Joke of the day.

A Malaysian dies and goes to hell.There he finds that there is a different Hell for each country.

He goes first to the German hell and asks: "What do they do here?" He is told "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour.Then theyLay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he moves on. He checks Out the American, English, Singapore , French as well as Russian hell and many more.HeDiscovers that they are more or less the same as the German hell.

Then he comes to the Malaysian hell and finds that there is a very long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed he asks "What do they do here?" He is told "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour.Then the Malaysian devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day.""But that is exactly the same as all the other hells - why are there soMany people waiting to get in? ""Because maintenance is so bad that the electric chair does not work, Someone has stolen all the nails from the bed, and the devil is a formerGovt servant, so he comes in, signs the register, then goes to theCanteen for the-tarik..."

OR he could be blogging hehehehehe. terasalah pulak aku kan.

TOXIC RELATIONSHIP

Do you remember the entry i did a few weeks ago " when friends go sour"
http://overatedallan.blogspot.com/2007/06/when-friends-go-sour.html, well this i found when i was browsing this morning from Oprah .com (ops balik balik oprah hari tok lariiiiiiiii... and i notice a few sililarities of what i define friends.

Are You Being Drained? Since friendships require an investment of time and energy, you'll want to choose the people you spend time with wisely. To determine whether a relationship drains you or fuels you, Cheryl Richardson, author of Take Time for Your Life, suggests asking yourself the following questions:

1) Am I able to be myself with this person? Do I feel accepted?

2) Are they critical or judgmental of me?

3) Does the relationship provide an even give-and-take exchange of energy?

4) Do I feel upbeat and energized when I'm around this person, or depleted and drained?

5) Does this person share my values? My level of integrity?

6) Is this person committed to our relationship?

7) Can this person celebrate my success?

8) Do I feel good about myself when I'm with this person?

Watch out for this freinds.... maybe its u and me...

Are you friends with people that constantly drain your energy, in both obvious and subtle ways? Several types of people will exhaust you or deter you from your path of extreme self-are. These types of friends to watch out for.

The Blamer

This is a person who consistently blames you and/or everyone else for her problems. The world and the people in it always seem to create havoc for this person, and instead of taking responsibility for her life, she'd rather blame others.

The Complainer

This person likes to hear her own voice. She constantly complains about what isn't working in her life and yet gets energy from complaining and dumping her frustrations on you.

The Drainer

This is the needy person who calls to ask for your guidance, support, information, advice, or whatever she needs to feel better in the moment. Because of her neediness, the conversation often revolves around her, and you can almost feel the life being sucked out of you during the conversation.

The Shamer

This person can be hazardous to your health. The shamer may cut you off, put you down, reprimand you, or make fun of your or your ideas in front of others. She often ignores your boundaries and may try to convince you that her criticism is for you own good. The shamer is the kind of person who make you question your own sanity before hers.

The Discounter

This is the person who discounts or challenges everything you say. Often, she has a strong need to be right and can find fault with any position. It can be exhausting to have a conversation with the discounter, so eventually you end up giving in and deciding to just listen.

The Gossiper

This person avoids intimacy by talking about others behind their backs. The gossip gets energy from relaying stories, opinions, and the latest "scoop." By gossiping about others, she creates a lack of safety in her relationships, whether she realizes it or not. After all, if she'll talk about someone else, she'll talk about you.

So which one are you... ops.

What should i do ~ giving advice

Guys i look tru this on Oprah.com and i would like to share this very interesting quiz and see how it would help you.

go to this website and just go tru the quiz.

Btw i got one wrong. heheeh.

http://www2.oprah.com/omagazine/200108/omag_200108_advicequiz.jhtml

I would hope , it would help us to help others.

Our ?????

It Is Interesting To Know How
Our World Is Changing.

Are We Developing?
It Makes You Wonder Because:

our commication - wireless

Our bussines - Cashless

Our telephone - Cordless

Our cooking - fireless

Our youth - Jobless

Our faith - Godless

Our labor - Effortless

Our conduct - Worthless

Our relation - Loveless

Our feelings - Heartless

Our attitude - Careless

Our politics - Shameless

Our education - Valueless

Our follies - Counless

Our Arguments - Baseless

Our commitment - Aimless

Our life - Meaningless

Our bosses - Hopeless

Our Salary - Very less !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY ........

Yahoo, i just find out today that my application for masters dah diluluskan. Takut jugak sebab my scheme is on full time tapi after i talk with the Management ( En Amran), he suggested that I will be attach to Serdang for 6 month. By that time i am able to take the course work without taking any leave otherwise it will effect my work.

According to En. Amran too, its good to attach me to Serdang so that i can take some more information to bring down to Bintulu. I on je. Hopefully Dato' agrees with him and everything could be smooth.

I miss you............Happy Fathers Day.

I know fathers days have just passed and it would be too late even to wish all fathers out there a happy fathers day. I for one, never celebrated fathers day because i grew up with a single parent. Yap my dad passed away a long time ago, sometimes i wonder how would it be like having him around, would things be different and would the future change..........

