15 days..

It has been 15 days of Ramadhan.

For muslims, we are half way of completing our third rukun islam and nearing Syawal. For some, there is joy in the next week to come….joy of shopping and joy of going back to their respective kampong.

So far my ramadhan is better than last year…yet to skip any terawih. All the duit raya has been safely tucked into the small packet to each recipient and all expenses has been detailed out. I know that sounds like over zealous but better prepared than sorry.

Raya this year is not like any other year. No new baju raya because I have like 5 baju melayu which I hardly wear. No new pants, no new shoes….for my kids yes but for me, I just wanna have a modest raya.

Perhaps because 6 days after raya, I got an exam coming up but that was it either. Mungkin saje pasal duit tak berapa ada, tapi duit memang tak pernah berapa ada pun so, tak ade la difference nyer.

Tak tahu ler kenapa tapi mungkin kerana usia sudah meningkat

Hendak dikata tua tapi masih ligat menendang bola dan bertukang di rumah. Hendak di katakan cedera tiada apa lukanya namun raya ini begitu sederhana.

Mungkin itu yg saya mahu …

Mungkin raya memang sepatutnya begitu…

Mungkin saya sedih ramadhan mahu berlalu…

WHAT WE WANTED THE MOST

In life, one cannot be too sure of what he wants or desires.

Sometimes, you just have to accept that que sera, sera …what ever will be, will be.

In many periods of our life, we encountered so many crossroads….unsure to take the left or right turn, perhaps even turn back to where it all started in the first place.

We all have been there and we all have taken the choice. No matter whatever the outcome is, we been there.

I have been wondering that no matter how well plan our life looks like, no matter how many objectives we set, numerous resolutions year after year…sometimes we ended up at the same cross roads.

Be it either to get married to somebody that we are unsure of or to take up the job offer from our dream company fearing that we might not fit in. Unclear the future is-says Yoda in Empire Strikes Back and how wise those words are!!

Personally, i believe that life itself is pandora’s box. It is what we make of it. Being a muslim, I have no qualms about qada’ and qadar but I also believe that we should set our own course of life, even when we failed that doesn’t mean that we should just give up because itu sudah takdir. Mungkin apa yg perlu kita tanamkan adalah “ Aku harus cuba dgn lebih baik lagi” or “ Gagal hari ini bukan bererti gagal selamanya”.

To be honest, I led my life on that principle alone. I may fail today but tomorrow is a different game altogether. I will do my best …no matter what! Everything in life is a contest and there is no best price for coming up second best!

However, lately I have seen incidences or scenarios that shattered my long and trusted beliefs. Reading abt a framer in South Africa who have tried to cultivate his farms but failed multiple times, no matter what method he tried.

Or, a story of a couple been married for 18 years but tried as hard as they might, they just couldn’t conceive a child. Or, a footballer named Alan Shearer who played for his favourite club, Newcastle Utd but probably will never ever land any silverware with the club.

Hmm… perhaps what we wanted the most may be not the one for us. What we felt the most suitable for us could turn into the worst nightmare. What we thought the best person to be our partner may not the one either.

Perhaps the best for us is what we have now. The best car is the same car that has been serving us during our darkest moments and trying times. The best mate is the same buddy, who eat in the same Maggie mee bowl during university days not the guy who constantly pad our back when we got our promotion.

Perhaps the best person we could ever marry is the same person who been with us during our poorer days and support us during our brighter days. Perhaps the best job for us is the one we have now if only we know how to appreciate what it have given us so far.

Then again, there is a saying the grass on the other side is always greener …you can never now.

Till that happens, I will still do the best in what I do…only after I tried a gazillion times and still failing, I know la it is time to stop trying anymore. Fate is what you make it…and god knows best, best for us and best for the people around you

TYPES OF MANAGER

       The Kipper Manager: Two-faced and gutless

· The Pedestrian Manager: Look both ways before crossing them

· The Constructive Manager: Thick as a brick!

· The Delegated Manager: "It's your turn to drain the swamp of crocodiles”

· The Sinatra Manager: "We will do it my way"

· The Ostrich Manager: Lose your head while all around you are keeping theirs

· The Geronimo Manager: Leaps on you from a great height

· The Balloon Manager: Full of hot air and floats around with their head in the clouds

· The Hobby Manager: Doing things they shouldn't be doing, just because they are good at them, or because they are interested in them

· The Frog Manager: Hopping about from job to job and never finishing anything

· The Seagull Manager: Rushes, screaming loud noises into the room, flaps around a lot and rushes out again!

· The John Wayne Manager: Shoot first; ask questions later

· The Assassin Manager: Always finds a scapegoat when things go wrong

· The Black Hole Manager: Makes sure that your ideas and initiatives never see the light of day

WHICH ONE ARE YOU OR YOU'RE FACING WITH?

RENUNGAN BULAN PUASA

Umpamanya:1) Dari bujang -- kahwin No.1 ---- No.2 ----- DLL.


2) Dari pakai moto kap --- kancil -- wira --- Honda ---- seterusnye...


3) Badminton ----- Bowling------Golf...


4) Rumah sewa---- rumah murah ---rumah teres --- banglow...


5) Technician ----supervisor ----- engineer --- manager...


6) Tv 14' --- 21" --- 29" ---- Home theather...


7) Sg Danga --- Tanjung Leman --- Langkawi ---- Hadnyai --- Bangkok..


8) Dalam semua segi kita mau kan perubahan kearah yang lebih baik dan
glamour...


9) Mancing kat parit /longkang ---- sungai --- kolam (bayar punye)----
laut dalam (sewa bot mewah)......


TETAPI... KITA JUGA LUPA...


SEMAKIN BANYAK KITA KECAPI KEJAYAAN, SEMAKIN HAMPIRLAH SAAT KEMATIAN KITA.... DITAKUTI SEMAKIN BERJAYA, KITA SEMAKIN LUPA, SEMUA YANG KITA DAPAT ADALAH PEMBERIAN TUHAN..."ON LOAN"...SETIAP KALI KITA BUAT ACTION PLAN ATAU BUAT REVISION, BERAPA BANYAKKAH KITA MASUKKAN ITEM-ITEM YANG MEMBAWA KEARAH PERSEDIAN UNTUK MATI

Umpamanya:

1) tak sembahyang ---- pastikan sembahyang---jadikan amalan....

