Don't Spit...

Warning!!! : Don't read while you are eating durian glutinous poridge a.k.a "bubur durian"

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After I drove Alex to work this morning, I headed towards my office. About 2 kilometres to reach my office there is a traffic light which I normally need to wait for say 1 or 2 minutes. Well, while waiting for the light to turn green, I was as usual listening to Sinar.fm (96.7). While looking on the other side of the road where vehicles were crawling, the driver in front of me opened his door and "khhhhuuuuaaaakkk thuiiiiihhhh...". And there.. was a thick greenish phlegm... Erghhh.... I twisted the volume of my Sinar.fm to be much louder... I knew that wasn't help, I can't do much about it, nonetheless.

If you were to be in that situation (I mean, the driver in front of me), what will you do?

- Will you wait with a mouthful phlegm until you reach a place?

- Will you spit in your car?

- Will you push it back to stomach thru your throat? :). Breakfast?

Me?

- I used to swallow it back (of coz if the "thing" is so little :))

- I will use the tissue (If no tissue how?)

- I will make sure I throw them all early morning.

I wish I do not have to disturb a driver behind me with such circumstances.

And I really wish that, Sinar.fm played:

"Don't Spit by Got Doubt" this morning....

Don't Spit, Don't Spit, Don't Spit....

Oh I know what you're doing...

And I don't need your reason...

I know you feel good...

I know it feels good..

I know you're really bad...

Oh la.. la..la.la.la...

Don't, don't.. uh.. uh... hush... uikkk.. darling...

Come on guys, let's dance.. Leave it all to you guys....

An art of giving feedback...

Well... Alex is good at this... Hmmm.. The Right-brainer.. Hehehhe... By the way, I would like to share this conversation that I had with Alex this morning while driving her to work.

Alex : Azwar mintak tak nak gi sekolah agama petang ni...
Me : Why?
Alex : Pasal kerja rumah tak siap la...
Me : Apsal tak buat...?
Alex : Bahasa Arab.
Me : What's wrong with Bahasa Arab?
Alex : Azwar cakap, tanya Mak kan tahu pun...!
Alex : Dah suruh tanya kawan, Azwar kata kawan tak bagi nyer.

I paused the conversation for a little while and think. I think I know what Alex was trying to convey. :). Then, I decided to open space for her.... The conversation continued..

Me : Apsal tak tanya Ayah?
Me : Ayah kan terror bab bahasa arab ni... (Dulu la..)
Alex : Hmmmm... Macam la Ayah ada, nak tanya itu ini...
Alex : Entah la... Nak jumpa hubby sendiri pun by appointment skang ni.
Alex : Ayah asyik keluar je...
Alex : Rasa macam masa bercinta dulu je.. Dapat jumpa kejap2 je...
Me : Smile.

That was an art to me... The intention was crystal clear, "not to hurt me" at the first place. At least that's what I concluded myself. And I promised her to blog about this which I do now.

A special note to Alex:
I treasure the feedback. I will do my best. Jgn hilang mood banyak sangat, nanti baby nangis.

Teka-teki...
Ma zallazi, yakhruju minal duburi dujjah...?
The answer is none other than "telur ayam". Hihihii...

Salam Permisi...

Dah main golf tu tak bazir...?

That's the question my eldest son asks everytime we argue about buying toys he and his brother like. The conversation goes like this...

Son : Ayah, nak ni boleh? (While pointing to the toys in the shopping complex)

Ayah : Tak yah la.. Banyak dah beli... Membazir je... Main 2 minit pas tu rosak... (While looking at the price...)

Son : Bazir je tau... Dah main golf tu tak bazir... Ketuk bola... Jalan... Ketuk.. Jalan... Kena kepala baru tau... Ikut sangat kawan tu... Kalu War (his nick name) ikut sangat cakap kawan, marah. War nak beli ni sikit pun tak boley...

Well, that simple conversation or I would rather call it as "leteran" :), would normally leave me speechless. Not angry at all. And everytime it happens, I will seek kinda assistance from Alex. Gotcha, Alex is as speechless as I am. To be frank, until now I have no idea on how to answer this particular question from my son. Help me folks! Especially to my golf buddies. You are referred as "kawan" by my son... So, you gotta help me answer his question.

