Storm in the Desert - Part Four (Drama swasta)

so sempena gua dah ada kat Dubai nih, I oso dunno lah actually what is happening dgn drama swasta kat Riyadh tuh... but ystdy while talking to the COO, he told me that he has fired the 2nd anak menantu Pak Sheikh....

ada ka masa si COO dtg Dubai utk seminar for 4 days 2 minggu lepas, si mamat 2nd anak menantu Pak Sheikh tuh tak dtg opis (4 whole days)... no phone calls, no infos why he didn't come to office... so for going AWOL for 4 straight days without any news, si COO fired him...

hmmm... anthr one down...!

apa2 sajalah Labu....!!

Cool guys never give up...!!

Gambar gadis menjolok mata.... apalah nak jadik dgn budak sekarang nih...!!!

hehehe....

Ah Beng again.... haiyaaaa...!!

Ah Beng : I could sleep all nite long in the train.
Friend : why?
Ah Beng : Got upper berth.
Friend : why didn't u exchanged?
Ah Beng : there was nobody to exchange with in the lower Berth..


Ah Beng tells a girl "Come 2 my house this evening after 9pm, nobody will b there.......
Girl goes at sharp 9pm, & really... nobody was there!


Ah Beng went 2 a BANK to open an account
After seeing the Form he went out and took a bus to KL
You know why?
FORM says " FILL UP IN CAPITAL ".


Ah Beng invested USD2000 in a business and suffered huge losses.
Do u know what the business was? . . . . .
A saloon in Punjab, India!!


Ah Beng had twins; he named them Tin Martin.
a year later, had anthr pair of twins, and named them Peter & Repeater.
a year after that, anthr pair of twins, he named them Max & Climax.
the following year, again the same thing, a pair of twins...
frustrated Ah Beng named them TIRED and RETIRED!


Teacher : "I killed a person" convert this sentence into future tense.
Ah Beng : "you will go to jail".


Ah Beng was filling up an application form for a job.
For the question "Salary Expected", Ah Beng wrote "Yes"


Ah Beng found the answer to the most difficult question ever -
What will come first, Chicken or egg?
Ah Beng : which ever u order first will come first loorrrr....


teacher told all students in the class to write an essay on a football match.
All was busy writing except one, Ah Beng. He wrote "DUE TO RAIN, NO MATCH!"


Postman : I Have To Come 5 Miles To Deliver U This packet
Ah beng : why did you come so far. you could have posted it instead....!!


What will Ah Beng do after making a photocopy?
He will compare it with the original for any spelling mistakes.


Ah Beng proposed a Girl......
Girl said 'I'm 1yr older than you'........
Ah Beng said 'Ok, No Problem, I'll marry you NEXT YEAR.


Ah Beng & wife buy coffee in a shop.
Ah Beng says... "Drink quickly.....!"
Wife asks why...
Ah Beng says, look at the menu : "hot coffee MYR1.20" and "cold coffee MYR1.50"...


Ah Beng's wish : when I die, I wanna die like my grandpa who died peacefully in his sleep, not screaming like all the passengers in the car that he was driving..!!


Ah Beng at an Art Gallery : I suppose this horrible looking thing is what you call modern art ?
Art dealer: I beg your pardon sir..., thats a mirror!


Ah Beng is writing a letter very slowly.
A friend asks: "Why are you writing so slowly?
Ah Beng : "I'm writing to my 6 yr old son, he can't read very fast"

Working from home...?

talked to the COO/acting CEO ystdy... tanya pasal arrangement utk kerja kat Dubai nih... depa dah bagitahu opis kat Dubai ker tak? depa dah sediakan meja ker tak? phone line dah ada ker, bila boleh start keje kat opis tuh....etc etc... macam2 lah... just wanted to make sure that everything is in order and they have taken care of those matters.... opis kat Dubai nih is actually an office which belongs to the group... so there might be some complications in the Finance department (charging PCard for office space, phone usage, photocopy machine etc etc)


guess what? COO nih suggested that I work from home (instead of going to the office which is like 30km away...!!)...

daaaa.....!!!!! of course I agree...!!!

this is becoming more and more interesting...!! bangun2 jer dah sampai opis.... habis kerja jer dah sampai rumah....!! kah kah kah!!!

Your Korean name... (Shin Dong Jin?)

