Give Me Five Minutes Boleh Tak?

Pagi-pagi dah update blog ... saja nak lepas geram lah. Actually since start kerja on 3rd January I dah rasa nak shut down kan jer semua sistem pemikiran I tambah-tambah semua orang nak jumpa, nak tanya itu ini, nak propose itu ini ... in short lah ... as if I ni muka cop duit ...

Sometimes bagi lah peluang Ketua Jabatan itu untuk plan program dan belajawan bagi tahun semasa. Especially kalau program dan bajet Jabatan tersebut bergantung kepada peruntukan yang diperolehi daripada Kementerian atau Jabatan induk. Jangan lah terus serbu dengan alasan courtesy call lah, nak hantar kalender lah but bawak Ketua Jabatan tu sembang for half and hour. Some Ketua Jabatan maybe courteous tapi kat fikiran dia maybe dia pun nak siapkan tugasan dia.

Satu lagi antara Jabatan-Jabatan pun, janganlah push program u kat Jabatan lain ... kena ingat ... setiap Kementerian sudah ada dasar dan program masing-masing. Itu sebab ada Misi dan Visi Kementerian atau Jabatan. Kalau nak buat event bersama, benda tu kena bincang tahun sebelumnya ... bukannya nak kecoh-kecoh desak member buat pada tahun semasa.

Well, I sentiasa welcome great ideas ... yang sistematik, yang realistik dan even yang bombastik. Tapi please don't give ideas dengan harapan just nak impress I tapi niat sebenar nak cari peluang dapatkan bajet untuk kepentingan peribadi ... or pastu depend kat i pulak nak fikirkan macam mana nak buat event tu gempak. I want action plans, I want objectives and I want to know how it will benefit people ... Mintak mahap yer ... sepanjang tahun 2010 ... I dah lalui semua itu and natijahnya ... better I yang buat event atau program tu. I lebih puas hati dan I rasa suppliers pun puas hati.

Hmm yang paling I sedih pulak ... I ni kan jenis yang "don't let me tell you what should do" or "don't let me think for you" sebab once I do that maknanya orang ni memang hopeless. So kalau jumpa orang macam ni memang drain all my energy nak bekerja. Paling tak suka bila jumpa orang yang tak tahu nak manage their own people sampai kita pulak nak tunjukkan jalan. And juga palinggggggg tak suka, orang cari kita sebab tak tahu macam nak start kerja dia .... apakahhhhhhh ... baik BERSARA jer yang oiii!

I am going to say more NO after this ... percayalah ... I just want to prove that sometimes LESS is MORE.

 

 

Nasi lemak ni takde kaitan dengan cerita di atas tetapi sebab terlampau geram ... iols makan 2 bungkus, ambik kau!!!!

Angels and Demons

I was thinking of blogging something based on the title above last night but ended up reading the e-book instead ... something I wanted to do for a very long time. I watched the movies but some Netizens commented that reading the book was soooooo much better as the storyline was simplied in the movie. I have problems with imagining something so technical or involved symbolism ... therefore watching the movie then reading the book seems to be a better option.

Anyway, angels and demons seem to be warring within me these past few days. I really don't like it that people are taking their frustration on the economy, the politics, or even the weather on government servants. Hey ...who do you think we are .. punching bags ... or God? They are angry at other agencies ... they thought that the other agencies are the same. At one point I raised my voice at one very prominent hotelier for not wanting to sponsor his project after his sinical reply that "all the money went to RM 1.8 million FB account". I told him that I am protecting taxpayers money from people like you. Personal project not taking into consideration public interest ... fund it yourself lah! 

I am sure many of my colleagues are doing the same thing ... but often been potrayed differently by some opportunists. God knows how many files, records, mesyuarat pagi, minutes of meetings, minit ceraian everytime there are events ... just so that I could explain to internal audit and of course a control measure just in case, there is indeed some little Napoleon in my office. But most important of all ... I hope my successor got some guidance on how to handle those event in the future.

But even all these "bona fide" gestures might invite criticism from certain people ... "You are not going GREEN. You cut down so many trees and should go paperless". And so ... I had to let out the demon inside of me to counter them ... "what concerns you more now ... is it the tree or how we spend your tax money". By the way ... I drive a Green car, do you?