2) banyak maksiat ----- kurangkan ----- hapuskan...

3) Bangi ---- madinah ---- mekah---

4) sedekah RM1.00 ---- RM10.00 --- RM100.00

5) sembahyang dirumah --- sembahyang di surau/masjid....

6) 5 jam sehari menonton TV ----- 3 jam TV & 2 jam majlis ILMU....

7) 3 jam baca suratkabar/majallah/internet ----- 2 jam majallah/suratkhabar/internet 1 jam membaca AL QURAN /selawat
8) Apa apa aktiviti yang hasilnya adalah untuk AKHIRAT.

Tetapi apa yang banyak berlaku pada ZAMAN AKHIR ini ialah PERSONAL improvement banyak kepada kearah KEDUNIAAN SEMATA. Perkara berkaitan AKHIRAT slowly di ketepikan....

Contohnya:Kalau dulu rajin dan tak tinggal 5 waktu, tetpi beransur-ansur........ Kalau dulu tak kenal DANGDUT/KARAOKE... bila tuhan beri kenaikan pangkat gaji lebih benda seperti ni dah jadi biasa... Macam macam lagi yang pun sedia maklum dan tahu... malah berlaku dikalangan ahli keluarga kita, jiran, rakan-rakan, DLL.

Jadi samalah kita membuat BALANCE ACTION PLAN,BALANCE OBJECTIVE ; TARGET dan BALANCE IMPROVEMENT.


Sekian untuk ingatan kita bersama.

MODERN WISDOM

• Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.

• Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee...

• Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

• I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash...

• A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.

• Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

• You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it...

• True friends stab you in the front

• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

• My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

• Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

• It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.

• Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

• Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

• They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

• If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but, if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity.

Penang bridge


Butterworth...in 5 minutes!!


The ride home.. 


KOMTAR from afar 


Returning home 

The state of Malaysian football

The news that our National U-23 football team get walloped by the thais last two weeks by 7-0 was not a surprise to me. After more than a decade of under-achievements and disappointments, we are in a quagmire of footballing limbo.

I have seen as a fan and Malaysian citizen that no matter how many millions we poured to raise the standard of football, we will be no better even in 20 years. Why??

First, the FAM is being filled by the same old heads that has been in control for more than 20 years. Let’s be professional about this. If a CEO of a listed company failed to bring about the necessary level of profits and results, he will be probably be booted out during the AGM or ousted by a vote of no confidence.

FAM is being helm by the Sultan of Pahang by more than 25 years. The vice president is also helm by his son. The rest of the crew are made from state politicians, failed politicians and has beens.

Personally, I believe that is the problem. Having such a huge figure such as a sultan as the President of FAM blunted any level of criticisms because it will be against the law!! Admit it, nobody gonna say to the Sultan of Pahang…” Tuanku, I disagree with your ideas because I feel it is outdated1”. Silap-silap kena buang daerah..malah boleh kena tangkap ISA. Especially in a society that worshipped Hang Tuah as the Uber Malay hero eventhough in modern management terms, Hang Tuah can be classified as a sell-out or licker of the bosses boot!

Second, there are too much money in FAM. Itulah sebab ramai gila nak jadik manager state football eventhough he hardly know shit about the recent rules of offside, penalty taking or how many substitutes allowed for AFC Cup?? The coach imported from all corners of the world are paid handsomely to create miracles, or so they said especially when the Manager usually helm by the some Datuk is paid almost double compared to the coach! So, apa kerja manager tersebut apabila tiap2 tahun ade krisis gaji tidak dibayar oleh State football, EPF tidak dilangsaikan dan sebagainya. Yang peliknya, setiap kali kes ini berlaku, FAM akan step in…dan bayar utk state. Mana pergi accountability and responsibility mereka ini apabila FAM yang diberikan wang daripada kerajaan persekutuan utk memajukan bolasepak negara jadik Bank Negara mini? The money given by the Federal Govt. is your tax payers money..my friend! Your blood, sweat and tears money!!!

In fact, let’s compared to other sports bodies that created World Champions like Bowling and Squash, they faced no problems whatsoever except for some internal squabbles because there are less money in it!! Winning a major tournament for bowling will only rake in RM 10,000.00 whilst winning FA Cup will net almost RM 250,000.00. Any dumb ass will know what to choose but these players playing Bowling or squash is the real national hero because they follows their passion rather than the amount of money!

Third, the infrastructure is no longer available for the development of grass root level. Most of the schools nowadays, no longer have a full blown football field or even have a school football team. As more and more kids going to school, fields has give way to computer labs, additional school blocks etc. In fact, more parents actually discourage their kids to be active in sports because there is no FUTURE in it!

“ Buat apa main bola…bukan boleh dapat kerja!”- Hmm…berbeza dgn Michael Owen when he was signed to play for Liverpool at the age of 7, Wayne Rooney at 9 and Robbie Fowler at 6 years old. Their parents believe that there is future in football…mind you, Robbie Fowler owns more than 20 million pounds in assets!

Fourth, the lack of transparency in funds used by FAM. Why these figures are not shown to the public is an amazement to me especially when it is of the most biggest sports association in Malaysia. FAM spends more money than Perlis! Why? Perhaps there are items like project management(karaoke with GROs) or trips to Bangkok in their accounts that they are afraid to reveal? If we the public cannot question why our tax payers money is being used for the Sultanate of Pahang expenditure, we are either in vegetative state or in a coma. Mind you, Sultan Pahang salary and his family allowances are also being paid by us…via our tax money as well.

Hmm…there are other factors, I hope you can enlighten me even more because I have run out of super latives!

I AM …I AM

Time flies when you are really enjoying yourselves.

Time drag when you are somewhat unhappy or unfamiliar with the surroundings.

I am kinna lost with my surroundings.

I am no longer in touch with my inner feelings.

I am no longer the man I used to be…

I am changing, evolving…is it for the better or is it for the worst??