1. Nama depan adalah angka terakhir pada tahun kelahiran anda/
Your first name is your last number of your year of birth: Contoh:
1977 => 7
0: Park
1: Kim
2: Shin
3: Choi
4: Song
5: Kang
6: Han
7: Lee
8: Sung
9: Jung

2. Nama tengah adalah bulan kelahiran anda /
Your Middle name is your month of birth: Contoh: Februari => 2
1: Yong
2: Ji
3: Je
4: Hye
5: Dong
6: Sang
7: Ha
8: Hyo
9: Soo
10: Eun
11: Hyun
12: Rae

3. Nama belakang adalah tanggal kelahiran anda/
Your last name is your date of birth: Contoh: 23
1: Hwa
2: Woo
3: Joon
4: Hee
5: Kyo
6: Kyung
7: Wook
8: Jin
9: Jae
10: Hoon
11: Ra
12: Bin
13: Sun
14: Ri
15: Soo
16: Rim
17: Ah
18: Ae
19: Neul
20: Mun
21: In
22: Mi
23: Ki
24: Sang
25: Byung
26: Seok
27: Gun
28: Yoo
29: Sup
30: Won
31: Sub

Now, you have your Korean Name... Unique isn't it?

mine is Shin Dong Jin.... memang betoi anak Jin... kah kah kah...!!:)

Penyu Raksasa Muncul di Bali...!!!

memang besar banget penyu nih....!!!

Lesson in Logic...!!

If your father is a poor man,
it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man,
it's your stupidity.

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I was born intelligent -
education ruined me.

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Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody's perfect......
so why practice?

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If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

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Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear bright until you hear them speak.

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How come "abbreviated" is such a long word?

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Money is not everything.
There's Mastercard & Visa.

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Behind every successful man, there is a woman
And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

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Every man should marry.
After all, happiness is not the only thing in
life.

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The wise never marry.
and when they marry they become otherwise.

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Never put off the work till tomorrow
what you can put off today.

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"Your future depends on your dreams"
So go to sleep

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"Hard work never killed anybody"
But why take the risk

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"Work fascinates me"
I can look at it for hours

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God made relatives;
Thank God we can choose our friends.

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The more you learn, the more you know,
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
So.. why learn?


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A bus station is where a bus stops.

A train station is where a train stops.

On my desk, I have a work station....
what more can I say........

I got it from my MAMAK....!!!!

Jalan2 cari kerja

view from 22nd floor, Kingdom Tower, Riyadh

as I was not happy with the way that the current company is handling my job offer and contract, I have made it clear to the CEO that if they want me to move to Riyadh, we have to re-nego the contract. so they asked me to list down the items that I am asking for :

I asked for :

• USD5000 relocation allowance - nak hantar barang balik Mesia (banyak weh... 2 tahun punya hidup), hantar barang gi Riyadh, bila sampai Riyadh nak beli barang2 utk rumah baru (mana yang tak ada tuh...). this is a must, no relocation allowance, I don't even want to consider going to Riyadh, lantaklah apa nak jadik (dah nekad dah)
• also asked for the company to pay for 1 room apartment in Riyadh (furnished) or annual housing allowance of SAR30k (which will allow me to have a 1 room apartment in a "compound"). ini kira cuba nasib jer, kalau tak dapat pun tak kisah sangat... sebab outside of "compound" area, I can get a 1 room apartment non furnished for SAR15k per year. it is NOT a MUST, kalau tak dapat, I think that I can push it down my throat, no hal....

when the CEO came back to me, he said he gives me 2 choices :

• we follow initial arrangement, I stay in Dubai as per contract and go to Riyadh may be once a month or twice a month. will get a Sales Manager in Riyadh who will report to me and handle customers in KSA, I will need to guide him to get the biz. At the same time, I will have to look for biz outside of KSA (Gulf region - UAE. Kuwait etc etc)
• move to Riyadh, and they will pay for the relocation allowance ONLY...

gua rasa, depa buat lagu tuh, sebab depa ingat gua sure decide nak pegi KSA punyer sebab cost of living is lower and I can actually save more money there....

but they are WRONG... hehehe....!!!

gua tersangat hepi yang depa kata boleh stay kat UAE sebab :