Just Do It ...

Hahaha ... tiba-tiba terasa nak mengekspresikan perasaan yang terbuku di dada dalam Bahasa Melayu (or Anglo-Melayu). Lama ya tidak menghasilkan sebarang nukilan.. Terasa janggal pulak nak menulis dalam 100% Bahasa Inggeris ... "feeling" dia lain sikit. Well, memang pun 2-3 minggu ni penulis seems to be under the weather ... biasalah kan "climate change" makin teruk sekarang ni.

Sepi tidak bererti "senyap" yer tuan-tuan, puan-puan, Dato'-Dato', Datin-Datin ... Terlalu banyak yang berlaku sepanjang penyepian ini. Kalau rajin menjenguk Facebook ... tau lah apa yang berlaku. Hehehe

Sepanjang bulan April, penulis sebenarnya sangat-sangat tertekan dengan penganjuran Malaysia Books of Records untuk Persembahan Boria Teramai. Untuk makluman, tekanannya bukan sebab ia adalah penyertaan pertama tetapi disebabkan penulis dan team penulis kena pecahkan rekod sebelum ini iaitu 2020 peserta. And then semasa meeting, pengelola bersama Festival Boria, Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Keseniaan Negara dah awal-awal bagi tau peruntukan tak mencukupi dan set minimum peserta 2500. Mula-mula penulis agak tidak berpuas hati juga sebab peruntukan Festival pun datang dari Kementerian penulis tetapi entah mengapa, jauh di sudut hati penulis ... ada seakan suatu suara yang mengatakan .... "Just Do It" (ok .... perasaan ini tidak ditaja oleh Nike yer)

Dengan hati yang masih ragu dan sedikit tidak berpuas hati, penulis teruskan jugak dengan penganjuran acara tersebut. In fact, if i know it is not going to be easy ... awal-awal lagi I surrender. Dengan keadaan politik di Pulau Pinang yang sedikit berbaur perkauman, dan di kalangan yang sama kaum pulak berbaur keagamaan (dan wang)... penulis teruskan jugak sebab someone must show what it means to be 1Malaysia. As expected, a certain group of people that supposed to support us didn't even care actually (after we supported their event). But we get support from groups of people that I least expected ... local medias ... tak kira lah mainstream, tabloid, commercial, free circulation .... they seemed lebih excited and wonder .... could it work? Heard this idea was mooted many years ago.

Secara jujurnya, in between, penulis juga menghadapi tekanan dari pegawai-pegawai atasan. Mesyuarat, laporan, taklimat dan macam-macam karenah yang buat penulis menaikkan suara dalam satu mesyuarat sebab with the type of pressure that we are in penulis would prefer seniors yang accommodating rather than commanding.

Tetapi suara ini masih bermain lagi di fikiran penulis ... "Stop arguing! Just do it"

Memang sangat tertekan mengenangkan hari-hari menjelang Festival Boria. Syukur, rakan-rakan sepasukan di pejabat pada tahun ini memang sangat bagus. Sengaja penulis tak bagi semua terlibat dalam perancangan acara untuk membolehkan beberapa pegawai menjalani kursus dengan tenang, menghadiri mesyuarat dan melaksanakan tugas-tugas hakiki. Timbalan penulis juga seorang yang sangat berpengalaman dan "wise".

Sesungguhnya penulis tidak menyangka Festival Boria 1Malaysia mendapat sambutan yang di luar dugaan. Kalau pasukan penulis tidak stop pendaftaran pada jam 8.30 malam. Maunya mencecah 4000 penyertaan malam tu. Kami setuju rekod 2811 peserta. Penulis dengan pengarah Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian menangis kegembiraan malam tu. Betul ... we were soooooooo happy and relief.

Kalau dibandingkan dengan semua acara yang penulis pernah anjurkan sebelum ini, acara ini kecil saja tetapi kepuasan dan tekanannya memang luar biasa. Bila penulis dapat tahu "kesengsaraan" yang Pengarah Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian kena lalui selama 7 hari di lokasi acara ... baru lah penulis sedar mengapa penulis perlu main peranan supaya acara Malaysia Book of Records yang di bawah jagaan penulis perlu berjaya.

It was the heart of the whole festival.

