(massages back of head)
"Ouch, I've got a headache. I don't know why."
Do I look like a psychic doctor, dude?
Go see a real doc at the clinic.
The most I could do is only give you a painkiller, if I got one. That's all.
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Things are changing, again. I have to learn to adapt to the new surrounding.
Human beings are such resilient creatures.
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We're having a pot luck with baby Iman soon, yeay!!!
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
it's the weekend!
i simply love weekends now! only now i really understand what Mel meant when she always tell me how she live basically for the weekends.
one part of the old job that i totally don't miss at all - having to go to the office on the weekends due to the awfully heavy workload. sometimes i even spend all SEVEN days of the week at the office. gosh, i was that bad. urrgh.
can't remember the last time i did that anymore.
these days, during the work-week, the concentration go towards work of course, but once the weekend roll over...it seems to me that what happened from monday to friday was reduced to a blur. the memories of saturdays and sundays are much more clearer in my head haha.
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oh, and on weekends the 'routine' continues. with mms - the distance seem like nothing.
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so definitely. weekends are way more syiok than other days.
monday to friday are workdays, work work work.
lepas itu weekend comes wee-hoo!
p/s - the last 3 weekends (including this one!) are all shopping weekends. adoi. habih RM.
one part of the old job that i totally don't miss at all - having to go to the office on the weekends due to the awfully heavy workload. sometimes i even spend all SEVEN days of the week at the office. gosh, i was that bad. urrgh.
can't remember the last time i did that anymore.
these days, during the work-week, the concentration go towards work of course, but once the weekend roll over...it seems to me that what happened from monday to friday was reduced to a blur. the memories of saturdays and sundays are much more clearer in my head haha.
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oh, and on weekends the 'routine' continues. with mms - the distance seem like nothing.
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so definitely. weekends are way more syiok than other days.
monday to friday are workdays, work work work.
lepas itu weekend comes wee-hoo!
p/s - the last 3 weekends (including this one!) are all shopping weekends. adoi. habih RM.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
that time of the year again
Yeap, it's that time of the year again (eh berapa banyak 'that time of the year' dah ada daa)
Which one?
This one laaaa!
Which one?
This one laaaa!
Finally completed tabulating everything to the Boss this morning. Well, I can't say 'THE' Boss, as mid-year I've transferred to another Section and thus, a change in the immediate boss as well. This resulted in my KPIs, which were set at the beginning of the year by Boss A as being in Boss B's hands at the end of it. And as the transition period took longer than usual due to the replacement being a fresh trainee (training pun tak habih lagi, tengah2 tu dia kena pegi kursus pulak, yang dua-tiga hari ada, yang dua-tiga minggu pun ada), it resulted in me not being able to practically set any KPI with Boss B for the remaining of the year, despite the fact that officially my transfer took place exactly in the middle of the year.
Haih. Anyways. Dengan Boss B ni takde susah2. He simply asked me to do my KPI rating with Boss A and get it signed, and he'll key in whatever Boss A agreed to. Eheh.
Have to admit during the year I was just busy-busy-busy doing things that's supposed to be done as they come along, and didn't really take much time in revisiting the set KPIs or reviewing the progress specifically to see whether we're on track. Tadak masa la (alasan!). Was quite worried while sitting down and looking at it again in the beginning after the company email sent out notification for everybody to log in to the system and start keying in their KPI ratings. I went like 'erk shucks, tercapai ke percentage2 yang aku dah set nih semua haaa??? omg look at the dates, aiyoh, when did we finally complete those reports and stuff haaaa??' Nak 'bega-bega' sangat pun tak boleh, coz it was mostly set with clear quantifiable targets and all.
So several hours within last two days (ewah ada pulak time yg boleh di-freekan hehe) were spent sifting through the project files getting the data for each necessary KPI items - all 11 of them. Tak cukup lagi. Boss A wanted list of this and that to back up the figures. Iyelah, kalau kena query, senang dia backup. Year-end status...project figures..claim figures..submission dates... list of issues...etc etc.