• no need to move to Riyadh (leceh la nak pindah randah nih...)
• gua memang kurang berkenan dgn company nih (and its employees), very havoc one, dan kalau keadaan berterusan, sure punah ranahnya delivery & support to customers. Employees yang ada skrng... oh my God...!!! (imagine Janice in "Friends" say that... "Ohhhh myyyyy Godddd...")... gua pun tak tahu camna si Pak Sheikh tuh punya otak... letak jer sedara mare dia dlm company tuh (yang tak gheti2 nak buat apa2 pun, kepala lebih besar dari kepala gajah, tapi otak sebesar otak tikus....)... kalau company is full of overhead, unnecessary expenses, camna nak buat untung...? kalau tak buat untung, camna nak bagi bonus...? u tell me...?
• tambahan pulak, bila gua ada kat UAE, gua boleh continue search for other jobs... kan ker bagus camtu...?
• after staying 1.75 months in Riyadh, memang trauma....!! memang tak nak stay kat sana...! actually, I seriously believe that I had enough becoz of the people who were working with me in the office (not Riyadh, I think I can survive Riyadh...). I just can't stand their lazyness, nak tunjuk pandai tapi sebenarnya bodoh attitude, couldn't care less attitude, the Lebanese hot air, and the family biz management style yang ala2 tak kisah buat untung ker tak...

itu lah cerita2 terbaru.... so I am staying in Dubai and will continue looking for other jobs.... yeah...!!!!

wish me luck....!!!




gambo2 airport Riyadh

note :

• "Compound" is a housing area reserved for none Saudis (where local Saudi law doesn't apply....). normally the living condition is really good there, have all facilities - good gym, sauna, swimming pool, kindergarten, supermarket, nice furnished apartment.... for some people, living in a compound is like "living normally" (no black abaya for ladies, can go swimming satu family etc etc). Local Saudis are not allowed to stay in a "Compound", it is only reserved for "Expats" (irregardless of your country and/or religious background). tengok movie "The Kingdom" starring Jamie Foxx (cerita pasal "bombing" kat satu "American Compound" when teh kids were playing baseball)
• btw, separuh gaji bulan April masih tak sampai2 lagi...! siksanya... kena ikat perut.... ntah2 depa akan transfer sekali dgn gaji bulan May agaknya.... bila tanya, depa jawab "Bukra.... bukra..." (esok). esoknya bila tanya, depa jawab lagi "bukra.... insyaAllah, bukra..."... "Bukra kepala hotak ko...!!" (hehehe...)

santai again....

NICE JOKES....

Wife: Honey..... What are You Looking for ?
Husband : Nothing.
Wife : Nothing...?? U've been reading our marriage certificate 4 an hour ??
Husband : I was just looking 4 the expiry date.

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Q - What is the Difference Between Mother & Wife ?
A - One Woman Brings U into this world crying... & the other ensures U continue to do so.

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Wife : Do you want dinner?
Husband : Sure, what are my choices?
Wife : Yes and no.

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Wife: You always carry my photo in your handbag to the office. Why?
Husband: When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears.
Wife: You see, how miraculous and powerful I am for you?
Husband: Yes, I see your picture and say to myself, 'What other problem can there be greater than this one?'

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Girl: When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and lighten your burden.
Boy: It's very kind of you, darling, But I don't have any worries or troubles.
Girl: Well that's because we aren't married yet.

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A newly married man asked his wife, 'Would you have married me if my father
hadn't left me a fortune?'
'Honey,' the woman replied sweetly, 'I'd have married you NO MATTER WHO LEFT
YOU A FORTUNE'

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Father to son after exam: 'let me see your report card.'
Son: 'My friend just borrowed it. He wants to scare his parents.'

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Interviewer to Millionaire: To whom do you owe your success as a millionaire?'
Millionaire: 'I owe everything to my wife.'
Interviewer: 'Wow, she must be some woman. What were you before you married her?'
Millionaire: ' Billionaire'

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Girl to her boyfriend: One kiss and I'll be yours forever.
The guy replies: Thanks for the warning.

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A wife asked her husband: 'What do you like most in me my pretty face or my sexy body?'
He looked at her from head to toe and replied: 'I like your sense of humor

I've been tagged

I've just been tagged by si MIM (hai... inilah kerojer deme yang overly free takde mende nak buat kan...!). Being a good sport, I'll try to answer what I can answer (apa taknyer, siap buat statement lagi kalau tak jawab, kira kena label TAK SPORTING...). Seperti kata Josh...., jaga ko nanti!!.