I always needed time on my own

I never thought I'd

need you there when I cried

And the days feel like years when I'm alone

And the bed where you lie

Is made up on your side

When you walk away

I count the steps that you take

Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone

The pieces of my heart are missing you

When you're gone

The face I came to know is missing too

When you're gone

The words I need to hear to always get me through the day

And make it okay

I miss you

When friends go sour....

WHEN FRIENDS GO SOUR... I guess things like this is something that we tried so-so much to avoid ,but it comes uninvited naturally . No matter how hard we make the freindship works it still happens to us maybe once or twice in a LIFETIME.

To me personally, i believe of friends are a person who complete us, because they are the ones you knows our inner secrets besides your families and to a point we even kept secrets to our family due to expectations.

To me freinds are;

a) A person who wouldn't judge us for who we are,

b) The person who would accept us for the bigger or smaller person we are.

c) The person who would enjoy our company even when you feel ,we are not the greatest

person to be with at the moment.

d) A person who would accept us for how much little or much money we have in our wallet.

e) A person who stand by us for all your torments and when we feel the world is coming

down on us.

f) A person who wouldn't compete but to complete us.

g) And for those married guys out there,,.... friends are the ones that would listen to your sex

encounters and sex problems , something that your family wouldn't understand.

h) A person who would guide you when we've gone astray.

But when you are so-so close to your friends , then comes expectations and fulfillments. Expectations in your relationship ... and fulfillments upon request that needed to be filled up. When we failed to do these then the freindship would slightly go bad and soon spead into bitter.

We expect our friends to put up 50/50 of what we put in, to put much efford as we did ,but most of all, to cherish the friendship as much as we did. Tapi kadang tu friends terlupa pandang kan. Friends took us for granted that we wouln't mind waiting for them for hours and hours in a restaurant because they have other things or we wouldn't mind cancelling our date to meet even we came all the way to meet them. Macam -macam tulah. I guess in a friendship, familyship or even in a love relationship , we have to make time...Make time to meet ,make time to talk , make time to even send a very simple sms or even a simple birthday card. Because only when we lose our friends and family then we realise how much we lost and misses them.

Exercise vs Makan

Actually this event happens on Friday and i uploaded these pictures prior today ,but was too lazy to make an entry so i just put it under draft. Oh btw last friday was a hectic day. Lots of thing undone and all of us are preparing for the new students to arrive.

I went back a little bit late because i got a few things left undone in the office and... i was doing my last entry. Next Monday is another battle and we have the faculty meeting and everybody is cumpulsory to attent. Bencinye kan. Anyway after i came home, i was thinking of going for a jog because ive been jogging these last few days to reduce my weight yang semakin berat ni. hehehe. So i went out and shouted at illa (btw illa is staying above me) so i invited her to come out jogging with me. BOLEH dia cakap, " eh Allan kau ni mimpi ke apa" and i told him in order to reduce our weight ... kena exercise. And illa told me , dia dah beli jamu diet sendayu tinggi, so tak payah exercise. We were chit chatting for a while , then she suggested for us to go minum petang pulak. ADUS FOMFUAN GEMUK INI orang ajak exercise dia ajak makan pulak. MACAM MANA NAK KURUS KAN, then kalau gemuk tu salahkan orang, konunnya semua orang menyakitkan hati dia, so bila dia stree, dia pun makanlah. THE DRAMA QUEEN IS HERE AGAIN.........So aku pun setuju for tea and we called Zafri to join us. When i called jep,.. the opted that we come to his house becuase he got keropok lekor at home from terengganu. Bagaikan bulan jatuh ke riba,...so we end up going to his place.

I followed illa's car, and funny with female drivers kan, they always drive sampai dekat dengan stering. I think most females does that. And yang pelik nye si illa ni , kalau drive she always follow the right lane instead the left lane. Bila aku tegur marah, and everytime she does a corner amboi tak picit break ni, terus je belok, macam roller coaster kita di dalam kereta dia. Yang penting lagu di kereta dia ni semua lagu ancient aka seperti lagu Syarifah aini, lagu Broerey and yang paling best lagu iklim ........ adussssssssssssssssssss.Lagu IKLIM .... rakyat mana yang dengar lagu rok rok manuk ni.

When we arrive jep dah siap siap buat hidangan keropok lekor ni ( isteri misali ni...) He said somebody gave him roti jala too, so itu pun jadi hidangan petang ni. Sedap jugak minum dengan tea panas but the keropok kena goreng twice sebab tak rangup.

Yang penting semua habis tak ada yang tinggal, sebab kalau ada yang tinggal suruh illa je habiskan, mesti licin punyalah. Ala ala DBKL KAN semua bedal licin je. hehee. Kalau suruh exercise banyak jak alasan kalau disuruh makan ... pantanggggggggg ni. adus kawan ku. aku pun turut gemuk berkawan dengan kau ni.

What goes around comes around ~ TALIBAN

I always believe that God is always watching over us all and what ever good or bad deeds we've done we'll get back what we deserve. Its what they call KARMA.

