second stage house renovation

house renovation.( first stage)

This is the first stage of my house renovation.. with all the plaster ceiling and the solenoid hanging in and out . ahhhhhh my house is a mess. .. basically everything slowly goes to its place and walla its nearly finish now. ..

CAMERON HIGHLAND AGAIN

HOUSE RENOVATION

SORRY.. but i was so bz with the renovation for my house. I just did some basic renovation which is necessary because its crucial to do this , because if u did this later ,than you would have problem if u did it later. kotor sangat nanti rumah.

so, i do the plaster ceiling, minor renovation to my kitchen ( accidently bought the wrong hood) and do the electrical the entire house ( plus two socket for my additional aircond). i put cornish to all of my rooms too, it will be too expensive if i put up all plaster ceiling the whole house.

i also put up the walls at my living room. i hope its going to look nice. so here are some pics .

my kitchen, this is the initial kitchen , mine would be slightly renovated.

still a mess. but the basic form is slighly seen

the walls that i mentioned.

my current kitchen before renovation.

i put up two hole on the wall, i put up 2 eye ball later.

DECO BERSAMA ERIC AT KLEC

I meet Eric leong today at KLEC HOMEDEC , he is actually a nice man , very funny and you can see his aura when ur next to him.

An interview ...i did???

Never would i imagine that someday i would conduct an interview for this 'U'. Well since last Friday , yesterday and today we conducted an interview for the officer post here in our faculty.

There were some good and potential interviewee and some bad ones too. That brings me way back to the time stepping my foot for the first interview right after I've completed my degree. The first interview was during my last semester , it was for a plantation company 101 Plantation and i did excellently that i was offered the job right and then but i was not really looking for another plantation job ( had enough of that) but that prick up my confidence that brings me to my next interview from a Singaporean Company that i also nailed it ( not knowing that it would be my nightmare job hehe). I was accepted on the spot just because i excel in oral interaction without looking at my knowledge in computer ( as it was a dot com company).

After quitting from ebbies.com i went jobless for a few weeks and that drops my confidence level during interview tremendously. I remember the worst job interview i had was with JPA ( jabatan Perkhidmatan awam) which i did well in the first half and the second half was a disaster right after the interviewer ask me " what consist of a nation". heheh

Today's interview is basically to see the English proficiency of the interviewee and how the correlate with the job we offer. Some of them seems to be very good in delivering thier opinions but funny because i remember this particular girl was shivering and u can hear her voice getting smaller and smaller, probably because the interview was fully conducted in English and probably she didn't do any revision before she came for the interview.

Overall i think the interview session was good.

a boring nite.

Today my students did their poultry harvesting , its two class and both class got around 400 chicks to start with and by week 5 the chicken are old enough to be slaughter and i am busy planting my vanilla. Hopefully it will grow as i never seen a vanilla pods before.

The students finally finish at around 11 but i end up buying 2 chicks as it was slaughter poorly ( muslim ways). So i end up taking back 2 chick at the cost of RM 17.00 well thats cheap. Anyway i harvested some asparagus and invited fazila to come to my house to eat.

So she just came back and i'm full and hm what should i do tonite. boringnye mau keluar malas pulak coz if i go out for sure i'm going to spend money.. SAVE SAVE SAVE. HEHE i need to save for my house. Gosh its been a year of saving and how much i've saved.. not enough isk isk isk.

my house.

I called my house developer last week and finally i see some shade of good news. A lady told me that my housing area finally got its CF. God finally the long awaited news finally arrived. So now i have to pull up my strategy on what are the first thing that i must do.

1. Grill for the entire house- do i want to do all my house coz we have security 24/7 but then again is the security reliable. So tak pelah i need to put up my grill for security reason kan.. Nanti kena rogol pulak aku hehehe. tak rela u.

2. Plaster ceiling - this needs to be done before anyone comes to the house because this job is messy and if u do it later then u have another problem of debris everywhere the house. So ceiling check.

3. Then next comes the wall up on my living hall.. its a partition between the living room and the stairs. I think this should come with the plaster ceiling , so i'm going to ask the ceiling guy to include this in their quotation, hope it would be much cheaper.