RULES:

Name 4 Things That Need To Be Invented
Name 4 Things That Should Never Have Been Invented
Name 3 Things I do not know about you
Name 5 Snacks you enjoy

1) Name 4 Things That Need To Be Invented

- a new version of "United Nations" - no Veto power given to anybody, true democratie...

- a machine to iron clothes automatically. even better if it is a 3in1 machine : to wash, to dry, to iron automatically...

- a medicine that all Saudis must take everyday, to get them to wake up, work hard without complaint, obedient... but still remain bodoh (sebab kalau depa pandai, then I will loose my job in KSA...:))

- a new labour law that enforce all employees to get out of office exactly at the time that they are supposed to finish work, and go do sport activities for 2 hours (and companies must give subsidies for employees to pay for these activities : 50% of gym membership cost, 75% of entrance fee to parks, 50% for yoga classes fees etc etc...)

2) Name 4 Things That Should Never Have Been Invented

- 24hour TV station - we spend too much time watching TV sampai tak cukup tido tengok movie2 bodoh kengkadang.... minda sangkut sebab asyik tengok TV, minda tertutup... no imagination, bila berada dlm situasi yang tak familiar, otak tak boleh process and cannot find alternative solutions

- mobile phone/blackberry/3G or 3.5G telecom technology - now you have no more time to yourself. if the company pays for your phone and phone bills, you are expected to leave the phone ON all the time, and you have no excuse not to read your emails, because they go directly to your mobile phone.... when are we going to have a life?

- microwave oven - now everybody eats frozen food (coz too easy to heat up the food in microwave), unhealthy and suspected to cause cancer

- nuclear/atomic bom - sebab nuclear bomb semua orang kecoh2, yang ada nuclear bomb use it to threat other people, then block other people from having one... mana yang geng depa can have nuclear bomb/knowledge, mana yang bukan geng, tak leh.... amende ler....!!

3) Name 3 Things I do not know about you

(ayooo... susah nih.... tak aci laaa.... ok, I'll put things that most reader do not know about me, k.... not specifically si MIM.. keh keh keh... tak ada keghojer aku nak mencari benda2 yg MIM tak tahu... dan btw, perlu ker bagitahu...?? :))

- I have a pair of twin nephews who share the same birthdate as I do, also 2 other friends from previous company (si Salbiah & Jessy Wong). Our birthday is a national holiday in France (sempena commemortaion of the end of World War II)

- I speak Malay, English, French & Indonesian fluently (Indonesian after practising so long during my various biz trips there...). I also get by in Spanish (beghabuk dah laaa... 4 years in University, but don't practice anymore after that...)

- I don't really fancy the lifestyle in Dubai, but I just can't bear the idea of working & living in Saudi Arabia (after the 1.5 month stint in Riyadh)

4) Name 5 Snacks you enjoy

- Snicker bar
- sweet corn in cans
- cucur udang (in the afternoon)
- karipap panas baru masak... (amende... epok-epok...? apa2 sajalah Labu...)
- mee maggi yang si MIM masak (with all sorts of things inside - sayur, udang, telur dsbnya)
- popiah basah Ipoh... (how can I forget this)

hmmm MIM... dah jawab dah... puas ati...?? kah kah kah...!!

Auntie Zoe, Taty, Azral Riyadh, Alam Setia, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED. Jawab... jangan tak jawab.... hiks.

How true...!!

God created the donkey

and said to him.
"You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset
carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass,
you will have no intelligence and you will live 50 years."
The donkey answered:
"I will be a donkey, but to live 50 years is much. Give me only 20 years"
God granted his wish.
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!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!


God created the dog

and said to him:
"You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend.
You will eat the scraps that he gives you and you will live 30 years.
You will be a dog. "
The dog answered:
"Sir, to live 30 years is too much,give me only 15 years.
" God granted his wish.
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!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

God created the monkey

and said to him:
"You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks.
You will be amusing and you will live
20 years. "
The monkey answered:
"To live 20 years is too much, give me only 10 years."
God granted his wish.
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!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!


Finally God created man ...


and said to him:
"You will be man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth.
You will use your intelligence to become master over all the animals.
You will dominate the world and you will live 20 years."
Man responded:
"Sir, I will be a man but to live only
20 years is very little,
give me the 30 years that the donkey refused,
the 15 years that the dog did not want and
the 10 years the monkey refused.
" God granted man's wish
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And since then, man lives
20 years as a man ,
marries and spends
30 years like a donkey,
working and carrying all the burdens on his back.