While my son & me have our own points to argue, I would really like to see his angle of argument. See whether you can assist me finding his valid point. Meanwhile, allow me to stipulate some bewildering facts that have been boggling my mind thus far:

- Is palying golf really wasting? Money, energy, time, etc? To me it's about sports.

- Do I really "ikut cakap kawan" as claimed by my son? I don't think so either.

- To the fact that I do not lie on buying same toys and it breaks in a very short period of time.

- Is it me who encourage them for wanting more toys everytime? Partly true as I mostly refer to the price as the deciding factor. If it is below RM5.00, then, I will somehow mellow down and finally pay.

Haaa... Buck, you think easy ah? Buat anak senang... Tapi nak maintain...? Tahu la kau.. :)

Nevertheless, of all the facts above, how do we really share them with our kids.... Come on, help me...

Come to think about it, is it now the best time for us to grow them "glokal"? where "akar berpaksi di kota dan desa namun akal menerjah serata dunia..."

Come to think about it once again, memang really "baru tau" if the golf ball hits my head... Like what happened to my buddy where the golf ball hit his left-side chess. Thank God he has a thicker breast. Kinda cushion at least. Or kinda absorber bumber. The impact was nto that heavy. :-). He actually hit the ball nicely. Somehow the ball went straight to the steel box (the sprinkler cover on the field) and being good in physics, of coz the ball will get reflected towards as fast as he hit. It sounds "dddduuuuppppp".... And he fell down and laugh for pain... Hahahha.

Okay la...

I am convinced...

On the way back home yesterday, Alex has made a real brave confession to me....

"I am convinced that you do love me in your own way..."

It was made with undisputed degree of confidence, nice intonation, good melody and beautiful chord arrangment. Not to forget a pleasant pitch.

Well, I can't deny the fact I was and I am happy with that statement. Hmmm... What makes me think right now is that... What has brought Alex to make that statement? I was toying with it since yesterday:

- Was it because of my continuous effort to make her happy? (Nok paka moda Puteri skit nih.. Kalu napok macang baguh je.. Sori ah... Tujuang utok suke2 je... Jangang maroh deh..)

- Or was it due to similarity with Onde2's story? (Kawang Alex ni..)

- Or was it because of the cover-up in her blog yesterday? (Alex is blushing now.. I know.. hahahha)

- Or was it due to something else...?

By the way, of all that I mentioned above, the only person who knows the truth is undoubtedly Alex. How it staterd anyway...!?

I told Alex that I have read her friend's blog about her friend writing a letter to the hubby. And subsequently placed it on the pillow. I was smiling and chuckling when reading the passage. Very similar to what I have experienced myself except the letter was placed in my grasp while I was sleeping. Then, I came to realize that Alex & her friend used to be schooling together. Could the lessons they learned be exactly similar? Hehehhehe... Let me add a little spice into it, the letter that I received was a 4-written-page, properly folded and hand-made-enveloped. And of course the surface clearly carries the recepient's name in BOLD led by a bent-determined arrow pointing to the recipient's name. Further to it, I have received such letter for few times already.

Okay that's one. The other part of our story while on the way home yesterday was about her admirers in college. When I told her that I got the info from her very friends, she "mati2" denied it. Heheheh.. I can see her blushing now... (Alex, don't play2 ha...)

Well.. Come to talk about it la kan... Sometimes it's good when our partner finally confess certain thing with us about her/his past. However, I would personally suggest that do weigh / judge the idea of confessing / revealing our past to our partner. It's for a simple reason with a simple question, will it hurt our partner? Or to a large extend will it be the trigger point for a chaos?

Nevertheless, if we do not confess, what if the story comes to our partner from the "sky"? Hmm... That's why weigh and justify it properly.

Having mentioned all that, life is so special in anyway we look at it... Therefore, as a partner we may need to be positive in this instance. Think a little extra feet as to why our partner is telling us now.. Of coz as much as possible, take the brighter part of it and continue to live happily to the fact that we (human) are different from each other and we have definitely gone through a different stage of life. When we decided to be together, be it, mean it.

My message to Alex yesterday as to conclude the whole thing, "at times secret is best kept as secret"... Hehehhehe...