4. Then i need an extra table to devide my kitchne and my dining hall.. the divider would be a small table ( bar) for me to so some work in the kitchen and drinks / liquor. hehe as if i drinks.

This will also include additional cabinet for my kitchen.

5. Last is the hood for my house. Ahhhhh i need this. i havent decide if i want to buy the big hood or the small one like lenu ( which i think doesn't work), so maybeeeeeee i'm going to buy the big one ( the suction is much better and it looks better too).

6. And the rest would be just some assesory for the house, but i still need an aircond for the living room, fan for all the room and a 42 inch flat screen tv hehehe .

So after that i got nothing else, the rest would just be an additional here and there.

A NEW CHRISTMAS TREE.

I know this sound very very very early but i've made a plan to buy a new tall and fat Christmas tree this year. I had a small one but what i really need is a tall, fat Christmas Tree. so this year i will save up a little bit of money and buy myself a big, fat and beautiful Christmas tree( its goes with the new house hehehe)

I HOPE TO BE THE BIGGEST LOSER.

A month have gone by.. the Ramadan is gone and now its time for everyone to eat. Don't you notice Ramadan month is a actually where everyone gets fat and chubby. It seems that everybody is indulging thyself with all the fatty food just because they have been fasting the whole day and it makes it okay for them to indulge food more.

And the worst part is , the none fasting people are also indulging thyself because its the nice food sold at the Pasar Ramadan, and most of the time we eat because the fasting people fast and they eat alot and we tend to eat as much too and by the time we notice it.. everyone is FAT including me. ahhhhhhhhhh..

Lately i notice i've been very tired ( guess my body is getting heavier) but do u know what struct me the most... my picture in Tioman. Godddddddddddd i look fat. So from now on.. i make a pleadge to myself that i will run the least 2 rounds of 1.3 km jogging tract. I need to shed this fat ASAP. Its a battle but i think i can do it. GO GO GO. Well it doesn't hurt to be called the biggest loser when it comes to weight hehehe.

STILL NOT ENOUGH.

Sometimes i wonder, how the days and years slip us by without us knowing it. Actually we knew it but we never see the gravity of it.

Next year i will be turning 43 and what have i done so far that impacted people around me. I am still the same old me going round and round, still catching the glimps of life. If you ask me do i feel discourage by our outcome? I guess not coz i was also blessed with all the wonders in this world that God rendered upon me, but why do i still feel like there is a void that hasn't been filled.

Puhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......... i'm taking a deep breath. But life has to go on. Discourage I am not.... eager is something im waiting,love is yet to prove itself.

A GOOD NITE SLEEP IS WHAT I NEEDED.

I had a nice chat with andy today.. its been a while since i chatted with him. Anne, if ur reading this , miss u alot la hehe.

Tommorow is a holiday, its Nuzul Quran and selangor is celebrating another holiday but not the other states, why ya. Why some other states in Malaysia got different sets of holiday and yet we are still One Malaysia (sort to say).

But anyway,.. im looking forward for another holiday. I need a good night sleep and i need it badly. Sooooooooo guess what im going to sleep early tonight and start my day fresh the next day. I never thought that sleeping would be a privillage until i continue my studies hehehe. I've always take for granted that a good night sleep is essential for my body until now ( i always sleep late every night now).

I use to sleep late also before but never like this, im mentally stress up. hehehe. okaylah i got to go now.

HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY EVERYONE.

My adolecent child is paid in full.

i just finish the installment for my adolesent child(my motorcycle)last month and wow that feels great. Now that my bike is no longger on my payrol means i have more cash at hand to spend. Well this month i was thinking of buying a vacum cleaner for my current and eventually my new house.

I have been thinking about it ever since but i think it was not the right time yet, now that my bike installment is already finish, probably i can buy one this month. hmmmmmm what brand to buy ya, my sister ask me if i want to buy the wet and dry, but then again do i need both coz my house all tiles.. so nahhhhh i buy the ordinary one onlylah senang sikit kan.

next month my kuru pun is already on the final month, so next month no more kutu to pay too . yahhhhhoooooooooooo.. but it does help if we got one heehe.