Time will provide the answer….

Time will show the way…

I am somehow disjointed with my conscience…

I am more sentimental than judgmental…

I am slowly becoming hopeless….

I am no longer connecting at a real level with those arounds me…

I am becoming an island…too far for some to cross….

What has caused all this?

I am somewhat unsure…

I am somewhat bewildered…

Things that used to please…no longer seems to appease..

Things that brings me happiness..no longer create gladness

I am….i am….

Perhaps old…..

Perhaps insane?

Perhaps didn’t count my blessing for having an understanding wife, two lovely kids, a job that suited me at last, a house to call home and a healthy life.

Perhaps I think too much heh?

WORKING WITH AN IDIOT CAN KILL YOU!!!

STOCKHOLM -- Idiots in the office are just as hazardous to your health as cigarettes, caffeine or greasy food, an eye-opening new study reveals. In fact, those dopes can kill you!

Stress is one of the top causes of heart attacks – and working with stupid people on a daily basis is one of the deadliest forms of stress, according to researchers at Sweden's Lindbergh University Medical Center.

The author of the study, Dr. Dagmar Andersson, says her team studied 500 heart attack patients, and was puzzled to find 62 percent had relatively few of the physical risk factors commonly blamed for heart attacks.

"Then we questioned them about lifestyle habits, and almost all of these low-risk patients told us they worked with people so stupid they can barely find their way from the parking lot to their office. And their heart attack came less than 12 hours after having a major confrontation with one of these oafs.

"One woman had to be rushed to the hospital after her assistant shredded important company tax documents instead of copying them. A man told us he collapsed right at his desk because the woman at the next cubicle kept asking him for correction fluid – for her computer monitor.

"You can cut back on smoking or improve your diet," Dr. Andersson says, "but most people have very poor coping skills when it comes to stupidity – they feel there's nothing they can do about it, so they just internalize their frustration until they finally explode."

Stupid co-workers can also double or triple someone's work load, she explains. "Many of our subjects feel sorry for the drooling idiots they work with, so they try to cover for them by fixing their mistakes. One poor woman spent a week rebuilding client records because a clerk put them all in the 'recycle bin' of her computer and then emptied it – she thought it meant the records would be recycled and used again."

******* i TOLD YOU LA WEI....

Independence Day...

3 Days from now, we will be celebrating our 48th National Day.

Yes...in case you haven't notice, it has been 48 years of independence ....it has been 48 years since we are govern by some foreign powers, be it the Portugese, Dutch, British, Japanese etc.

For me, the national day is just a holiday for me.

Call me unpatriotic or even a communist, i have again fail to live up to the National Day Celebration.

Last year my blog did say the same thing and i felt my opinion aren't swayed again this year.

It is just a holiday just like any other holiday we have in this country. With the exception of Hari Raya...31st August is just like another Bank Holiday or just a day break in a long week.

Why?

Do i not love Malaysia? Do i not cared for the nation and its fight? Do i forgot about the sacrifices of our national heroes??

Those who read my entries will testify that though my views are strong....i voiced it out becoz i love this country...probably more than some of the Minister entrusted to run this country.

I cared for the nation just like you, i cheered for our Malaysian Badminton Team, Nicol David, Esther Cheah being World Bowling Champion, Karamjit Singh-Asia Rally Champion etc.

I do remember the sacrifices Mat Kilau made, Tok Gajah, Tok Janggut, Mat Salleh in Sabah, Leftenan Adnan in defending this nation from the colonies.

The why i am somewhat lacklustre about National Day?

Difficult to say...but there are myriads of factors like err..err difficult to pinpoint laa

However, i havent to say that listening to Patriotic Song by Sudirman over and over again kinna get on my nerves. By putting flags on my car which gonna wither away in two weeks somehow not a good investment for me. Standing in Cinema when hearing the National Anthem also for me falls into a long list of stupid ideas.

Personally, the pride of the nation comes from the heart...it cannot and will not be force into an individuals. When the Japanese came and require our dad or grandad to bow to the sun and sing the Nippon...it doesnt work either. The British tries to institutionalise the British way of thinking, raising the Union Jack ..but it doesnt work either. Again...history has already shown that this National Pride cannot be force upon....it must come from within.

How many of us visit the Tugu Negara in the last 5 years?

The answer probably ...err i was there when i was a kid.

Or probably the answer will be " Melawat patung itu haram..so i tak pie laaa..." eventhough the same person will probably happy wearing a shirt that says " Mawi World!!!" ...idolization is also haram, you know!?

Though i hate to say this, look at the Americans and probably you will learn a thing ot two.

They love their country more than us eventhough our flag have 90% resemblenes.

They remember their struggle to create the USA compared to some teenagers in Bangsar happily dancing away to DJ Tiesto in Modesto or Zouk without the faintest idea on who Loke Yew, Tun Sambathan or Ahmad Bustamam was.

The Americans instill their national pride since kindergarden...they re-enact their forefathers struggle in school plays and poetry, they teach idioms about the fall of Troy and the breach of Great Wall of China because of treachery and egotism.

What do our school kids learn nowadays about our nation?

We learn abt the facts not the story of the person itself.

That is why we cannot relate to their struggle. That is why half of us will only be raised from their bed on the 31st August this year and years to come at 11 or even 2 o'clock in the afternoon. That is why some of us will only watch the National Day Parade in Putrajaya in its full session only when browsing thru channels at Astro.

National struggle and pride must start from kindergarden straight into university days.

The story of Leftenan Adnan, Tok Janggut, Raja Haji in Johor and the betrayal of Raja Abdullah in Perak must be told again and again in order to be ingrain in our future generation.

That is why i failed to understand the weekend before the National Day ...TV3 showed " Cinta Si Penngali Kubur" as a prime time showing on Saturday. Just imagine, nobody has yet to make a movie abt "Tunku Abdul Rahman" abt his fight for Merdeka. The worst thing that cross my mind was "Was it even worst to be colonise by a foreign power rather than be undermine and bluff by my own race?" At least, colonisation by a foreign power...i know my enemy clearly.