Looking at the end result, I was happy to note that hey, we've actually managed to capture the year's activities quite extensively. Well, after all it was the THIRD year already. I could still remember doing the first year's KPIs - at the end of the year, we realized that some of it were not really quantifiable, several rather time-consuming tasks weren't covered in any of the targets, some targets were set rather TOO ambitiously etc etc. I tell you, bukan semudah tu beb nak buat KPI nih. Putting the weightage to each item is another mini-nightmare - you don't really record the number of hours you spend on each function, and how in the world do you quantify the effort level for the tasks and then relate to the magnitude of its importance and impact? For example, one function may result in a three-page final RM7mil contract but would've taken three months of preparing the necessary paperwork for approvals and going through the negotiation process at both internal and external sides; while another function may involve about an hour for data verification and preparation of invoice each month but brings in a total of RM13mil for the year - so how best to determine what percentage goes to each? It's all between you and the boss to consider, ponder, pening2 kepala pikir and finally agree, these things.
And finally, the time comes - Tada! Silakan membuat pemarkahan anda.
...........
What can I say is all the late hours slogged, the weekends spent at the office, the distance traveled to the project sites, the stress of chasing after counterparts in the State/subsidiary offices and of being chased by the Corporate/CEO/VP's offices etc etc are finally translated into that single figure with dua tempat perpuluhan - and it was a satisfactory one.
Of course, it's still subject to final moderation by the top guns (which I hope mine won't be touched lah - unless to moderate UP hehehe sapa taknak) - but at the moment..
Okaylah. Not so bad. Alhamdulillah.
next - waiting for the result post-moderation and announcement of company bonus
kalau tak banyak, sikit, tapi mesti ada :)
Haih. Anyways. Dengan Boss B ni takde susah2. He simply asked me to do my KPI rating with Boss A and get it signed, and he'll key in whatever Boss A agreed to. Eheh.
Have to admit during the year I was just busy-busy-busy doing things that's supposed to be done as they come along, and didn't really take much time in revisiting the set KPIs or reviewing the progress specifically to see whether we're on track. Tadak masa la (alasan!). Was quite worried while sitting down and looking at it again in the beginning after the company email sent out notification for everybody to log in to the system and start keying in their KPI ratings. I went like 'erk shucks, tercapai ke percentage2 yang aku dah set nih semua haaa??? omg look at the dates, aiyoh, when did we finally complete those reports and stuff haaaa??' Nak 'bega-bega' sangat pun tak boleh, coz it was mostly set with clear quantifiable targets and all.
So several hours within last two days (ewah ada pulak time yg boleh di-freekan hehe) were spent sifting through the project files getting the data for each necessary KPI items - all 11 of them. Tak cukup lagi. Boss A wanted list of this and that to back up the figures. Iyelah, kalau kena query, senang dia backup. Year-end status...project figures..claim figures..submission dates... list of issues...etc etc.
Looking at the end result, I was happy to note that hey, we've actually managed to capture the year's activities quite extensively. Well, after all it was the THIRD year already. I could still remember doing the first year's KPIs - at the end of the year, we realized that some of it were not really quantifiable, several rather time-consuming tasks weren't covered in any of the targets, some targets were set rather TOO ambitiously etc etc. I tell you, bukan semudah tu beb nak buat KPI nih. Putting the weightage to each item is another mini-nightmare - you don't really record the number of hours you spend on each function, and how in the world do you quantify the effort level for the tasks and then relate to the magnitude of its importance and impact? For example, one function may result in a three-page final RM7mil contract but would've taken three months of preparing the necessary paperwork for approvals and going through the negotiation process at both internal and external sides; while another function may involve about an hour for data verification and preparation of invoice each month but brings in a total of RM13mil for the year - so how best to determine what percentage goes to each? It's all between you and the boss to consider, ponder, pening2 kepala pikir and finally agree, these things.
And finally, the time comes - Tada! Silakan membuat pemarkahan anda.
...........
What can I say is all the late hours slogged, the weekends spent at the office, the distance traveled to the project sites, the stress of chasing after counterparts in the State/subsidiary offices and of being chased by the Corporate/CEO/VP's offices etc etc are finally translated into that single figure with dua tempat perpuluhan - and it was a satisfactory one.
Of course, it's still subject to final moderation by the top guns (which I hope mine won't be touched lah - unless to moderate UP hehehe sapa taknak) - but at the moment..
Okaylah. Not so bad. Alhamdulillah.
next - waiting for the result post-moderation and announcement of company bonus
kalau tak banyak, sikit, tapi mesti ada :)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
insubordinasi
"So, surat semalam, macam mana? Dah buat? No, it's not on my desk anymore, you must've taken it. You're supposed to do it, right? Do you have all the info?"
Bukan, aku bukan cakap dengan kerani aku.
Abah kata, aku ini, insubordination.
Aku kata, I'm making him do his job.
