Semangat baru...!

Sempena nak start keghojer baru nih kan, maka perlulah bersemangat tinggi...!! maka sebab nak menambahkan semangat, maka teman pegilah melakukan retail therapy...!!

Kasut Camel Active baru... Got Jusco sale... 30% discount, berbaloi tuh...!

tali pinggang kulit Pakcik Larrie.... buy one, get one free.... Baiknyer ati Pakcik Larrie....

dan tahukah anda.... majikan baru suruh beli laptop sendiri...!! lepas tuh buat claim...!!! perghhh....!!! dgn bersemangatnya pegi beli laptop (guna duit kompeni...!! ahaks...!!)

ada satu lagi... errr... belum siap lagi... guia pegi beli tempah suit sepasang...!! alamak...!! masuk opis nanti bergayo abih la temannnn....!!

Semangat baru maaaa...!! semoga tahan forever and ever... haha...!

Leaving with style....

Hmmm... tinggal seminggu jer lagi sebelum berhenti kerja dgn kompeni nih... segala benda dah settle, handover notes dah siap, mana kerja yg perlu dihabiskan, sudah dihabiskan....

aneh... masa masuk kompeni nih hampir 2 tahun dulu, terasa yg cara pengurusan menjaga pekerja2 adalah seperti kebudak2an... Otak tak mengembang, dan walaupun atas kertas, jawatan gua adalah Pengurus, tapi kerja yg dibuat seperti "Pembantu peribadi kepada Pengurus Besar"... Segala benda kena dapatkan keputusan muktamat dari Pengurus Besar... Kalo boss besar kata "A", maka "A" lah jadinya... Boss besar kata "B", maka "B" lah jadiknya... Dgn kehadiran Boss dan "Mem Lagi Besar" (Boss atas boss) kat sini, memang tak kemana lah peginya...

Bila gua dapat kerja baru, tetiba, dapat berita yg Pengurus Besar nih kena berenti kerja... Kabarnya, dia ugut kompeni mengatakan kalo kompeni tak setuju cara dia buat, dia akan meletakkan jawatan... Dia ingat kompeni akan beralah... tetapi, kompeni kata, "OK baiklah, kami terima perletakkan jawatan anda...", Kan dah melopong...!!

Kemudian "Mem Lagi Besar" pulak tetiba menerima kenaikan pangkat dan kena pindah balik ke Belanda... ramai orang tahu yg sebenarnya, dia di naikkan pangkat ke jawatan yg lebih sukar utk ditanganinya, dan supaya jawatan dia di sini akan di ambil alih oleh org baru yg lebih "segar" dan lebih "mendengar" cakap direktor2 di ibupejabat.... hmmm Politik pejabat, Politik pejabat..... Macam2 cerita...

Maka boss baru sudah masuk hampir 2 bulan... Walaupun gua sudah meletakkan jawatan, kerja jalan seperti biasa... Nak dibuatkan cerita, boss baru ni... orang Amerika... hmmmm... dah la ngam ya amat pulak dgn Boss baru nih...!!! satu kepala tuuhhhh....!!! have not had so much fun at work over the past 3 weeks... kerja memang jalan, tapi apa yg menariknya, dekat opis suasana memang lah teramat OK...

kan ker bagus kalo dapat boss camni dari dulu.... anyhow, gua dah nak ciao daaahh... tinggai seminggu jer lagi....

sempena minggu depan ramai bebudak tak ada kat opis, maka makan farewell lunch dibuat hari nih.... dan gua pun di berilah hadiah selamat jalannn....

babai uolsssss....!!! :)

farewell lunch... makan pizza jer... tenkiu...!!! :)

dapat hadiah selamat jalan pulak tuh... "leather attache-case"... canteeeekkkkk...! macam nak isi barang2 bawak balik kg kat Mumbai......!! !!... Hampeh...!! Dia punya rupa dan saiz, sebenonya gua kurang suka sket... Tapi dgn ikhlasnya menerima dan mngucapkan "tima kaceeehhhhh"...!! nanti aku pikirkan kat sapa aku nak bagi beg nih... ahaks...!!

depa bagi kad ucapan lagi tuh...!!! perghhh...!! depa tak tau gua nak pi mana... hehe... secara rasminya, gua balik kampung kerja balik kat Mesia... tapi..... sebenonya... hihi... later korang tau...!

