah rak dan berjalan kearah saya.

“Kamu jangan kurang ajar dengan customer. Di Indonesia, kamu boleh buat macam itu, bukan di negara saya. Suka hati kamu sahaja bubuh harga, bila tersilap tidak pandai minta maaf, lepas itu tunjuk muka sombong. Kamu fikir saya tidak kenal angka?,” kata saya.

“Saya minta maaf,” ujar pekerja berusia 23 tahun itu.

Zahir kemudian membawa barang permainan saya beli ke kaunter perkhidmatan pelanggan. Dia kembali semula bertemu saya dan menghulurkan resit berserta wang tunai RM50.

“Terima kasih Zahir,” ucap saya.

Moto Giant, ‘Harga Rendah Tiada Tandingan’. Khusus kepada pihak pengurusan Giant Kota Damansara, jangan rendahkan kualiti perkhidmatan dengan menggajikan pekerja tidak komited sekaligus merugikan pelanggan. Lebih penting, belajarlah memohon maaf dan usah memperkotak katikkan pelanggan jika melakukan kesilapan bodoh. Seperkara lagi, jangan bertindak lembab bak semut berjalan sedangkan mendakwa 'Giant'.

Pesanan saya, jika membeli belah di premis sama, sila periksa bil secara teliti, jika tidak pelanggan mungkin tertipu begitu sahaja.

Update Jam 5.43 petang tadi saya menghubungi Giant dan meminta mereka menghantar email memohon maaf atas kejadian itu.

Siri Bertemu Dengan Jin

Penghujung 1998, time tu aku nak duduki SPM. Aku antara student yang enrolled Bahasa Arab Tinggi, time tu ade 4 orang je yang enrolled. Bahasa Arab Komunikasi pun aku enrolled jugak, tapi sebab tak mencabar sangat aku sign up la untuk Bahasa Arab Tinggi sekali, kompem la Arab Komunikasi tu dapat A1 punye. Hehe. Kerol Kadir, Anuar, Idris dengan aku la student2 yang mantop tu dalam kelas time tu. Tapi seyes beb, aku time tu bole cakap arab dah, tapi merangkak2 la sikit sebab nak pikir die punye nahu lagi balaghoh lagi. Setakat karangan pasal “Rumah impianku” tu selamba je aku karang sampai berjela2 dalam arab. Time tu mind dah setting nak sambung belaja kat Universiti Islam Madinah, kepala otak dah berangan2 tetiap tahun nak pegi buat haji, cuti semester pegi buat umrah. Indah jugak la impian aku time tu.

Oleh sebab 4 orang je yang enrolled, so Ustaz Jaafar dengan suka citanya buat kelas tambahan lepas isya’ dekat surau sekolah. Surau sekolah ni plak, tak silap aku la dkat 300 meter jugak la dari dorm kiteorg tu, tambahan lagi keliling surau tu hutan belantara je so macam2 la bunyian yang bole didengari datang dari hutan tu, jalan nak pegi surau tu pun bole tahan seram die, bkan jalan dah, denai je..surau kayu pulak tu..tade la besar sgt..kalu memalam duduk sesorang situ dalam gelap mau menangis. Ruang solat utama surau tu kalu tak silap aku ade la dalam 10 meter persegi je kot, yang belah belakang surau tu luas sikit la tapi ade atap je dinding sume tade. Dah 2 3 malam jugak ustaz buat kelas tambahan tu. Aku pun tatau apsal die buat kelas tambahan dkat situ, apsal tanak je gune kelas macam biasa..horror siot surau tu..

Kekadang kitaorg abes nak dkat pukul 1 pagi, tapi selalunya nak dkat kul 12 malam la..suke btol Ustaz Jaafar nak mangajar kami bahasa arab ni. Nasib baik pandai. Kerol Kadir lepas result SPM keluar, trus pegi Yaman sambung belajar sana tak ingat aku dia amik course apa, dah 8 tahun dah aku tak dengar berita die. Last sekali aku jumpe die time die balik Malaysia tahun 2000 kot, call aku suh fetch die kat KLIA..Apa jadi la mamat tu..jangan die angkat senapang pegi berjihad kat Gaza sudah..takpun dah join Osama ben Laden kot.

Anuar plak aku dpat contact die baru2 ni..keje dkat Janda Baik, jadi Warden. Sambil tu belaja sambilan kat UKM, course Syariah Islamiah kot. Die citer pas sekolah aritu die pegi Libya sambung belaja dkat sana setahun je..tak tahan duk sana, sejuk sgt sampai sakit tulang belakang. Bole la aku panggil die Anuar Libya lepas ni, macam Ustaz Ibrahim Libya tu yang kene bunuh, syahid, dengan kerajaan kat Memali dulu time rejim Che Det.