AYAM MASAK PUTIH BUGIS STYLE..

ohhhhhhh LAMANYA TAK ADA UPDATES, ANYway when we were small we use to eat this ayam masak putih (bugis style) and ever since i keep on thinking how nice would it be if i can cook it myself. So today i browse tru the internet and found this recipee.

So inday if ur reading this, here is the recipee. hope u like it and panggil aku kalau kau masak okay.


AYAM MASAK PUTIH (OPOR AYAM)
ekor ayam
santan (1 biji kelapa)
garam dan gula secukup rasa
sedikit daun kunyit
3 sudu besar cili kering yg dikisar
4 sudu makan minyak untuk menumis
2 ulas bunya lawang
4 biji buah pelaga
3 cm kulit kayu manis
4-5 bunga cengkih Bahan-bahan untuk dimesin:
2 inci lengkuas muda
2 cm halia
2 cm kunyit hidup
5 batang serai
5-7 biji bawang merah



Cara:
1. Panaskan minyak.
2. Tumiskan bunga lawang, buah pelaga, kulit kayu manis dan bunya cengkih.
3. Bila dah harum, masukkan bahan-bahan yang dimesin dan campur sedikit air.Tumis sehingga pecah minyak, kemudian masukkan cili kisar.
4. Kacau dan biarkan sebentar lebih kurang 10 minit
5. Bila cili dah masak, masukkan ayam.
6. Selepas 5 minit, masukkan santan, garam dan gula secukup rasa. Kacau sedikit dan biarkan sehingga ayam masak menggunakan api yang sederhana.
7. Apabila kuah agak kering, masukkan daun kunyit dan bolehlah dihidang.
Cadangan Hidangan:
Hiaskan hirisan daun sup dan daun bawang yang dipotong 1 inci panjang untuk bau yg harum.
Tambahan:
1. Kurangkan santan jika mahukan rasan yang lebih best.
2. Jangan selalu sangat kacau ayam, nanti hancur.
3. Daun kunyit dimasukkan sebelum lauk diangkat untuk kekalkan baunya yg harum.

AUDIT AUDIT AUDIT

I got Osha audit today, its health and security in working environment, and another audit is coming which is on the 22-23 of this month. ahhhhhh too many audit, but i grew to a custom with all this audits and i use to be scared with it but now its just like another days work.

So....... what can we do, dah namanya makan gaji kan.

MONDAY JOKE.

JOKE 1
Three buddies die in a car crash, and they find themselves at the pearly gates.
They are all asked, "When you are in your casket and friends and
family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say
about you?

The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was the
greates doctor of my time, and a great family man."

The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful
husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our
children of tomorrow."

The last guy replies,
"I would like to hear them say... LOOK!!! HE'S MOVING!!!!!"

JOKE 2.
A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW.

"Officer, look what they've done to my Beemer!" he whined.

"You lawyers are so materialistic, you make me sick!" retorted the officer, "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!"

"Oh my god", replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was, "Where's my Rolex!"

ALONE

Today i decided not to go back home for lunch, i found that resting inside my office is better than driving back home.

Tommorow i'm going to Cameron Highland with my Single friends here in KL. MY sister use to call us the Spinster Group as aka meaning unmarried woman or one who is no longer young( hmmmm blink blink) and seems unlikely to marry. Welllll...we keep on telling ourselves " we are single by choice or by no choice". Just imagine i got a friend in form 4 and 5 and now i think her children is out of University already with a degree and where am i..... I am still here, but as the Malays use to say " Ada ku kisah".

If i ask you does being married completes you.. i ask that question alot and yes i sometimes get some positive answer but most of the answer i got was.. its for the children. Sex or being together is not the prime thing in our marriage as our focus is raising up the children.