Rebahnya seorang "Perwira"? Hmmm.... "Perwira" ke...?

Berita tergempar... berita tergempar...!!! hehe...

boss gua sudah letak jawatan.... hehe....!! sebenonya, kita orang dah suspek dah perkara nih akan berlaku... mana taknya... sejak dua menjak nih, boss tu ala2 macam kurang berminat utk mengambil kira apa yg berlaku pada customer2 yang kira org jaga... tak tanya updates, tak ambil kira kalau minit2 mesyuarat dgn customer tidak di hantar, kurang persoalan2nya mengenai apa yang sedang berlaku, dan terutamanya (soalan kegemarannya...) "Bila PO (Purchase Order) nak masuk....?" Pelik gak... maka bermulalah spekulasi2 di opis mengenai kedudukan beliau...

Oleh kerana kita org kat opis nih memang jenih kepochee dan mempunyai ciri2 Penyiasat Persendirian (memang dilatih dan diajar supaya boley mendapatkan maksimum informasi mengenai customer2 yg dijaga... :)), maka kami pun bermulalah menelefon ke kiri dan ke kanan (terutamanya ke ibu pejabat) utk mendapatkan informasi2 sensasi yang terkini.... hehe...

Rupa2nya, memang ada desas desus mengatakan yg dia akan ciao.... kononnya, "Boss Besar" (di ibu pejabat) kurang senang dgn prestasi yg ditonjolkan... maka kerana perkara ini telah berlanjutan hampir setahun, dan ada lah pulak malaun2 yg memberikan laporan2 kurang menyenangkan kepada "Boss Besar" (bukan kita org, k... tapi deme yang kadang kala bekerja bersama2 boss gua nih di ibu pejabat... Kita org kepochee jer, tapi nak sabo boss sendiri,... er... tak la kut...), maka "Boss Besar" (di ibu pejabat) dgn hormatnya telah bypassed "Boss Sederhana Besar" di Dubai, dan menjemput boss gua nih (dgn penuh tulus ikhlas, dan "tanpa segan silu") utk meletakkan jawatan... perghhhh...!!! Sensasi kome cerita nih...? hehe...

kita org sudah merasakan sesuatu yg tidak kena hampir 2 bulan lalu... oleh kerana desas desus dan khabar angin yg kurang menyenangkan, maka one fine day (sebulan lepas), gua pegi jumpa "Boss Sederhana Besar" (boss kepada boss kat Dubai nih), dan dgn direct nya gua tanya, "Boss gua nih nak ciao ker...?" Tapi "Boss Sederhana Besar" menafikannya dan dia kata Boss gua nih ada hal2 persendirian yg perlu diselesaikan... OK, gua terima jer...

Tup, tup... penghabisan minggu lepas (masa gua kat Damascus), satu emel rasmi dikeluarkan menyatakan yg boss gua nak ciao.... Penuh drama wehhh...!! haha...

Depa dah start dah proses utk mencari pengganti boss gua nih... Gua buat dek jer... Business as usual... buat kerja gua semana bagus yg boleh... Sebab gua pun, tengah rancang2 nak ciao (mencari jawatan yg lebih bagus..., siapa tak nak weh...!! :))....

Boss gua ciao 6 Mac nanti... gua rancang nak meletakkan jawatan tengah bulan Feb... (notis perletakan jawatan 3 bulan woo...). Tak tahulah camna gayanya nanti (terutama reaksi "Boss Sederhana Besar" kat Dubai nih.... apa nak buat... Bak kata "Boss Sederhana Besar", "C'est la vie..!" - that's life...

Maka rebahlah seorang "Perwira"? Errr.... "Perwira" ke...? Gua, no komen...

Apa2 hal, satu yang menarik, boss gua nih dah kerja dgn kompeni nih selama 9tahun... Maka mengikuti undang2 sumber manusia di Dubai, dia akan mendapat wang gratuity sebanyak 9 bulan (satu tahun kerja, satu bulan gaji...)...!! Perghhhh.....!! Enjoy katak tuh...!! haha...

Semalam dia bagitahu yang dia dah dapat kerja baru... Kerja baru pun kat Dubai Internet City gak.... Jangan dia masuk kompeni "Du" sudah....!! Itu gua punya customer tuh....!! Kalau betul, tak tahulah sama ada dia akan tolong bagi bisness kat kompeni nih, atau mungkin dia sakit ati dgn "Boss Besar" yang kat Paris, that dia akan sekat perkembangan2 bisness kita org kat "Du"...

hmmm.... C'est la vie... Carpe diem...!!

ciao cincau bacau...!!