Idris pun penah jejak kaki kat Yaman, sekali dengan Kerol..tapi setahun je dah balik Malaysia lepas tu dah tade duit nak baya tambang balik Yaman, trus je duk Malaysia sampai skang..macam2 keje die pernah buat ever since, latest die keje as driver Limo KLIA. Pernah sekali aku menggunakan perkhidmatan die, lagi sejam suku nak boarding br sampai..cilanat btol..lepas tu bawak macam pelesit..tambang nak mahal2 aje..sib baik bole claim dengan company. And nasib baik dapat boarding.

Nak dipendekkan citer, ade satu malam tu aku dengan Anuar malas nak jalan kaki balik dorm. Jam pun dah menunjukkan nak dekat pukul 1 pagi, so kitaorg dgn selambanya amik keputusan tido dkat surau je malam tu. Tido dkat corner belah belakang area dewan solat tu. Orang kate kalu tido kat tengah2 dewan solat tu takut bangun nanti kat tempat lain pulak, yela dah kene angkat dengan jin yang datang nak tumpang semayang, die campaknye kite kat mana2 kang. Sudah. So kitaorg tido kat tepi penjuru surau. Gelap gelita surau, tak payah pasang kipas ke ape dah..angin dari luar pun dah sejuk. Kaki kitaorg ejas menghadap bertentangan dengan kiblat.

Lebih kurang pukul 4 pagi aku terjaga, memamai sket, aku dengar macam ade orang tgh baca quran, then aku dongak sket kepala aku so bole nampak arah kiblat, dalam samar2 kegelapan tu aku dah ternampak lebih kurang 3 4 soff, semua pakai jubah putih, tengah solat. Mak aih berderau darah aku. Macam mana pulak malam tu mata aku ni di buka hijab pulak bole nampak jin tengah semayang. Aku cube tak menjerit, kang sedar pulak jin2 tu aku dah bangun dari tido, tanak aku pikir ape yang akan terjadi lepas tu. Aku mengesot sket rapat dengan Anuar yang tengah lena tu, suasana yang sejuk bertambah sejuk. Nasib baik tak nampak muke, sebab diaorg tgh menghadap kiblat ketidak tatau la apa dah jadi dengan aku. Aku cube tidur, dan mengharapkan jin2 tu bile dah abes semayang trus chow je, tak payah singgah2 angkat aku pegi letak kat tempat lain. Diletaknya aku dekat padang pasir kang, mampus. Alhamdulillah aku dapat tidur sambil mengharapkan subuh datang cepat pagi tu.

Subuh tu aku tak citer pun dekat Anuar, takut die ingat aku tipu die. Takut die ingat aku cube mencari publisiti murahan. Takut die tertawakan aku. Aku diamkan diri je cube nak lupekan kisah seram awal pagi tadi tu.

Lepas solat Ustaz Jaafar datang kat kitaorang..

“Hang ni apa laa..ustaz kejut pagi tadi qiamullail tanak bangun..pagi tadi ustaz bawak budak form 1 qiamullail..apa la hang ni..” sound Ustaz Jaafar dengan slang utara die tu..

Cinabeng….

Jin Kene Ikat ke??

Aku hangin betul tengok ke-ignorance orang melayu ni..hangin je bile tengok iklan Jin Notti tu..yang Fara Fauzana berlakon tuu..ngan Mawi. Kat sini serba sedikit aku nak citer sket pasal Jin ni. Kalu nak lebih mendalam pi beli kaset ceramah Ustaz Ismail Kamus..Ismail Kamus memang terkenal dengan ceramah2 pasal jin ni.

Asal Usul Iblis

Dulu2 before Nabi Adam dicipta, ada satu makhluk di kalangan malaikat ni yang diberi nama Azazil. Pasal apa aku cakap makhluk, pasal Azazil ni bukan malaikat tapi dia hidup di kalangan malaikat. Kelebihan yang ada pada Azazil ini ialah pabila die menadahkan tangan untuk berdoa kepada Allah SWT, nescaya makbullah doa dia tu. Pada suatu hari, terdengarlah akan malaikat2 ini satu berita di mana akan datang nanti ada satu golongan di kalangan malaikat ini akan menderhaka kepada Allah SWT. Maka ketakutanlah malaikat semua bila mendengar berita tersebut, takut yang menderhaka itu adalah mereka sendiri. Maka semua malaikat ni pergi la berjumpa dengan Azazil untuk meminta Azazil berdoa kepada Allah supaya dijauhkan daripada menderhaka kepada Allah. Maka berdoalah Azazil lebih kurang macam ni la "Ya Allah, Engkau jauhkanlah para malaikat ini dari menderhaka kepadaMu". Instantly, Allah perkenankan doa Azazil ni. Tapi dia lupa nak doakan untuk diri dia sendiri, maka di kala Nabi Adam dicipta di kala itu lah Azazil menderhaka kepada Allah dengan tidak mahu sujud kepada Nabi Adam A.S. Maka Allah halau Azazil dan menukarkan namanya kepada Iblis laknatullah.