We'll this goes way back when the new Dean comes to the Campus. I don't know how it happens or who's the catalyst but soon after the new Dean arrived , my name was blacklisted of all the things that i've never done. Well i was being framed of taking money from the University, I was being framed of doing my own work without checking with the Management. My career was in a microscope that what ever small things i did, everybody will know about it.What ever good things i've done , it will always be turned into negative things. I was so stressed up with the way people in the campus potrays me. I made me feel useles, unadequate , untrustworthy but most of all they make me feel small.

But i presevior and sometimes i parish for the clouds that runs over my head. I felt that the world is coming down on me , codeming me for the reason that didn't exist. Sometimes i felt discourage and just quitting my job and start a new . But then i ask myself ,if i give in , means that i am guilty as charged, and that i let them win. So...... i took a drastic action and start being quiet. ... shshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I kept things to myself and concentrate on my job without taking extra task. I make sure that i furnished everything to my work without leaving anybody in the Campus to even closely condeming me. Then i work harder proving myself worthy of my job.

I became silent in a way being a none treat to anyone in the Campus ( I used to be a loud person in the Campus especially when it comes to giving my opinions and comments) and i guess it works. I guess in a blue collar job, we need to be a little laid back and you need to be a spectator , hehe let the people around you be in the play. My place is in the back seat and clapping my hands cheering up ...... although...... it burns me inside, because i knew i would and could do more.

My wise oldest sister use to tell me along time ago " In an every cloudy sky , there will be a silver lining" . So soon after that, things gets a little bit better and soon everybody realize that i am good in my work and that i am not a threat to anyone. I remember a while back, everytime i requested to buy something for my section and when the boss saw my name as the person requested , they will automatically cancel the request. So what i did was , i would ask my subordinate to sign it on behalf of me, i have gown so low to even ask my subordinate to do it for me, but i know that someday things will turn for the better.

So years gone by and i finally now, i have proven myself worthy and that my section is the most updated and most dynamic section in my department. It made me proud but most of all ,it put me back on my seat, but i couldn't have done it without the help from my other collegue. My motto to them is " If you want to start something, do it and do it whole heartedly but if you dont want to do it, then don't do it all"

So yesterday, after our meeting for the MSK, i was inside my room working and minding my own bussiness, then a 2 ladies comes to my room, talking to me. Now these women are the ones that was so close to the Dean a while back,feeding him information, telling him what to do and even to a point claimed that they are the bunch that would protect the Dean if anything would have happen to him. They were talking and grumbling of how unfair they were treated by everyone nowadays and that they are the new TALIBAN of the campus. Wow!!!! a taliban. That funny ... hehehe . because at least i never called myself names. They told me how unfair and how disgusted they are with the management and was chit chatting among themselves and sometimes makes this very loud noise and laugh as if they were so happy and enjoying themselves. I just give a big old smile to them and expressed how i felt thier sorrows for i was on thier shoes before, and that i do not have any comment on anything they said and........ walk off with a big smile on my face.

So you see, it always pays to be nice and that what goes around comes around and that what ever we do ... we get back double. So when we do good deeds then we get back double and vise versa. But i thank god that i kept my dignity and that i got family and friends that stand besides me tru thick and thin. But most of all i kept my feet close to the ground. Arent we all blessed.

Tons of things

Gosh, susahnye banyak sangat benda kena buat minggu ni. One things for sure the Cadangan untuk Bersama Alumni yang saya mentioned earlier tu semua diterima pakai oleh Mesyuarat hari tu. Actually it was not me who's incharge of the Alumni night but Carlina was on leave and she leave me to defend and enlighten the meeting on our new concept. Thank goodness everybody agreed on what we suggested.

We suggested to :
A) Change the whole layout of the stage, whereby we are going to make the stage as if they are talking in the living room. So basically we are going to put sofas and a lot of pillows. Pillow ni carlina kena beli dari kedai RM 2.00 kot sebab nanti kalau pakai kita punye mesti nanti rosak kan.

B) We are going to invite 2 speakers ex UPM namely:-

1) Dr Nur Ashikin Psyquay ( Dr Cynthia) this is my supervisor for my Masters, an ex UPMKB student. Origin Miri.
2. Dr. Richard Rapu and Veteranarian from Kuching, whose's doing something on animal husbandry in the whole Sarawak. So basically both of them are from Sarawak.

We are also going to put 2 current students and 1 freashies so that the forum will be more intimate between the speakers (alumni ) and the students, and the concept for the forum is more towards a relax atmosphere and intimate relationship " MESRAAA" macam iklan Petronas pulak. Later you see how it is related.

C) The comes the topic, these are the topic that i've chosen (FYI aku yang pilih ni) yang ahli lain diam je.
i) Individual intrepretation towards world leadership.
ii) Start _ furnishing and preparing
iii) No One's Left Behind ( Bergerak seiring)
iv) What builds a nation.
v) The power of ignitation.