Mari kerja sama kompeni Cina...!!

Gua dapat offer kerja baru... dgn kompeni Cina yang nak menerokai pasaran Timur Tengah dan Africa.... Kompeni jenis apa lagi, yang jual kad pintar ler....

Depa dah bagi tawaran, dan gajinya agak bagus.... Paling bagus yang pernah gua terima seumur idup gua lah....

tempat kerja di Dubai... kerja dari rumah... camna huh....? nampak gaya menarik, tapi kerja dgn kompeni Cina nih OK ker...?

gua ada masa sampai mid Feb utk buat keputusan.... semoga gua membuat keputusan yang waras & pintar...!:)

ok tak entry guna BM nih...? haha...

Damascus..... (Damashq... bukan Damsyik...)

It has been awhile since I put any updates in this blog... Have been a bit tired and lethargic lately, that's why I guess.... or too much of partying...? haha... where got, dah berumur camni, nak parti2 apa lagi...

Well, new year 2010, new objective... First biz trip this year is to Damascus... Dah beberapa kali ke Damascus, but never really had the opportunity to do a little bit of sightseeing...

Well, this time, went out in the evening and checked out the old Damascus...

Statue of Salahaddin.... it seems that this famous guy comes from the Syam area (Syam - Syria/ Jordan/ Lebanon/ Palestine)... If I am not mistaken, this is also the tomb of Salahaddin...

The door to the Omayyad mosque


Minaret of Omayyad mosque... this mosque was built in the year 86hijrah.... At the same venue, there was a church and a mosque, then the Muslim bought the church, and then reconstructed a bigger mosque there....

what is also interesting is that the head of John the Baptist (Nabi Yahya) was found at the same area... There is even a shrine to commemorate Nabi Yahya di dalam masjid ini... Pope John Paul II visited this mosque in 2001 to visit the relics of John the Baptist (first time ever that a Pope pays a visit to a mosque).

Also went to the old market, even though the shops were closed, it was still an interesting sight seeing all the old shops and the architecture in the area...

Lepas jalan2, apa lagi, kita sental Syrian food laaa... Astaghfirullaaahhhh.... makan macam tak hengat dunia...!!! kekenyangan ya amat...!! dari appetiser dia, ke main course and... and...

the deserts (photos up and down)

walaupun hanya berjalan2 for one evening, it was well worth it... dapat jugak la tahu sikit sebanyak pasal Damascus nih....

Btw, Damascus is in English, Damsyik is in Malay, in Arabic, this oldest city in the world is known as Damashq, k.... also popularly known as "Syam"... (the modern Syam, not the old Syam which would refer to Syria, Lebanon, Palestine & Jordan...), k....

Tahu tak apa...!!! :D

Buah... buah... buah...!!

A few interesting things happened in the office the past few weeks... The employees have noticed that Tariq (my immediate boss) has not been so much involved in the on-going activities with customers... not involved and not interested basically.... dia kerap lak balik awal... then semakin kerap ambik sick/emergency leave...

Dan si Jessica, boss kepada si boss tuh, tetiba very the friendly and more communicative and involved in our day to day tasks....

You can definitely guess what is happening.... walaupun secara official masih belum ada apa2 announcement, everybody is speculating and sure at 90% that Tariq is leaving the company... (notice period 3 bulan tuhhhh....!!!)

early this week, we had 2 kwailos who came to the office early morning to have meeting/interview with Jessica (well at least one of them came for an interview, coz he told me so when he arrived to the office. We are sure that the other one also came for the same purpose...)

Biasalah si makcik Jessica nih... bukan sahaja kedekut, malah very secretive... hahaha...!! ("boss bashing" kejap...). Tetiba jer kang dia bagitahu that somebody would be joining us in the office...

Well, we'll see in a few weeks... meanwhile Tariq is on his annual leave for 3 weeks... and Jessica is on Christmas holiday... Bermaharajalela lah di opis...!! haha... Ouh ya..., a new colleague will join us next week Mon... seorang lagi jurujual yang akan handle Banking division... Huaaa... never offer me one huh....? I used to handle banking smart card products before leeeyyyy...