I once had an uncle who is full of life single and when he got married he seems not married coz i never saw him with his wife talking and the time i saw them together it end up in an argument. Sometimes i saw married people don't even talk to each other for days and months , well they maybe sleeping in the same bed but the soul is outside thinking about other things. He was a hardworking guy, his work attic was unbelievable. Working in the logging camp, he said he have to work round the clock, day driving the fork bulldozer ( kapiting) and being a jaga at night, finally he got sick of Malaria and died. Who care for him finally.... none , noone. His wife went back to Philipines to so.....????? card for his children, but she did came to see him but it was too late. So my uncle died .. broke but most of all alone. So tell me what are certainty that if you are married , you wouldn't be alone kan. Think about it.

I & me

It has almost been 7 months since this incident erupts between us and at this juncture it seems that, there is no reconcilation and that saddens me much.

But out of this twisted life , i discover something out of all of this. I realise that life is uncertain. I use to think that friends matters ( then i realise... nope there is always the back stabber ). Then there's the family....nop nop there is no certainty there too.. coz even when you feel that you are part of it.. but then looking at the big picture, you are still the person at the end of the big circle.

So........ now i know, what ever it is "I DEPEND ON MYSELF". No freinds nor blood would pick me up but myself. For somehow or rather i felt alone .....yes alone.

Being different

Coming from a small and neat family and having to grow up without a father at a very early age, frequently makes me feel inadequate for what ever reason. like for instance do “I look the look” or “do I act the act”.

I remember as a kid a cousin of mine told me how my body looks weird, as I was quiet a chubby kid growing up. It was not really a horror but I guess it was planted in my brain the being thin is beautiful, but as a kid I always know that I am different from people around me. I was never the bright one, was the popular one, never the good looking one, never the athletic one, never the most desired one, never the favorite one, never the elected one , never ,never, never ………..

The word “never” just rhymes with my name and myself that sometimes I gave up even before I tried because I always knew I would never get it or I would never accomplish it and the most hurtful thing that I would ever experience is “ I would ever be elected” Can you imagine, being a kid and realizing your limitation, how the world crumbles even before you stack your bricks.

It is still clear jilted inside my mind , sitting down on my chair , eagerly praying to God, God… God…… let me be elected to be the class monitor .. and the class take pull and elected Ah Chong the Chinese guy in the class again. Well, I would assume that since he was always our class monitor since standard one. Oh okay maybe being the class monitor is too big for me God .. please please let me be the vice monitor instead.. anddddddddddd that too was a disappointment. It was not really for the POWER that im searching for but it was more the recognition which I am lacking since I was a kid. The recognition to be heard , the recognition to be at the moment.

So if you asked me , how I did it.. how this kid that was a nobody before, become somebody today. What I say and do matters .. I don’t know but I believe my different ness was the major factor behind it. I was always the one that thinks, dress , acts differently than all the guys in the class. Looking back, I realize that being different is not always bad. God creates us differently from one another, and for a special reason Being different in the eyes of the world means that you are one in a million of millions of people out there , but you have to embrace it, because only when you do, it will lead you to a more greater things in life. My life is just beginning but everyday when I woke up , I always thank god for the wonderful things he have endure upon me, and I strongly believe that he have bigger and greater planned.

A SONG I REMEMBERED SO DEARLY

im sure if u are born in the 60's or early 70's you would have heard this song over and over again played by ur mum. It doesn't really bring anything to me back then but after listening to it almost a quarter of a century i realize wow... this song does bring alot of meaning in my life..

so guyssssssss enjoy and thanks mum for everthing. To all the mums out there... u make a difference

it is a hard days life

i just came back from my lecture today. ahhhhhhhhhhhh tired and still bleary.. of doing my proposal which should consist of my Chapter 1,2 and 3. I wish i could finish mine the soonest but by the looks of it, the process is so slow and i could hardly apply what i learn.

Anyway i hope that my decision of continuing my studies really for the better coz as for now i am having doubt if i am doing the right thing. Hopefully the first semester end and then goes the second semester and by a blink of an eyes i could finish my masters and start doing my phd ( well i hope). I remember the first time i continue my studies years ago , i was so asking the same question, so i guess its just a matter of giving myself some slacks and to be more focus on my work and my studies.

SELAMAT MUNAP.

How short life can be.