Bukan, aku bukan cakap dengan kerani aku.
Abah kata, aku ini, insubordination.
Aku kata, I'm making him do his job.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
dia cuti
Kerani kat Seksyen aku, Neasa, cuti minggu ni sampai Khamis untuk perayaan Thaipusam.
Macam ni lah kalau dah dapat staff yang okey. Serius sey tak lengkap hidup rasanya dia takde lama2 camni hehe. Semua benda kecik ke besar ke kena buat sendiri. Memanglah boleh nak mintak tolong pada staff yang lain, tapi sekarang ni memang staff kat sini tak cukup pun dan ada sesetengah benda yang memang Neasa handle exclusively, kalau nak mintak orang lain buat, nak kena mengajo pulak dah satu hal. Isk, aku tetiba imagine kalau la buatnya dia cuti bersalin, macam si Syahada staff kat unit Biah, atau kata la dia ambik cuti tanpa gaji berbulan-bulan macam Hazila. Huih patah tongkat la aku...
Neasa, my darling, cepat la masuk kerja balik, invois ada sebeban tu atas meja nak kena key-in sebelum hantar naik atas untuk payment...
Friday, January 18, 2008
remember this day
Initial damage control, failed.
100% MY MISTAKE. I shouldn't have delayed my actions. I should've done it yesterday, but why why whyyyyyyy I just had to wait until this morning. And by then the course of damage has already been set in motion.
Oh gosh.
Let's hope it'll just be a little ripple in the teacup and no more. Please, God.
Boss, I am so sorry.
Let this be my lesson.
100% MY MISTAKE. I shouldn't have delayed my actions. I should've done it yesterday, but why why whyyyyyyy I just had to wait until this morning. And by then the course of damage has already been set in motion.
Oh gosh.
Let's hope it'll just be a little ripple in the teacup and no more. Please, God.
Boss, I am so sorry.
Let this be my lesson.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
suka ke? / al-Nafourah threesome
1. Suka ke?
Malam semalam, lepas sesi threesome dinner* kitorang, J tanya aku dgn Biah :
Kerja aku turut melibatkan perkara-perkara ni :
Kalau diperhati antara nama-nama fail projek XXXX dalam bilik aku.
Projek Pulau Tuba, Langkawi
Projek Pulau Banggi, Sabah
Projek Kg Org Asli RPS Dala, Perak
Projek Pulau Ketam
Projek Kg Org Asli Negeri Pahang (Fasa I)
Projek Fasa I & Fasa II Sabah
Projek Pulau Kapas
Projek Pulau Perhentian
Itu yang dalam bilik. Dalam bilik fail, ada lagi.
So berbalik kepada pertanyaan di atas, dah tentu la aku boleh jawab dengan tulus ikhlas dan jujur :
*2a. pra al-Nafourah threesome
Khamis petang :
"Jom pegi nak?"
"Bila?"
"Tinggal hari Jumaat dengan Sabtu ni je"
"Demm, gi esok lah camtu, lepas keje"
"Ok karang aku buat reservations"
Malam semalam, lepas sesi threesome dinner* kitorang, J tanya aku dgn Biah :
"Cuba cakap, honestly, korang suka ke kerja korang?"
Kerja aku turut melibatkan perkara-perkara ni :
Well mestilah banyak lagi benda lain dalam kerja aku tu kan, takdela berjalannnnnnnn je... Macam-macam benda yang perlu dibuat. Kadang-kadang beban kerja tu buat aku rasa macam nak gila pun ada. Balik pukul ntah berapa, dah tak macam orang normal. Paperwork banyak taktau nak cakap cemana dah. Tapi bila stress or whatever, aku akan fokus dan fikir pada benda-benda yang positif seperti di atas. Haha.
Kalau diperhati antara nama-nama fail projek XXXX dalam bilik aku.
Projek Pulau Tuba, Langkawi
Projek Pulau Banggi, Sabah
Projek Kg Org Asli RPS Dala, Perak
Projek Pulau Ketam
Projek Kg Org Asli Negeri Pahang (Fasa I)
Projek Fasa I & Fasa II Sabah
Projek Pulau Kapas
Projek Pulau Perhentian
Itu yang dalam bilik. Dalam bilik fail, ada lagi.
So berbalik kepada pertanyaan di atas, dah tentu la aku boleh jawab dengan tulus ikhlas dan jujur :
"Hell of course!!"