Semalam masa di Perlis, penulis dapat tahu kemeriahan acara tu dah jadi topik hangat "other" Kementerian berbanding Kementerian penulis sendiri hehehehe sampai Menteri the "other" Ministry bangkit dalam post-cab (biar betul ... )

Anyway, this month pun pressure teruk jugak ... anyway ... Just Do It!

CNY 2010 Is All About ...

family and friends ... Some feng shui masters predicted that the year of the Golden Tiger 2010 will be a very tough year as the chart of the year is unbalanced and spells conflict of energies. Most foresee that this year there will be little harmony, with argument,controversies as well as continued occurence of hostility and violence. It also a year when competitive pressures are extremely intense.

Nonetheless history has proven that Tiger years also bring as much good news as bad so though it may be not a forgiving year, it is a year when all hard work and tenacity will pay off. So as long as we work hard we will go through this tough year like a breeze ... Therefore, I decided to reap this year's good luck to my benefit.

Before my Jakarta trip I received a call from Datin Zaitun (MOTOUR) informing me that there is a post in State Tourism in Penang. Later I received a call from Norsiah asking there is also a post in Kuching and asked if I could consider that as well. Of course I felt overwhelmed because "jarang-jarang" sekali lah I received great news sepanjang "Berkhidmat Untuk Negara".

Most of the time ... "Jaime ada orang piket kat bawah pejabat Kementerian... can u handle them?" or "Ada isu perumahan lah kat Parlimen, need to get jawapan hari nie jugak". Itu tak termasuk tindakan beberapa senior officers "tai chi" their works to me behind my back. My top bosses knew about it but they also knew I will never say NO ... which is one of my weaknesses.

Actually my dearest of friends often asked me to find greener pastures. I have to admit I am bit "keras kepala" on that matter. It's a value which that has been instilled and rooted in deep inside me. I will not leave a job because it is stressful or the boss s*cks! Those are common factors and beyond our control. I will only LEAVE once I know what my worth is. So when Miss Wee (JPN statistician) called asking why our prosecution cases in court and compound figures TRIPLE in 2009 compared to previous years ... I knew that was the CALL.

I will go to WAR if I had too. And my mind had set on Penang!

Puvan's birthday dinner with his in-laws family, 2 days before I leave for Kuching.

So this is when friends and family play important roles. I know my transfer will not be smooth sailing but this is the time I show the TIGER side of me. Don't play play!

Jason's father in law to be saying the meal prayer during a dinner to discuss his wedding 2 days after CNY. I jugak kena jadi chef cum photographer.

Our reunion dinner on the eve of CNY with my sister in law to be. The makan besar is simple but orang-orang yang makan memang besar-besar hehehe

I am gonna miss my life in KL ... but deep down in my heart I knew that Penang is opening new doors for me. Though my dad is in Penang, I consider Penang my third home but everytime I am there, I felt like tourist. Checking on fengshui ... Penang is surrounded by water and its the missing element of the year so I will do MUCH MUCH better in Penang compared to KL.

Suddenly I feel so good about it hehehe ...

The 6th Day of A New Year

First and foremost, would like to wish my youngest sister Jayne, Happy 22nd Birthday today. Sometimes I wonder how my little sister had grown into a woman. During secondary school, I always think that my "teenage life is ruin" because I had to babysit her and she always followed me everywhere. Hehehe. Anway love you and wish you all the best of health, wealth and in future undertakings.

I started working yesterday, feeling a bit tired and moody. After a long holiday break, I had difficulty to switch to working mode. Throughout the holidays, I slept at 3 a.m and woke up between 10 am to 12 pm. So yesterday, I couldn't sleep until 3.am and had to wake up at 6 a.m. To make matter worse, on my first day working in the new year I had to attend several meetings from morning to evening.

Dampened my mood thereafter.... I so need to get out of KL! Am visualising Phuket ...

Crash! Boom! Bang!

Belum habis lagi frust aku dengan kenyataan PM bahawa Kumpulan Pengurusan dan Pengurusan tak dapat bonus tahun nie, tiba2 jer bulan nie banyak pula perbelanjaan mengurus peribadi yang di luar jangkaan.