Yesterday when i came in the office i got a call from Carlina. I was told that one of our ex staff in Bintulu died of a heart attach. Memories of him come flashing through my head and it nearly bring me to tears.

Amir was a good and a very honourable guy, not only that hee is a very hardworking, honest, person but most of all he is a good friend. His death was a great lost to those people who knew him. I share a lot of good moments with him but the thing that i treasure the most is the table that he made especially for me. I requested him for a Japanese table ( well i was only hinting how i would love a Japanese table) and after a few days he called me up and showed me the table that he made especially for me( although i do have my saying on this heheh), but i felt so touch and that table was the only thing i took back from bintulu to KL when i got transfered here. A lot of people requested for that particular table but i refuse to give away it coz its was presented from a good Friend.

But what made me regret the most is, i didnt make an effort to meet with him the whole time i was in KL. I guess i'm too caught up with my work and things circling around me and now its too late. I tried to call the family but nobody answered maybe they are still grieving for him.

But, soon after that i called my sister to ask her if i could meet a person that i haven't talk for almost 5 years plus. I guess the death of my Amir made me realise how short and precious life is. I called up my mum to say hello too.. i need to do that more often from now on.

May his soul rest in peace and may the good lord keep him at peace amen.

Problem with me , .. i give too much.

Yesterday i had my first presentation for one of the subjects that i took. EDU 5813 Human Relation in Education. We were divided into groups and then eventually on the date proposed we are suppose to present our finding. FYI i was a bit late for the class so i listed my name under this group of 4 males ( 2 indian guy, 2 malay , one from Melaka that seems to walking with a stick and the other Sarawakian guy that halfway quit due to unforeseen circumstances.

BTW our topic was on School Culture and at first i was in vague with the topic.. this is new to me but i accept it with open heart . Soon we divided the topic in categories but after a few weeks nothing turns up because according to the 2 indian chaps in the group, they were unable to get any reference book because they do not have their matric cards.. so never mind, i borrowed some books gave it to them and then after a few weeks still nothing.

Then the next meeting there were no progress at all. so finally i got hold of a book and then give them the copies( well some of them did put some inputs too). What im pissed off is the Melaka chap always got his excuses every time we had a meeting and every time we had a discussion i ended up doing all the work. That is half of the story.. so finally i finish the presentation myself and spending my whole weekend doing it. After showing it to my lecturer and she agreed on it, and again dividing it into 4 sections hoping that everyone would understand and read on their respective topics.

I was suppose to do the introduction ( as it went well) and then when the Melacca guy presented he just foolishly read the whole thing and what i'm so pissed when it comes to the actual topic he just fast forward and skip the main topic. Finally the lecturer ask him about the problem and for him to show examples and he just stand there doing nothing ( as if it was not his topic), and then i end up answering for him ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh .

So, his presentation was cut off as our lecturer was not pleased with him presenting and now we have to redo our presentation. That's y sometimes i felt that its better that we do our own presentation on our finding so that if anyone to be blame or praise its us...... Hopefully the next presentation things would be okay.

ITS BEEN AGES.

I know it has been ages since my last update. Its not my life is too busy but there is no interesting things happening in my life lately. Although i had a promotion ( as what i have asked ) but still there is not worth mentioning.

Anyway i was surprise that , there was a few comments on my tag board especially on BOMBALAI. There was a few comments by Mr Joseph Chan ( Research Manager) and Mr Tony Ker's( Mill manager) son Richard and recently there was a site on Facebook dedicated on BOMBALAI exciting ha. I guess people from BAL estate still misses BAL so much and every time the name BAL comes out it always trigger their heart.

Anyway i will try to update this blog of mine as frequent as possible and hey i was thinking of writing a short book ( my memoirs) hehe as if my English is great hehe.

Im so busy now preparing thesis hoping that i can finish chapter 1, 2 and 3 within this 2 weeks. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Oh ya i just got some bad new but shhhhhhhh its a secret.

CHRISTMAS 2009

TIPS FOR A BETTER LIFE 2010

Let’s start the new year 2010 with a blast and with new resolutions! J


1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile .
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2009.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26.. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
30. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your family often.
35. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Don't over do. Keep your limits.