Biah? Jawapan sama dengan aku. Kitorang sama-sama suka kerja kitorang. Setakat ni lah. Dalam ada perkara-perkara yang mungkin tak berapa best, perkara-perkara yang best masih ada dan masih cukup untuk mengekalkan kitorang sebagai anak-anak buah En. Lan.
Kalau saya tada suka ini kerja saya buat, suda lama saya ca-alif-but pigi itu offer lain department tau. Well, that and also several other reasons as well.
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*2a. pra al-Nafourah threesome
Khamis petang :
Tiba-tiba Biah teringat, voucher untuk semi-buffet di al-Nafourah, Le Meridien yang dia menang masa cabutan bertuah the Sun Corporate Hunt tiga bulan lepas tak guna lagi. Sekali check, dah nak expired lagi tiga hari!
"Jom pegi nak?"
"Bila?"
"Tinggal hari Jumaat dengan Sabtu ni je"
"Demm, gi esok lah camtu, lepas keje"
"Ok karang aku buat reservations"
Jumaat :
"Eh, malam karang nak pegi pukul berapa?"
(typical orang Malaysia, waktu tengahari dah pikir pasal makan malam)
"Aku reserve pukul lapan setengah. Gerak kul lapan lah kut?"
"Ok"
Makan karipap.
"Eh, pekata ajak J join? Ok tak?"
"Tapi voucher tu untuk dua orang je"
"Dia kena bayar la. Eh kita kena bayar lagi ke completely free?"
"Ntah. Aku pun confused voucher ni, macam ada kena bayar lagi kut?"
"Demm. Kalau mahal sangat cemana?"
"Tu la, kalau mahal sangat malas aa"
"Ala kita pegi je laa"
"Haha ye la"
Sambung minum air tebu.
"J apahal ekk minggu ni?"
"Tu la, sampai En. Lan pun kata dia bad mood."
"Oh yeh"
"Aku nak tanya dia pasal event tu tak berani, suruh En. Lan yang tanya"
"Period kut haha. Takpela nanti ko cuba tanya kalau dia nak join"
"Ok. Karang lah"
Teringat. Hantar SMS kat Biah.
[4.52 pm - Eh ko dah tanya mamat esmo tu tak to join us tonite?]
[4.53 pm - Ko tanya lah. Aku bz]
Sambung buat report dulu. Ralit lagi.
Toleh kiri. Balik dinding kaca bilik En. Zul - eh, si J. Aisey, belum tanya lagi!
Aku lambai-lambai dari dalam. Cuma pandangan dari sisi yang aku dapat, dengan muka tension.
Aku keluar dari bilik En. Zul.
"What are you doing tonite?"
"Kenapa?"
"Kitorang nak dinner kat Le Meridien. Jom?"
"Ada apa?"
"Biah nak tunaikan voucher buffet yang dia menang haritu"
"Kalau voucher, mesti dua orang je.."
"Ala voucher untuk semi-buffet. Main course kitorang kena bayar jugak rasanya. Jom la"
"Ajak, lima minit sebelum bertolak, baik tak payah"
"La.. kitorang nak pegi malam la... bukan sekarang"
"Takpela tak payah"
"Hm. Ok then"
Feh. Time orang tengah moody gitu, takyah la cakap lebih-lebih.
6.20 petang. Biah baru habis discussion kat atas.
"Nak pegi pukul berapa ni? J nak join tak?"
"Dia kata, aku quote, lima minit lagi nak bertolak baik tak payah ajak"
"Apsal lak tu?"
"Ntah, aku tak berani tanya lebih"
"Oh... kalau dia biasa dah nak turun makan baru call bagitau kita takpe"
"Tu la pasal"
"Meh aku call dia"
"Ko call la, haha, cuba"
Biah angkat gagang telefon, dail extension internal 4 angka.
Ajak lagi. Explain : Dah nak expired, terlupa pun, jom la, it's Friday.
"Ok, jadi. Dia suruh tunggu dia siap kerja"
"Ok? Haha ye ke tu?"
"Ye la kut. Eh aku reserve untuk dua orang, kena call balik"
Dail lagi. Settle.
7.55 malam. Call mamat esmo.
"Jom turun. Kitorang tunggu dalam kereta, kat lobby, entrance tepi"
"Ok, give me 10 minutes to freshen-up".
Aku dengan Biah bantai gelak gila-gila. Freshen-up?
8.15 malam. Mamat esmo muncul, lengan baju berlipat ke siku. Muka masih separa tension.