So, lenkali berdoa tu jangan la lupe berdoa untuk diri sendiri sekali. Cukup lah sekadar dengan membaca "Rabbana Aatina Fiddunya Hasanah Wafil Aakhirati Hasanah Waqina A'zabannar".

Ulamak berbeza pendapat tentang Iblis ni, di mana; ada yang berpendapat Iblis ni ada satu je dan tidak akan mati sehingga hari kiamat kelak, yang mati itu cuma anak2 Iblis yang terdiri daripada jin dan syaitan. Lagi satu pendapat cakap Iblis ni banyak dan die bole mati, die beranak pinak dan mati sampai la hari kiamat baru semua sekali mati. Aku tatau mana satu pendapat yang paling kuat, tapi dua pendapat tu je la yang setakat ni aku pernah dengar. Personally aku rasa pendapat yang first tu yang paling kuat.

Anak Iblis ni terbahagi kepada 2 kategori; Syaitan dan jin. Semua syaitan adalah kafir, kompem masuk neraka nanti. manakala jin pula ada kafir dan ada islam.

Sekarang kite berbalik pada tajuk tadi.

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained."

Source:Sahih Bukhari Vol 3, Book 31 (Fasting), No 123.

Dalam hadis di atas, ada dicakap jin? die cakap devils, kalu baca dalam bahasa arab die tulis 'shayatin' means syaitan2. Bile masa pulak jin kene ikat? mangkuk tol..kalau la jin tu kene ikat, macam mana yang islam tu nak menjalankan ibadah die terhadap Allah. Betul tak? Okay, kite tengok pulak ayat Quran ni.

Source: Al-Quran, Surah 51 (Adz-Dzariyaat), Ayat 56

"Dan (ingatlah) Aku tidak menciptakan jin dan manusia melainkan untuk mereka menyembah dan beribadat kepadaKu"

Macam mana kalu jin kene ikat die nak beribadat kepada Allah? tak ke bengap tu sapa yang cakap jin kene ikat tu. Kalu jin kene ikat, kite pun kene ikat jugak tau patutnya. Jin ni hidup di kalangan kite je, cume kite je yang tak bole nak nampak die..pasal muke die ni buruk sangat, kalu Allah bagi mata kite ni nampak jin, manusia tak akan ade keje lain la, hari2 pengsan je sebab tengok muke jin ni. Tapi Allah tu adil, nanti dekat padang masyar nanti jin pulak tak bole nampak kite tapi kite bole nampak jin.

Ulamak sekali lagi berbeza pendapat pasal jin ni, ada yang cakap jin ni ade pembangunan, kire ade development sendiri la..ade masjid sendiri, ada bangunan sendiri kot, sekolah sendiri. Lagi satu pendapat cakap diaorg ni tade pembangunan, hidup menumpang je..kite buat masjid die menumpang la masjid kite..tu yang kekadang tengok cam ramai je orang semayang subuh tadi kat masjid, selipar kat luar tu 2 3 ketul je, tok imam satu, tok bilal satu ngan siak. Jemaah dah macam nak dekat 20 orang. Cakap pasal jin ni teringat pulak kisah aku time sekolah dulu. Nanti aku story.

Jin ni pulak bole menjelma. Bole bertukar2 wajah die. Yela, dah buruk sangat, sebab tu bole menyamar tu. Korang jangan terperanjat pulak, ntah2 jiran korang tu jin sebenarnya. Hehe. Itu yang keluar istilah toyol la, hantu raya, hantu bungkus la, pocong la. Itu semua jin punye kerja la tu nak kacau manusia. Orang melayu ni kreatif sket, jin menyamar jadi orang kecik warna hijau dipanggilnya toyol. Yang dalam iklan jin notti tu yang aku nampak diaorang cakap jin kene ikat la, masuk alam manusia la padahal jin tu hidup sama je ngan kite ni, ntah2 kat sebelah korang tu ade je yang bertenggek sekor. Hehe. Ha lagi satu, perumpamaan ni "Sebaik2 jin adalah sejahat2 manusia". WTF! ntah2 jin tu lagi alim dari engkorang semua tau tak..ni semua melayu punye ignorance..Melayu yang pandai2.

Bongok!!!

Footer: Teringat pulak time sekolah rendah dulu ada teka teki: Dalam banyak2 jin, jin mana yang tak kene ikat time bulan ramadhan? Sapa tau jawapan die?? hehe..

And then..

Following my previous entry below, a chit-chat was happening between me and Kuluk, my Uni friend..Who's now somewhere around arabic ocean. He works with Schlumberger. Very rich, single and still looking..good looking too maybe for certain chicks, or maybe not. Not so tall, average malay guy, shorter than me and absolutely lighter than me..hehe.