That for me just probably explain just why i failed to have the joy of Merdeka this year.

Penang

Today i am off to Penang

Got a lot to write but havent got the necessary space to do so....

Till then you guys keep busy and act whatever you wanna act because there is only you and the consequences.

Fuel prices…theory, opinion and conspiracies.

Back in May 2005, when there were some hush-hush on another fuel price increases, PM stated not to speculate for it is bad on business.

Lo and behold, July 2005, the price for petrol per litre raised another ten cents to a new price of RM 1.62. Diesel was hike up another twenty cents to a new price of RM 1.34. Based on the data given by The Star on the 21^st July and The Edge later that week, these price has increased the cost of driving by 25% - 40% depending on the intensity and frequency of movements.

During the reign of the current PM alone, price hike for fuel alone has been increased by forty cents, with a gradual increase of 10 cents each. Factors cited are the constantly rising price oil per barrel traded internationally (currently USD67 per barrel), the need to be more conservative in our subsidies and the tightening of govt. purse.

Data given by the govt stated that our price level is still the lowest in the region especially in the ASEAN group of countries. Our price level is still lower compared to Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia but higher by 15% in Brunei.

My opinion is this.

First, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand is a net importer of oil i.e. they consume more than they produce. In the case of Singapore, they hardly have any resources to boot no it is not a mystery. Thailand and Indonesia do have oil but it is not enough to sustain domestic demands.

Second, the average numbers of cars/vehicle in our country is a lot higher than our ASEAN region. The car per citizen ratios in Singapore and Thailand is a lot lower compared to Malaysia because the cost of owning a vehicle in Singapore is lot more expensive whilst the income per capita in Thailand is lower than us. Vehicle di sini bermaksud kereta and motorsikal.

Penduduk Malaysia rata-ratanya mempunyai satu kereta utk satu family dan bagi keluarga berpendapat rendah satu motosikal mesti ada. In fact, Malaysian market is moving into second car segment…kereta kedua keluarga yg lebih kecil dan fuel savings. Maka timbullah Savvy and MyVi, datanglah Chevy and Honda Jazz.

Ketiga, none of the ASEAN countries have a national petroleum agency that is in the Top 10 Petroleum Company in the world. In terms of revenue and income return, Petronas is second to none, better than ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. Apatah lagi dgn kenaikan harga minyak yg melambung ini, maka keuntungan Petronas juga meningkat lebih 50% berbanding dgn tahun lalu i.e. estimated to be RM 500M for the first six months. Petronas is getting bigger and more competitive.

Berdasarkan kepada 3 faktor di atas, saya berpendapat bahawa kenaikkan harga minyak tidak wajar malah membebankan rakyat terutamanya golongan berpendapat rendah. The fuel subsidy should be maintain simply becoz WE CAN AFFORD IT! Dari sejarah pembangunan Malaysia, seandainya harga minyak setong turun ke harga asalnya iaitu USD 40 per barrel, rasanya harga minyak tidak akan diturunkan juga pasal malas agaknya. Jika diteliti buku “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith , kerajaan sepatutnya govern sahaja dan biarkan rakyat compete and set the equilibrium price.

Secara peribadi, saya merasakan bahawa rakyat yang terpaksa menanggung beban kenaikan ini. Di manakah perginya cerdik pandai negara ini yang mampu menyelesaikan kemelut kenaikkan harga minyak ini? Pasti ada cara bagi mengimbangi subsidi minyak ini jika kerajaan berani menaikkan cukai bagi golongan kaya yang mampu mempunyai rumah seperti di bawah. Ketidak samaan pembahagian kekayaan negara amat ketara di negara ini di mana jurang di antara golongan “ada-ada” amat jauh dgn golongan miskin negara ini. Keadaan ini lebih menonjol bagi kaum India dan Melayu.

Kemelut subsidi minyak ini juga jadi beban apabila pada masa yang sama kerajaan menurunkan kadar faedah kepada taraf yang terendah bagi tempuh 18 tahun. Anda mampu mempunyai kereta baru dgn kadar faedah hanya 2.5% dan kereta terpakai 3.85%. Maka panjanglah jumlah pesanan MyVi hingga ada yang terpaksa menunggu hingga hari Raya untuk mendapatkan. Ada ke yang tempah Savvy?? I wonder….

Petronas merupakan syarikat kepunyaan negara maka wajar jika keuntungan ini di laburkan kepada rakyat. Kenaikan kadar minyak ini tidak memberikan kesan yang mendadak kepada rakyat Amerika Syarikat kerana biarpun ekonomi mereka di kuasai yahudi. Harga minyak per gallon hanya berganjak sebanyak 5% sahaja(The Economist July 2005) manakala Malaysia sudah meningkat sebanyak 30%.

Maka ada yang mengatakan semua ini adalah salah US juga kerana tindakan mereka menyerang Iraq menyebabkan pengeluaran mintak di Iraq menurun secara tiba-tiba. Perumpamaan yang digunakan adalah jika minyak di dunia ini dihasilkan oleh 10 negara ..maka ditutup pengeluaran di satu negara maka pasti harga akan naik kerana permintaan lebih daripada pengeluaran. Ini basic rule of ecomony.

So there are many theories that US is storing these fuel in Iraq because they wanted to make record profits. Mind you, the Bush family from Texas are fuel land owners..so inadvertently they also benefits. Another theory is that the Jews are conspiring to halt the explosive economy of China that seems to eat every single resources in the world. Mana satu yang betul hanya tuhan sahaja yang tahu.

Pada saya yang berugama islam, kerajaan yang dipimpin oleh org yang mengaku Islam juga harus memikirkan hal ehwal rakyat juga. Ke mana perginya wang BaitulMal Malaysia dan Pusat Zakat Negara sehingga pihak persendirian terpaksa mencari derma melalui rancangan television “Bersamaku” ? Apa ertinya kamu memakai Mercedez S Class ataupun BMW 7 Series apabila bergelar Menteri ataupun CEO jika nasib meraka seagama masih tidak terbela. Apa ertinya poket kamu penuh dgn wang RM100 jika derma di masjid masih berat tapi tidak seberat mengundi Mawi di AF3 menggunakan kad prabayar RM30? Menangnya mereka-mereka ini sejauh mana menguntungkan kamu?