"Out. I'm driving"
"Sure? Ler, kata letih kerja, relax la kat belakang"
"No. I'm driving"
"Ooookayyy"
Time macam tu, aku malas nak cakap banyak. Bagi aje la.
*2b. the dinner
"Nasib baik la korang tak masuk final list untuk transfer"
"Apsal?"
"Nama korang naik mula-mula tu"
Aku dengan Biah bulatkan biji mata. Iye ke.
"Nama aku pulak kena struck off awal-awal lagi"
"Tapi kau teringin nak masuk sana kan?"
"Memang la. Tapi nak buat cemana, sah-sah bos tak nak lepaskan"
Hoh. Camtu ceritanya. Patut la member bad mood seminggu.
"Ooo itu ke yang kau tension sangat tu" Biah.
"Lebih kurang la... pastu ada la lagi benda-benda lain jugak."
"Ye ke" Aku.
"Hell week. Nak makan pun tak sempat"
"Kitorang pun macam-macam hal gak, tapi sempat lagi nak makan" Biah.
"Cuba teka lunch kitorang makan apa. You'll never guess" Aku.
"Nanti aku tunjuk kat korang my lunch today"
"Ala...jgn la camtu" Biah.
"My lunch, which is still sitting there, in my room, UNEATEN"
Patut la makan macam... err macam agak lapar.
Sambung lagi pasal hal-hal berkaitan.
"Kalau retire nanti, kita semua dapat retirement benefit trust fund tak?" Aku.
"Semua dapat la kan. Macam mana kira eh?"
"Ada formula. Sapa kerja dari zaman dulu, lagi untung. Kaya la" Aku.
"Kitorang yang baru masuk ni, dia kira lain sikit. Tolak EPF" Biah.
"Lain pulak"
"Bos-bos besar tu, umur 56 nanti, mau dapat 2 juta seh" Biah.
"Pergh, jadi OKT" Aku.
"OKT tu apa?"
"Orang Kaya Tua haha" Aku & Biah (serentak).
Agenda cerita hal-hal lain.
"So tau tak 'uvula' tu apa. Body part" Aku.
"Hahaahahah. Apa?"
"Benda yang 'dangling' (tergantung)" Biah.
"Hahahah. Aku tau"
"Hah apa dia?" Aku.
"Hahaahhahaahahhahahaah" (gelak yang boleh diprasangka)
"Eii ingat apa tu? It's pronounceable lah" Aku.
"Dia dalam mulut" Biah.
"Hahahahaah. Mulut sapa, mulut kau ke Biah?"
"Uvula tu anak tekak la dol" Aku.
Tanya waitress.
"Cik, kitorang dah nak kena balik ke?"
"Eh takdelah"
"Restoran tutup pukul berapa?"
"Err 11 malam"
"I really appreciate you guys for inviting me to dinner. I needed this"
"No prob. We think so too."
"Ingatkan dah taknak join. Sampai kitorang kena jemput dua kali la"
"Takdela"
"Hekleh, ntah apa-apa tah"
"Lain kali jangan esmo dengan kitorang"
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Aku selalu count my blessings that I have friends like the ones I have.
And that I have the job that I have.
I may not get everything that I want, but still, what I have is already a lot.
Alhamdulillah.
Waktu rehat makan tengahari yang panjang. A.k.a waktu untuk kaum Hawa berlalalala mengikut rentak hati. Aku dengan Biah tiba-tiba rasa nak cari air kelapa tengahari tu. Sampai Kelana Jaya kitorang berlalalala. Ada, gerai air kelapa. Sebelah minivan Daud Kuih. Tapi last-last kitorang dua-dua minum air tebu jadinya. Biasalah, ubah fikiran last minute.
"Eh, malam karang nak pegi pukul berapa?"
(typical orang Malaysia, waktu tengahari dah pikir pasal makan malam)
"Aku reserve pukul lapan setengah. Gerak kul lapan lah kut?"
"Ok"
Makan karipap.
"Eh, pekata ajak J join? Ok tak?"
"Tapi voucher tu untuk dua orang je"
"Dia kena bayar la. Eh kita kena bayar lagi ke completely free?"
"Ntah. Aku pun confused voucher ni, macam ada kena bayar lagi kut?"
"Demm. Kalau mahal sangat cemana?"
"Tu la, kalau mahal sangat malas aa"
"Ala kita pegi je laa"
"Haha ye la"
Sambung minum air tebu.
"J apahal ekk minggu ni?"
