7 Years Pack in Boxes

I’m leaving CMD today with mixed ball of emotions. On one hand I’m sad to be leaving my tribe mates, my workspace and the environments. But on the other hand I’m quite excited about branching out to grab a challenging opportunity and living a new life in a new town.

It took me about four hours just to clear out things from my workspace. Imagine seven years of documents to be packed in a few boxes, totally crazy. There’s a lot shredding activities going on, not to mention tearing, throwing and crumpling. I just hope Kak Mas would not be angry when she saw the mess I did and the number of black dumpster bags waiting to be picked up on Wednesday morning.

Before ...

After a while ...

After 4 hours ...

The Last Bash

‘Birthday Bash’ … sounds catchy right? Tak sure idea siapa, but it sounds so funky & fun. Few days ago, Azie keep pushing me untuk buat the last bash before Trg operations start. Since I have so many chores to cover before my leaves, so tak layan sangat permintaan Azie tu, kesian Azie … sorry dear. But Azie tak patah semangat, dia kautim dengan Shonna, tup tup … tau tau dah kutip duit dah for the last birthday bash for 2006.

This last bash covers for September, October, November & December birthdays. So altogether ada twenty one tribemates yang perlu diraikan. Seronok dapat raikan semua, but a bit sad since I have to leave for Trg in less than a week.

Barisan tribemates yang dirai ...

Kek coklat tempahan dari FLY

Kek close-up. Erks .. ada tribemate nama pajoo?

Tipah Tertipu at Nandos

Dah lama craving nak makan Extra Hot Peri Peri Chicken Nandos so me and the tribe went off to the Mines. It was that voucher Apiz gave us that made us decide to go treat ourselves. Mula-mula ingat nak guna satu voucher sorang, Tanya waitress Nandos tu, diorang bilang satu voucher for 2 or more chicken meal in one receipt. Nak tak nak kena share le one voucher for 2 people. So since I’ve been craving nak makan Nandos regardless the price, I offered not to use the voucher. Shonna kongsi ngan Bib, Chuop with Pajoe, tapi soft drinks yang satu jug tu tak sure masuk tab siapa … anyway jgn lupa mintak before akak drive off to Trg yer … hehehe.

Yum! Extra Hot Peri Peri Chicken Nandos

Kena tipu pun happy jer ...

Tribe of the day ...

Happy Birthday Bro

The whole clan had dinner at a local restaurant near town. Cempaka Rimba's the name. It was the first time for AbgSham & Abah. The food was good and we had fun. It was on AbgSham's tab of course. Thanks & Happy birthday Bro, semoga panjang umur dan dimurahkan rezeki.

Return of Andak

Andak came back yesterday. No wonder my eye-lids keep moving lately. It’s a sign. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen them. The whole clan waited since yesterday’s evening and Andak’s flight finally touched down at around 7:15pm. Pity them who waited at the airport since 3:00pm. The flight delayed due to some complications in Heathrow Airport. Congrats to Dr Andak & wife for the completion of their Phd.

Pushing The Limit

Aaah at last, a new entry!

Busy. That’s the word to put it. Wish I could update my blog everyday. I’ve just completed a very short, emotional, and tiring project. I’m not just pushing my own limit, but I have to push others as well. How to motivate those fatigue and emotionally unstable people to fight along till the end? I don’t know! They just keep fighting along with me. I salute them for that. Thanks people.

Nearly two weeks without enough sleep made me feel like zombies. I really am. I can’t focus on what people say, I walked to follow where my feet wanna go, I drove with my eyes closed, felt hungry and yet I didn’t have the appetite to eat, my energy was totally burned out.

Bila nak cuti panjang ni?

Manic Friday

3:31 am - Still di office.
Oh mata, kenapa mengantuk? Ada lagi yang perlu dijenguk.
Oh badan, kenapa penat? Esok byk lagi aktiviti perlu dibuat.
Oh fikiran, kenapa runsing? drM buat kau pening?
Oh lutut, kenapa sakit? Sedari tadi terasa perit.
Oh perut, kenapa semacam? Esok jgn pulak meragam.