Lebih baik sokong Liverpool kerana jika Liverpool menang, hati pun senang heh..heh..heh.

Well, that just my small drop in the vast ocean called Malaysia tanahairku.

HOME OF THE AP KINGS!!

Setelah 48 tahun merdeka...akhirnya anak melayu kita berjaya juga mempunyai taraf kemajuan ekonomi yang sama dgn bangsa lain. Mereka telah berjaya merubah status mereka daripada bekerja makan gaji kepada pemberi gaji kepada orang lain juga.

Kemajuan ini merupakan usahasama kerajaan Barisan Nasional dangan rakyat Malaysia terutamanya rakyat Melayu. Ini harus kita bangga kerana kesenangan mereka juga melambangkan bahawa kita orang Melayu juga mampu melangkah kesetapak lagi ...lebih tinggi ke arah cemerlang, gemilang and terbilang.

STATEMENT DI ATAS MERUPAKAN JIWA PENULIS JIKA DIA PERCAYA SEGALA APA YANG DISOGOKKAN MELALUI MEDIAMASSA NEGARA INI SELAMA 30 TAHUN DIA BERNAFAS!!!

Namun jika kita teliti diri kita sendiri....mereka-mereka disekeliking kita...sedara mara kita...jiran2 kita...masih ada yang merempat di bumi yang mereka panggil tanahairku!

Ada baru2 ini seorg menteri besar negara ini mengelarkan negerinya " Negeri Maju"..sedangkan anak2 melayu di Sabak Bernam ada yang masih tiada bekalan air, tiada jalan berturap ke kemudahan asas...tiada kemampuan utk talian telefon apatah lagi kereta.

Ada lagi anak2 melayu kita di Perlis yang masih terpaksa berhenti sekolah utk bekerja menyara keluarga kerana kesempitan wang! Ada lagi wajah org2 kita yang muncul di siri "Bersamaku" yang kurang jumlah penontonnya berbanding AF3, menelan siput babi sekeluarga kerana kesempitan ekonomi, banyak lagi anak2 muda yang menghiasi lorong2 bandar sambil menyuntik dadah ataupun pil khayal agar tinggi lompatannya semasa di kelab malam nanti.

Ramai lagi org kita masih kais pagi makan pagi biarpun bekerja di bangunan tinggi ataupun jawatannya tinggi namun hutangnya juga membusun. Ramai lagi anak2 muda yang lebih suka menunggang motorsikal di waktu malam minggu sambil menjerit-jeritkan ezkos motornya kerana dia merasakan itu sudah hebat. Di mana bangsa Cina ketika dia ramai2 naik motorsikal itu? Kemungkinan besar dia tokey kedai motorsikal tersebut yang baru diservis petang tadi dengan harga RM 65/=

Sejumlah besar lagi org2 kita di kelantan dan terengganu yang berada di bawah paras kemiskinan....hidup sekeluarga seramai 10 hingga 12 org dibawah satu bumbung sehingga menyumbang sumbang mahram.


Di mana silapnya kita?? Sehingga ada di antara kita menjadi terlalu kaya sementara masih ramai lagi yang tertinggal lagi arus kemajuan.

Saya tidak mengata bahawa kerajaan sekarang gagal menaikkan taraf kehidupan org kita cuma saya merasakan " WE COULD BE BETTER" if the people chosen actually do their job honestly.

Well my two cents...but below are the houses of successful Malay "Entrepreneur"





The gate is gold plated


The land itself cost RM5 Million


The entire house is estimated to be worth around RM30 million


A new house of Syed Azman-another AP King


Estimated worth is RM28 million


With fixture and fittings-it could spiral up to RM35 Million


That's how big the house is...



Man....i could get use to this...


A helipad in the making!

My complaint for the high electrical bills..and their response

I complained about my recent electric bill and here's the response !!

Dear Electric Customer,
Just a little note to let you know we understand your
anger in the recent price hike. But it should be noted
that you have no choice. We are a big company and you
will pay what we tell you. You have no choice. We have
the power, you need the power. So sad, too bad. Sucks
to be you. Have a nice day and keep those
checks coming, loser!

Sincerely,

Your Local Power Co.

My way or the highway?!!

There i was, in the baking hot sun.

Trying to make my way to my car insurance company adjacent to Jalan Sultan Ismail. Those who are aware of this lane in KL would surely attest that the bloody road is never free of traffic jams and rude drivers. Except during 2 days of raya, chinese new year etc.Most of the time, you are in need of tremendous patience and acute driving skills. Enough of that...

I survived unscathed...park my vehicle happily and walked straight to the Kurnia service counter. Readily took my number and waited, not so many customers waiting so i guess i am in luck. After a while, my numbers is up and i brisked to the nearest counter. I smiled and said " Renewal" and handed over my car cover note. He smiled and said "sure..."

There is was believing that i am in good enough hands but this will not be a good story unless there is some suprises la kan...

" I am sorry sir...i cannot renew your car insurance because you need to install Captor first. Your car is on a hotlist that is why you are required to install this Captor ...otherwise you cannot renew the insurance"

I was shocked but tried to keep calm..."errr what is a "hotlist"?

"Hotlist are list of cars which are usually stole or targeted to be stolen...models like Vios, Camry, Estima, Jazz and City are required to do this"

" what i do now?" I asked humbly

"You can go to Captor installation center which we have in multiple locations. This device will tracked you, immobilizes it should you reported it stolen just in a matter of minutes..."

"Man, that's good...so how much?" i gingerly asked.

" Captor cost RM1,988.00 plus your insurance of RM 1,085 after deducting your NCB....that will be RM 3, 073.00"

"F*ck, &,!,%,$,@,+,!,.........."

"aiyoh..so expensive...can i opt not to install this?"

" No sir...because you are required to install this"

"Very authocratic....huh...err what if i am willing to pay extra premiums instead of installing that device?"