First, time kat Kuching my Ix (nama timangan my Canon Ixus 850) LCD display tak berfungsi. Lens capture images tapi display dia macam blurry, in greens and blues. Huhu... so nak ke mana-mana terpaksa lah angkut EOS 500D yang besar gedabak itew. Nasib masa gi ke Serikin, dia takde buat hal. So sempatlah tangkap gambar2 menarik on Ix.

Anyway, Ix pun dah banyak berjasa kat aku. Aku rasa adalah more than 10,000 pics dah aku ambik. And semua gambar dia memang tak mengecewakan. After more than 2 years and beribu2 gambar baru nie lah dia buat hal. And tak heran if that model was voted Best Compact Digital Camera for year 2006 by Cnet Asia. I rasa ramai member2 yang pernah guna Ix understand what I mean.

Semalam, I came face to face with my worst nightmare ... "C" - my beloved Compaq Presario laptop tak boleh nak restart. So i tried to do some system repair since masa beli dulu I have no choice to but get original Windows Vista ... time tu baru launching and belum ramai yang dapat decode untuk buat "pirate". I kind of anticipate that sebab of all things I kedekut nak invest in a good antivirus. Rather download yang freeware version!

So freeware antivirus nie pun kalau protect pun setakat 20% jer lah ... then pastu nak jimat after one expire search antivirus baru lain yang free. Gosh! So I try lah nak nak repair dengan pengetahuan yang berkarat. Takleh jugak ... it keep on restart, shut down and restart again huhuhuh...

Anyway, si Ix and "C" macam janji pulak nak kena virus HINI sama-sama. Dulu I bought both of them almost the same time jugak. Maybe tak puas hati kot I splurge on Froggie (my car) kot ... new tyres, new fog lights, renew road tax and insurance. Nak buat mcm mana ... Froggie was a birthday present to myself in 2005.

Ingat masa Mr Liew, my car dealer made that call few years back. Time tu kan ker Myvi baru launching ... I yang tak pernah tgk mcm mana rupa kete tu tawakal jer lah letak deposit ... Even though according to Liew my name is the first 600 all of Malaysia (I booked in April, launching in end May) yang booking I could only get my car 6 months later.

Then on my birthday Liew called "Supriseeeeeeeeeeee .... your car dah sampai". Liew told me that his birthday was 2 days earlier and dia pun nak buat his MyVi delivery on his birthday week hehehe ... seronok sangat time tu. Rasa kekok sangat masa first time bawak balik ke rumah dengan bantuan Uncle Sam. And Ida my ex-housemate christened the car with the name Froggie.

Hmmmm .... nak buat macam mana kan. Mereka je lah harta yang I ada. Nak beli baru tak mampu... huhuhu. I tak kaya raya macam Yoyop, Norzah, Semin, Meli, Kak Maria, Olpic, Kazen Abet, Emel, Jett, White and bloggers lain. Nak update blog nie pun kena pegi Cyber Cafe huhuhu...

"C" still in the operation theater. Maybe another hour siap lah ... I pun nak check my Facebook.

Ciao.

Langkawi Revisited ...

Today is the starting of my very long leave after weeks of facing endless paperworks, meetings, office politics, concerts, photoshooting, food trips and reunions ... Honestly, the past few months I faced life greatest pressures and greatest pleasures all at the same time. So it's time to strike a balance.

The Pain To Get There ...

My break started with last weekend retreat cum departmental course on the Island of Langkawi. Our Datin Z got herself in trouble trying to get us there but sometimes I think office politics in KPKT can be too much to digest. Myself and Syu was kind of dissapointed when Hatifah told us that we "might" not be able to go to Langkawi because it had become such a BIG issue.

Sorry lah whoever that officer is, i don't think it's professional to make so big an issue when u can at least ask or tegur nicely. I know u are doing ur work but I believe Datin Z and Dato' KP didn't just simply approved the course. You see, all the officers who joined the retreat are deserving officers who had been working our "a*#" the pass few weeks just to make some people look good. It broke my heart when I was told that Shah made an effort to identify the officer in order to explain his action, when he doesn't even need to justify his actions.

Mie Intoxicated by Langkawi Breeze

Aerial view of Island of Penang ... Can see oredi my dad on his kapcai ..

