News Flash! A guy I knew during my time at Uniten has just been sodomized - or at least thats what he claimed lah.
And I was like, what the fuck! Is this for real? I mean I know the guy did have some issues back at Uniten (you can read up on him in his " nemesis' " blog, riwayathayat.blogspot.com) and all, and after that he seems to be heading into the Malaysian political scene. Didn't keep my tabs on him after that (during my times in Uniten - the write up in riwayathayat was kinda entertaining so I kinda was following it at times - you can imagine how bored I was back then...).
Anywho - boy was I shell-shocked to find out that he became the latest victim in another "Anwar Gone Wild" episode. Babi pun tak giler macam ni.
Some people are saying he was planted in PKR by BN, prior to the General Election last March. I guess if that was true then kudos to him - being able to get to the 'aide' department in just a short period of time.
Is it a BN conspiracy? Reasoning would suggest that this would provide our deputy PM with the perfect diversion over RPK latest allegations against him. And so far I can see that it's working - with the media having no mention of RPK in recent times.
Or can it be a PKR conspiracy? In another perspective (if I were a BN guy), I could say that Anwar told Saiful to lodge that report purposely so that he (Anwar) can gain the support of the rakyat and bring on his momentum to become the next premier of the country. Now THAT, is what I call a great Hollywood script.
Alas, at the end of the day - one can only wonder what really happened...
Rule No 1.
Find a girl - check.
Rule No 2.
Get a ring - check.
....
Thats right fellas - today, on the 28th of June 2008, I have bought a ring to give to my lady for our engagement. Hopefully things work out alright ya? Insyaallah.
Today I've had the opportunity to see the movie WANTED. I had to admit, I was actually expecting a lot from the movie - after the seeing the cool trailer and all that, and fortunately for me - it truly delivers.
You see, I've been waiting to see the movie for 5 days (I booked the ticket on Monday). Not to mention I got no significant job to do this week at the office so that in itself kinda puts you in a "I can't wait for Saturday" mood to sink in.
At the end of the movie - I felt satisfied. The same feeling I get after watching "300" and "V for Vendetta". It was truly value for money in my book. Or perhaps I'm just a sucker for a neat FX and a good plot.
Whatever it is, you can bet I'll be looking forward to the next installment of WANTED should there be any.
Kudos to the director Timur Bekmambetov for once again having to come out with a great sci-fi flick. After watching his earlier movies - "Night Watch" and "Day Watch", I came to like his style of directing, much like how I enjoy watching movies from Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino is famously known for fun plot and witty dialogues. Timur is of a different kind - but I enjoy his movies nonetheless.
A bit pity though that "Dusk Watch" won't be coming anytime soon. I kinda hope that it won't be Americanized per say...cause I kinda enjoy the original two, so a russian ending would be perfect for it. Nonetheless, here a bit of news on the last of the trilogy. Click Me!
The news today seems to read oil prices is gonna come down pretty soon. Well I hope so. I've just read an article on NGV just now on the NST - apparently a full tank gas price of a 1.6L Chevy is just RM9. Yep, you read right - that's RM9. Geez. And I'm driving a Kelisa and paying like 7 times that amount for a full tank.
Lets do a simple math here.
9 (per week) X 4 (weeks per month) = RM36.
70 (per week) x 4 (weeks per month) = RM 280.
What a difference that is. A conversion to NGV would cost around RM 3500 or so. Savings from the conversion per month would be RM280 - RM 36, which would be around RM 240. Now for me to get back that RM 3500 would take me about 3500/240 which would be 14 months or so. But then my car is not of a 1.6L type, so I think probably within a year or so lah.
Now that's an idea worth considering.
Oil prices are going down, or so says the article I read at Yahoo.com. Oil price have been steadily climbing and at times I think the oil companies are enjoying every minute of it and making sure that it's gonna stay that way. The other day there was a strike at Shell Nigeria - can't remember the details but the plant had to be closed down. So you know la what happen if an oil plant goes down - supply would decline, thus prices would go up. Now I'm not saying that is the sole reason why the oil price worldwide is rising, but probably more or less it's one of the triggers.
Anywho, the strike eventually came to an end. But then a few days after I think, some bugger decide to attack the rigs. Is there a connection? I dunno, but somehow I smell something fishy is going on there, as if Shell is deliberately hiring someone to attack it's rigs. But then again - that's just an unproven theory.