" No..." he becomes slightly agitated

" Can i pay the devices in installment ..because RM2K is very expensive la friend...especially for something that you do not know gonna happen..."

"No..."

" can i this....." another brilliant suggestion by me...

"No"

" can i that...." another brilliant suggestion by me

" No.."

" i am sorry ...it just simply cannot be done...either you install this device or you go to another insurance company" he vented his anger due to the barrage to question asked

" OK ....Fuck Kurnia then!!!" I walked off

I have no intend to discredit the insurance company but only in Malaysia the consumer is constantly kick on their backside without them knowing it.Remember the new bankcard where you need to pay just to use the service?? remember that?? You are a customer...??

Sorry for the languange but i felt strongly about this. The insurance company didn't inform me on this new policy but simply dictate what need to be done. For motorist yang insurance memang nak expire esok atau lusa memang panik la ...pasal kena cekau lagi RM2K pasang...maka gosok la mastercard anda...jika silap..kena declare bankrupt hujung tahun...parah tuh?!

A call by my partner also confirms this....Amfinance also requires the captor to be installed as well, Mayban on the verge, PIAM (body that governs insurance company) should be aware of this because this totally disregard the voice of the customer....we should be given an option because i am a paying customer. Now, isn't there a saying that a customer is always right?

I refused to install it...so i registered with another insuarance which doesnt requires me to install that device.

I failed to understand this. While i can digest that this device is good but why it is very expensive. If this is very good, why not all cars required to install this?

I remeber the last initiative taken which was the black box install in a car by the insurance company...that was a total disaster as well. Nothing happen.

Now since the device is install...wouldnt the thief disable the device as well? Even Cobra anti-theft device pun kena jack....apatah lagi benda nie??

Yes the device is good...it can stop the car, locate the car anywhere in Malaysia..yes it is marvellous but it is also an invasion of privacy.

Since the device can tracked your car, it can also detect where you favourite hang-outs, your favourite shopping malls and place of interest. The data gathered can readily be sold to another marketing arms that utilizes this information to con you some more!!

For those who like frequenting Lorong Haji Taib or Chow KIt to get some quick action..hear me, they know you are there!

Now that a scary thought huh??

hahhaahahahha....i leave it at that...

AYAH PIN ….KENAPA DAN MENGAPA

Aku malas nak menulis pasal benda nie tapi pasal asyik dapat front page coverage, maka terpanggil la jugak aku menulis pasal benda nie…pada saya, bagus juga saya menyumbang komentar terhadap benda nie kerana ianya melibatkan agama dan cara hidup kita.

Rata-ratanya ramai yang sudah tahu atau dengar pasal Ayah Pin ini, sudah lama dah dia beroperasi ..persoalannya kenapa dia dibiarkan sebegitu lama?? Dulu kes2 macam ini cepat aje kena tangkap….

Alasan yang diberikan oleh Jabatan Agama adalah kerana kesulitan teknikal dan atas what charge are you going to detain him. Ini pada saya pun tidak tepat….malah menampakkan Jabatan Agama takut disaman semula kerana Ayah Pin mendapat sokongan pelbagai golongan sama ada professional mahupun drummer Def Gab C.

Jika benar pun, sila jelaskan pada saya bagaimana kerajaan kita boleh menahan Azmin Ali, Lim Kit Siang, Mat Sabu, Fernandez, Ustaz Ashaari Muhammad dan pelbagai lagi menggunakan ISA. Kenapa boleh, adakah mereka ini ditangkap kerana menentang kerajaan atau masalah akidah? Sepanjang pengalaman saya, kamu boleh ditangkap menggunakan ISA tanpa sebarang tuduhan mahupun perbicaraan??

Kenapa ISA tidak dapat digunakan bagi menangkap ayah pin?? Double standard la kan…atau sememangnya sukar. Don’t get me wrong, for me the freedom to embrace any religion is your right but by virtue of what is religion, we usually think of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddha & Hindu etc…..nie totally new belief that he concocted by combining all other religion, i.e. cult. Mind you, sejarah cult nie tak pernah berakhir dgn baik…malah ada yang berakhir dgn kematian beratus-ratus ahlinya.(Doomsday Cult).

Yang aku heran macamana ada org mengikut dan sama2 berjuang mempertahankan kepercayaan mereka ini….kalau seorg dua org boleh la aku kata pukau tapi kalau dah dekat ribu pengikut …lagi la heran! Drummer Def Gab C berubat dgn Ayah Pin sanggup berikan isteri dia utk ayah pin …diceraikan serta merta dan dijadikan isteri Ayah Pin.

For me this deserve a study on its own…why is it some people have this sort of charisma that can lull somebody else senses and abandon whatever your life belief and follows theirs?!!

Ayah Pin is one of many, imagine other leaders like Adolf Hitler who not only convinced a nation to belief that their race is superior but also to eliminate another race (Jews). Mussolini is another example, an extremist in any aspect of his life…considered too dumb in school yet with his fascist party, he single handedly removed the Italian prime minister and establish a new government in his image….Sukarno also another good example, manage to convince Indonesian to fight off the dutch influence and attack Malaysia after our inception. Mao Tse Tung also another excellent example….with its cultural revolution and peasant empowerment.

To me, the ability of one man to change the course of history is remarkable. Mind you, Hitler write his best-seller “Mein-Kempt” on his own…in his own solitude..in prison. Kenapa dengan dengar ceramah dia org sahaja…ada antara kita yang boleh menangis, menyanyi dengan semangat dan pick up a weapon and bash another person skull all in the name of thy fuhrer!

Yes ..it is remarkable and amazing but it is also dangerous. If today, ayah pin propagate harmony and unity but when push come to shove (100 over mobs torched his commune lately)…he will not be reluctant to lashed out and ordered counter offensive. You never know because a man like him can easily influence his followers that this is their jihad as well!

That’s for me is more dangerous than one man like Mat Sabu, who simply asked the government to be more transparent to be jailed under ISA for 6 long years ….

Now that irony, eh??

THE LURE OF MONEY

I submitted a new proposal to our main client the other day. This project will be the biggest undertaking for us, which need to end before Raya and Raya will be the biggest Raya of all.