Apart from the forests, I have difficulties staying awake on seasides hahaha. According to Syu, it might be due to the negative ions of the sea neutralise the positive ions of our body (or is it the other way round). Maybe that's why lately I love to spend weekends either with Emel in Kulim (with all the greens) or my dad in Penang (with all the blues) and got sick whenever I returned to KL (with all the greys).

My room (Room 811) at the Bayview Hotel had the view of the sea and Kuah town, but I as you can see here, there was nothing much I could do with an 18-55 mm lens (sigh). So I took out my Ixus which has the wide angle function. Sometimes its always your ol' buddy that saves the day.

View of Kuah and the sea from my room. (with my DSLR)

Taken with my IXUS (wide angle)

The Course

I didn't do much shopping or sightseeing on this trip as most of my waking time I was listening to Protocol and Ettiqutte Lectures. The course I would say was superb and interesting. I always had problems about protocols now I had to deal with one of the PEMUDAH taskforce working group. You see, most of the time I did the air-asia approach of free seating. So that people can mingle - which the NGO loves, the private sector don't bother but the government look at it seriously.

But now that I am a grade 48 officer, my works should reflect that including protocols. We had a good time in the role play that the lecturer gave us 5-star. Of course la I jadi the tetamu kehormat maaa... Apart from protocols and ettiquttes, we also learned about a thing or two about some prominent international leaders, politicians or royalties and the dos and dont's when dealing with them.

Langkawi Geopark Photoshoot

The Canopy Walkway

The Gondola

The trip to the Geopark served as a great opportunity for me to experiment on landscape photography. Too bad I am not so much a landscape photographer though some commented that my photos are great. It was a bit cloudy during the photoshoot but I did take one sunset pics on Syu's Ixus (she borrowed my battery pack since I was using my DSLR). More reason to get a wide angle lens.

Think that they laughed in excitement? Don't ever looked down.

I always thought "diving" is an expensive hobby, I guess photography is no diferent. During Hafiz concert, I wish for a zoom lens. Now I wish for a wide angle lens .. Just a matter of time I will be wishing for a macro lens. Luckily I haven't taken up diving, but already I have been searching for underwater casing. I better hide all my "financial spending" cards.


The Shopping

I did mentioned earlier that I didn't do much shopping right? Well, not much by my standard lah. But it was one of the most expensive shopping for the year 2009. Hahaha, I bought a zoom lens for my camera (for less than RM 1K) and a new RED camera bag to compliment it at Kuah Town. All I need to to do was closed my eyes when the tauke swipe my card.


Then I stopped at Hj Ismail Group shops to buy some chocolates .. mostly dark, bittersweet variety and of course ... During the field trip to Langkawi Geopark we stopped to get some Gamat products at Nusantara and on our way back, I bought a Tefal Grill Pan, the one I had been eyeing for centuries hahaha ... for only RM 71.90 at Idaman Suri.

The Food

Sorry Langkawians ... foodwise, Langkawi (so far) has nothing much to shout about. Maybe some other time when I am with the right epicureans. I really wanted to explore the non-halal food of Langkawi. Especially seafood cooked with wine. We had steamboat at the Phoenix restaurant on our 2nd nite there, which was so-so despite the fresh ingredients.

Anyway, our lecturer did slip some valuable information though like there is one stall selling "goreng pisang" (banana fritters) which is the Sultan of Brunei favourite. HRH would always stopped by the stall everytime he comes to Langkawi for some goreng pisang and paid in $100 (Brunei Dollar) for it. So we asked the van driver to stop us there on our way to the airport.

The stall is not far from the airport. To get there, from the airport, if you are heading to Kuah, you will reached a roundabout. Turn at 12 o'clock, you will see a mosque on your left after 10 metres and the stall is just opposite. The banana fitters were crunchy on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside. The kuih especially the donuts are must try - very yummy. No wonder, even the Sultan loves it too.

Note: Other pics are on my FB

Geram !!!!

Geram 1 : Kat CIMB and Public Bank

Kadang2 dalam I nak settle projek terbengkalai dan bermasalah nie rasanya certain private sectors lebih lah redtapes nya berbanding dengan government. Nak tanya management opinion lah, nak verify dengan legal advisers lah ... I don't have any objections but must it take one month and paling2 yang sakit hati this morning, this CIMB officer alasannya dia baru terima minit mesyuarat pagi tadi and siap buat statement lagi tentang I punya minit mesyuarat baru keluar 7 May and meeting on 15 April.