"Tu la, sampai En. Lan pun kata dia bad mood."
"Oh yeh"
"Aku nak tanya dia pasal event tu tak berani, suruh En. Lan yang tanya"
"Period kut haha. Takpela nanti ko cuba tanya kalau dia nak join"
"Ok. Karang lah"
Balik ofis. Sambung kerja. Biah pegi discussion. Aku check email, baru terima info dari Klang untuk report Pulau Ketam. Buat amendment macam En. Zul suruh. Ralit.
Teringat. Hantar SMS kat Biah.
[4.52 pm - Eh ko dah tanya mamat esmo tu tak to join us tonite?]
[4.53 pm - Ko tanya lah. Aku bz]
Sambung buat report dulu. Ralit lagi.
5.15 petang. Naik tingkat 19 nak mengadap En. Zul, bayar 'hutang'. Dia tak ada dalam biliknya. Aku letak report tu atas meja, tulis nota di Post-It-Notes kuning untuk explain beberapa perkara.
Toleh kiri. Balik dinding kaca bilik En. Zul - eh, si J. Aisey, belum tanya lagi!
Aku lambai-lambai dari dalam. Cuma pandangan dari sisi yang aku dapat, dengan muka tension.
Aku keluar dari bilik En. Zul.
"What are you doing tonite?"
"Kenapa?"
"Kitorang nak dinner kat Le Meridien. Jom?"
"Ada apa?"
"Biah nak tunaikan voucher buffet yang dia menang haritu"
"Kalau voucher, mesti dua orang je.."
"Ala voucher untuk semi-buffet. Main course kitorang kena bayar jugak rasanya. Jom la"
"Ajak, lima minit sebelum bertolak, baik tak payah"
"La.. kitorang nak pegi malam la... bukan sekarang"
"Takpela tak payah"
"Hm. Ok then"
Feh. Time orang tengah moody gitu, takyah la cakap lebih-lebih.
6.20 petang. Biah baru habis discussion kat atas.
"Nak pegi pukul berapa ni? J nak join tak?"
"Dia kata, aku quote, lima minit lagi nak bertolak baik tak payah ajak"
"Apsal lak tu?"
"Ntah, aku tak berani tanya lebih"
"Oh... kalau dia biasa dah nak turun makan baru call bagitau kita takpe"
"Tu la pasal"
"Meh aku call dia"
"Ko call la, haha, cuba"
Biah angkat gagang telefon, dail extension internal 4 angka.
Ajak lagi. Explain : Dah nak expired, terlupa pun, jom la, it's Friday.
"Ok, jadi. Dia suruh tunggu dia siap kerja"
"Ok? Haha ye ke tu?"
"Ye la kut. Eh aku reserve untuk dua orang, kena call balik"
Dail lagi. Settle.
7.55 malam. Call mamat esmo.
"Jom turun. Kitorang tunggu dalam kereta, kat lobby, entrance tepi"
"Ok, give me 10 minutes to freshen-up".
Aku dengan Biah bantai gelak gila-gila. Freshen-up?
8.15 malam. Mamat esmo muncul, lengan baju berlipat ke siku. Muka masih separa tension.
"Out. I'm driving"
"Sure? Ler, kata letih kerja, relax la kat belakang"
"No. I'm driving"
"Ooookayyy"
Time macam tu, aku malas nak cakap banyak. Bagi aje la.
*2b. the dinner
Kata official site :
"The opulent Al Nafourah is a contemporary Arabian oasis with all the mystique of the Middle East at its most exotic. Private silken dinner tents, Moorish arches, ornate paintings, and richly woven carpets lend an enchanting ambience, scented with spices. After a feast of Lebanese cuisine, diners can enjoy intriguing belly dancing performances or draw flavoured tobacco from bubbling hookahs on the terrace by the pool."
Cuisine: Middle Eastern Hours: Lunch 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Dinner 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM Atmosphere: Contemporary
Al-Nafourah@ Le Meridien - Ala Arab-style restaurant, obviuosly (duh!). Duduk je terus dapat jus kurma dalam gelas comel. Lagu padang pasir berkumandang, ada satu lagu ni dia ulang berapa kali ucapan "assalamualaikum", penat aku dengan Biah nak menjawabnya. Siap ada belly dancer ok! Perut flat macam padang pasir, pergh, jeles aku tengok.