Ishk.. I suddenly feel like another Dr. Love... Tak nak ahhhh.... Bye.. bye.. bye...

p/s - Ayu (junior Alex)... Hah.. puas hati..? :-)..

My Attempts In Diet...

Hi Ols... (erk.. came to know about this word from Alex... my first try to use it.. erghh.. rasa getik jeee.. heheheh)

By the way, let me first elaborate a little bit about my entry this time round... Or.. let me share the history of myself instead. Then, you may conclude yourself as to why I (the tough guy) come to talk about this topic... Hmmm...

1987 - represented the state of Teganung in Volleyball & athletics (100m & high jump)

1988 - repeated the above events.

1991 - represented UK Mesia (in short UKM), also in Volleyball. That, repeated until 1994.

1992 - champion in high-jump for UKM sport festival (lupa dah... MASUM ke MASUKM or MEKSUM).. It's Majlis Sukan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (read Universiti Kebanggaan Mesia).

1995 - led the volleyball team for Sony Sport Festival (ni dah start kerja la ni...)

Okay, that's about sports... Let's thrash out a lil'bit about my body-built. Hmmm...

1984 until 1995

Weight : 65 - 75kg (75-80kg is my ideal weight)

Waist : From 28 to 32.

Pinggul : 40.

Chess : 38

Late 1995 - 2004

Waist : Grow exponentially until 42 in size

Pinggul : Maintained

Chess : Maintained (Except certain censured parts that also grown extra thicker... Curves here & there.. You know...)

Do you still need solid reason for me to talk about diet... Huih.. It's more than "solid" I believe... Yeah, believe it or not, I am now at 88 kilos... Dropped to 85kg 2 months ago when I was in Thailand for almost 1 full moon... (Susah cari makan sana... alih2 pork knuckles, etc,etc.. pork, etc..)... See whether this can make you laugh, before 88kg, I was like 90kg somewhere in the year of 2000 - 2002.

To be real frank with you guys, I have attempted to reduce weight since then... None of them can be shouted as success. Except, the one when I was in Thailand. Well, that was not really an attempt. It's purely due to difficulty in finding halal food over there. Not really difficult, but at least none of them available within the area that I stayed. Never mind, it helped me alot anyway... My wife used to say, you will not be able to reduce your weight until you stop eating... Waaaa... That hard meh...?

Tell me, what in the world that I did not try?

Gym? Huh.. Number of times... It's like spending money for nothing...

Medicine? Hmm... Until I don't know what actually their names were... Starting from fiber bla..bla.. to Nyonya Meneer... (No la... not nynyao meneer one la...) Hehehhe...

Well, I believe there are lots of people out there who have similar problems like me. I don't feel good being in this situation.. Really... It is not at all comfortable I tellya...

Okay.. I have put effort for another attempt 2 days ago.. (Hahahahha...). I did not eat rice for 2 full days already... Except in a morning... Laaaaa nasi jugak.... Anyway, I behaved quite well for lunch & dinner... Bread & Maggi... Then, my wife is making sound with her nasi.. Shlurppppp..

Arghhh... Toloongggg...!!!

I do hope that I will manage it properly this round. Now, my belly feels real good. Not that full.. Well, simply comfortable... Let's see next month... :-)

I miss volleyball very much... I used to be a spiker... Now just gotta be comfortable with setter. Every time there is a volleyball tournament held in town, I will receive such a hurtful sms:

"Jiez, kita takde setter la... weekend ni ada tournament.. Free tak?"

When I can't really control my appetite to volleyball, I will lazily reply "OK". Otherwise, "tak leh la, lutut sakit... Tak larat nak lompat, etc.."

As of this point of time.. I feel very hungry and "HAUS".. Kehkehkehkeh.....

Balasan Allah...?

Aku sessungguhnya kecewa dengan apa yang berlaku. Dalam 5 bulan lepas, set golf aku dicuri. Driver kesayangan aku Callaway Biggest Big Bertha, hilang... Maruman iron aku pun turut hilang... Perasaan kecewa tak pernah padam. Tapi aku sentiasa memujuk hatiku perlahan-lahan. Yang hidup pastikan mati... Yang ada pasti kan tiada suatu hari nanti... Takdir penentu segala. Pasrah... Sesungguhnya Tuhan maha mengetahui... Pasrah... In the end, bini kesayangan belikan golf set baru... Terima kasih dear...