I pun sound balik ... I admitted lah minutes tuh keluar lambat tapi as meeting tu banyak sentuh legal issues and minutes can be valid document tender in court I kena verify the wordings dengan my LA supaya tak timbul issue nanti. Dalam meeting tuh UOB, MBSB and PBB were there and dalam meeting I cakap proceed dulu sampai my letter keluar.

These banks tetap proceed dulu until minutes keluar. UOB officers pun email me kalau dia perlu certain things, can't CIMB do the same. I siap bagi H/P number lagi. I even told him I dah fax terus on 7hb to his office. Dia buat apa since then... I terus kata I am going to call his HQ. And mcm2 faham pulak, CIMB HQ call aku to verify some legal matters and apalagi aku complaint lah dengan officer nie. Yang lucunya, officer CIMB HQ pun ckp ... branches nie memang banyak masalah.

Public Bank pulak lain citernya ... mentang2 KPKT intervene and take over management of HDA account, dia pandai2 letak condition2 tambahan kat my white knight developer. Wajar ke kalau pembeli yang NPL you taknak release 20% of the end financing kat HDA account and you nak the white knight developer bayar interest on behalf of purchasers? NPL tu antara bank dengan pembeli. Whatever yang perlu dibayar kepada HDA account ikut progress kena bayar betul tak? Nanti pun bank still boleh foreclose rumah tuh kalau pembeli masih NPL ... aku sikit lagi nak call Bank Negara Malaysia tadi.

You know what makes me sooooo marah ... projek nie kita berjaya avoid jadi terbengkalai, now siap pending CFO. Even PBT pun beri kerjasama baik ... gerammm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ingat masa I first join mesyuarat PEMUDAH last year, duduk belakang my TKP ... Dato' Normah, KP MAMPU tarik muka bila the private sectors mula complaint about problems, problems and government kena bantu. Projek bermasalah nie ingat government ke puncanya? Wat does the private sectors do the to help among themselves?

Geram 2: Kat diri sendiri.

Emel called me to inform that she couldn't find my memory card - huhuhu memang dah in loving memory lah memory card I tuh.

Ultraman Menentang Kejahatan

"Apa jugak yang ko busy nie sampai selalu balik lambat nie ..." - komen A dari Puchong

"Government people where got work so hard one .." - komen E dari Damansara

"Ko selalu balik lewat apasal ko punya kementerian tak dapat 5 star hah ..." - komen S dari Seri Kembangan

"Hey, u don't how to use your phone ha? Why I call-call u don't pick up one? " Mr W dari Taman Desa

Nie lah antara ayat2 "berani mati' member2 aku 2-3 minggu nie ... well, well I bukan nak highlight lah yang I rajin bekerja tapi I semalam betul2 kecik hati dengan one of my seniors despite the time, effort and sacrifices that my team dah buat tolong dia, a little understanding pun takde in this person's heart ... dah OK big boss tak banyak komen paperwork last week, I don't know wat he told big boss semalam that pagi tadi my immediate boss kater big boss suruh buat extra work ... nak dekat cuti panjang pulak tuh ...

Kenyataan yang paling sukar untuk I terima sekarang nie ialah to admit that biasanya people yang "work smartest" are actually "assholes" ...

Tu semalam when Sam practically blackmailed me to watch X-men Original (Wolverine) after weeks of giving the excuse of busy, busy, busy ... I told him I sebenarnya Ultraman Ace tgh busy menentang raksasa durjana ...

yesss.... bukan hanya di Jepun jer banyak raksasa, kat opis I pun banyak raksasa ...

Mie & Froggie Trip To Kulim (The Story of Why and How It Happened)

I took leave from Friday to Monday to observe Good Friday to mark the end of the fasting month of Lent and then Easter celebration. In Christianity, this is actually the most important occasion, not Christmas. But maybe due to its more religious significance, it is normally celebrated in simplicity compared to Christmas.

Initially I wanted to join my mum, Joan, Jason and Jayne in Sibu for the occasion but after being kept busy by the Task Force working group, compiling reports on unlicensed development and an email from JPA on my application for Masters interview on the 20th ( for which I haven't done anything yet) so I decided to spent the holiday reorganising my thoughts and have a good rest. Furthermore next week my boss will be leaving for his PTK course so I have to take over some of his works...