Talked to Jessica about it about a month ago, asked her if I could actually apply for the position (Sales - banking products, didn't know then that somebody was alrdy hired for that position), and she told me that she thought about it (asking me to handle banking products)... But she didn't want to disrupt the current business activities that I am handling, and the relationship that I have built with the business prospects.... Huaaaa... like that huh...? Sure or nooootttt...? So the very diplomatic answer... haha...

In the office lak... tetiba jer si Jessica is concerned about our health... So sebagai seorang boss yang bertanggungjawap, maka dia suruh Dina beli buah2an setiap hari Ahad for us to eat during the week... Mesti habiskan within the week itself... So got banana (dah abis...), apples (green & red) and oranges... Buah yang tak abis kena bawak balik rumah, no spill over to the following week... For next week, bebudak tuh (including me... haha...) requested for grapes, and more banana... (me don't fancy apples)... Kena cari buah2an yang lain for the coming weeks... any suggestions...? Pear? Plum? Nectarine? Pineapple? Mandarin? This is becoming interesting...!(err... durian tak leh, kena banned alrdy... haha... lagipun mahai nak mampuih : AED90 per kg...!!).

Dan oleh kerana si Jessica, (boss dari belanda yg terkenal dgn perangai "berkira ya amat" selama nih) tetiba bertambah2 mesra dgn bebudak opis dan bertambah2 baik hati, maka bertambah2 confident ler bebudak opis meramalkan yang si Tariq dah nak ciao...

Hmmm... Tariq was not a good manager, I think... Micro managing to the extreme... It took me some time to adapt myself to his style of working... (nak buat camna, dia boss...). But I am not sure that I am totally happy if he goes away... I start to hate changes... Kalo ada boss baru, kena tukar working style again... Dunno laaa... Could be good though, like before.... a boss who does not care how you achieve your objective, but who will push and motivate you to achieve your objective... and if you have pbms achieving your objective, you can come and see him/her to discuss/find ways how to achieve your objectives... In a nutshell, a leader... a true inspirational leader.... (I wanna work for Obama...!!!!!! haha...)

Selamat Menyambut Hari Natal...!!

ciao cincau bacau... :D

Should I, or should I not....?

Something interesting happened last week....

an ex-colleague dlm company lama gua, sent a mail... dia dah start keghojer baru in one of the Chi smart card companies.... he is leading the intnl division of that company...., based in Singapore.

he contacted me asking if I would be interested to join his team, to take care of Middle East and African market.... no decision on where I would be based... UAE? Malaysia? Singapore...? he has also started discussing on the salary scale, how much I would be asking to join his team.... (based on the various locations...)

hmmm... tengah pikio2 lagi camna nak buat... should I tukar kompeni again....? where should I be based? nak gaji berapa banyak....? hmmmm... this will be my wknd task... kena decide on above 3 questions.... target start date : June 2010, or even earlier...

it's an opportunity to be nearer to home as well.... hmmm...

Jejak Rasul ker...? :)

Sempena dah dapat bisness dari Ethiopian Telecommunications Company nih, maka kenalah pegi jumpa depa from time to time.... Sebenonya, pegi nih kira macam suicide mission ler... sebab masa tender nego, mati2 kata everything can do...! Sagem Orga boleyyyy...!!! Tapi bila dah dapat PO, baru pecah rahsia that we actually can't really deliver the goods as per the requested dates... Memang akan kena denda lah nanti... But before that happens, customer dah jumping up and down dah sebab menanyakan bila masanya Sagem Orga akan anto kad2 SIM tuh... Siap dah tuduh menuduh yang Sagem Orga is purposely delaying the delivery of the cards....

So, sebagai orang yg bertanggungjawab menjaga customer nih, kenalah pegi jumpa customer menghulurkan tengkuk utk disembelih dgn machete afrika (parang afrika).

Keluar rumah jam 6.00pagi

Kat airport Dubai, flight jam 8h30 pagi.... Suasana gelappppp jer kat boarding room tuh... abih tuh, 80% of the passengers are all black... :)


Bila dah sampai, terus pegi makan dgn local partner. Interesting enough, the Ethiopian food is very spicy... I like...!! :D

Appetizer dia, makan roti bun cicah sambal. Ada 2 jenih sambal... dua2 memang kaw2 pedas... and sedap... ala2 makan sambal belacan la...