In other news, CERN is gonna conduct the world's biggest particle physics experiment - perhaps conjuring up a mini black-hole along the way. Reports have been given that the new black hole would not - and I repeat WOULD NOT suck our beloved planet Earth into it. You can about it more here. You know at first the news itself is like weird joke..you know..Earth getting sucked into a black hole. But then I'm not much of a particle physicist. So who knows? Is there really any probability of a black hole sucking the planet?? I mean..wow. Talk about science fiction. Maybe I should read up on this..maybe I should.
Yesterday I went to UNITEN..or more specifically YTN - to tie things up with them in regard to my scholarship, aka "melaporkan diri".
I even applied for a half-day leave the day before that - semangat giler! :P
I reached UNITEN at about 8 am. After about 30 minutes or so waiting/discussing with the fella, I am told that I can pay 20% of the total amount - and that would be about around RM 17k lah. Not bad. 5 years of learning and hardship - and I was like earning RM 66k for all those years. Not bad at all.
Alhamdulillah.
And even better they didn't even mention that I have to work at TNB - which by the way, is not a bad way to make a living. It's just a matter of interest - and I chose not to work there because of it.
So it was then like 8:45am..and my office hour starts at 9am. And I applied for a half-day leave. So I thought to myself, just what the heck am I gonna do now? Go to Kajang and get them fuel rebates? Heck no. Don't wanna trouble myself and waste more fuel just to look for parking at that place. Gila.
So I called up Elsie, and asked whether or not she can omit my application the day before. She said yeah..you can come... So inside I was like, "yippee~~", although the fact that I don't have any real job to do back then is quite a troubling thought. Hurm. But that is yesterday's story la. Today's a different thing.
Got quite a lot of things to do today. Owh such fun.
As usual today I was driving to work early in the morning, listening to FlyFM. They got this one segment whereby they'd ask the listener to share with them their thoughts on that day's topic. Todays topic was - 'what are you doing when other people are not looking? '.
It was a pretty much interesting topic.
There was this caller though which I thought had the best thing to share. Sonia I think was her name.
"You know sometimes when other people aren't looking, I kinda had to pull a bit my underwear to place it better la - you know..adjust a bit if there's a wedgie and things like that.."
And I was like....that is soo true~ (and laughing hysterically in my car)
Now normally I don't post other people's blog here - usually it's more of quotation of sorts or perhaps some useful thing that I think other might benefit by reading. Today will be an exception I guess. This post is from the Ancient Mariner - one blogger that I like keep tabs on since the recent general election.
Here goes.
Like everyone else, I am still reeling from the double whammy of the rise in fuel prices and yesterday's increase in the electricity tariff. I suppose all hell will now break loose with other increases: price of food, transport fares, crime rates etc.
This old sea dog who served many years for God, king and country and trying to survive on a pittance is now sufficiently pissed off to want to go shoot somebody.
And they wants us to 'change our lifestyles". Have they ever stopped to think what will happen if many people leave their vehicles at home and go to work in trains and buses today?
To those of you who voted in this government: Go Eat Shit and Die.
I just found out that for people in Venezuela only pay like RM0.16 per liter of fuel. (Wan Norazizah interview in MalaysiaKini ). Guess this is what the Singaporean must be feeling like right now towards us Malaysians back then (and perhaps still right now...till August I guess.)
So for now, me,..the young working 'adult'..will be driving to and fro with my car air-cond turned off in an effort to save my hard earned cash. Sigh~.
p/s: Now Mika (that's my boss btw) if you're reading this, Comptel ought to give travel allowances to their staff from now on! Hehehe~ :P
Learning should be fun.
And so it actually is. I found this quote tucked neatly into one of the manuals that I got during training.
The Action cannot be completed because Unknown is busy.
-- Microsoft Word 97 Error Message
Now 'that' is a quote you don't get to see everyday.
Yesterday Comptel had a bowling tournament at Mines Wonderland. There were 5 teams in all. I was in team 3 - consisting of me, theenesh, ganesh and john. All of us are newbies - and are from Uniten. So in a way it was like team Uniten lah.
Anyway, the event began at around 7pm. Before that a small dinner was served - bihun, fried nugget and fishballs were served. OK-lah, quite nice what~
Later the games begun,..., and ended. LoL..I think I'll spare you guys the boring details. What matters though is, our team won! yeeehaawww - 1st runner-up je. But I guess it was something at least. Each of us got a RM30 Jusco voucher. I gave mine to my mom.