[09:26] Kuluk: uiks
[09:26] Kuluk: shah
[09:26] Kuluk: dah jadik bapa ke kome?
[09:31] beskal_best: lom lagi la
[09:31] beskal_best: tgh tunggu ni
[09:31] Kuluk: bille due nye?
[09:31] Kuluk: due date
[09:31] beskal_best: this week kot..friday
[09:38] beskal_best: ade mana?
[09:39] Kuluk: lautan arab nih
[09:39] Kuluk: abg ko de baleks ke
[09:39] beskal_best: tgh laut ke? sempat lagi ko cetting yeaa
[09:40] beskal_best: abg aku blk 15/9
[09:40] beskal_best: blk nak kawen...ko tanak kawen ke?
[09:40] Kuluk: online blake
[09:40] Kuluk: ohw..kawen org slb gaks ke?
[09:40] Kuluk: aku rase nk kawen gaks
[09:40] beskal_best: tak la..kawen dgn makwe die kat sini la..
[09:41] Kuluk: oh
[09:41] beskal_best: bawak2 la kawen..org semayang dpt pahal 2 kali ganda dah..ko semayang pahala dpt 1 je
[09:41] beskal_best: tu pun kalu semayang
[09:41] beskal_best: hehe
[09:41] Kuluk: bez nye kwen
[09:42] beskal_best: nak kawen dgn sapa?
[09:42] Kuluk: tuh soklan yg bijaks
[09:43] beskal_best: bijak sgt ke soklan aku tu
[09:43] beskal_best: hehe..kawen je la ngan sesapa..
[09:43] beskal_best: balik la kl..ngorat awek mana2
[09:43] beskal_best: kat sana tade ke?
[09:44] Kuluk: keling sini
[09:44] Kuluk: tak moh laa aku
[09:44] Kuluk: de bau
[09:44] beskal_best: akuk nasihatkan kau beli M3 macam al-fian tu..pastu letak lam facebook..
[09:45] beskal_best: sure pastu rmai la nak kenen2 ngan kau...
[09:45] beskal_best: bernas tak?
[09:45] beskal_best: ngan aku2 skali...
[09:45] Kuluk: M3 tuh tak sedap sgt...gegar mnyak kuat
[09:45] beskal_best: tak payah M3 laa..ko beli je la golf GTi pun dah cukup dah..
[09:46] beskal_best: nak masyuk lagi..Golf MkII 3.2 Super charge
[09:46] Kuluk: haish
[09:46] Kuluk: mahal2 sungguh keta kome nih
[09:46] Kuluk: abg kome beli keta per?
[09:47] beskal_best: yela..berbalai la dgn gaji ko yg berjuta2 tu
[09:47] beskal_best: berbaloi
[09:47] beskal_best: abg aku mana ade test kete2 ni...
[09:47] beskal_best: test plak..taste
[09:47] beskal_best: aku suh die beli evo..die tanak..
[09:48] Kuluk: then, die beli per jerk?
[09:48] beskal_best: aku suh die angkat M3 pun die tanak..ckp mahal sgt
[09:48] Kuluk: mmg laa rrugi kalu die beli evo , nak2 de adik mcm ko nih...
[09:48] Kuluk: time die pi kije, kat ko jugaks die tinggalkan
[09:48] beskal_best: pastu aku suh die angkat DC5R..die nak plak
[09:49] beskal_best: mmg la..sbb tu la aku suh die beli kete2 mcm tu..supaya aku yg bole drivenya..hahaha
[09:53] Kuluk: recond bape DC5R, tahun bile tuh ?
[09:54] beskal_best: 2005, NFL..
[09:54] beskal_best: 2005/2008 2.0 i-Vtec
[09:54] beskal_best: bih kurang 150k-170k kot
[09:55] Kuluk: haish
[09:56] Kuluk: mahal laa jugaks...dah laa 2 pintu jer tuh...baik civiv i-vtec jerrk
[09:56] beskal_best: haa angkat la...
[09:56] Kuluk: bmw/c-lass pon lagi murah
[09:57] Kuluk: aku malas aar nak angkat, karang mak aku lenjan
[09:57] beskal_best: tapi nasihat aku..tak payah la beli civic tu..not a chick magnet type of car
[09:57] beskal_best: kalu niat ko nak menunjuk2 ngan makwe2..angkat bmw je..atau kete2 yang anak2 gadis kenal..hehe
[09:57] Kuluk: ho ho ho
[09:58] beskal_best: diaorg bkan tau pun civic tu lagi mahal harga die dari bmw e46 325 gbong tu
[09:58] Kuluk: konfem laa anak2 gadis ittew tidak kenal DC5R
[09:59] beskal_best: walaupun harga M3 al-fian tu tak sampai pun 250k anggaran die..tapi kalu chicks dah tgk..cair beb...gua ckp lu
[09:59] Kuluk: die beli 270k
[10:00] Kuluk: tapi gegar kuar seyh
[10:00] beskal_best: time tu die beli..beli time skang ni tgk bape..hehehe
[10:00] Kuluk: tuh laa
[10:00] Kuluk: suspension track tuh
[10:00] Kuluk: tapi amat laa laju
[10:00] beskal_best: die angkut yg dah modified punye...
[10:00] beskal_best: mmg la camtu
[10:01] beskal_best: lagi laju dari DC5R ke?
[10:02] Kuluk: aku rase laa...
[10:02] Kuluk: 3.2 ...dlm 300 - 350 bhp kot
[10:02] beskal_best: gegar tu pasal mounting die kot...
[10:02] Kuluk: DC5R bape bhp?..
[10:02] beskal_best: kete aku pun mounting dah nak kene tuka ni..