Insya-Allah, all I wanted to was to make to a living …if along the way, I make extra money..alhamdulilah. To many of us especially Bumiputra get easy money and lost their way because at one time, money was too easy to come buy. Yelah sapa tak mahu duit tapi banyak sangat duit pun mengundang masalah pasal partner pun boleh jadik gaduh pasal dah kelabu mata nampak duit.

Entah, kita pun tak tahu apa depan mata kita tapi kita berusaha sehingga kita mampu. Itu sahaja, yang lain kita tawakal pada Allah SWT pasal rezeki datang dari dia.

Dalam kesibukan mengejar projek agar cepat abis, tubuh aku finally gave away. The exhaustion finally get to me…I have been working practically for 26 days without any time of breaks or weekends. Saturday & Sunday pun pulun….mungkin tu sebab aku jadik letih sesangat. Maka aku tadi terlelap kat ofis selama 3 jam tanpa sedar …letih la sangat!

Hmm..sekiranya dalam kesibukan ini, aku mengabaikan tanggungjawab aku sebagai ketua keluarga, maka bukan aku sengaja…atau melayan kerenah rakan-rakan, bukan apa….bukan aku suka pun tapi aku sememangnya certified workaholics!!

Selagi kerja atau project belum settle…kepala aku sentiasa semak. Jika aku ada free sikit esok, aku spend time laa…malah aku memang bercita-cita nak berehat selama seminggu tanpa bunyi handphone!!

Persoalannya…boleh ker??

IT’S HAS BEEN BUSY

I wanted to add something to my blog for the longest time…somehow I never get around to it or whenever free time I had, my energy has long abandoned me.

However, today is kinna a slow day…which allows me to write what been going on. Well, my life is no more interesting than yours but I am kinna a “flesher” of a writer….i.e. telling a story about nothing, now that’s an art on itself, you know.

Been spending time on the project site and the people assigned to oversee it. Most of the conversation revolves around the suspension of Tan Sri Isa Samad and Osu Sukam.

I know everybody has in their own right to comment and deliberated on this issue because Malaysia is a free country i.e foreigners can come in and buy whatever property we might have, take our woman and sell it back to Malaysian at a higher price!

A lot of people who are staunch UMNO supporters generally supported the move because it reflect the hardline measure the Discipline Committee in UMNO willing to take to stem out money politics. These people agreed that while money politics in rampant in UMNO, Isa Samad is too obvious or too much for some other people liking. I don’t wanna add anymore because these people that I talked to are high brass people in UMNO hierarchy. Who am I to dabble in politics, huh??

But NO!!

I just had to asked….i throw one question to them “ Kalau betul pun dia guna duit, duit sapa dia pakai hah?? Takkan gaji Menteri Besar and Menteri Wilayah boleh spend millions of ringgit buying votes?? Duit nie tax-payers punya money la kan…??”

Man, when will I stop asking stupid question to a very obvious situation. Funny though…because they couldn’t garnered any real answer to a simple question.

The best reply was “Ala kau nie, semuanya berbau anti-kerajaan…apa yang kau tanya soalan yang bodoh nie”

“Yelah, kalau bodoh pun…apa jawapannya …? Katakan gaji Menteri Besar plus allowances mungkin jejak RM12K, 10 tahun jadik MB baru…RM 1,440,000.00 tapi korang kata dia spends berpuluh juta…mana dia dapat?”

“Err…err…err..”

I added that “ Bukan aku sokong pembangkang, tapi aku bertanya sebagai pembayar cukai selama 10 tahun….mungkin tak sebanyak juta aku bayar tapi aku rasa aku bayar cukai ada dekat ratus ribu…bukan setakat cukai pendapatan, sales tax makan kat Mcdonald 5%, Pizza Hut 5%, Carrefour 5%, macam2 laa….semua bercukai, don’t tell me I am paying for all these crap”

“ Kalau pembangkang jadik new government pun, aku akan tanya juga pasal aku masih pembayar cukai…sapa2 pun, aku tetap akan tanya?”

Nie mentality yang sebenarnya tak ada pada majority rakyat bumi yang fana ini bernama Malaysia, tanggungjawab sebagai pembayar cukai. You pay but you never asked what is being spend…

They rebuffed my statement dgn statement “ Kau nie sentiment sangat, takkan benda detail cam nie ko nak tanya…dia ada la fund dia sendiri”

So, aku tak sabar tak tanya “ O.K la kalau Isa Sama ada fund sendiri….abis, Osu Sukam boleh belanja 1.5 Pound Sterling main judi kat London, mesti dia banyak fund yek?”

“Setahu aku, judi merupakan dosa besar sebagai org Islam…kenapa Lembaga Disiplin tak ambil tindakan?’

I added “ you know what, with all of this revelation the most job in Malaysia should be a Minister..because you can actually earn millions”

Our IPTA & IPTS should offer a course “ Ministerial Science” because it pays more than most of the CEOs in Malaysia.

Hmm…the discussion ended with a lot of blank space on their faces and a bewildered face on me because they cannot answer my initial question. Buat ponek aje jadik perwakilan atau ketua Bahagian.

Alahai…Malaysiaku!

JARUM DAN CONDOM

La nie mana aku pie melepak dgn geng2 aku yg kerja sendiri gak, rata-ratanya mengeluh yang project tak ada…kalau ada mesti berebut macam org gila.

Nie lebih ketara project supply atau trading base, ada yang mengadu yg dia masuk sebutharga supply 12 bijik notebook kat satu agensi kerajaan tapi yg masuk sampai 53 company, punya la frust dia.

Competition memang fierce pasal everybody wants to make money, The recent fuel price hike, other goods pun follows suit. Most of the material has increased in price …be it 10 cents or any amount but the effect is there.

So when one so-called “enlightened” minister, claimed that only fuel price increase only gonna effected those who are capital intensive. May be he forgot that even if the industry is human intensive, people travel via cars or motorcycle which requires fuel to run. The last time I checked, cars and motorcycle stills run on fuel…so enuff said, the minister is an idiot!