4:26 am - Di office.
Insan-insan yang masih berjaga dah berkurangan. Ada yang dah parking kat surau. Ada yang masih berkerut-kerut dahi menyudahkan yang tak sudah. Ada yang dah balik. BD called tanya if ada yang ready to package. Our cut off time kul 5:00 am, so kena tunggu 2 hrs kot.

5:30 am - Office ...
Belum ada yg start packaging. Boleh landing dulu ni sementara tunggu. Surau ... here i come.

6:30 am - Office ...
Terjaga. Surau dah kosong. Still blom ada yang package lagi. Ngantuknye ...

10:00 am - Office
Selamat burn semua. Kena pegi Shah Alam utk project lain ... Ngantuknya ...

11:30 am - Shah Alam
Lambat sampai. Jam teruk kat Subang. Review ada prob!! arghhh! ... Ngantuknya ...

1:30 pm - Shah Alam
Small discussion. Dah nampak jalan penyelesaian, tapi masih kabur ... Ngantuk + Penat tak terhingga ... nak lunch pun tak selera (blom jamah makanan dari pagi)

2:30 pm - Shah Alam
Sessi pujuk memujuk. Payah betul. Jalan dah nampak, tapi perlukan commitment tinggi.

3:00 pm - Shah Alam
Masih sessi pujuk memujuk. Rupanya ikhlas juga cik Puan ni.

4:00 pm - Highway
Ngantuk + Penat, handphone habis batt, so tak boleh nak discuss on next planning dengan sapa-sapa pun. Argg .. GEC called pulak. Pajoe oh Pajoe ... alahai, rupanya tak dapat call 'A'. Lucky dia boleh accept appologies & sebab-sebab lambat.

4:30 pm - Highway
Singgah Dunkin Donut. Ngantuk bukan alasan untuk tidak ber'donat' ... yumm!

4:45 pm - Home
At last sampai gak rumah. Call semua yang patut.

5:33 pm - Home
Belum rehat lagi. Belum tido lagi. Perut belum isi. Baru teringat ... what's the point of this entry? hehehe ... Roger n out .. thanks kerana membaca :)

Happy Cakes

I’ve experienced my first happycakes today. Not only it looks incredibly cute but the taste is amazing too. Thanks SOUL sbb bagi tumpang order :) Happy cakes will hear from me again ... soon.

A day off

I’m glad it’s a day off. An unexpected phone call woke me up this morning and I spent the whole day with chores I left behind during work days. Assisted Mak with groceries at TESCO and drove her around to anywhere she wanted to go. Later after the Friday prayers, I sent my highline to an express service at BBB, that part was a deal Abah made me do. Tried my very best not to think about work, but the first thing I can remember when I woke up was work. What’s become of me?

I did something I should do long ago. Some people seem very comfortable in their comfort zone but things are about to change. Just wait and see. Since I’m the one who call the shot, one slip of the tongue could get all of us into big trouble. I did learn a valuable lesson though that one email can cause someone’s future down the drain. Absurd but true. Just hope that I can pull this off without drawbacks.

JB - Day 4

Jam 3:00am lebih dah terjaga, mata dah tak boleh nak lelap balik. Mat rempit kat luar tu prennngg prenggg prennggg, naik sakit telinga dibuatnya. Sekejap-sekejap dengarlah ambulan lalu, mesti ada hospital dekat-dekat sini. Since mata tak boleh tido, aku masak air, bancuh Nescafe pastu makan kuih raya yang mak bekalkan sambil layan citer James Bond kat Star Movies. Sejak dua menjak Casino Royale nak ditayangkan wayang ni, tv pun asyik tunjuk citer Bond yang lama-lama. Sambil-sambil tgk tv, habiskan capture OR untuk dibawak balik.