Kejadian terbaru, malam semalam... Tayar kereta bini aku hilang... Nasib baik tayar spare... Perasaan kesal dan kecewa masih belum reda... Tak tahu nak luahkan pada siapa... Ye.. Allah maha mengetahui... Anak aku kata biar Allah saja yang balas diorang ngan neraka...

Tayar kereta pancit malam Sabtu hari tu... Oleh kerana terlalu sibuk ngan urusan dunia, tak sempat nak gi tampal... Letak kat bonet belakang dulu... Pada tengahari Sabtu tu pulak nak gi main golf ngan kawan... Jadi bonet perlu dikosongkan untuk letak 4 golf set... So, aku ambik tayar tu letak kat rumah... Pagi Ahad bangun nak gi tampal, tayar sudah tak de... Hmm....

Kalu tayar basikal, aku buleh sabar sikit... Ni tayar Nazaria... Isk.. isk... Kopak lagi aku... Apa pun, aku masih lagi ada family... Bini dan anak2...

Apa yang aku pikir sekarang? :

1. Ape takde kerja lain ke diorang ni...? Tak terdetik ke di hati mereka yang mak dan ayah mereka turut merasa peritnya di alam kubur hasil kerja jahanam mereka ni...
2. Notice tak, rumah2 kita ni seolah2 diperhatikan oleh orang2 durjana ni setipa detik... Ape taknya, tayar tu berada di depan rumah kurang dari 12 jam. Lesap...
3. Hopeless... Pernah tak korang rasa camni? Dalam keadaan korang tak leh buat apa2.. Repot polis? Rasa macam perabih dakwat pen & perabih ayq liuq je... Bukan sebab kredibiliti polis tapi ada harapan jumpa ke? Polis nak buat apa? Banyak lagi kes2 heavy metal yang lain...
4. Apakah aku yang cuai...? Memang pun.. Tak belajar dari kes dulu...
5. Underestimate? Mungkin... Aku rasa taman aku ni aman damai...
6. Rasa nak meraung.....
7. Kulari ke hutan kemudian menyanyiku....
8. Kulari ke pantai kemudian teriakku...

Aku rasa nak menyahut cabaran anak aku... "Ayah, kita ada vidoe camera kan... Kita pasang dan tengok sapa suka ambik barang kita... Ayah letak beg golf ayah satu lagi tu kat luar... Kita pegang kayu golf sorang satu.. Bila dia masuk je kita ketuk dia..."

Eh... Kalu betul2 berlaku mahu maut si pencuri tu... Kang naik turun court plak aku... Tapi aku rasa berbaloi tu... Jeng... jeng... Nanti aku pikirkan lagi...

Alex... Sape nak kuar duit beli tayar & rim ni...? OK.. OK la... Silap I, I beli la.... Huk.. Huk...

Ok la... Usah ditangis benda yang telah pergi...

Brain Teaser

Hi, I have nothing (a lot of things actually) to tellya today.... Not to lose grab once again on my blog, let me post this which I got from an e-mail today.

Once there was a bus conductor, who was very rude to his passengers.
One day a beautiful young girl, of around 18 years,tried to board the bus,but he didn't stop the bus. Unfortunately the beautiful young girl came under the bus and died on the spot. Angry passengers took the conductor to the police station, who in turn took him to the court.
The judge was not at all impressed with him and gave him capital punishment. He was taken to the electrocution chamber.
There was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana
peel at one corner of the room. The conductor was strapped to the chair and high
voltage current was given to him. But to everyone's amazement, he survived. The
judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession. After a few months, this time, a good looking middle aged woman tried to board the bus but the conductor didn't stop the bus.
Unfortunately, this time also, the good looking middle aged woman came under the bus and died on the spot. Again angry passengers took him to the police station, who in turn took him to the court. The judge took one look at the conductor and gave him capital punishment.
The Bus conductor was taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. This time also to everyone's amazement, he survived. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession. A couple of months later, an elderly gentleman tried to board the bus. This time the Bus conductor, remembering his earlier experiences, stopped the bus. Unfortunately the elderly gentleman slipped and died due to his injuries. The conductor was taken to the police station and then to the court, to the same judge. Though he hadn't done anything wrong, but considering his past
record the judge decided to set an example and gave him capital punishment.
The Bus conductor was again taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the center of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. This time he died instantly !!!!!!!!!!!
The question is why didn't he die on the first two occasions, but died instantly the third time?? Try to solve it yourselves. This is rather interesting and answer is perfectly logical. If necessary read the puzzle once again.