So we have downlisted into 2 title no iii and no v but finally voted no v is chosen.

atas alasan:
a) Membina semangat kerjasama di antara pelajar
b) Pembentukan ikatan yang lebih rapat di antara pelajar
c) Integrasi antara kaum
d) Mengikis sikap pentingkan diri sendiri.
e) Membentuk sesebuah negara yang kukuh dan gemilang di serata dunia.

D) FYI I also suggested during the meeting , to give free accomodation and travelling ticket to both the speakers as being done last year and semua orang diam maknenye tanda setujulah tu. hehehe.

E) We will also choose among the facilitator ( the seniors) to be apart of the panel but a thorough screening must be done in order for us to get a good speaker hopely a binglingual student and also one among the freshies.

F) I didn't mentioned about the questions that we are going to ask as it is not necessary because eitherwise meeting will be lengthen again ( malas betul) dahlah lapar pulak tu.

Dato' ada juga tanye what are my grounds in choosing the 2 panels , and i explain to him that the pemilihan is based upon the alumni is previously from UPM and UPMKB in particular. Lepas tu dia diam , and semua orang diam so tanda setujulah tu. I don't know but nowadays whatever i suggested , mesti di terima pakai . Macam hebat pulak aku , kurasalah. hehhee.

So we finally finish everything by 5.30 and diluar disediakan makanan mee hoon goreng with a nice fabricates shu shi ( taklah tulin punye) tapi nicelah and the taste also marvellous. Nanti i will belajar how to do it.

A quiz ~ amazing.

SO, guess what im going to do today, i would like to do a quiz for all of you, those who read my blog, all over the world. I will write the questions and you can either answer by putting it on the comments down there or... you can put ur answer in the tag on the left hand side of my blog (tempat orang ramai ramai comment tu).

So here are the questions:

a) If you have a snake ( its a must to have, you cannot answer me "i dont like snakes" you have to have jugak) , what sort of snake do u like. .. eg. small ke, big, fierce, tame or what anything that you can think off, and..... where do you want to put the snake eg. in front of your house , at the back , in an aquarium or what so everlah , as long as you put in somewhere around or inside your house.

b) If you have a house , what sort of house do you like to have eg. small, big or medium.

c) If you have a water feature in your house eg. small stream, a river , a big/small waterfall or whatever you can think of, what would it be and how would you want the water current to flow eg. slow, very speed or what so everlah. Then where do you want it to flow . eg inwards or forward towards your house.

Guys give me your answer and i will tell you whats behind it okay. U'oll be amaze with what you'll find out about yourself. So grab the challenge and give me your answer okay.

Promotion

This is kinda lame.. but i keep on cramping my head to write something and i guess i'm in a stage of a writters block. Aduh writter ke aku. Anyway i was doing something on Organic Vegetable in the University and we got a lot of produce. So this is the Advert i did. Cantek ke. Opss puji diri sendiri ni.

Changes ~ i remember

Have you ever wondered sometimes how time changed us, either in a good way or the other way around, including how we look and how we perceive ourselves.

I remember a week ago , I was so bored at home especially that Illa and Zafri went back to KL, and so, I called up one my students currently working in my section for PKP (Program Khidmat Pelajar) for a late supper. He was very enthusiast about wanting to know more about me and what are my thought about the future and told me of his plans for the future.

He was thinking of finishing up his Diploma in Fisheries and straight indulge himself with animal husbandry instead. When I ask him the big WHY???

WHY:-
a) Animal husbandry and why not other fields and
b) Why not continue himself in Bachelor

Being the oldest in his family with his dad soon on pensioner, he need to care for his other siblings as well and make sure the his younger sibling would be cared for and able to continue their studies for the future.

Then it strikes me Wow!!! what a good and pure intention that this 19 year old man have, I remember at that age , the only thing crosses my mind is Me, me and me.

Then we continue our conversation

Az : En Allan, kalau saya tanye En. Allan jangan marah okay.

Me : Ok… errr Tanyelah????????

Az ; emm… En. Allan ni memang ke datang dari keluarga orang yang
berada ke .

Me : What??? Why do u ask that… selama ini u nampak I kaya ke.
Selama ini, u nampak I ni jenis loaded ke.

Az : Taklah, kita. maksud saya budak PKP hari tu berbincang and
agaklah En. Allan ni mesti datang dari keluarga yang kaya sebab
dari cara perwatakan encik dan cara encik bercakap.

Then it strikes me of the stories my sister told me as we were a kid, how hard life’s been to us. The nasi kosong with black catsup and oil mix with a sprinkle of salt, the salted fish with empty rice and being able to eat chicken only if there’s a birthday celebration or Christmas.

I remember my mum would buy us ham during our government primary exam because according to her we need to be feed well during the exams. She believes that, with the good food we will produce good result.

I remember every Saturday and Sunday, my mum would woke us up early morning to do gardening planting all sort of vegetables like spinach, alogbati ( a kind of vege), kangkong and onion.

I remember to work until the wee morning with my brother and sisters , tightening up the plastic ice cream to be sold at school tomorrow.

I remember going to our neighbor house to see their brand new TV because we couldn’t afford to buy one and sitting at the edge just to have a glimpse of their brand new tv.