Jalan lurus depan hotel jadi lokasi rempit malam-malam.

Jam 5:00am lebih, bib bangun join capture OR. Masing-masing dah tak leh tido. Lepas breakfast, satu module close bahagian content & language. Yang lain dah tak sempat nak cover, suntuk sangat masa. Urusan dengan organizer habis lebih kurang 12:00PM lebih. Bell boy pun dah angkut semua barang-barang ke bawah. Settle je loading barang dalam kereta, lebih kurang dekat-dekat kul 1:00pm, kami bertolak balik. Tak singgah mana-mana pun. Kepala pun mula lah berdenyut-denyut bila angkat mengangkat barang tu, ni sure pasal tak cukup tido.

Minyak ada suku, kena isi dulu before drive balik KL. Sebelum toll dah nampak Petronas, Apiz siap bagi signal, aku ikut bagi signal, alih-alih jalan masuk tu ada kon berderet-deret. Ciss! Apa kes jalan tutup ni! Lepas tu Apiz buat kamikaze turn masuk ikut jalan kluar Petronas tu, aku dah terlansung terus stop tepi jalan. Apiz suruh aku kamikaze reverse ke Petronas tu. Nak tak nak ku ikutkan jugak reverse. Selesai isi minyak, telan Uphamol sebijik, we all continue dengan perjalanan.

Weather ok jer, tak seteruk waktu bertolak je JB tu hari. Sampai kat Machap, budak-budak nak berhenti – leaking. Kononnya nak solat & lunch dulu baru continue, tapi kedai makan semuanya tutup. Last-last berhenti makan kat Restoran Jejantas Ayer Keroh. Lepas sejam lebih berhenti rehat,, continue ke destination. Sampai office lebih kurang jam 5:15pm.

JB - Day 3

Sedar-sedar tengok member sebelah takde, aikk ... dia layan tv subuh-subuh buta. Lepas breakfast ada meeting dgn organizers, ada good news ada bad news, masih dalam kawalan. Hari ni tak payah standby kat tingkat 1, semua lepak kat working area (which is my room) siapkan kerja. Perut dah lega, tak macam semalam. Tengah hari ni semuanya skip lunch. Left over kfc semalam yg dalam fridge tu Apiz abiskan, so tak membazir.

"Abiskan aje lah kfc tu"... kata kak Bib

Petang ada gak module yang ready untuk closing, kejap je diorang verify, cuma kita je tak sempat nak cover semuanya in one night. Malam kul 7 lebih, perut dah start rasa lapar. Lepas maghrib, we all siap-siap nak gi makan. Apiz tak ikut sebab nak ke rumah mak mertua katanya. Kami berlima je lah yg meredah Jln Skudai tu ke gerai-gerai dekat Dataran Bandaraya tu. Sampai destinasi je, perkara yang sama berlaku, berpusu-pusu gak brader-brader dan kakak-kakak yang melambai-lambai dengan harapan kami duduk di kawasan mereka. Dah mula la sessi tolak menolak, “Eh pilih la bib” … “Ehhh saya pulak, kak Ain pilih lah” … Last-last ibu mengandung tu jugak yang pilih hehe. Berkat pilihan ibu mengandung la, we all makan malam ni tersangatlah kenyangnye. Makanan pun pedas & superb! Malam ni Erica makan, tak diet lak.

Work area Apiz, Raha & Meen

Work area Erica

Tempat keje kak Bib. Sambil keje sambil tengok cermin.

My work area. Takde kerusi lain, so dok kat sofa je lah. Empuk.

Lepas makan, gi gerai rojak buah & tauhu bakar berdekatan. Lama gak menunggu pakcik tu buat rojak buah, nampak cam sedap je tauhu bakar tu, tapi malam ni perut tak boleh nak isi dengan yang berat-berat lagi, dah over loaded. Lepas tu sessi bergambar dekat Dataran Bandaraya. Memalam ni apa sangat yang nampak, jam besar tu for sure nampak.