Come that Good Friday morning, Sukumaran, the project manager for a nearly abandoned project which the Ministry and his company are currently co-rehabilitating, called me reminding me of my final visit before CFO application to DBKL. Gosh, I almost forgotten about that. Then Emel also called me about my plan to Kulim and our Akademi Fantasia Concert plan next week. Another gosh! Forgot about that too. Then Jagdish from Maybank called, confirming our talk plan on Monday. Gosh! Gosh! Gosh!

If you ask me ... I don't like this Task Force things coz though it's other departments works but these other departments officers with start interrupting me for inputs or opinions or favours or involvements. Then after last meeting with Tan Sri KSN now I have to urusetia pulak one of the working groups (extra works ma!). Earlier, I issued a total of 90 compounds to developers and from morning till petang I always received a visit from unwanted visitors though I already told them just write an appeal letter. Plus two of my co-rehab nearly abandoned projects also nearly completed which I need to visit before conducting meeting with all the authorities for fast-track CFO approval. Eeeeeeeeeeeee ........ I really want to cry in frustration now.

Since Sukumaran is also a Christian, and he also had to sacrifice his Good Friday for this project I decided to meet him at the site with Wani (my accountant) and Anisha (my QS). Yalah ... maybe this sacrifice was peanut compared to Jesus Christ death on the cross (ni lah sebab kitaorang sambut Good Friday). Unlike Suku who turn vegetarian on that day, I decided to fast. BTW Wani and Anisha (both have private practice before) awal2 I grabbed to work with me sebelum minda mereka corrupted by certain government mentality. Touchwood mudah-mudahan if everything OK we will hand over the houses to purchasers 2 weeks earlier than scheduled.

Reaching home after the site visit, I started to settle other works like making calls to En Nik, En Mad and giving instructions to my stuff for Monday Talk with Maybank and final arrangement for working group 2 and 3 meeting on Thursday.Which left my Masters proposal writing and AF Concert ticket reservation. Tiba2 I felt I wanted to get out from KL. Plus I promised Emel last week to visit her today ...

That's how I ended packing up my bags,reloaded my Touch and Go card and filled Froggie with fuel and checked her tyre pressures. Our destination ... Kulim. Lagipun, Froggie pun dah jadi malas macam her "mummy". Asyik2 Klang Valley jer... To be honest, I didn't know how to get to Kulim but I think that was the thrill. The weather was fine from KL to Tanjung Malim but after that, it was raining heavily in certain areas. I only called Emel once I reached Ipoh and asked for direction from Juru.

Then Emel asked "Why do you want to go to Kulim from Juru? Jalan jauh ya .. kena pusing balit" So I said, "Isn't Kulim after Butterworth ke?" Emel's response "No lah! Ko ikut exit Bandar Baharu lekak exit Bukit Merah. After Butterworth is jalan to Sungai Petani or Alor Star lah". Hahaha ... nampak sangat fail subjek Geografi.

Reaching Kulim, the first thing Emel said was ... " Sampe juak Froggie di Kulim". Hehehe ... most of my friends are fond of Froggie walaupun taklah sehebat Emel's Goldie Vios or Sara's Red Devil Gen-2 atau Olpic's Sparkiling Diamond. So that evening, to celebrate my kejayaan sampai di Kulim ... we eat our heart out at Pantai Bersih makan udang lipan .... yummmm ....

Thai Fried Rice For The Soul

I had series of headaches today after mobilising and giving orders at everyone in Meli style yang ala2 kuku besi tuh. Dijamin berkesan untuk buat keje jalan especially saat kritikal begini. I had no choice but to apply Meli's management style sebab my boss and my Dato' LA rely on me now after kena heret ke hulu dan ke hilir oleh Dato' KSU after PEMUDAH meeting. Semua gara2 satu email dari Tan Sri KSN himself semalam.