Interesting times at Comptel thus far. Ice-cream days, pizza lunches, and McD's for breakfast. And my brother Idin was like - was kind of company is this? Is it even listed? Lol~
So far times are great. Can't be too complacent though. Better prepare for the storm ahead~
There's a lot of pressure being in the office actually. I just found that out by the way.
No, I'm not talking about office politics or what not though.
I am talking about the being natural and true to oneself..i am talking about the ability to fart freely...or passing winds as some would call them.
Each and every day i feel like farting out loud only to be reminded that I am actually in an office, working like a working adult.
At times though..sigh~
Arghhh!!! Tensennyer!!!!
I thought that I had to add in a certain function (referring to a program that I was assigned to) but it turns out I don't even have to touch it because the customer does not want it.
And I was like struggling to figure out how the heck I should do it. And I actually did it! Thats the damnest thing! Argh!!!!
Oh well~ Moving on~~
I am now getting into my third week here in Comptel. If you can't tell by now, I don't have a job to do right now..well...emm that wouldn't be practically correct I suppose. Let's just say I'm a bit delayed.
Anywho, I still have to attend the InstantLink training nonetheless. So I guess thats a 'job' as well. For now at least. Yesterday was my first day of training for that particular product. Went well I suppose. Tiring - coz it was a one whole day thing.
Well thats it for now. Oh yeah..Man U won the Champions League. I hate MU. :P
Well..I guess this post is a bit late - but hey, it's the thoughts that counts.
Here I list all my homeroom teachers..the ones that I can recall-lah..
Primary School
Standard 1: Ng Soo Chew (SK Taman Bukit Maluri)
Standard 2: Pn Mariamah (SK Taman Bukit Maluri)
Standard 3: Pn..er..emak Azham Razali (SK Taman Bukit Maluri)
Standard 4: Pn Kasiama (SK Taman Bukit Maluri)
Standard 5: En Ku Zailan (SK Taman Bukit Maluri)
Grade 6: Mrs Maker (Bayview Middle School)
Grade 7: Ms Silverberg (Bayview Middle School)
Form 1: Can't remember... (SMK Taman Bukit Maluri)
Form 2: Can't remember... (SMK Taman Bukit Maluri) + (SMP Seksyen 11)
Form 3: Can't remember... (SMP Seksyen 11)
Form 4: Can't remember... (SMK Teknik Bukit Piatu)
Form 5: Pn Kamariah Tumiran (SMK Teknik Bukit Piatu)
Selamat Hari Guru to y'alls~
"I , you, we, they..cannot use 's' " - I learned that in primary school..chinese teacher..really sticks in 'till now, like a classic.
Oh - and before I forget, (actually I did - only to be 'reminded' later :P) Selamat Hari Guru also to my very own 'Cikgu'! Gud luck on your career sayang. :)
Wow.
It has now been a week since I've began working at Comptel.
For the first two weeks, I'll be in an ongoing training to learn one of their product; the EventLink mediation software. On the 20th I'll be learning the InstantLink - another product by them used in provisioning.
So far life has been fun and great there at Comptel. The people seems like a nice bunch, and camaraderie is great. Got to eat pizza for lunch and McD for breakfast too!. OK lah..not everyday..them foods were served due to some rather important event. But nonetheless, it's rather interesting don't you think?
I really have some catching up to do in the learning department - sigh~ - bring on them E-Books!!
Nothing much to blog on today. Today is my 3rd day on the job. So far so good I guess. Right now I'm attending the training for EventLink 6 (one of Comptel's product). The training will be on-going for 2 weeks, 3 hours per day.
Later I'll be learning about OnlineLink I guess. Hopefully-lah.
You know every time I open my Kelisa door when I'm done parking I can't seem to forget the voice of the Orcs Peon from Warcraft - "Work..work.."
I think um gonna miss playing that stuff..
But before I forget - the title of today's blog belong to this interesting thing I found today while waiting for the elevator. It seems that however technologically savvy TPM is, they still can't get their spelling correct - "CAUTION - WET PAIN"
Nice..kesakitan yang basah~
Aah...finally. The day has come when I actually had to face the realities of a working man's life.