There has been 3 price hike in a matter of 2 years…in a matter of litres, may be you wouldn’t be effected as much but multiples litres, the effect also come in multiple. I feel sorry for my partner who had to travel quite far to her place of work…that’s I am working harder so that she would not be carrying much of a burden anymore….heh..heh ( I like to tell that in order to please myself…keh..keh)

Tapi hakikatnya sama, duit is getting scarce but the cost of living has been steadily increasing. So cam no?

Memandangkan kerajaan amat berhasrat utk mensupply jarum dan kondom kepada penagih, aku sarankan pada kawan2 aku tadi supaya buka kilang jarum atau kondom. Depa semua pandang aku …sikit lagi kategori nak kena terajang dgn dia org pasal bagi idea bodoh.

Tapi aku teruskan lagi …aku kata nie prevention better than cure, so we must support this. Depa semua marah…kata apa kejadanya nie?!! (Wan Kamaruddin of “Edisi Siasat” fame will be proud of this word that has become famous since…)

Dia org kata kalau mahu prevent org isap dadah, bagi education at school that drugs is dangerous. Depa kat US, the government spend billions on the danger of drugs at schools and university. That should be a better alternative rather than giving needles or condoms. Depa kata kalau di drug addict dah high on cocaine, bila la pulak nak sarung kondom?? Mind you, putting that thing on is quite a challenge on its own…heh..heh.

Baik educate school children, kata depa. Dari bagi jarum and condom, yang mungkin depa jual balik…baik letak drug addict nie kat satu pulau dan bagi medical attention kat sana. Lagipun, depa kata sakit nie depa yg carik sendiri…so tanggung sendiri,

Aku tanya kalau yg kena anak dan bini mereka, salah dia org gak ker??

Semua diam.

Hebat gak aku yek??

So apa pendapat korang?

IT HAS BEEN SO LONG

It has been quite some time since I last blog.

Bukan tak mahu tapi masa tak berapa nak mengizinkan.

So much has happen, I practically do not know where to begin.

The last couple of weeks has been quite hectic to say the least…tapi sebagai org yang bekerja sendiri, lebih baik tiada masa utk melepak daripada asyik melepak kerana itu menandakan awak tiada kerja…awak tak ada kerja, maka tiada gaji…hey, itu yg aku takut.

I have managed to secure a big job with our biggest clients, alhamdulillah…that project will eat up my weekend until August. In the meantime, I am finalizing another big proposal that will hopefully keep me occupied until raya.

Malas nak fikir lagi jauh takut tak terbuat…bukan tak mahu, hendak tu hendak tapi takut tak terlayan ..maka tak berjalan lak. Mungkin itu bezanya businessman Cina dgn Melayu, aku ada sedikit takut utk undertake multiple job in the hundred thousand while they probably take it in their stride.

Dalam masa tu, ada la sekor kutu kat tempat client kita org…kerja admin tapi tak la besar pangkat mana pun….tapi gayanya mengalahkan senior manager. Boss dia namanya A, besar la pangkatnya tapi tak ler eksen mana.

Aku biasa deal dgn A aje pasal dia decision maker tapi mamat sekor nie, S, sibuk ler…buat2 dia tahu..mencelah sana sini. Aku kira baru, so aku diam ajelah. Partner aku advise aku supaya jangan layan dia sangat…so I take heed the advice ler.

So masa kami dapat LOA big project tuh, dia call our officemate, Mr H, mintak duit kopi. Kalu sikit tak pe…mintak RM5,000.00 la pulak. Dia mengadu masalah kesihatan dia la apa laa…kata nanti the RM5K nanti tolak komisen dia dgn Mr A la..

Personally, aku tak ada masalah bagi duit dgn dia kalau dia betul2 susah tapi cara dia tak kena. Aku tahu lifestyle dia mewah…dia setakat executive biasa aje, gaji dia RM1,600.00 tapi dia pakai Perdana V6, jam tangan Tag Hauer RM5k, baju Valantino dan pakai talipon 3G. Umur dah jejak 36 tetapi masih menyewa…

Dulu sebelum aku masuk, partner aku ada bagi dia sikit duit sebagai tanda terima kasih tolong kami dapat project besar. Dia amik ¾ dari jumlah tu dan bagi A sikit . Dia kabo kat A yang itu aje yg dia dapat…padahal dia dah kebas dekat RM18K. Mana tak panas A dgn dia bila dia dapat tahu.

Aku tahu dia kuat berpolitik dgn platformnya UMNO dan sibuk dgn launching Putera UMNO. Dia selalu lepak Lotus sampai pagi…agar GRO mana2 yang tak dapat teksi…dia boleh tolong hantarkan balik. Pendek kata….duit nie macam air la pasal berlagak kaya tapi sebenarnya papa.

Aku sebenarnya marah tapi pasal partner aku dah sikit berumur, so aku cepat cool laa….kalau ikut nafsu mahu aje aku tempeling kepala dia. Bukan apa, kawan2 aku umur ratanya belum jejak 30 tapi boleh simpan duit beli rumah, settlekan kereta, kahwin. Nie pada aku menunjukkan kawan aku lagi matang dari setan sekor nie..

Nego la jugak bila bersemuka..tapi lebih sibuk ceritakan susah dia daripada nak faham susah aku, aku nak bertekak pun tak guna ..so mahu tak mahu bagi la jugak. Tapi aku tak bagi sebanyak yg dia mintak ler…aku bagi separuh aje. Ikut nafsu aku, aku mampus tak bagi pasal aku tahu dia bukan buat apa pun…dia tumpang nama aje pasal yang buat paper dan proposal, boss dia A yang buat dari awal sampai abis.

Bila aku tanya lebih sikit mampus dia tak boleh jawab tapi kelentong dia, masya-allah punya la pusing sampai Alor Star baru dapat cover satu point.

Aku terima hakikat yg org macam nie mesti ada punya, tapi aku tak sangka la sampai macam tu gayanya. Buat masa nie aku buy time dulu laa….esok nanti si malaun tuh mintak lagi, siap la nanti…

After all, it is the time when the Sith has its revenge!!!

Muahahhahahahhaha