Balik dari Dataran, Meen & Raha sambung keje. Tengah-tengah capture error, mata ngantoks teramat sangat, ku tinggalkan aje notebook tu terbukak terus masuk selimut, yang lain continue keje. Entah bila masing-masing balik bilik pun tak tau lah.

Kerja-kerja yang bakal menanti di office.

JB - Day 2

Sesudah subuh - gambar dari tingkap bilik.

Terjaga kul 6:50am. Lambat! Bib tgh solat, rupanya kul 5 lebih dia dah jaga, sambung buat packaging. Tak sedar apa pun tidur dek kerana keletihan. Lepas breakfast, gi register internet connection dulu kat reception, 12 jam hotel charge rm40 untuk 2MB broadband connection, mahal tu, terpaksa redah juga.

Ruang kerja kat tingkat 1 penuh. Tak sangka seramai ni pulak yg dtg kali ni. Selalunya acara camni tak ramai yang endah. Organizer bagi tau, ruang kerja di tingkat 1 tak dapat menampung semua org, jadi kami perlu berada di suatu tempat yg mudah dihubungi. Akhirnya bilik kami jadi port utk small office.

Malam ni tak kemana, tak larat nak kluar. Since ada org offer nak gi tapau KFC, so we all kenduri KFC je malam ni. Bentang today's berita harian kat atas wood flooring yg sejuk dan licin ni, masing-masing bersila menikmati ayam kfc sehingga menjilat jari. Erica sorang je tak makan, diet kot. Kenyang sgt, sampai tak boleh nak tido, perut semacam je kenyang, so layan tv la tgk pengantin popular.

JB - Day 1

Bertolak dari office around 2:10PM. Weather antara hujan dan tak hujan, kejap cerah, kejap mendung. Masuk je border Johor, hujan turun mencurah-curah, tapi ku ikutkan jugak kereta depan, kalau dia laju, aku pon laju sama, kalau dia slow, aku pon slow sama. Dalam hujan lebat tu, singgah kejap kat R&R Pagoh utk Asar & isi perut, pekena mee rebus jawa & teh tarik. Tak dan hujan nak berhenti, kami teruskan perjalanan.

Dekat nak sampai Skudai baru reda sikit hujan. Tak susah nak cari hotel, jalan pun ok tak sibuk sgt. Sampai hotel, organizer cakap tak sure agenda nya camne, so barang2 bawa ke bilik dulu. So secara automaticnya, bilik apiz jadi store penyimpanan monitor dan cpu. Lagi pon dia duduk sorang dalam bilik sebesar tu, so plenty of room utk dijadikan store sementara.

Malam, pi cari makan kat gerai2 berdekatan. Redah je, bukan familiar pun tempat ni, tapi takde lah sesat. Sampai je kat tempat makan, berpusu-pusu brader-brader gerai tu melambai tangan, ajak duduk kat kedai masing-masing. Rimas gak, sebab semua orang pandang & tak tau nak pilih gerai mana. Lepas makan, tanya brader gerai tu kat mana kedai runcit terdekat, yelah peti ais besar dalam bilik kalau tak diisi takde maknanya. Brader tu tunjuk jalan lain, aku masuk jalan lain, tapi jumpa jugak akhirnya kedai yang dicari-cari. Rupanya kawasan gerai yg kami pegi makan tu dekat je dengan Dataran Bandaraya. Balik membeli-belah, sambung keje. Sebelum dozz off, seingat aku Meen sorang je yg ngadap PC, yg lain dah selamat belayar agaknye, termasuk aku.

Besar bilik ni

From different angle.