Keep pondering... Tell me your answer by jotting a brief comment here. I will share the answer with you later. I hope no harm done to those who have read this... :).

Tips : Science student should have no problem with this... Especialy to my anonymous engineer friend... heheheh...

Bye.

Positive Mindset...

I take them all positively....

• Since last weekend. My conversation with bank customer service. I was not jumping at all.
• Then, continued with my neighbour's feedback on my house maid. Remember? I was as cool as an ice :-). (It doesn't imply that I am a hot tempered person in nature heheh). I took the feedback really positive. Extended the conversation with Alex on the way home yesterday, we agreed once again, our neighbours might have seen what we have not seen when not around. Obviously, the maid won't do funny things in front of us. So, we gotta do something. We are still toying with the idea anyway... Meanwhile, we will need to also consider the fact that, kids are clean, sweet & full whenever we are home, the floor is shining, the bed is made up properly, the toilet smells good, the food is ready and her phone is ringing every 5 minutes... Argghhh... :-)... Positive.. positive... positive...
• This morning, both the kids missed the school bus. Adlan refused to wake up regretting the fact that he had missed the bus once again. We offered him to take a rest today. Being him, no way... Absent from school for 1 day is like a serious offence to him. Huh.. I saw Alex (his mother..hehehhe) was so relief with this little boy. So diligent. Where does he get it from? Hmmm.... Isn't it a father? I think so. Hehehhe... While he was putting on his school attire (at about 8am....:)), I shared with him my old days in primary school for not being absent once. I hope he will reduce his morning "sickness". Every time, her mother is the only one who can wake him up. Before that, gotta rub his stomach, back, pull his hand first then his leg, etc... You see, got sequence one... As in algorithm in programming.. :-). However, we took it positively. We love him so much anyhow.
• Hmmm... The brother, as I mentioned somewhere in my previous blogs, a total divertion of his younger brother. Azwar, bangun bas dah terlepas, ayah hantar. He replied selamberly, Hmmm.. cuti ah... Easy isn't it? Still, we took it positively. Well, he is still in growing stage. Sooner or later he will realize it himself... Hihihihi...
• Backtrack a little bit. I was home late last nite. At about 2.00am, my sms buzzer alerted me "plu marah ke? sdiri mau ingat la dok?". That was from Alex. I knew I love her very much and she does (love herself hehehe) too but the question is does my act show that? That's the question that she always bring up to my attention. I told her that there are questions that I can only asnwer with smiles & silence. Then, she said, I knew you lah... You will be as quiet as mice when you are guilty... Well, 13 years of togetherness has definitely taught something whaaatttt... I think I am somewhat a positive person this 1 or 2 weeks. As usual lah, I will gosok her belly & talk to the unborn baby :), massage her back, picit her kepala, picit her betis. "Nak megi tak?"... Hehehhe.. at 3am in a morning.. "Baca blog tak?"... And some other soalan bodohs lah... I knew she could see me struggling to melt her heart... Heehhehe.. This morning I treated her "nasi lemak ikan bilis sharifah" at Projet + 1 stick of frankfurter with mayonese & fresh tomatoes. I know she was still angry :). Internally, I feel good & positive anyway. Guys out there, don't you feel strange if your wife doesn't feel anything when you do wrong? Yea.. yea.. love is in the air... :). Positive... Positive... Positive...
• Haaaa.... this piece is the most positive one...

Kriiiiiiingggggg....

Caller : Hellowwww, cud I spik to Mr. Aziiiizzzz...? (It's a "she" & she was chukkling)

Me : Speaakiiiiing....

Caller : Hi, Mr. John Danger... (Now she could not hold her hilarity anymore... LOL..). This "A**a" from "K*****K**f".