Then when his children are grown,
he lives 15 years like a dog taking care of the house
and eating whatever is given to him,

so that when he is old,
he can retire and live 10 years like a monkey,
going from house to house and from one son or
daughter to another doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

Mari belajar Bahasa Mesia

we have so many new words in Bahasa Mesia that sometimes we just forget the old popular words that have been used for so long... in various local slang of course... now it's time to learn them again (note - some of the words are just rubbish... hehehe...)

Rumah pasung - balai polis (alahai dulu ada orang kena pasung ker kat balai polis?)

Pawagam - Panggung Wayang Gambar (cinema)

Loteng - attic

ubat gigi - tooth paste

ubat nyamuk - mosquitoe coil

mata-mata - polis

mata-mata gelap - polis SB (bukan sunshade rayban laa....!!)

kugiran - kumpulam gitar rancak (a musical band)

khutuh khanah - perpustakaan

tawarikh - sejarah

ilmu hisab - matematik

ilmu alam - geografi

gerobok - almari dapur

ceti - ah long

kudap-kudap/jajan - titbits/snacks

supik gelenyar/supik rokrak/jabir rokrak - beg plastik (kelantanese)

sengkuap - balai ruang tamu

pajak gantung - pawnshop

pedal ayam (kedah)/mangga - padlock

kedi - perangai ala2 pondan tapi bukan pondan

kendi - bekas utk meludah (spitting pot?)

gostan - undur belakang

jelapang/kepuk - rice barn

Hambat - kejar

ligan - kejar

kokak - gigit

gerek - basikal (kedah)

gerek - best...!! bagus...! (singapura/johor)

tertumus - tersungkur

tak dan - tak sempat

ketegaq - degil

loklaq – cuai

melahak – kebulur/makan bersunggung2

tungging buyung – somersault (huh? betul ker nih?)
merenyam – gatal (pompuan miang in action)

Lagu mana? - Macam mana?

"obak lampu" - bateri lampu suluh :) (terengganu)

pls add in any words that you think is worth mentioning...

old words which are rarely used now

Haziq pelajar gigih...!

Ini adalah koleksi photo journalism dari pemenang Best Photo Essay category of the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) – Petronas Malaysian Press Awards, Azhar Maarof dari surat khabar Star. Photo essay ini menangkap sehari kehidupan Mohamad Haziq 12 tahun , seorang pelajar cacat yang gigih menghadapi kehidupan harian berdikari.

Why dad shouldn't buy baby clothes...

Chinese Eye Test... apa2 sajalah Labu...!!

If you cannot decipher anything, then try pulling the corner of your eyes as if you were Chinese
It works ...

apa2 sajalah Labu...!!

Mawi melawat Dubai... Dubai menakjubkan

Oleh SHAKILAWATI ABD RAHMAN
shakilawati@ hmetro.com. my


DUBAI melengkapi kembara Langkah Mawi World. Destinasi ke-13 ini membuka mata dan minda Asmawi Ani terhadap kehebatan seni bina unik yang menjadi kebanggaan masyarakat Islam.

Bersama enam krew, bintang paling popular tiga tahun berturut-turut ini berkampung di kota canggih itu bermula 22 April hingga 1 Mei lalu dengan kerjasama Dubai Tourism Commerce and Marketing (DTCM).

Dibantu pemandu pelancong dari Lama Tours, rombongan yang menetap di hotel lima bintang, Movenpick ini memanfaatkan hari pertama dengan berkunjung ke Muzium Dubai yang mempamerkan tinggalan sejarah seperti senjata, pengangkutan air, alat muzik, perdagangan, peralatan mencari mutiara dan rumah di padang pasir yang dipanggil Al Kaimah dan Al Arish. Uniknya, setiap rumah ini mempunyai menara angin yang berfungsi sebagai penyejuk suhu.

Pemandangan indah Dubai dapat dinikmati dari atas bot yang dipanggil Abra Water Taxi ketika menyeberangi Dubai Creek dengan bayaran semurah 90 sen. Menurut Mawi, meskipun Dubai bandar moden, bot masih menjadi antara pengangkutan penting.

Penggambaran turut dilakukan di pasar rempah, bazar emas (Gold Souk) dan di Jalan Sheikh Zayed yang megah dengan bangunan mercu tanda dan bangunan tertinggi di dunia.