Ini roti depa... not made of rice, wheat neither. Di buat drpd sejenih bijiran tempatan... dunno what's the name of that cereal... Spongie texture, rasanya biasa2 jer... Tawar no taste like most bread...

Roti yg kat atas tuh, dicecah makan dgn daging lembu pedas nih...!! really sedap, rasa kari ada, rasa tomato pun ada... daging masak tomato & cili agaknya... hehe....

This is how Addis Ababa looks like (outskirts of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia).. Ethiopia is big, so the climate changes from one city to another... Kat Addis Ababa, average temperature is 27degre C... Pleasant... Masa kat Addis Ababa hari tuh, a storm was brewing... Nampak awan camtu, torengat eden kat kampung eden nun....!! :)

Above photo is in front of "African Union" Hq.

Mtg went well, dan eden tak disembelih, malah dgn skill communication eden, customer dari marah, boley terus jadi tak marah... at the end of the mtg, boley siap ketawa2 lagi....!! (Depa tak tau, depa dah kena goreng lagi sekali....!! ahaks...!!).

Lepas mtg, pegi kat satu shopping centre nih. Local partner/agent bawak pegi minum kopi a la Ethiopienne... at one corner of the shopping centre, ada makcik nih tengah brewing coffee... dia masak air, dan buat kopi utk customers yang duduk in a circle on stools... Kira ala2 style kampung la, masak air kat tengah, and serve coffee to everybody surrounding the "bonfire"... boley...? At the same time, dia bakar kemenyan arab utk mewangikan the surrounding area... nice, I like...!! Very the local experience

Ethiopia is one of the main producers of coffee in the world... dan kopi yg eden minum kat sini, memang sodap...!!! One hepi customer....

Depa serve kopi tuh dalam cawan mangkuk macam minum teh jepun.... Malaun dlm gambo ateh nih, is the partner/agent of Sagem Orga kat Ethiopia... dah jadik kawan daaaa....

Sampai rumah balik jam 2h30pagi the following day... Koyak badan dibuatnya....!! (flight time was 4hours going, 4 hours coming back).

Interesting things to know about Ethiopia :

• what was once known as Habshah is now Ethiopia, Eritrea and south of Sudan (remember that Nabi Mohammed S.A.W asked some of the early Muslims to seek refuge in Habshah when the Quraish where chasing to kill them...? These people were asked to go to Habshah because the Christian King of Habshah was known to be a fair King then).
• 60% of Ethiopians are Christian (Orthodox Christian), and 38% Muslim
• Ethiopians speak Amharic (in general...., but there are also some other local dialects), and they write in Ge'ez (or also known as Ethiopic)... It's their own Ge'ez alphabets..., and they have their own Coptic calendar (with 13 months, not 12...!!)
• They also have their own clock system, and careful...!! their clock is 6hours late/in advance. 12midnite normal clock is 6 o'clock for Ethiopians. so basically, in Ethiopian clock, they start work at 2 o'clock (8am), and finish work at 11 o'clock (5pm)... boley camtu...? pusing kepala memikiokannyer... :D
• Eritrea & Ethiopia were one country before, until Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia

anyhow, these people are very very friendly and wonderful people... No wonder Nabi Muhammad S.A.W sent the early Muslims to Habshah last time.... Err.. going there again end Jan 2010... and planning to stay back one day to jalan2 a bit... :D

almost forgot another thing, the Emirates flight flew from Dubai, to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), and continued its journey to Entebbe... The return flight came of course from Entebbe, stopped in Addis Ababa, before continuing its journey to Dubai... Tertanyo2 eden... kat mano tompatnyo Entebbe nih (pronounced as N-te-be)... sampai rumah terus Google... laaaa... Capital city of Uganda la "ngok"...!!! Haaa... sekarang dah tak "ngok" daaa....!! :D

Emirates Airlines - ICE new feature

Tak la lama sangat gua tak naik Emirates Airlines... the last one was early November... atau may be I have not gotten onto Emirates Airlines punya latest aircraft....? (tiap kali outstation, dapat flight yg dah berusia...).