Submission Day

Selamat juga akhirnya. Cut off pukul 10:00am, we all deliver around 9:50am, sipi gak tapi secara fizikalnya, we all yg first submit. Thank you all for the effort. Yang blom tido, dah pon balik tido. Yang balik awal semalam, dah pun sampai ke office subuh-subuh tadi. Rasa ringan sikit kepala macam separuh beban hilang camtu je.

Lepas tu, lepak office sat check apa yang patut, around 12:00PM bertolak gi open house kat Kinrara dengan Bib & Echah. Echah siap terlentok lam kete, penat lah tu, mana taknya, mama dia keje, dia pon kena keje gak weekend .. Thanks to tuan rumah sbb jemput kami.

Baby gap, buah hati pengarang jantung tuan rumah

Byk tul koleksi fridge magnet tuan rumah ni, jeless!!

Countdown to Deadline - 1 day

One of the busiest day of the week. It's 10:30PM and I'm still at my work chair. Quite a few members of the clan stayed over tonite, Bib & Echah at the meeting room next door. Echah made more than few tawafs waiting for her mama to finish. Chuopa's ehem ehem join us waiting for him to finish his work. Farhan, Cdot & Erica are at the other end of the room, accompanied by tons of mp3 songs .. mostly oldies from Cdot's collections. Cik Ham at the other wing trying to settle out his international project SB.

My head spins & my stomach aches, but that rojak ayam was superb!, sehingga menjilat garpu. Nasib baik K.Shikeen teman gi Azhar Maju ... been craving for the rojak since the first time I've tasted it yesterday. I would give it a four star for being not to sweet and tasty. Sorry, no pictures to describe the look.

So much for today's entry, I'm outta the office. Ought to get some sleep and get pump up for tomorrow's chores. Roger n out.

Shocking news

I’m tired. The hassles and bustles towards 2007 really left me exhausted. I need a break, but I don’t think I will get it in this near future. I received a shocking SMS at 5:47am. A colleague caught up with an armed robbery at her parent’s house … maybe one of those muggers who were on the news lately. Lucky no one was hurt.

It’s nearly 1:00am, but I’m still searching my way through the CSS stylesheets. I ought to get a new template soon. I should have some sleep now, have an early meeting in the morning. Roger n out.

So Much To Do, Yet So Little Time

I’ve been busy lately with the preparations for the year end project closing. Next week’s workshops will be an added nightmare to my schedule. I’ve heard that there will be a raya gathering that I’ll miss next week, unlucky me. Same goes to a few of us who have to follow me battling our way in project beta testing, poor them. We know we have a mission to accomplish. Just hope that I get the teamwork that I’ve expected.

Cerita Edisi Raya

Hari ni genap raya 12 hari. Terasa lama tak melayan blog ni, bersawang pulak kalau ditinggalkan lama. Kalau diikutkan hati, hari-hari nak post entry tapi masa tak mengizinkan, lebih-lebih lagi selepas raya ni. Jika penghujung tahun kian hampir, tugas-tugas harian di pejabat pun semakin bertambah.

Kalau tiba masa pengumuman raya, aku lah antara orang yang paling gembira, tak sabar-sabar menunggu depan tv. Tapi tu dulu, tahun ni, pengumuman raya terlepas dari pandangan. Sibuk berbuka di luar gamaknya. Undangan berbuka paling banyak pada minggu terakhir puasa. Ku gagahkan jua untuk tidak menghampakan sesiapa.

Persiapan raya ala kadar aje tapi cukup untuk memeriahkan suasana. Saat paling berharga bila melihat senyuman gembira Mak menyambut abg sham balik beraya. Aku pun tumpang seronok, lagi meriah lah raya tahun ni. Dua tahun beraya di perantauan, tahun ni sempat juga dia bercuti atas permintaan Mak. Kuih-muih pun banyak dia yang sponsor, untuk nenek sekali pun ada.