I remember when I was in primary 3 and in the afternoon session , being alone at home while my mother’s at school working and running to my uncles house next door after frying the chicken wings and catch a big fire instead.

I remember sneaking with my brother and sister at my neighbor orchard to steal her rambutan and get caught and then she came to my house complaining to my mum with a whole bag of rambutan for us.

I remember accompanying my sister late at night to the toilet situated a few meters from the house. Holding the torch light and making noises everytime so that my sister wouldnt feel afraid.( toto you should know this hehehe)

I remember how my mothers would teach tuition everyday in the afternoon to kids all around the kampong with minimum payment ( I think its only around RM 10,00 per head) and sometimes free because some of them are too poor to pay.

Maybe things changed throughout the years but I am still the same boy as I was before. The bittersweet memories will always lingers in my mind but one things for sure I would never forget my roots.

Narrowing the gaps

Recently i guess everything seems to take its turn and wheather i make an efford of contacting my friends or the other way around but it seems that I seemed connected to alot of my friends this year and in particularly this month.

For one i have chatted online with Asnan Osmera Chung aka Tungau my ex roomate ,Petra Sulai my ex housemate and Zah from DKHP ( The girl with the big boozem hehehe ops sensor sensor) . I have also manage to get in touch with Ibrahim my ex cousemate who have been in silence for a long time and also Hubry Piasin who's now married and is recently a teacher in Keningau. Gosh its nice to talk to them again and catching up to old days and whats new in our lives. I saw Clement last 2 years in Tawau during the X'mass holiday and wow you've grown.

For those friends closest to my heart and myself at this moment fadzilah, Andy, Salya, Lenu, Sahari, Zafri, Syarifah and Saiful aka si Jelek i hope you guys stay connected. To all my other friends i hope you contact me soon, guys we need to reestablish our connection again and catch up for old times. Let bygone be bygone and lets start anew ( do we have grunches ke entah). Well what ever it is as the oldest in the family of friends in Prelim, Diploma and Bachelor i hope that we would instill our bridge again and catch up the years we've lost. If u read this leave a msg and i will contact u.

The purple wrist band

I guess by now you should know that i am an Oprah addict. I've always been amazed with the segments and topics that being discussed and portrayed. This morning is no exceptional, a topic about how people complain, and complain , and complain even more appears.

Have you sometimes wonder how some people likes to nag and complain from the littlest things to even the weather for example when you meet a person in the elevator, to break the ice you would say " Gosh the weather is hottttttt today" or " Gosh its pouring like hell out there". Have you ever wondered that the weather is not something that you should complain especially to people because it is something that only god can change? Instead why don’t you say “wow what a wonderful weather we have today" even when its so hot or pouring like hell.

Have you heard about the purple rubber wrist band? Its a wrist rubber band that says " Free Complain" which was started by this one pastor somewhere in the US to encourage his parishioners to stop complaining. The idea is to put the wrist band in your left hand side for 21 days without complaining. When you complain even to the littlest things than you should shift the wrist band to the other side of your hand and start over and when you broke the cycle again you should shift to the other hand again until you get it right for a complete 21 days.

This exercise allows you to reduce your urge to complain and eventually make a free complain world and build a more positive human being. According to the pastor they are giving this wrist band for free in most of the countries ( I think its just around the USA) and they are giving it by the millions. One funny thing that Oprah said was knows who she would give it to…. And it is actually one of her staff ( her make up artist) , according to Oprah her make up artist is a complainer.

So, why not take a challenge and try to immolate what they are doing and look on the bright side, we wouldn’t lose a thing accept for our habits. I will buy myself a wrist band tomorrow ( of any colour but I will find a purple one) and would try my best to follow the rules and see if I can lose one of my bad habits. If you are reading this why not challenge yourself too and see will it change our life and the people around us, as I said we got nothing to lose accept for our bad habits. Syarifah, Aishah ,Aaron or even anybody out there if you are reading this challenge yourself for 21 days FREE COMPLAIN and i am sure the end result would be a life changing.

for more information go to http://www.oprah.com/ ( aduhai macam promo Oprah pulak kan)

Birthday Updates _ the BOSS

3 more days Andy and its going to be ur birthday. From now onwards i will never ask people how old they are, but how many good blessings that had. I would like to wish Dr. Andy Toda many happy return and lots of blessing for the years ahead.

Andy is a best freind a guy could ever had and i known him wow half of my life i guess. I remember meeting him for the first time i came to Bintulu, Gosh that was in 1993 (thats a solid 14 years of friendship Andy). He was much bigger and volouptous back then and i remember during the orientation week we hardly talk to each other coz the seniors are so damn arrogant to us but deep inside i knew he is someone special.

Andy if u are reading this , happy many return again and wishing you all the best in your future endeavour. Good friends like urs are rare like diamonds. Thanks for the many memories we shared and hoping the years ahead will be filled with more laughter and sweet memories.