Last Friday was my first day at work - at Comptel. I had to wake up at 6:30am to avoid the jam at Batu Tiga - arrived around 7:30am - only to be told that the actual work hour starts at 9:00am. Great~
It was an OK first day I guess. I mean it is my first job after all - hence there's nothing much I can compare the experience with.
At least I was given something to do. Read a manual.
Human can focus on such a thing for only so long. After a couple of hours my brain has already been filled up and I was like reading the same page over and over again.
Next week should be fun I suppose. Got some induction thing coming. Looking forward to it.
In other news - I got a new "pasu" for my cactus plant. I wanted to get a better "pasu", you know a clear glass-type instead of this one. But the last time I check the price tag was like RM20 - so I'm like..OK..maybe later after my first paycheck or something.
There'll be a new movie coming up - Hancock. Starring Will Smith - it tells about the life of a Superman-like superhero but with a severe attitude problem. Really enjoyed watching the trailer and I expect this to be a hit at he cinemas. Can't wait for it to come on the big screen!
I've just given up continuing to do my final year project. I know, I've already submitted my thesis, but the project was incomplete - and I don't kinda feel good leaving things like that.
Well anywho, tonight I've decided enough is enough. I have approximately one week left before I join the workforce and I might as well make the best of it. It is only now that I feel truly free from the long run that is the "undergraduate years".
It's been a good run.
5 years. 5 long years? or 5 short years? Well right now it feels short I guess. It's like sometimes you can still remember those early foundation years, how you first met your friends, the societies your in..
I admit, I'll be missing those moments. Moments of freedom. Moments of knowing your actions wont have dire consequences..such carefree life. When all that matters is studying and hanging out with friends - owh, and in my case maintaining a healthy relationship with my ayang.
Sure, there were ups..and there were also downs. And I'm happy I made the most of the opportunity given, or at least try to. Doesn't matter, no regrets there. Much has been learned along the way. And who could forget being in SIFE UNITEN, the cheers, the frustration, the politics, the fun, the joy, the satisfaction, the best society I've ever joined in my entire life. It's tough, but rewarding nonetheless.
Love them friends I made along the journey. Some good, some bad - but they are mostly good. Learn the art of choosing a friend. Befriend all, but stick close to only some. No matter what others may say, friends DO in fact influence you in one way or another. So be wise. Know what you wanna be and pick a friend that can influence you in that manner.
So this is it I guess.
Farewell UNITEN - it's been awesome.
Pedot, Pi'e, Padil, and MeIt's 3:15am. I am blogging because right now I'm just sooooooo sick and tired of editing my thesis. It sucks! Really!
My eyes are going kelabu already..I think I might be hitting the pillows anytime soon.
Gotta send the thesis to get it binded tomorrow. Maybe the day after that. Dang..i'm in some deep shit if you gotta ask..
Warghh!!!!
How I wish I can kage-bunshin myself and get this thing done faster..
Dear Muhammad Hafidz,
Thank you for attending the recent interview for the post of ABAP cadet.
Due to the high number of applications, you have not been selected on this occasion. We wish you luck in your career search.
Kind regards,
*****
One less thing to ponder upon then. Hahaha..touche~
Its 10:10pm. Feel kinda tired actually. The after effect of the interview today no doubt.
The interview session was held from 10am - 4-ish pm at TPM. There was a logic test(which was more like a programming test - I thought a logic test was supposed to be like an IQ-like test..oh well..) , a presentation, and a one-to-one interview.
I really messed up at the presentation part. I guess i'm never gud at giving impromptu talk like that. Was given a picture of the London bridge to talk about for 2-3 min. I ended talking for like 30 sec. Yeah..go figure.
Later there was this one-to-one interview which felt more like a one-to-three interview. Basic questions though..nothing I can't talk my way out of. So felt kinda gud la in the end. Hahaha.
The pictures above are the guys for the second group to go to the so called "one-to-one" interview. Each was interviewed for like 10-15 min. I finally got called up at 4pm. Everybody has gone back already. Lucky buggers..
All in all though, it was a lesson in humility and gud learning experience. Humility because I needed to be reminded of what I lack from other candidates. I still need to work hard on my impromptu presentation-giving skills and technical skills.
Other than that, it was nice to get to know the other candidates as well - they weren't all fresh graduates mind you, some of them has even worked for 4 years in the ERP business. Some competition huh?