Sehari sebelum raya, tak banyak yang perlu dibereskan. Lemang segera Mak yang famous tu kami keluarkan dari menu sebab tak mahu lihat mak seharian di dapur. Cukup sekadar nasi beriyani yang menjadi juadah wajib sejak dua menjak ni, kari daging untuk nenek, pajeri nenas permintaan Mak Teh & rendang ayam. Ketupat, lemang, lontong, rendang daging, ayam goreng berempah, sambal sotong kering, sayur lodeh, semuanya akan dapat kami nikmati di rumah nenek nanti.

Malam raya, tinggal aku bertiga dengan Mak & abg lan. Abah dan abg sham ke rumah nenek membantu menyambut rombongan takbir dari masjid dan surau berdekatan. “Ramai betul”, kata Abah. Lebih kurang 150 orang ahli rombongan. Ramai yang membantu selain Abah dan abg sham, mak Teh, pak usu dan pak lang sekeluarga pun ada sama.

Pagi raya, selepas solat raya ada juga kenalan dan saudara mara datang berkunjung. Bila kunjungan agak reda sedikit baru kami bertolak ke rumah nenek. Janggal betul rasanya kalau tak kesana. Sejak Nenek belah Mak dah takde, di situlah tempat kami bertandang seharian raya pertama. Tahun ni ada members of the clan yang tak ada, Pak Andak sekeluarga masih di Liverpool, Mak Ngah di rumah melihat-lihatkan Ita yang baru sahaja melahirkan & Fatimah dan Aisyah yang berada di Mesir. Memang menjadi tradisi setiap tahun rumah nenek akan menerima kunjungan sanak saudara yang ramai di raya pertama, maklumlah bilangan orang-orang tua yang tinggal boleh dibilang dengan jari. Riuh rendah kalau semuanya ada, bertambah meriah lagi suasana. Selalunya bila malam tiba, masing-masing mula berangkat pulang. Semoga tahun hadapan semuanya dimurahkan rezeki, dipanjangkan umur agar dapat berkumpul lagi seperti biasa di hari mulia bulan mulia ni.

Salam Lebaran

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri buat pengunjung-pengunjung blog ini. Ampun maaf dipinta sekiranya ada terkasar bahasa dan tersilap kata. Semoga lebaran kali ini akan lebih bermakna buat semua. "Suara Takbir" ditujukan untuk teman-teman ...


Suara Takbir
P.Ramlee

Dengar beduk berbunyi
Sayup bergema di subuh sunyi
Memanggil kepada muslimin
Segera berbakti kepada Illahi

Suara azan menyahut
Terdengar sayup memecah sunyi
Memohon restu dengan bakti
Kepada Illahi Tuhan Maha Suci

Terdengar suara takbir
Memuji nama Illahi
Rasa dalam kalbu
Tenteram dan aman selalu

Kini tiba masanya
Hati gembira di Hari Raya
Bertemu sanak dan saudara
Bermaafan-maafan dengan keikhlasan

Jemputan Berbuka

Jemputan rakan seperjuangan untuk berbuka di rumahnya. Rupanya ada jugak yang sudi menjemput, thank you so much.


Condo rakan yang terletak di Bukit Jalil. Surrounding nampak damai je, mungkin sebab belum ramai yang berpindah masuk. Sayup je nampak tingkat 13, lokasi tempat berbuka hari ni.


Antara tempat yang menarik perhatian. Swimming pool yang dihiasi dengan deretan jacuzzi, tempting sungguh, sayangnya nak berenang pun tak reti. Photo taken after we all balik from pasar ramadhan di Puchong.