Rotterdam

So do u remember a few days ago i posted some of my OLD FAMILY PICTURES and i mentioned that my sister would get furious with them.... well she did... ampun tuanku.( hello Pah this is ur terminology hehehe). My sister cakap jangan post gambar lama-lama yang buruk tu. Dia suruh post latest pictures especially masa dia kat London sekarang ,aduhaiii..... perasan betul my sister ni "Perasan canteklah tu ". So untuk tidak menghampakan permintaan dia , kawan-kawan , kaum-kaum keluarga inilah my sister dekat Rotterdam with her husband.

Ini gambar my sister with bunga ( Perlu ke ambil gambar di bunga) hehehehe. sorry.

Oh this is my sister with omputeh naked kat pantai. Budak-budak tutup mata.

Ini my Bro in law. macam budak sekolah pulak. ini angle pictures tak betul ni.

P.S. Why is the place called Rotterdam is it because there is a rotten dam there. Someone answer dekat tag board please.

Anybody else want to post thier pictures on my blog. opssssssss...

You'll be amazed with the answer.

Before the marriage:

He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.

She: Do you want me to leave?

He: NO! Don't even think about it.

She: Do you love me?

He: Of course!

She: Have you ever cheated on me?

He: NO! Why you even asking?

She: Will you kiss me?

He: Yes!

She: Will you hit me?

He: No way! I'm not such kind of person!

She: Can I trust you?

Now after the marriage you can read it from bottom to the top !!!! you might be amaze of the answers heheeh.

Scary but happens.

Scary right when you think about it. But the actual event happen just last year in September 2006. One of our staff in UPMKB was driving around the Campus to make her usual round and suddenly her car skidded , collided and overturn. luckyly no body was hurt as the accident happens in front of the students college, thank goodness. The student came to her rescue and soon brought to the hospital. She was in trauma for a few weeks,who would't be, i would, but now she is fine and finally got her driving licence. Yessssssss... masa tu dia tak ada lesen lagi. Siapa nak jawap.

Pseudopregnancy

Do you remember the entry i made earlier this week about Fazila, the one saying that she went back to Kayelll. Yesterday she sms me this text:

To: Allan
From: Fazila gemuk (thats what i put on my hp)

Aku declare mengandung d check in counter ingat nak buat lawak. Trs dia mintak aku sign borang. Memandangkan muka gembira dia congrat, x sanggup , aku kata dia kena tipu. x pelah boleh aku jalan dulu, rugi kertas je dia photostate 5 copy. takut dsaman la tu delay sampai orang keguguran. next time if jumpa dia lagi and x beranak2 lagi, aku cakap miscarige.
(FYI this is the exact text i got from her)

Same things happen when we were in Miri last time. We were doing some shopping and out of the blue, she was asked if she was pregnant by the salesgirl , illa was a bit shock at first but then she just .... admit that she is. Oh gosh she was so embarrased when she finally told us the story and i was on my knees laughing.

MSK ( Minggu Suai Kenal) UPMKB

Today, Carlina held a small meeting at the office to discuss the preparation on the Alumni Night for the MSK UPMKB that will be held from 30th June until 7th July 2007. MSK is actually the Minggu Suai Kenal aka Orientation Week for the new freshies. Actuall my name was inside the list of Pengarah, but i told Din Ayub to omit my name out, because i might be continuing my studies by next semester in Serdang so i might not make it or even i cannot give my utmost commitment.

The meeting held smoothly but when it comes to input from the other staf , they would always be quiet without giving any imput or suggestion. Gosh... this is whats wrong with our people especially our subordinate. They always want to be fed with ideas until to a point they could't think by themself. Siapa nak jawap tu.

I have suggest to Carlina to change to concept like Raudah , one of the talk show in Astro. The whole inviroment is conditioned like a home and the speakers will be talking and relaxing as if they are talking at home without limitation. Last year we did the same formal event , but i felt that it has lack in interaction between the panel and the student. So this time round , i suggested to take only 2 panel plus 2 senior student and 1 freshies. Hopefully we could ebolish the barrier between the panel and the freshies.

The comes the tittle.... ahhhhh another headache. I have opted to choose one from the five item listed. ( Mr interframe kan)

1. Individual preperation towars World Leadership.

2. "Start" ~ furnishing and preparation.

3. No one's left behind.(this is my choice from the start) lilo and stich

4. What builds a nation.

5. The power of ignition.

So si Carlina pun setuju. Carlina ni selalu setuju apa yang aku suggest , tu yang aku suka tu. hehhee. We end up narrowing it down to no 3 and no 5. We took a ballot on the two and the result are ties, but ended up agreeing upon no 3.

So the next step would be finding the panel .... ehhhhhhhh siapa nak iyer. tambang dan makan free engkau. ....

Joke is the best medicine

1.0 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANAK HALAL AND ANAK HARAM

2.0 DON'T KNOW WHICH DOCTOR WROTE THIS, BUT I LIKE HIM! . HEALTH

QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... Don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! . Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO . Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.


Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.And remember:"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming : "Woo Hoo, what a ride! "
Cheers Mates.

Tawau history

Today we are going back in time ... you might be amaze with what you are going to read.