Me : HahahaahHAHAHHA AHHAHAHAHA.. HAHAHAHAH.... Okay tell me... Apa cerita kiter.. HAHAHAHAHAHA...

A**a : Monitor poblem... bla.. bla... malas layan.. bla.. bla... Ayu... Epson printer... bla.. bla... Hahaha.. Hahahha..

She was not really done with her laugh yet when we disconnected the line.. Me too. Hahahah... I know Puteri Ayu is to be blamed. I would say this is such an improper discovery and introduction. Hahahah... I was blushing black my friend... I came to realize that it's damn harder to handle the complaint when the complainer is laughing on the other side. Not only that, the impact of the complaint was much more stronger. Until, Carinaaaaaa, arrange for monitor pickup at Shah Alam todaaaaayyyyy... No excuse......!!!

Special note to Alex : Remember I jotted a piece of note in my previous blog about a complaint from a giant publisher in Shah Alam...? She was the one.... The Queen. Let me remind you, read her blog after you deliver for I am afraid it will be too technical to you. She is talking "assembly language" in her blog. Oh.. you are Software Engineering lecturer.. Then, OK... :-).

Hahhahaha..hahahha... By the way, she was not a complainer today... :-).

The conclusion is... when you are positive, the world turns to be positive too.... Hahahha.. hahaha...

Maklumbalas, salah sangka atau hasutan?

Kring..kring...

Aku : Ye Cek Mat?

CM : Ni Ajih yang depan rumah aku kan...?

Aku : Ye CM.. Apa cerita kita...?

CM : Dak la, aku tengok motor ada depan rumah kau tu... Ni la nak cerita pasal house maid kau tu.. Aku tengok macam dia dah buat benda tak baik la kan.. Sebagai jiran, aku nak feedback la.. Ada sorang lelaki cekeding selalu bagi pinjam motor dia kat orang gaji kau. Anak2 kau pun selalu naik petang2. Kau selalu tak de kat rumah aku tak tahu la kau perasan ke tak... Ni skang aku tengok ada motor lak macam dah masuk rumah plak...

Aku : Ye ke.. Tapi motor tu.. hmm...

CM : Aku serah kat kau la.. Nak bercakap ngan maid kau tu dulu ke apa ke.. Tapi orang taman kita dah start bercakap pasal tu la... Aku serah kat kau la...

Aku : CM, sebenarnya, motor tu...

CM : Aku bukan apa la, aku serah kat kau la...

Aku : Hmm.. aaa.. aaa...

CM : Aku bukan apa la, aku serah kat kau la... Aku tengok kadang2 dia tengking gak anak kau.. Kesian kat budak2 tu aku tengok...

Aku : CM... CM.. CM... Sebenarnya motor kat rumah tu saya baru buat balik malam tadi.. Saya kasi tukar ngan saya punya kancil sama itu satu kawan. Sebab saya skang bawak saya punya bini punya kereta kasi hantar dia kerja... Hari2 jugak...

Huh.. puas hati aku akhirnya dapat bercakap. Hehehhe...

Aku rasa kes salah sangka la... Tapi maid aku ni memang lately ni nakal sikit.. Sejak dua tiga menjak ada handphone ni... Aku tak melarang la... 2 tahun duk Malaysia tanpa kasih sayang suami kat kampung aku rasa dia nak berkawan gak la.. Tapi bab bawak lelaki masuk rumah aku tu aku rasa dia tak buat la...

Apa pun aku berterima kasih ngan CM coz dia telah menjalankan tugas sebagai jiran yang prihatin. Bravo & Kudos to you CM... Aku saspek kat dia... Ooopsss respect... Kalau aku, tak tahu berani ke dak nak feedback sampai itu macam... Hmmm...

Talked to Alex just a while ago, both of us agreed that we gotta do something to it. Approach kena professional la... Anak2 duk rumah maid tu jaga wooo.... Ni no. 3 mahu mari lagi... Kena hati2 la... Ye la.. since jiran2 dah bercerita, mungkin ada perkara yang jiran kita nampak tapi kita tak nampak...

Aku masih lagi rasa bangga ngan CM.. TQ once again CM...