Lebih bererti apabila Mawi berpeluang meninjau projek terbesar Nakheel, syarikah hartanah terbesar di dunia, merasai pengalaman hebat di hotel enam bintang The Palace Old Town, Bab-Al Shams di tengah padang pasir dan Burj Al Arab yang terkenal sebagai mercu tanda Dubai.

“Tidak lengkap perjalanan andai tidak menempuh pengalaman mencabar di Desert Safari dan Hatta Mountain Safari. Jika Desert Safari saya mengharungi lautan pasir dengan pacuan empat roda, Hatta yang terletak berhampiran sempadan Oman pula terbentang indah gunung batu yang kehitaman warnanya.

“Di tengah gunung kering-kontang ini ada mata air yang dipanggil Wadi. Sungguh menakjubkan, airnya sejuk dan nyaman. Ramai juga pelancong mandi dalam kolam sedalam lapan meter ini.

“Menyaksikan Jumana — Secret of the Desert Laser Show juga tidak kurang hebatnya. Pertunjukan pantulan cahaya laser, hologram yang diperkemaskan dengan kesan bunyi ini memaparkan cerita raja dan pahlawan Arab. Persembahan ini boleh disaksikan kira-kira 500 pengunjung setiap hari,” katanya.

Tambahnya: “Dari pemerhatian saya, orang Dubai suka membina bangunan terbesar, tertinggi dan tercanggih. Pendek kata, semua yang terbaik belaka seperti Emirates Mall yang diiktiraf sebagai pusat beli-belah terbesar di negara Timur Tengah dan Ski Dubai, pusat ski tertutup terbesar dunia. Mungkin dengan ekonomi yang baik, mereka mampu merancang dan melaksanakan projek mega seperti ini.” Menerusi kembara ini juga, pengikut setia Langkah Mawi World dapat menyaksikan keunikan Chill Out yang dibina daripada batu-bata. Lounge yang terletak di Dubai Time Square itu mencatat suhu -6° Celsius. Lebih menarik, hiasan dalaman, cawan dan gelas semuanya dibuat daripada air dan diimport khas dari Kanada.

“Saya sempat membeli kain untuk keluarga di bazar Naif yang popular sebagai pusat jualan tekstil dan barangan elektronik. Rambang mata dibuatnya; sutera, renda dan sifon dijual dengan harga jauh lebih murah berbanding Malaysia.

“Penggambaran berakhir di Dubai World Trade Centre. Di kesempatan ini saya ingin mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada Astro Ria, KTO, Visit Britain, DTCM, Gulf Air, media, kru dari Ethnic Network, Maestro Talent dan semua individu yang terlibat secara langsung dan tidak langsung menjayakan Langkah Mawi World,” kata Mawi yang berharap penonton tidak melepaskan peluang menonton empat episod rakaman penggambaran di Dubai di Astro Ria, setiap Ahad, jam 5 petang.

note : desert safari - done, ski dubai - done, hatta mountain - done, abra to cross the creek - done, Jumana secret of the desert - done, spice souk - done, Gold souk - done, Dubai museum - done... yang tak cuba lagi - Chill out (bar ais batu, sejuk weh!!), and Naif Souk - tak minat lah nak pegi shopping2 kain nih... lagipun Naif souk baru jer terbakar sebulan lepas... now you see, now you don't!!!

Choosing a wife...

A man wanted to get married. He was having trouble choosing among three likely candidates. He gives each woman a present of $5,000 and watches to see what they do with the money.

The first does a total makeover. She goes to a fancy beauty salon, gets her hair done, new makeup; buys several new outfits and dresses up very nicely for the man. She tells him that she has done this to be more attractive for him because she loves him so much.

The man was impressed.

The second goes shopping to buy the man gifts. She gets him a new set of golf clubs, some new gizmos for his computer, and some expensive clothes. As she presents these gifts, she tells him that she has spent all the money on him because she loves him so much.

Again, the man is impressed.

The third invests the money in the stock market. She earns several times the $5,000. She gives him back his $5,000 and reinvests the remainder in a joint account. She tells him that she wants to save for their future because she loves him so much.

Obviously, the man was impressed.

The man thought for a long time about what each woman had done with the money he'd given her.

Then....................... he married the one with the biggest tits.

Men are like that, you know. There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.....