This is where Tawau is located.

This is St Patrict School at Kuhara Road

The new Empress

The old HSBC, I think this is facing the football field near the Tawau Port.

The old empress

The chester street Tawau

Tawau Municipal Office. This is near the Sea side if i am not mistaken.

Holy Trinity Church Tawau. This is where i was baptised

The big fire in dunlop street during the 50's

Dunlop street

The former Dunlop Street

The old Sin Hua School

The new Sin Hua School

KLIK KLIK moment.

Wow mesti entry ini semua orang menjerit tak sudah heheeh . I am sure my sisters and brother will be furious that i post this entry. Tapi tak pelah. These pictures are taken a long long time ago in Betlehem hehehe. As you know i was brought up in an Oil Palm Estate, my mum is an English Teacher. We stayed in BAL Estate a British Company named CDC London (Commenwealth Development Corporation (L) Sdn bhd that started off during the 40's after the Brit invasion in Borneo. The Brit came to Borneo during the early 40's and started to do their plantation concentrating on Abaca in East Coast of Tawau. The actual name of BAL comes from the word Borneo Abaca Limited , Abaca or Manila hem comes from the Banana family used commonly to produce the Abaca Rope and Gunny Sack and used to transport Borneo Produce and Natural resouces back to thier main land London. During the early 40's Abaca is a precious comodity and cost highly in the market.

Soon after the early 60's, the Brit's have exhausted the natural resources in Borneo and opted to plant Oil Palm, Rubber and eventually Cocoa which would bring more money . So basically when we are young the only tree you see all around u are either Oil Palm, Rubber or Cocoa. Macam orang kampung pulak masa tu. I remember the Estate Manager Mr. Garect a Brit use to drive his land rover all around the estate . The estate people use to call him the "Head Hunter" and as a kid, we would hide everytime we saw his Land Rover because we are so afraid of him. He was believe to take peoples head and put it in the electric generator as an offering. Punyalah kuno masa tu. BTW I came from BURUT ESTATE ( entahlah macam mana diorang dapat nama ni)

There is a few estates names in BAL namely:

1. BURUT(Myestate)

2. Merotai

3. Bombalai

4. Table ( The Estate i work before) named because its a very flat area.

5 Iman

6. Tiger (named after a tiger found litering in that place)

I remember the distance of my Estate from town is around 15 mile ( masa tu guna mile) and it took us 1 hour plus by bus to reach Tawau the nearest town. Gosh going to school is a battle because kita kena bersesak sesak dengan budak lain naik bus eiterwise you will miss the bus. It would be a miracle if you catch a seat in the bus and weather is the main drawback when u stayed so far away from town , because when it rains , your white shoes will be brown of mud and when its is dry your white shirt will be brown because of the dust, so either way you still look brown. Just imagine going to school having to stand up in the bus ( which doesnt have any aircondition) for at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours depending how many people are in the bus. Kalau ramai orang lambatlah sampai because the driver have to make a few stops along the way.

As i said when you are in the moment , you don't really think of all those things because according to my mum, she use to walk to school almost 2 hours everyday, so taking the bus is a privillage to us. At the time rasa beruntung sangat naik bus everyday to school (Bas buruk pulak tu). I remember when i was in primary 2 and my sister is in secondary school, i use to imagine following the bus to school konon nyelah ... vanggalah masa tu naik bus.

This is my brother ( kurus je kan. macam addict pulak tu hehehe ) with my Uncle.

This is my neighbour the Perez's.

Me with Lilybeth the youngest of the Perez's ( Youngest ke)

Thats my sisters , the one with the handkerchief and the one next to the red cap.

Ini masa Hari kemerdekaan kot.

The one in the middle is my sister, during her nursing school.

Now this is the Mam Besar my mother with her comadre .

Oh gosh this is me. Gemukkan. Hate this pic

This is my brother the model iklan rambut afro aka si Bacho.

This is my sister with one of her friends named Amoi. Pelikkan sebab sampai sekarang aku tak tau nama dia. asyik panggil Amoi je.

So this is my brother and my sister the turkey girl.

we use to have many turkey at home tapi tak pernah makan sebab my mum geli makan turkey.

Geli tengok leher turkey tu. macam kulit si kapten katanya hehehehe.

Pelik tapi benar..

Today i got this email from emma ( my ex collegue from L & G Landscaping) , Pelik tapi benar.. ala ala kuching leprecorn ( betul ke spelling tu). Kucing tumbuh kepak engkau. Just imagine if we have wings kan. bolehlah kita terbang and we don't have to follow MAS or Airasia. So we dont have to drink at the airport cafeteria yang mahal 2 paun tu ( tau taulah kita ni kan negara ketiga) , lagi jimat kos, and yang paling penting jimat kos minyak petrol, tapi kan baru pulak aku terfikir if we are fat how. Like Illa and dot dot dot ... ops mesti kepak dia tak larat nak mengangkat badan seberat ittewwwww kan. hehehe.

baru nak terbang , terus kepak dia patah, kena pulak letak simen plaster. I think it will also make the National Integration possible, don't cha think so.