And aku rasa ini adalah maklumbalas yang positif, sedikit salah sangka and no intention of "menghasut" at all.

Akhir kata, penuhilah tanggungjawab anda sebagai jiran yang prihatin... :)

Bye..

(dlm kepala senak gak nak approach maid ni... kang masuk sot kabar lak... heheheh)

Pakar Sakit Puan :-)

I drove Alex to work this morning. That's the routine that I already left for almost a year I guess. Yeah rite, after she got her own car in the month of October last year. I am back to deliver my routine as Alex's belly disturbs her from navigating the steering properly :-). All the mak ciks that we met seem to have similar prediction that Alex will give birth very soon.

FYI, Alex's due date initially supposed to be on the early August. Based on the latest check-up done last month, Doctor has extended to end of August. I am not sure myself. However, from my professional opinion (this is the 5th maaa, not professional yet aahhh?), she will deliver soon too.

How do I and the makciks do the prediction? Heheheh... Let me tell ya... (Alex, pls. correct me if I am wrong).

1. First, look at the belly itself. If the belly is already in the downwards position, the birth will most likely to happen soon. Within 2 weeks perhaps. Just for your own imagination, the belly may look a bit like jack fruit :-). Most of the makciks will base on this I guess.
2. Secondly, look slightly below the belly button (pusat). Usually, there will be a straight line connecting the belly and the lower part :-). When the due date is coming nearer, this particular line will grow obvious exponentially... (Hey, I have never measured this anyway...). Of course, outsiders are forbidden to witness this one.
3. Thirdly, look at how she walks. If she is like pushing the brake pedal when walking, this is actually to balance the extra luggage that she carry. This means, the baby is getting heavier as the day goes by.
4. And lastly, when she could not stand it anymore. The pain is just similar to what you feel when "ceret beret", you know you got to rush to the hospital in seconds.

Of course there will be other symptoms as well like back-pain, extra libido (may differ from other people heheh), etc... Okay la... I think Alex will have more :-).

Chow!!!

Too Much of "Customer Centric" Gist

Hi, An unidentified internal energy has pulled me back here today... (Syssshhhhh, while waiting for my trainees doing data entry, I isolate myself for a little while.. Heheheh). We are due to finish by 12pm. My flight is at 4pm. I hope I will manage to grab something home later. Well, my first time in Miri & I dunno whether or not I will be here again... Not because of Miri okay... :-).

Hmmm... I am using a pre-modified phone card or in short prepaid and I am running out of credits as I used them for calling my HQ yesterday for resolving some issues with the server. You know, while doing the training here, the server refused to behave and the technical support guy was in the shopping mall... Okay, that's not the point here anyway, it's the hassle of topping the credits this morning. As usual, I reload my credit thru internet banking and it did not work as normal this morning.

You know, being someone who is in service industry too long, I strongly feel that I should be treated well coz I know my rights. On the other end, I know what they should do to customer. (I suddenly remember one complaint from one of the giant publishers in Malaysia located in Shah Alam. They promised not to use our product anymore if we do not improve our service.. Waaa.. I think they keep their promise as I did not hear from them for so long... Didn't we improve?..)

Okay back to my myth. I called the customer service. My 4 attempts went to no avail. Instead..

"wak, mekacih coz call kite, agen kiter masih sibuk wak.. tunggu jap ye... sabor la... nak ke mana pun... kan.. kan.. kan..."

My fifth attempt went thru:

Agent : (Sleepy voice)... May I can help you?

Aku : (Apa berterabur nih.. hehehhe... sib baik aku dah belajar Minglish skit ngan Puteri... paham la apa agent tu cakap)

Aku : Well, bla..bla..bla.. prepaid.. bla..bla.. problem... Account no. bla.. bla...

Agent : What's your mother's name?

Aku : (Apsal tiba2 tanya mak aku nih.. Sib baik lama dalam service ni, tahu la why she asked.. Sib baik tak cakap she had passed away.. huk..huk..)

Aku : Okay... hmm.. okay... okay... hmm... When de yeah think yea can come beck te me with d result...

Agent : I will surely call you after 2 or 1 hour... (Camana buleh 2 dulu baru 1 tu...)