If you don't share this to five OLD friends right away there will be five fewer people laughing in the world.

Famous quotes by people born May 8

"If you can't convince them, confuse them..."
"I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it"
"My favourite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. he knows when to stop eating, and he knows when to stop working..."
"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties"
Harry S Truman (American 33rd President of United States 1884-1972)

"Success in almost any fields depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupoid leaders"
Sloan Wilson

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers"
Thomas Pynchon

"Our work is the presentation of our capabilities"
Edward Gibbon (English Historian, 1737 - 1794)

Happy birthday to them all...!!

Pride or Shame...?

First Muslim Battalion Guards the Queen



120 soldiers of the Royal Malay Regiment have become the first all-Islamic Company to provide a British monarch's ceremonial guard. Report by Shell Daruwala.



read on here : http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/FirstMuslimBattalionGuardsTheQueen.htm



komen2 dari kengkawan kat Dubai:

"Maybe next time we can ask British Guard to provide our DYMM Agong'sceremonial guard as exchange..."

"Hmmm, mengingatkan kembali nostalgia penjajah..anak- anak watan yang dijajah dipanggil semula ke bumi penjajah.Penuh simbolik. Menjaga Raja empirialis yang pernah menjajah.."

"Janganlah kita terlalu angkuh umpama Malaysia ni dah maju sampai tak payah merendahkan diri (humble). Kalau RMR pergi guard kat palace tu, dapat dijadikan publisiti untuk mempromosikan sektor perlancongan kita, apakah salahnya? Hakikatnya, dan ia akan kekal dalam sejarah selama lamanya ialah Malaysia suatu ketika dulu merupakan sebuah negara di bawah jajahan Great Britain. Ini merupakan satu hakikat dan kita harus menerimanya. Tak payah rasa malu malu."

apa kata survey...??

more comments from kengkawan Dubai :

"I truly agree with you on this and my father was an ex-Army (butRanger la, masuk hutan tembak komunis during 60s-70s), hence due to its elite status I feel uncomfortable with the idea of RAMD performing ceremonial guard to the former Colonialist.

Always proud of Malaysian ARMY!"

"Each year, several Malaysian military cadets are been sent to various international military academies all over the world to enhance their skills i.e. Westpoint, Waiouru, Duntroon, Dehradun and also traditionally before all, Sandhurst in United Kingdom.
Annually, at least one cadet from Malaysia offered a place at Sandhurst for the gruelling 44 weeks course before being commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Malaysian Army. Even former Agung,Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin also underwent training as a Cadet Officer in Sandhurst from January 1964 until December 1965.
Since the academy runs by the former colonialist"

"Yes, it should be differed..."

"Then it shall apply to other educational institutions situated there as well..."

System down....!!

sorry kengkawan.... didn't put any new entry for the past few days :

• was sick... either because too happy to be back in Dubai, or the "bacteria" was boiling up in Riyadh and decided to come out only when I arrive back in Dubai... or could it be due to the last "flight cancelled, returned back to Riyadh and 5hours further delay, trip of 10hours all together door to door" incident... trauma... trauma...!

• Josh, Shah, Monsieur Chen - have not found anything yet, but looking... might have something in Visa Dubai, or another Smart Card manufacturer based in Sharjah.... there will be an expo "Cards Middle East" mid May... will go all out for a job then... meanwhile, looking, checking, applying around...

• Monsieur Chen - toilet...? errr.... tak belajar lagi laa... atau terlepas kelas pasal toilet. will check and come back to you...

• Monsieur Josh - what a coincident...!! Kentut...? my favourite past time activity too...!!!! kah kah kah..!!!

will keep you all posted...

moving to Riyadh...?

my office in Riyadh

This new job is definitely something out of this world.... seriously...!! more than you can imagine....! I will not put everything in details, but basically below are things which I have gone through/observed, over the past 2 months.... In certain circumstances, I wonder if the things that I have gone through are signs from God....