Banyak betul lauk berbuka malam ni. Ada sambal tumis ikan bilis & petai, gulai telur, rendang daging, gulai sayur manis, ayam percik & ayam masak merah. Nasi pun sedap je, sampai bertambah-tambah. Ditambah pulak dengan ABC Bandung yang menyegarkan. In 10 minutes berbuka dah tambah 2nd round. Dessert chocolate cake tu pun sedap. Raya nanti boleh jemput lagi. :)

9th Anniversary Banquet

Palace of Golden Horses jadi pilihan tempat berbuka tahun ni. Good job to penganjur for bersusah payah menjayakan majlis. Thanks to pencari peta kerana dapat cari jalan pintas ke POGH. Tak sempat nak ambil gambar makanan since lambat tiba di dining hall, nak jeling-jeling pinggan orang sebelah pun tak sempat sebab semua dah start 2nd round.


Inilah masanya untuk berbual mesra dengan rakan-rakan yang lain. Sambil makan, boleh ketawa, bergurau senda, berkenalan, berbalas senyuman, berjeling-jelingan ... kan seronok tu. Majlis yang hanya diadakan setahun sekali ni jadi medan untuk merapatkan sillaturrahim & ukhwah ... chewah :) Semoga tahun-tahun depan ada lagi.


Antara barisan pelakon-pelakon The Hands that Rock the Cradle. Wanita-wanita tegar mmsc. Nampak ayu je Erica berbaju kurung. Sesi bergambar lah acara paling meriah dalam majlis. Flash sana, flash sini, dah rasa macam artis pulak! :)


Antara warna-warna yang matching dengan carpet dining hall. Si kecil ber tshirt merah tu, I lah yang belikan di Germany tu hari, cantik kan?

Ole-ole from Abu Dhabi

My Bro came back for Hari Raya holidays last Monday. Thanks for the ole-ole Bro! Lain kali boleh beli lagi :)

Bekalan tudung Turkish untuk setahun buat Bonda & Me :) Cantik-cantik pulak tu. Matching dengan banyak baju. Ermm I like!

Urmm my favorite! I like too! Thanks Bro!

Burger Buffet at McD

::Title changed due to some reasons::

Teringin nak rasa buffet at McDonalds. So Bib and me made some plans to break our fast kat McD BBB yesterday but due to some reasons we had to postpone the plan to today. At around 6:45pm, lobby McD dah penuh dengan sang pencinta buffet. Masa dah masuk waktu berbuka pun, I’m still in a queue ordering food.

Today’s mission was actually to consume as much food as we can, at least at par of what we had to pay. I ate one quarter pounder, nuggets, fries and a hell lots of vanilla coke and air sirap. Bib had one double cheeseburger, fries and sharing porridge & 2 pieces of chicken with Echah. Even Echah had fun with the food, sampai boleh tinggalkan some savings kat restroom … you go girl! ... hehehe.

On our third trip down to the counter, nampak staff McD dah berderet tunggu depan pintu untuk check beg sesiapa yg tapau any food ke luar. Sempat lah jugak tengok few guys kena buat walk of shame keluar from McD selepas memulangkan semula semua burger yang disorokkan dalam beg. Seram jugak kalau kena walk of shame macam tu, sebab we all dah tapau 5 biji burger dalam diaper bag Echah. On the way out, ragu-ragu jugak nak terjah pintu keluar, tapi we all remain composed and dengan selambanya we all dapat keluar dengan selamat tanpa diperiksa.

Amount paid: RM41.00

Total item purchased: RM70.50

Mission completed. Objective achieved.

ANTM Season 7

I’ve just added the latest episode to my collection. It’s still too early to predict the winner. My intuition for previous winners was always correct but I have no idea who to choose for this season. All of them have their own style of beauty but I guess looks can be very deceiving. The prettiest girl could be the biggest bitches.

Ramadhan Buffet at The Coast

First time berbuka puasa dengan budak2 office this year. Thanks to tonite's event manager yang dengan rajinnya organize event ni. Walaupun tak ramai yang dapat join, majlis tetap meriah.

Why Alamanda? Maybe dekat sikit dengan office, no problem with traffic & boleh window shopping before and after waktu berbuka. Walaupun initial plan was at Rimbun Cafe Bandar Baru Bangi, atas permintaan ramai lokasi berpindah ke Alamanda.