The conversation stopped here..mana tah setan ni pegi..maybe dah kene perambat ngan supervisor die kat rig tu kot suh pegi buat keje..ntah le..

Dream never comes true

Saje je nak sakitkan hati diri sendiri di pagi bulan ramadhan ni..oshhh..I WANT THAT CAR!!!!!!!

While browsing through Facebook just now, I encountered my Uni friend's page. I heard from Edan, another Uni friend. .that he drives M3. So I opened the photos section to check out for the car pictures. Selalunyee sesapa yang ade kete mahal2 ni mmg akan letak dalam facebook punye..yela, dah beli memahal mesti la kene kasi org lain tgk..terutamanya anak2 gadis..anak2 gadis kene tau sume ni..ketidak rugi beb. Anak2 gadis bile dah tgk, mule la..macam2 komen die kat situ dah macam kene sampuk dengan nude witch plak dah..mule la banyak bunyi seperti contoh.. "wah kereta baru la..bile nak bwk I jenjalan naik kete baru u tu"..paling koman pun buat comment terkejut la "Wahh!"..begitula gamaknyaa..dengan aku2 skali yang terkejut..yela jeles beb..takkan aku nak ngorat lelaki tu buat comment2 macam anak2 gadis tadi, mau di penerajangnya aku ni kang…huhu..so jeles je la yang bole pun sambil hati berkobar-kobar satu hari nanti nak beli kete tu jugak…kalu rezeki murah la..ketidak bersyukur je la dgn apa yang ada skang ni..always be grateful.

Well, my wild guess became true, the car's pics are there..aku pun belek2 la..sambil2 tu pasang niat nak beli satu..hehe. Murah rezeki ko yea pian..Hope Allah keeps it that way until the day you die.M3, Sekadar Gambar Hiasan

Into 40th Weeks..

Today my wife and I were at my parents' house for breaking the fast at Kinrara. Sahur pagi tadi macam dah okay je..tekak aku punye dilation ni dah terbukak besar gak kot..dalam 4 cm macam tu..laju je nasi masuk ke tiub esophagus aku tu headed straight to usus besar..eh ke usus kecil dulu eh, tah la, aku bkannye enrolled bio pun dlu, science pun dpt brape tah..

Wife was having contractions since last night..kalu ikut kitab aku tu "What to expect…When you're expecting", it was a pre-birth sign..Mean it's a normal sign la..so she is on the phase one of the childbirth stages. The contractions are 30 to 45 secs long, 20 minutes apart or less. Aku pulak tak abes-abes tanye "nak pegi hospital ke?"..huhu..anyway, tomorrow she has a routine checkup at hospital. So pepandai doctor laa nak buat apa.. :)

Despite of being nervous and all, both wifey and I dah tak saba2 nak menimang anak dah..hope everything is going smoothly as planned.

I suppose to have a commissioning job throughout this month but I let my colleague, Far to handle it while I'm here waiting for my unborn son. The EDD is 28^th Aug, this Friday. To those yang tatau EDD tu is estimated date of delivery. Btol ke? Hope Far could handle all the pressure there. Kalu tak, terpaksa la hero datang menyelamatkan keadaan. Far also is expecting a child, his wife is at fourth month of pregnancy if not mistaken..Wapek pun expecting jugak..Izham pun..Acad juga okay..mak aih ramainye yang tgh expecting dkat ofis aku tuh…but alls' EDD are early next year, around Feb and March.

Kuat main la bebdak ofis aku ni..kahkahkah…..tu tak kire yang pempuan lagi tu..

Puasa..Puasa..Puasa..

Ramadhan comes again….marhaban..

First time pose rumah mentua..di kuarters hospital serdang. Early breakfast (sahur) this morning at 5am, aku makan tak abes plak..rase tekak tu kecik je bukaan die..selalu tak macam ni plak!! Heran..selalu dapat je bedal semua foods yg ada atas meja tu…last month aku pose ganti sehari..okay je makan sahur pepagi bute tu..ntah laa…

Enough that, I'm sitting here in the room, on the floor while my wife still sleeping this time, 6.16PM, together waiting to break the fast in our own style. It seems only yesterday that I wrote in here talked about ramadhan..well, I've done this again. I'm not gonna write something similar like previous ramadhan-posts. This time, I'll try to be different, at least. But the truth is I don't know what to write. Huhu..but for sure, this Ramadhan is special….