Had to go to Ethiopia last week... suicide mission, menyerah tengkuk ker customer.... (that would be another topic to talk about in this blog...hehe...)... so, took Emirates flight early morning (8h30am).... Interesting ICE features on board Emirates (ICE = information, communication, entertainment). Depa dah tuko semua features.... more movies, more tv series, more sitcom, more music.... memang dahsat lah...!!

above is what you normally see before....

now, they have added this feature... gambo kapal terobang tuh kiranya 3 dimension la (not plain flat on the screen anymore).... siap ada gambo bebayang dia sekali....!! kan ker kelesss gitu...!!! (gambo kat ateh tuh, is the aircraft crossing the straights of Aden.... tempat yang kapal2 selalu kena rompak dek lanun Somalia...!!)

nih gambo on the way back to Dubai.... it was a day trip, pegi pagi, balik malam.... touchdown kat Dubai was at 1h30am the following day... 4 hour flight going, go mtng, then 4 hour return flight... Nasib baik keluo mtg tuh masih idup lagi... Ingatkan dah kena sembelih dah...!! haha...

arricing back to Dubai from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.....

the new features : got USB port, got individual electricity power switch for your laptop, new handset console, bigger individual screen (with touchscreen capability)... ada tempat sangkut coat.... very businessman friendly, walaupun in economy class....

and of course, the forever my favourite.... lelangit kapal terobang tuh yang berbintang2 bila lampu2 kabin ditutup... bagaikan sedang tidur di bawah sinaran bintang2 lah....!! ("Ku petik bintang... bintang....!!" Kenny & Remy Martin... muahahaha....!!!)

Conclusion....? Can't wait to take Emirates again on long haul flights (on one of its new aircrafts)

Cranky old man...!!

ouh boy...!! am I cranky this week....!!!

sebabnya...? coz the bosses are not around, I have a lot of stuffs/work to finish, and bebudak muda kat opis nih tengah berparti not doing their work... (sebab boss tak ada...)..

I don't mind if depa beronggeng ka, apa kaa kat opis, but... pls also do your work oso laa... Finish what you are supposed to finish...

siksanya dgn bebudak muda kat opis nih... otak memang bebudak hingusan. Kalo boss tak ada, kerja tak jalan langsung, dan kita lak terpaksa tanya, dan tanya, dan tanya bila depa nak siapkan kerja nih... hmmmm.... mentaliti makan gaji...

Jurujual jugak yg kena berdepan dgn customers explain why things are still not done/followed up... (by your team members...). Apa nak kata...? takkan nak kata sebab bebudak tengah berparti kat opis...?

dah la tuh, pengalaman tak ada, tapi eksen bagaikan depa lah paling pandai kat dunia nih... Typical Sub continent style... bila kita tanya more questions, dia pusing, pusing, pusing, pusing as if he/she knows the answer but actually no... cakap jer lah tak tahu, then we can always check with somebody else, and look for the answer...

what is this mentality that it is such a big crime to say that you don't know /understand yourself about something...? kalo tak tahu, cakap tak tahu, dan pergi usaha utk tahu... but no...., pusing, pusing, pusing, pusing, pusing.... just trying to show that you know know about something which you actually don't... depa ingat kalo depa pusing bnyk kali, kita akan pusing ourselves and stop asking... errr... wrong person....!!!

hmmm.... I seriously have to have a word with the bosses.... we'll go no where with this kind of work ethics... Err... or should I say "work no ethics"...

Gua femes...!! :D

I was checking the brochure for GSM 3G Middle East 2009 conference in Dubai... alaaa... biasalaaa... conference2 & exhibition2 related to the GSM industry, kompeni gua mesti join punyer... tiap2 tahun ada booth at the exhibition centre... Like last year, like this year... Tahun nih, the event will take place on 7th & 8th Dec... Dah siap2 ler kompeni nak sediakan booth...

Sempena seorang jurujual yg berhemat, maka teman pun checked out ler the brochure for the conference... Mana lah tahu kalau ada potential customers who is giving a talk during the conference... Alaaa, customers yg memang teman dah sejak dulu kini dan selamanya, memang nak jumpa... (apa lagi..., nak buat sales pitch kat depa laa...). So kalo depa ada bentang kertas kerja, maka kita pun buatlah pura2 berminat dan dtg his workshop, then lepaih tuh... apa lagi, pegi jumpa la dan buat sales appointment after that....

selak punya selak brochure tuh.... Then,... jeng jeng jeng... what do I see....? a photo of me in action last year was put in the this year's brochure...!!! huaaa....!!! gua femes, gua femes, gua femes...!!! hahaha....