• in Malaysia, had pbms gttng multiple entry Visa, cuma single entry Visa jer dapat



• went back to Dubai first before going to Riyadh, coz was supposed to go there with CEO (who is also based in Dubai). Trip to Riyadh was delayed and delayed, there was no coordination between the guys in Riyadh & CEO in Dubai..., suddenly one day, the guys in Riyadh told me that I have to go to Riyadh asap because if not, my single entry Visa would expire... so had to go to Riyadh in a sudden... trip was supposed to be for max 3 weeks (time to process my resident visa for Saudi Arabia)



• arrived in Riyadh, was sent to stay in a "motel" - no star hotel



• Bilik tak ada tingkap, rasa mcm dlm penjara



• Bilik air bermasalah… berbau.. cuma dapat pindah bilik selepas 2 minggu…



• Resident Visa (Iqama) couldn't be ready as initially predicted, after 3 weeks, was told that it will take another, min 4 weeks to get Iqama card



• moved to another service apartment/hotel 3 weeks after arriving to Riyadh



• Tempat tinggal jauh dari tempat kerja. Pergi opis naik pick up truck, drebar no speaking English



• was told by Sheikh that he wants me to be in Riyadh permanently, instead of being based in Dubai and going to Riyadh every month... no adtnl allowances, anything... just stay in Riyadh... was stunned...



• CEO (who hired me) was fired... COO became acting CEO



• Just realized that COO tak gheti amende pasal smart card. COO has no idea on products that he is supposed to be in charge of (as a non technical person, I have more product knowledge than him - ratio 2 our of 3).



• Visa/MC certification for the perso centre still not there... earliest end May...



• reporting structure is very centralized... everything goes back to Pak Sheikh... no action taken before final approval by Pak Sheikh... (dunno what the CEO/COO are supposed to do if everything goes back to Pak Sheikh)



• Opis tak teratur, young staff without experince



• People in KSA don't really speak English, and I no speaking Arabic... a challenge that I face not only in business but also in day to day life



• power struggle between anak2 menantu Pak Sheikh & COO



• Iqama tak siap2 selepas 1.5 bulan, after making noise, finally they tell me that I can go back to Dubai to settle my stuffs in Dubai, and move to Riyadh.... they will do something to get my Iqama fast and I get a new Visa to go to Riyadh again (my Visa was single entry Visa remember...?)



• finally took off from Riyadh, after 30mn in air, flight came back to Riyadh, technical pbm... waited 5 hours, transfered to a new flight (free seating for all)... the whole trip to go back Dubai took 9 hours all together (from arriving to airport, to arriving to home in Dubai)

now with all above events happening, tell me guys... should I move to Riyadh?

apa kata survey....??

most probably not. will start looking for a new job asap - the current company is not a company that you would want to be working with. if I do not get a job, then will go to Riyadh, but hopefully, will find another job before end of this month. if yes, will resign with immediate effect (am still on probation period until end May...)

that's the decision for now.... wish me luck...!!

the perso centre

Renungan sejenak....!!!!

Kadang kala ketika kita menangis

tiada orang nampak tangisan kita
Kadang kala ketika kita sedang menderita

tiada orang nampak derita kita
Kadang kala ketika kita risau

tiada org nampak kerisauan kita

Kadang kala ketika kita gembira

tiada org nampak kegembiraan kita

---------tapi KENTUT!! Sekali je cukup....

Semua orang tau!!

Hahahaha!!

Korang ingat ni nak buat cerita menyayat hati ker?

Mari belajar bahasa Arab...

Kaiffa takul haaza bil arabiyah...?
macam mana ko panggil benda jadah nih dlm bahasa Arab?
comment t'appelles ce truc en Arabic?

Kullu tamam...!

semua OK

tout va bien

Khalas...

habis/sudah/done/that's it

c'est tout/c'est fait

sidda

go straight

tout droit

yamiin

kanan

droite

yasar

kiri

gauche

isyarah

lampu isyarat

feu rouge

ish haaza? ma haaza?

amende jadah nih?

c'est quoi ce truc?

maafi maklum

gua tak paham

je ne comprends pas

maafi mushkil

tak ada masalah

pas de probleme

maafi

tak ada

il y'en a pas

miin fadlak

minta tolong..../please...

s'il vous plait

falak tayyeb...!

ditanggung beres/considered it done..!

c'est fait...!

ana mushgoul

gua sibuk

je suis occupe

Bukra

esok

demain

Yeah.....!!!!!

am going back to Dubai today....!!!!

punyalah hepi... macam rasa nak balik kampung lak...!!!

kah kah kah....!!!

esok pegi makan kat restoran Mutiara, depan Burjuman (resto baru kat Dubai... buffer lunch, lepas solat Jumaat...!! meh kita pekena abih abih meh...!!!

kua kua kua...!!!