Wife now at 39^th week of pregnancy, so you know what! Anytime now, the baby will come out from the hotel uterus he stays for the last 8-9 months. Oh yaa..it's a boy, did I mentioned it? And this is the first! The emotion has taken its part now in me on preparing for my baby arrival. All the stuffs are here; stroller, carrier, pampers, shirts, pillow and all. All have been taken care of by the wife..erm some by the husband..Right honey? That's why we're at her parents' house now..nearer to the delivery room.

Anyway, wish us luck in our journey called life, and Selamat berpuasa to all my muslim friends.

Jahat,Pemanggil,Aur,Dayang,Seri Buat - Live-On-Board (Part 1)-Finale

Today, I decided to continue write on my last trip after I've made thru the toughest part of my days last week. So, here you go..

Saturday (9^th Sept)
I woke up that morning and I felt seasick; dizzy, stomach-ache, feels like to puke. What an annoying feeling on the fascinating-day-trip like this one and yet I missed my dawn dive on the early bird. But it's ok, sleeping much better. Huhu

My Sifu asked to do deep dive this time, we would be going into 30 meters depth..my heart beats like a drum does whenever heard of the depth..hehe! Well, I was anxious but not panic. First time maa..you try?! Anyone? Sure you can..30 meters just about the same as 5 meters depth..you won't feel a bit different except you will run out of air quickly than usual. But some of divers will suspect narcosis in that depth, you'll feel high like as high as you smoke joint. That's why during Advance Course (Herein after will be called AOW), you'll be going down 30 meters and need to write down your name and IC number on the given board. Just to make sure you still thinking normally. Scared? Don't be..diving is fun.

Such pain in the arse, I suddenly have to went up during descend at 8 meters depth. Just about 1 minute underwater my headache was not gone yet. What a great miss at Pinnacle One, Pulau Aur. I was told that was the best dive site even 30 meters depth you can even see way up to the surface, a school of yellow-tail-barracudas and every kind off marine life, you name it! Poor me. Soon I'll be there again someday. Wait for me Pinnacle One.

After others had completed their surface interval, down we went again at Captain's Point dive site, Pulau Dayang. This time I had made sure I am perfectly ready for the dive as I am going to do my navigation underwater as partial of the AOW course portion. Just took a few minutes to complete then we continue our tour until we had to bump into other group of divers. I think they are Singaporeans coming to dive at Aur. Macam pasar malam tuhh, just like underwater party. I was enjoyed the dive like nobody's business.

On the night they were down again around Aur as the boat sailed for awhile. I wasn't coming due to limited torch-light. Darn, next trip I will definitely buy one for my own. There were two other boats sailed at the same area as our boat did. They were night-diving as well. As for the Perampok, they must let other boats make their way first before going merampok underwater, that's the rule they have to follow. That was all for the night session. Nothing more interesting except chatting on the top of the boat while the boat made its way to Pulau Seri Buat, slightly down under Tioman towards Tanjung Gemuk where I was doing my last dive there.

Welcome..

Ramadhan al-mubarak! Once again all Muslim in Malaysia as well as across the globe able to perform one of the Rukun Islam..Berpuasa selama sebulan!

In Malaysia, this month signals the mushrooming of bazaar ramadhan across the country, also known as Food-feast-month in Malaysia. Hours before sun sets, countless stall delicacies popular for breaking the fast. It shows the festive of sight, smells and sounds. It is at bazaar ramadhan where you can find various foods of malaysia.

Anyway, Happy fasting, guys and girls.

The infamous Satay for breaking the fast

Jahat,Pemanggil,Aur,Dayang,Seri Buat - Live-On-Board (Video)

Just to share with you guys our last LOB trip's video..I have edited the full scale of vid to cut it short and small in size just to post it here. Thanks to Hollowman for the sweet vid. Please enjoy!!

Please watch it here in YouTube.

Unfortunate Events!

I returned to home at 4am this morning after wandering around with Yasir to watch some illegal racing downtown. Mingle around, surfed net a while then bump to bed to get some sleep. 5.30am my maid called me..I was 'what the *&$%', bothering me around this moment even my dream not even started yet..Once again I was 'What the fook'..she told me my car isn't at the place where it should be. Just one and half hour ago I saw her there..Damn it..my car has been stolen! Bloody hell! Fucking bastard thieves! I aborted my sleep and outside I went..its fucking true..my car was not there no more!

Sob sob..So much unfortunate events had happened to me lately..First my Nokia 6280 then my car. Before this, its been 3 times already she had been screwed and now, she may rest in peace. Till then..I wanna get ready to lodge my report at the police station. ciao..

WHC 799 (Oct 1999 - Sept 2006) She was 7 years old!