Konsep semi-buffet rupanya macam ni, appetizer dan dessert dihidang style buffet, ambik la apa yang kita nak, tapi untuk main course kita kena order salah satu dari pilihan yang ada dalam menu. Harga semi-buffet dinner di al-Nafourah - RM108++. Mak ai. Nasib baik la voucher tu memang untuk makan percuma sepenuhnya.
Ada sup lentil dengan roti Arab, tabbouleh (salad tradisional Arab), cheesecake, umm amr (puding roti dengan kacang dalam susu), chocolate panacotta, kambing bakar, baklava, meatlof gulung, macam-macam lagi appetizer dan dessert selection dia. Boleh la. Ada aku ambik satu dish ni, description dia 'crumbled bread with almond', sekali rasa, masin dan penuh rasa minyak zaitun, tak jadi nak makan semua. Untuk main course pulak pilih antara hidangan ayam, daging, seafood, kambing. Masa tu dah nak kenyang makan buffet, semua tak habis makan main course masing-masing. Sayang pulak.
Ada sup lentil dengan roti Arab, tabbouleh (salad tradisional Arab), cheesecake, umm amr (puding roti dengan kacang dalam susu), chocolate panacotta, kambing bakar, baklava, meatlof gulung, macam-macam lagi appetizer dan dessert selection dia. Boleh la. Ada aku ambik satu dish ni, description dia 'crumbled bread with almond', sekali rasa, masin dan penuh rasa minyak zaitun, tak jadi nak makan semua. Untuk main course pulak pilih antara hidangan ayam, daging, seafood, kambing. Masa tu dah nak kenyang makan buffet, semua tak habis makan main course masing-masing. Sayang pulak.
Highlight utama dah tentu sembang-sembang dan gossip session. Apa lagi. Pasal orang-orang dan peristiwa kat tempat kerja.
"Nasib baik la korang tak masuk final list untuk transfer"
"Apsal?"
"Nama korang naik mula-mula tu"
Aku dengan Biah bulatkan biji mata. Iye ke.
"Nama aku pulak kena struck off awal-awal lagi"
"Tapi kau teringin nak masuk sana kan?"
"Memang la. Tapi nak buat cemana, sah-sah bos tak nak lepaskan"
Hoh. Camtu ceritanya. Patut la member bad mood seminggu.
"Ooo itu ke yang kau tension sangat tu" Biah.
"Lebih kurang la... pastu ada la lagi benda-benda lain jugak."
"Ye ke" Aku.
"Hell week. Nak makan pun tak sempat"
"Kitorang pun macam-macam hal gak, tapi sempat lagi nak makan" Biah.
"Cuba teka lunch kitorang makan apa. You'll never guess" Aku.
"Nanti aku tunjuk kat korang my lunch today"
"Ala...jgn la camtu" Biah.
"My lunch, which is still sitting there, in my room, UNEATEN"
Patut la makan macam... err macam agak lapar.
Sambung lagi pasal hal-hal berkaitan.
"Kalau retire nanti, kita semua dapat retirement benefit trust fund tak?" Aku.
"Semua dapat la kan. Macam mana kira eh?"
"Ada formula. Sapa kerja dari zaman dulu, lagi untung. Kaya la" Aku.
"Kitorang yang baru masuk ni, dia kira lain sikit. Tolak EPF" Biah.
"Lain pulak"
"Bos-bos besar tu, umur 56 nanti, mau dapat 2 juta seh" Biah.
"Pergh, jadi OKT" Aku.
"OKT tu apa?"
"Orang Kaya Tua haha" Aku & Biah (serentak).
Agenda cerita hal-hal lain.
"So tau tak 'uvula' tu apa. Body part" Aku.
"Hahaahahah. Apa?"
"Benda yang 'dangling' (tergantung)" Biah.
"Hahahah. Aku tau"
"Hah apa dia?" Aku.
"Hahaahhahaahahhahahaah" (gelak yang boleh diprasangka)
"Eii ingat apa tu? It's pronounceable lah" Aku.
"Dia dalam mulut" Biah.
"Hahahahaah. Mulut sapa, mulut kau ke Biah?"
"Uvula tu anak tekak la dol" Aku.
Crew restoran dah mula kemas meja, tukar alas. Jeling keliling, dah tak ada pelanggan lain.
Tanya waitress.
"Cik, kitorang dah nak kena balik ke?"
"Eh takdelah"
"Restoran tutup pukul berapa?"
"Err 11 malam"
Tengok jam. Dah 11.30. Aiks, boleh dia kata tak payah balik lagi? Memang tip-top nak jaga hati pelanggan.