A poem of hope..

TAKE EACH DAY, ONE AT A TIME

One day at a time - this is enough.

Do not look back

and grieve over the past,

for it is gone.

Do not be troubled

about the future,

for it has yet to come.

Live in the present,

and make it so beautiful

that it will be worth

remembering.

Monday blues..

GOSH... How i hate monday. Kadang tu duduk kat office ni menunggu sampai bilalah this clock will tick until i can go home. I just need some rest. Btw, i guess im so worn out today because i went for a jog at the back of my house at 6.00 am. Dah rasa badan tu rasa berat terpaksalah aku jogging sikit sikit kan. Esok i was thinking of doing it again until i can reach my ideal weight (68kg) So far sejak melangkah ke alam pekerjaan ini graf pun asyik positif je, tak pernah turun turun, i mean graf berat badanlah, hois fikir yang bukan bukan lah ni.

Jep went to Kl yesterday and Illa ask me to send her to the airport today. Sebelum balik tu dia belanja makan nasi ayam kidurong ... tap tap dia kena belanja dalam RM 18.00 in total. Tapi she told me she would rather spend it there , then at the airport yang cost minum je dah almost 5.00 for a small glass of nescafe. Why do u think that the airport all around malaysia ini mahal mahal belaka kan . Is it because , its an airport.... and only loaded people fly on the plane or its just daylight robery. Tapi setahu saya di Tawau, the cost for drinks and other food stuff taklah semahal di Bintulu, Miri , Kota kinabalu , Sandakan or Kuala lumpur.

Before i send Illa to the airport today, i manage to see Oprah Whinfrey aka My idol at channel 10. Dulu she was in channel 70 now dah tukar dah. Do you know that the crowning Miss USA now is formerly working in HARPO ( Company si Oprah tulah). She have been working at Harpo as an intern for almost 8 months before she was crowned Miss America, and now she is working for Donald Trump. She was then asked "since she is and was working for 2 most influencial people on earth would she become the next Oprah Whinfrey" then she said " no i dont want to be another Oprah, she is a great person but that is Oprah no one can compare to her, i just want to make my own name and be a great person myself ( macam tulah, the saying not that exact kan.) I remember wooing on her during the pagaent. Iyalah dahlah cantek pandai pulak tu, and according to Oprah , she graduated in Journalism with an honour and GPA 3.5 above, pandai dia ni kan. Vangganya aku.

P.S. Aku tak tau pun dia ni bekas pekerja si Oprah. So hari ni aku pun bercita-cita nak kerja dengan si Oprahlah hehehee . According to her people working at Harpo is so unbelievable and the staff are so dedicated to thier work. It seems that working with Oprah drives you to ur upmost limit. Gosh i wonder how that felt kan.

We are the world..

i think this is the best and most influencial song during the 80's. I remember I use to sing this song everday when I was in form 5( adus lama dah tu almost 20 years ago lah) . It does bring great memories to me and i hope to share it with you today,hoping that it would bring some nostalgic memories for you and me to reminise.

Baguskan teknologi terkini mengembalikan nostalgia masa lalu.




I remember my classmates use to sing the song , taking turns and I use to sing part bila Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie nyanyi heheh perasanlahkan masa tu,but it was fun kan. During the middle 80's we use to see the Solid Gold competition nowadays dah tak ada dah, kalau sekarang ni emm... American/Brit top 40 lah cam tu, and everytime this song wins i would jump up for joy, ala ala vanggalah lagu aku menang padahal tak dapat sesen pun kan.

Tears of Endurements

Looking at this, makes me wonder if i do want to publish this entry . I have downloaded the pictures earlier but then i put it under save mode because i am still not sure if i want to publish it.

Reasons why, i guess because death is not something that everybody really loves to think about, but then if we are only focus on all the good things in life then that would make us selfish right.

As i have mentioned earlier, my mom's older Brother died a week ago . You know what sadden me the most... looking at my mums face, those emptyness and the lost of a love ones. I remember my mum and my uncle planned to go back to thier home town somewhere in the Phillipines to have a reunion along with thier last remaining siblings and families, but with all the health constain and unexpected family commitments they postpone it until this year end.

I have told my mum earlier that if they decide to go, i might accompany her ... well to at least look after her and indirectly get to know my roots, but with my uncle death, i dont know if she still wanted to take the trip or not knowing that one of her reason of going has passed by.

Thomas J. Blantocas ( RIP)


My mum during the funeral



My grieving family

The graveyard my uncle was burried. A nice a peaceful place.

The internal place my uncle was burried.

P.S. May the lord blessed my Uncle Thomas Javier Blantocas in purgatory and may his soul rest in peace. Amen.

Im back..

Hello you guys,

I just came back from Sabah, my uncle from my mother's site passed away. I will have an entry for that very soon, once i charge back my camera batteries. I wanna share with you the endurements of losing someone. I have always been optimistic on death as its a beginning of a whole new and exciting life, but then what have we done to prepare ourself to be accepted to the new world.