Some piece of her strewn on the ground

Jahat,Pemanggil,Aur,Dayang,Seri Buat - Live-On-Board (Part 2)

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My actual second dive commenced after lunch around 2pm kot..can't remember, have to refer to my dive log. The boat then made its way to Pulau Pemanggil as soon as they finished the second dive and while we were eating lunch.

We've been told by Comrade that this dive site got wreck at 5-6m depth. I was excited to put myself into the blue immediately when I heard that. Rupe-rupe nye, indah khabar dari rupe..The so-called wreck does not look like one at all, it was badly broken and pieces strewn all over the place, even I was hardly identified that is a wreck. It must been into the ground very hard. We made our tour into the deeper site then after frustrated with the wreck. Nothing spectacular found during the dive.

One thing I like the most during the trip was food. Everytime after diving, foods were already served whether at dining floor or at cylinder area/kitchen. Its 'goreng pisang' was the best heh, as Zarir always reminds us all about the deliciousness of the 'goreng pisang' while eating them. Anyway I like the 'cengkodok' the most, huhu! Thanks to Kak Zakiah, the resident chef that made us felt like home by her cooks. That's because they called me 'MT' I guess, because of the delicious food that forced me did the Man-has-to-do-what-man-has-to-do thingy on the boat. Only those on the boat knew what is 'MT' all about..keh keh keh!

After a while resting and enjoyed our surface interval, we went down again about 8pm for commencing the night dive. This time only six of us dived at the other side of Pulau Pemanggil before the boat made its way to Pulau Aur. I was invited by HollowMan to do the dive after getting approval from my sifu Jim. Sifu Jim went as well. We started at the anchor line before going further down 11m depth into the darkness. I brought underwater torch-light borrowed from Zarir. Now I realized that not so horror to go diving at night and yet going down with Para Perampok. Can't tell you what Perampok means is. It a divers' secret, become one then you'll know . That was such a memorable one during my involvement in scuba diving. Till then..I continue later..

Joe's Wavebreaker by the wave view

Jahat,Pemanggil,Aur,Dayang,Seri Buat - Live-On-Board (Diver's list)

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THANK YOU TO THE DIVERS WHO MADE THIS TRIP A MEMORABLE ONE - A GOOD ENDING TO THE DIVE SEASON'S LAST LOB TRIP

1. Comrade (a.k.a Mr Lowered - organiser and court jester cum biyatch of the trip)
2. Jim (open water diver and DM-wannabe)
3. Sheik (The one who pukes and kisses the arse of cuttlefish)
4. Hollowman (cool camera guy who loves Sam Soul's arse)
5. Zarir (Mr Ice. Maintains hairstyle even underwater)
6. Atuk (Mr Fish ID who has yet to see an Octopus)
7. Aidil (Mr Letih - always sleeping)
8. Sam Soul (Man-turned-biyatch [a.k.a Bee..short for Baby]..definitely not the person we know this trip)
9. Zack (a very entertaining person..despite his macho outdoor activities, he has a feminine side)
10. Zul (Mr forced-to-do AOW course)
11. Kamal (Mr OWD forced to do drift dive by his so-called friend)
12. Penyu (almost extinct..always almost extinct during every dive)
13. Shah (another Mr forced-to-do AOW course)
14. Ana (Sam Soul's husband..Sam Soul will abort his dives for this person)
15. Baby (DMT kena tipu)
16. Cher (Miss Malas...totally on a holiday trip)
17. Lyanna (Mrs Bookworm...when she's not diving she reads books no other person can comprehend the contents)
18. SeaDemon (the one who writes reports and do boring dives as the camera doesn't work)
19. Laracroft (almost a crew member already..if she's not married to one yet in return for 10 dive trips)

THE WAVEBREAKER CREW

1. Joe (another member of the LOWERED-gang)
2. Fais (very helpful crew member)
3. Jiman (another very helpful crew member)
4. Kak Zakiah (the resident chef who became the object of desire and age-guessing discussions of the male guests after 2 nights at sea..as usual)

- Source: yet another Bulletin Board by SeaDemon

Jahat,Pemanggil,Aur,Dayang,Seri Buat - Live-On-Board (Part 1)

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After 2 – 3 months certified, my instructor had invited to join his 'gang' for LOB (Live-On-Board) trip. It was 3 days 2 night on board – no land..just a big boat, seasick, and the most important is dive..dive..dive..unlimited dive! I was awed with the invitation until I keep counting days for the day trip.

Thursday (7^th Sept)
6.30PM was my arrival time at the KLIA from Bintulu on the trip day; fetched by my girlfriend at the airport then rushed home to get ready for the trip. Such a tiring day that day, just got back from Bintulu and then immediately gone on trip. Sempat lagi kene marah dengan ibu, she was mumbling "dok ghajin nok nampok muke..kejap2 takdok kat umoh". Hehe!!

Finally, we were at the wharf at Tanjung Gemuk, Kuala Rompin at 4am in the morning the following day. We stopped twice, first at Seremban R&R, waiting for everybody to gather and then at Muadzam Shah to release all the tense while driving there. Drive to Tanjung Gemuk from thereon was good.