"I really appreciate you guys for inviting me to dinner. I needed this"
"No prob. We think so too."
"Ingatkan dah taknak join. Sampai kitorang kena jemput dua kali la"
"Takdela"
"Hekleh, ntah apa-apa tah"
"Lain kali jangan esmo dengan kitorang"
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Aku selalu count my blessings that I have friends like the ones I have.
And that I have the job that I have.
I may not get everything that I want, but still, what I have is already a lot.
Alhamdulillah.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
counting the days
Can't wait. Really need to get away from the o f f i c e in more ways than one. Ahem.
Don't be jeles, ek.
Admittedly, it's for a work-related event on Monday, but if everything goes well I'm gonna arrive on Saturday morning and treat myself to a nice H O L I D A Y first. Heck, I think I'm gonna treat the whole trip as a holiday as I'm only attending as a guest, supposedly.
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P.S - By the way, I've decided I'm gonna stay put at the 16th floor instead. For the time being, that is.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
should Ted go...
CORPORATEvs.
CReATiVe
CReATiVe
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But whichever way it's going to be (and depending on the powers-that-be), seems like I'm most definitely going to leave the 16th floor by the end of August.
Both looks promising in their own special ways and both sides look set to entice me the best way they could. Promotion, check-check. Travelling possibilities, double check-check. Environment, check-uhm. Colleagues, uhm-check. Going-up factor, check-check. Office politics, uhm-uhm. Learning curve and enjoyment factor, check-check.
And I'm still contemplating, long and hard.
Exploring all the possibilities, which will be up to me afterwards to actually realize 'em.
Options, options.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
mandom
(Mandom gila)
It's 7.15pm and everybody else in this wing has left. Am preparing what's needed for tomorrow's trip to the East Coast. My two best buds whom usually by this time would still be here aren't around and it's so quiet out there.
Today's been a constant flurry of phonecalls, emails and SMSes with various people as well as detailed instructions to the new clerk for project claims procedures, who by the way is quite efficient and takes directions rather well so far. Thank God for that.
Work, work, work. And work. And work. Lapan lagi. dua.. tiga.. empat....
Need something to pick me up - thinking back that today I've spent the hours worth the company's RM and my while, solved a couple of issues. Ok-lah.
Sikit hari lagi kalau loan application settle dapat la gua angkat itu kereta baru yiha.
(Tak mandom dah)
Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang. Here I come!
It's 7.15pm and everybody else in this wing has left. Am preparing what's needed for tomorrow's trip to the East Coast. My two best buds whom usually by this time would still be here aren't around and it's so quiet out there.
Today's been a constant flurry of phonecalls, emails and SMSes with various people as well as detailed instructions to the new clerk for project claims procedures, who by the way is quite efficient and takes directions rather well so far. Thank God for that.
Work, work, work. And work. And work. Lapan lagi. dua.. tiga.. empat....
Need something to pick me up - thinking back that today I've spent the hours worth the company's RM and my while, solved a couple of issues. Ok-lah.
Sikit hari lagi kalau loan application settle dapat la gua angkat itu kereta baru yiha.
(Tak mandom dah)
Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang. Here I come!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
what? it's already 2007?
man, time sure flies by when you're having so much *fun*.
it's new year by the roman calendar, but since our financial year starts in september, for me it's already one-third into the year.
meaning i have only about 8 months left to achieve all those KPIs. really need to get them EEs this year to get my promotion. my GM and also the the finance dept. GM both are firing me up to get promoted, coz I've been in the same place for quite some time now and it's about right for me to go somewhere else soon.
most important 2007 resolution - get them EEs!
it's new year by the roman calendar, but since our financial year starts in september, for me it's already one-third into the year.
meaning i have only about 8 months left to achieve all those KPIs. really need to get them EEs this year to get my promotion. my GM and also the the finance dept. GM both are firing me up to get promoted, coz I've been in the same place for quite some time now and it's about right for me to go somewhere else soon.
most important 2007 resolution - get them EEs!
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
i'm not Atlas
Dan tanganku ini
Masih memegang erat kepalaku
Semua yang membebaniku
Sungguh membebaniku
Sungguh membebaniku
Sungguh membebaniku
-Peterpan (2005) 'Membebaniku'
-Album : Alexandria
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The news about Emy, a presumably healthy 29-yr-old who passed away recently of a heart attack scares me a little.
Okay. A LOT.
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