Well I have nothing to complain coz personally I knew deep down they had no choice. Plus kalau I jadi boss pun I want an officer that can assist and accommodate me, or make good and wise decisions in my absence. Anyway, I have sensed long ago that this tsunami is coming so awal2 lagi I dah task force kan semua kertas siasatan so that by the time PEMUDAH people start nak cari our kesalahan, all the IPs dah ada kat Unit Perundangan or dengan AG Chambers people. Kesian pulak I tgk Timbalan Pendakwaraya yang muda2 nie mencacai mendaftar kes semalam.

Ingat dulu bila some officers mengutuk I menyibuk tolong budak2 teknikal and pemantauan kewangan sebab honestly, I had no choice. If they don't or don't know how to do their work my team can't start issuing compound atau start prosecution on errant developers sebab siapa nak jadi saksi atau nak mengesahkan bukti. Sistem dan prosedur dah ada, cuma I kena expand and perbaiki sahaja.

Fuh... penat betul otak I by lunch. Hmm, nasib tak jadi Ketua Pengarah lagi (berangan!!!) Nasib baik Syu called sebab dia pun tgh sedih and stress. She need to get her problems out from her system ... so I ajak dia makan kat Food Garden @ Midvalley ... best2 jugak selection kat situ ... so today kitaorang pilih Lanna Thai - Thai Fried Rice. As displayed on the gerai board, this month, Thai Fried Rice nie ranking no. 2 kat gerai tu dengan jualan mencecah lebih 1200 pinggan.

Memang sedaplah Thai Fried Rice dia nie . Dari segi star rating untuk Thai Fried Rice I bagi 4 ****. Tgklah next time I makan kat situ lagi nanti I ambik gambar Pineapple Fried Rice dier, yang menduduki tangga teratas dengan jualan mencecah 2400 pinggan.

Lembu Punya Susu Sapi Dapat Nama

Entah apa lah mimpi aku hari nie tiba2 jer nak melawat satu blog yang pernah menjadi satu isu suatu ketika dulu. Walaupun si penulis taklah menapis2 cerita mahupun bahasa yang digunakan, personally kira menarik jugaklah citer dia. Boleh buat novel lagi.Wat a waste.

Tapi yang aku rasa tak puas hati lah, dalam few postings dia tuh macam dia merujuk pada aku lah pulak yang kepochi uar-uarkan kat satu Malaya kewujudan blog dia tu. Aduh... nak terkentut aku baca. Yang dia access blog guna LAN KPKT sebelum BTM block access to blogs buat apa. For sure lah Administrator terinterested nak ambik tau sedangkan sapa2 yang access web lucah pun Aministrator dah report kat Admin atau HR. Pastu yang suruh dia cabar Datin N on her claim dan tak declare status dia buat apa? For surelah segala pergerakan kau kena perhati.

Kalau kak Milah tak bagi tau aku langsung aku tak ambik tau pun. Kalau tak kena Mimi Loba baca dan ceritakan juicy stories tuh kat kiter2 org over lunch tak tergeraklah aku dan Cik Mya Mysara nak baca postings kat blog tuh. In short, sedangkan kami yang satu ofis ngan dia pun the last one to know.

Tapi aku perasan satu lah dengan budak nie. Dulu time dia punya status was a mystery, bdk2 office semua suruh aku tanya dia on the capacity aku senior PTD. Dr. P pun dok tanya aku apa masalah dia, sakit apa dia, kenapa body shape lain macam jak. Satu lagi kalau dia ada anak kat rumah kenapa balik lambat. U know situasi dia nie, macam tanya pun kena kutuk, tak tanya pun kena marah..

Silap aku, aku tanya dulu dgn member2 dia just nakkan kepastian. Alih2 aku pulak terperangkap dalam konflik/back stabbing dan psycho diaorang nie terutama sekali antara dia dan si Dayang Senandung. Tambah lagi dgn isu surat layang, gila pangkat dan office politics yang huru harare. Hey perempuan, kalau ko dengar cakap aku walaupun ko tak suka dengan aku, taklah HR saja-saja query ko punya maternity leave. U impose this upon yourself girl.

Aku rasa macam melepaskan anjing terperangkap aku pulak kena gigit anjing psycho tuh. Patutlah dia macam elak aku dan kalau tegur macam nak tak nak jawab. Kalau ajak berbual pun macam pedas sangat statement dia tuju kat aku. Takpa takpa, ko sorang jer kutuk aku tapi FYI satu KPKT kutuk kau..