We have to be transferred to Wavebreaker (the boat we going to stay for 2 nights) using the tender as well as fishing trawler as tide was out. But we were entertained by the view of the partial lunar eclipse that night. Around 4.30am we were underway to our first dive site. I was sleeping as soon as we were on the boat. Dive operations immediately commenced when arriving at the Pulau Jahat around 8am. Visibility was not that great and the current was not so strong. As for me, I was underwater for 17minutes at around 14m depth cause my tummy got sick suddenly. Went up to surface escorted by dive master trainee (herein after will be called DMT) Baby. My first dive was spoiled. On the boat got seasick some more, asked for pill from Kak Ana then sleeping which caused me missed the second dive.

Everyone at their best on the boat (group photo)

Gateway to Redang - Part 2 (finale)

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29^th April

Argghh..We took a boat from Merang, near Kuala Terengganu, heading to Redang Island. The trip took around 1 hour to get to the island, gile ramai orang la nak pegi sana..berhimpit2 dalam boat. I didn't spot any divers in the boat except my friends, maybe Redang is not a fine spot to dive.

Sampai2 je, check in bilik and then after lunch trus gi snorkeling. Hehe, time ni tak dapat lesen diving lagi..so jealous gak la tgk my friends naik boat going for a dive, meanwhile me naik boat going for snorkeling with other hundreds of people on the island. Rimas2! Kalu gi dive tak sampai pun 10 org. hehe! So next time I will definitely go for diving..wait a minute, before that, I have to get my licence first. Damn. Huhu. Malam tu just wandering around the island, lepak2 tepi pantai, yg ade awek leh berendek kat dalam gelap tuh..cis! Some of us went to beach disco. The married couple stayed in the room, ehem!

30^th April

After breakfast, pegi snorkeling lagih..yeke? Forgot la what I was doing in the morning. Either snorkeling or sleeping. Just two options only. But for sure after lunch I was taking a good nap. Huhu! I woke up in the evening and then went for snorkeling with Zul. Dkat2 pantai je..still I saw blue-spotted stingray, shrimp and don't know what else. Lagi la membuatkan aku tak saba2 nak finishkan my diving lesson nih.

On night we had a barbeque, we burn everything like fish, chicken, shrimp, etc. all you can eat, except Gugan cause he is vegetarian. Huhu! We lie down on the shore talking, planning what to do, having an ice-cream, and clubbing (some of us). And then, on midnight we start playing cards, I made a few jokes and successfully made everybody laughs like a hell..ahaha..those are memorable moments which I won't forget.

1^st May

Labor day, today we're going back home after having such a good times on the island. Ahhhh..malas dah nak tulis..arrived at home almost midnight. Go to bed. End of story. Hehe..

Gateway to Redang - Part 1

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Last weekend, my friends (11 altogether) and I went to Redang and it was absoulutely great. Leaved on Friday right after office hours (actually it was 8.30PM from KL, this is including balik umah jap,amik baju kemas, picked up everyone else) and heading towards Kerteh from KL. We planned to overnight at Kerteh (some friend's house) before take a boat ride to Redang on the following morning. Two cars from KL occupied 6 of us including myself and the rest already in Kerteh waiting for us. Heavy traffic from KL heading toward Karak because it was 3 days holidays (Malaysia Only) including Labor Day on Monday. So, probably everybody had planned to go back to hometown or going for holiday same like us did.

The bad new is it was my turn to drive and the good new is the car is auto..hehe! opps..another bad new is I couldn't smoke in the car becoz the owner is a lady and another two passengers also a lady..and she absolutely hates smokers including myself..hehe! Always make some mimic of ugly thing on her face and mumbling (I don’t know what it was) whenever I was smoking around her. Ish! Or probably maybe she is 3 months pregnant and temporarily hates smoker for the sake of her very first future child. Erk..by the way congrats. I don’t know what is the point of view of the other two passengers about smoker? They never do like she did (the face thing, mumbling). Hehe..maybe they don’t mind becoz they are not pregnant yet. Huhu!

By the time we hit Kerteh, it was 1 am in the morning I think. I couldn’t remember the exact time, but for sure I was not so sleepy and tired just a little bit. For over 5 hours driving and 9 hours working I cannot believe the fact that I still feel energetic. Maybe because of the herbalife drink I took the night before. The drink so tasty and gives me more energy. Hey, if you guys interested..just give me a call or email or sms or whatever as long as it can reach me and you guys can taste the tastiest amazing herbalife drink. Errrr.. before i forget my phone number is 012-3820519! Call or sms me kay! Email is lurzihahs@yahoo.co.uk! Cess..sempat lagi tu promote..erk..but seriously I felt so different after took a glass of herbalife drink. And it can loss your weight too (for those yg ade intention nak kurus e.g. orang2 gemok cam edan)..hehe! - to be continue-