In my mind:

• Insufficient training
• The person who supposed to be in duty falls sick (so kes tangkap muat la ni)
• She was lazy when in college or school (Unlike me, learn English until year 4 in UKM, VE..kehkehkhe.. Alex, don;t laugh aaa, I know you exempted...)
• She's not a friend of Puteri.. hehehe
• She doesn't read blogs.

One good thing was, I could sense that she was trying very hard to satisfy me as the customer at that point of time. I was a bit cooked up initially but toned down after the conversation. To a certain extend, I came to realize that, I gotta be more patient at times. Nevertheless, I don't deny the fact that there are times they screw up everything until we may jump up the sky.

Therefore, I ask myself "am I exposed too much of this customer service thing"? Hmmm.. I hope I will manage it towards my advantage. Not until I condemn that individual who happens to be sitting there as the representative of the "sick" service provider :-). I know being the customer service agent is tough and they are also "find food" - cari makan... hehehehe..

Anyhow, I gotta reload my prepaid and I know I gotta walk to the phone shop & do just that.. No big deal isn't it?

Alexxxxx... Are you still hibernating...? Come read my blog.. :)

Sehingga ketemu lagi.... Kamek sik tauk apa mauk belik... Kenak kitak sik madah duluk...

"Away from home" Blues...

Anybody home...? I am baaacccckkkk....!!! However, I may be off to hibernation again after this to the fact that I am not done with this project yet. Yeah, the project that claims the major part of my time, daily, including weekends. This has started from August 2004 until now. It's estimated to be fully completed by year end. Too bad, I gotta deal with my mixed feeling until then. To be frank with all of you here (including the ghost that hunts me from my beloved wife's blog.. hehehe), at times I feel so down & depressed with all these. I came to realize that teaching / training is not an easy job altogether. Instead, it's a very tiring job indeed. Physically tired is one thing which I can deal with quite easily I guess. However, when the audience did not pay sufficient attention to what you are conveying is something that makes you worn out, definitely. It worsen your health when your boss did not recognize your hardwork so far. Hmmm.. Take me correctly, I am not complaining whatsoever. I am fully aware that this job has kept me & the family from famish or any stage of starvation for the past 5 years and I should be grateful to it. That's why, I use this borderless virtual space to blot my feeling out... And if you happen to be at the designated orbit at this point of time, bear with me for another coupla minutes :-). Having said all that, it does cross my mind at times to endeavor another vocation :-)

Well, I am done with blotting the disgust out.

Hmmm... It has been 2 months since my last blog. That was when I was still in India. Then, Alex has sneaked in & made a little "qaypo" in there. But that did not help me in getting out from my hectic schedule & start blogging again until this time. Nevertheless, I have never missed to read Alex's blog. I got time for that. Just that I find it difficult to arrange my thought for blogging. I chose not to blog for I was afraid that I might have mumbled nonsense instead. (I feel like I am doing it now anyway...)

Reading Alex's blog, I feel a bit jealous nowadays to the fact that Alex has gained popularity in her blog :-). I am not jealous because I did not have that much fans of mine but the happiness that she gains from that. I can see that in her now. It's very glaring. Her act, her smile, her ehem..ehem.. :-). Do I really jealous? No I don't I think. Instead, I am happy to see her happy.

I think the most joy that she ever experience is when "Pok Ku" has dropped by & wished her Happy Birthday. Well, a renowned blogger in which I think I understand why people like his creations. I started to adore his creations too.

Alex is now in her 8 months of pregnancy. That's why I can't be that close to her. Everytime I want to get close to her, my belly & her will stop us from doing just that... Hmm... I gotta revise my diet program once again. With her condition, she is still driving to work. Being her, "I don't know" is always the answer when I ask about driving her to office. Of course being a good hubby (heheheh), I promised to drive her to work until she delivers. But that will only happen after I come back from Miri.

Hey.. hey.... What did I blog laaaa.... As if I am the only husband on earth who loves his wife.. What laaa... Okay la.. okay la... I stop la.... Honestly, I am still having such a "mental probe" in arranging my thought & ideas for writing. I love writing to be honest with you but meanwhile, I may need to catch up with some techniques... Pok Ku's blog perhaps... Pok Ku, allow me to be your silent follower :-).

Bye.. See ya...