Thanks to Roha sebab dapatkan flyers the Coast. Ramadhan Buffet at only RM30 nett. Location not bad, nampak cozy & comfortable. Tempat pun tak pack sangat.


Ceria je tunggu waktu berbuka. Baru 80% dah sampai. Macam tak cukup table je? Anak-anak pun nampak enjoy jugak berbuka.


Frust jugak mula-mula baca menu yang the Coast faxed ke office. Since the Coast is a Western Southern grill, so ingat dapat berbuka berbuka dgn western food, alih-alih malay food jugak. Masa beratur ambil food baru nampak variety juadah yg the Coast offer ... not bad ... not bad at all! Favorite dish & drinks of the nite would be lemon fish fillet & air mata kucing.


Jeling-jeling meja sebelah, baru first round dah 2 inches membukit dari aras pinggan. Pinggan siapa lah agaknya ni?


Gendang gendut tali kecapi, kenyang perut suka hati. Spontan pun nampak happy je semua. Siapa lah yang setkan self timer tu sampai 10 snaps? Jenuh posing baru habis snap.


Few bucks short? Hampir pucat jugak muka tonite's event manager bila tersalah kira kawan-kawan yang hadir. Thanks to yang empunya gold card sbb mendahului bayaran utk semua. Lain kali boleh bayarkan lagi :)


Kudapan terakhir sebelum bersurai. Simple je, combination of sweets, chocolates, asam, kacang & biskut bantal... best gak.


Sesi bergambar sebelum bersurai. Next year boleh buat lagi. Hopefully ramai lagi boleh join. Hope KShikeen tak marah sbb lupa nak bagi tau.

Coffee Prince

Ramadhan: Day 23 | Drink: Pepsi | Main Course: KFC | Venue: Batu Buruk

I’ve just completed watching 17 episodes of Coffee Prince. It took me 8 days to complete including 2 days to download the whole episodes. Usually it took me less than 4 days to complete an interesting kdrama like this one … I was kinda distracted by two manga-based jdrama.

I would say that this is one of my favorite for 2007 and it will be listed along with My Lovely Samsoon for the best romantic comedy kdrama series.

The drama is based on a romantic comedy manga. It’s a story about a tomboy who’s mistaken as the apposite sex. You can read the synopsis here …

Click the picture for trailer

Catz: the last week of Ramadhan

Coffee Prince

Ramadhan: Day 24 | Drink: Ais Kosong Main Course: Tom Yam | Venue: Home

I’ve just completed watching 17 episodes of Coffee Prince. It took me 8 days to complete including 2 days to download the whole episodes. Usually it took me less than 4 days to complete an interesting kdrama like this one … I was kinda distracted by two manga-based jdrama.

I would say that this is one of my favorite for 2007 and it will be listed along with My Lovely Samsoon for the best romantic comedy kdrama series.

The drama is based on a romantic comedy manga. It’s a story about a tomboy who’s mistaken as the apposite sex. You can read the synopsis here.

Click the picture to watch a trailer at YouTube

Catz: the last week of Ramadhan ...

Attack of the Flies

Studies found that maggots will seek protective places to pupate and turn into flies. Maybe that’s the reason we have not seen those maggots anymore. Now those maggots are back, but this time they get older and bigger. They turn into flies. Euww! There goes our healthy office environment. No food can be left uncovered.

I did some digging on flies, just to make sure that we are not in great danger surrounded by the species. As long as we have our food covered and we wash our hands before taking our meals, there shouldn’t be anything to worry about.

The genus we have at level 3 is called blow fly. They usually breed in meat scraps, animal excrement, and decaying animal matter. They don’t bite like stable flies. They will live up to 21 days. I’m not sure whether we should get a fly trap or let them die after 21 days. I just hope nobody will get sick in this near future.

All photos taken by Chuop