Si Momo yg baru sebulan masuk kompeni masa tuh pun ada gak dlm gambo tuh... (ala seybok jer dia tuh enter frame....).

what's the logic of having above photo in the brochure...? Agaknya, sebab depa nak menunjukkan yg the event memang "the very international" lah agaknya... Muka Africa ada, Muka Pinoy/Jawa ada, Muka Far Eastern pun ada...!! Memang happening event tuh...!!

Kononnya lahh...!!! walhal, 3 orang dlm gambo kat atas tuh, semua keghojer kat Dubai... The Chi guy is working in Huawei Dubai...!! Kan semua sudah kena tipouuuu....!!!!

kuang kuang kuang....!! :D

How come like that oneeee....???

"Dubai Mall Al Markaz Al Thobi" katanya.... Dubai Mall Medical Centre ler tuhhh... Hmmm... apa sudah mahu jadi sama ini badan? Kerap bebeno ler pun sakitnya lately...

last week, had a bad cold fever... 38degreC, tapi punyalah rasa sejuk ya amat...!! tak dapat dinafikan lagi, viral infection la tuh... Kerana badan pun dah tersangat lemah dan mendengar nasihat kengkawan mengatakan jangan bawak kete jauh2 masa sakit, maka apa lagi... kita pegi ke Dubai Mall Medical Centre yang kat depan rumah tuh lerrr....!!! Hantam sajalah Labu....!! dah sakit2 nih, mana ada masa nak memikiokan mahe tak mahe tempat tuh...

well, the service was tip top... very friendly, walaupun ada muka2 yang ala2 nak memastikan yang kita akan mampu bayar bil doktor tuh nanti.... Kanena...!! I am not Pinoy, OK...!!!

met up with the doctor, initially doctor suspected H1N1 virus... tapi lepas dia check and check sekali lagi, confirm... hanya sekadar "a nasty, but not deadly viral infection"...

what was nice, was that the doctor has been to Malaysia 2 times (nama Doctor : Chaouki Ahmad Ghamlouche, I wonder where he is from) and his remark about Malaysia was "very civilized"...!! hua.... like that huh...? dia belum jumpa sama Ah Long2 Mesia lagi.... kalo sudah jumpa, well, he would say something else, I guess.... hehe...

dia bagi antibiotik punyalah power 500mg sebijik tuh... for 1 week... and sick leave for 3 days... Lepas makan ubat memang langsung tak nak buat apa2 pun.... tido dan berpeluh punyalah dahsat...!! lenjun bantal & katil....! Hari ke2 sakit, ingatkan nak ke opis buat kerja (kerja tengah bnyk menimbun nih weh...!!! ada tender lagi...!), tapi tak berkemampuan... hari ke3, bangun dgn penuh semangat, pegi opis, tapi sampai kat opis, kerja setengah jam, dah terasa macam nak termuntah.... balik rumah balik... nasib baik wknd lepas tuh... so 5 days of not going to opis... buat apa yang mampu dari rumah saja...

muka tengah sakit, kat Dubai Mall Medical Centre.... punyalah rasa sejuk masa nih...!! siksa...!!

It's the end of the wknd now... feeling much much better (mana taknya - 5 hari berehat...!!). So tmrw, kena pulun abih2 nak menyiapkan kerja mana yg tertunggak (terutama tender response yang perlu di siapkan utk hari Khamis nih...!!)... Perghhhh....!!!

Btw, what was the damage? errr... Dr Consultation alone was charged AED350, tambah ubat - AED105.... Total AED455.... Mintak2 agar insurance akan cover sepenuhnya lah.... Kalo tak, next time sakit, memang gua pegi tempat lain... hehehe....

Another curious observation, how come lately kerap lak sakit2 nih...? how comes...? I also wonder why.... have to find the root cause...!! (err... sesapa nak kata sebab "dah tua", pls spare me that comment, k...! Kita jiwa muda lagi tau...!! kah kah kah....!!!!!)

Going Dutch...

kat opis, sebelum pegi iftar

Sempena bulan posa nih, adalah menjadik tradisi kompeni2 kat UAE nih (macam kat Mesia jugaklah), membawa pekerja2 mereka ke majlis iftar together2... at least sekali ler di dalam bulan Ramadan nih...

the whole gang, Tariq, Jessica, Philippe, yours truly, Momo, Dina, Jovitha, Radha... semua senyum paksa tuh... haha... muka value AED89...:)

Maka pekerja2 pun memang hepi2 ler... alaaa... sebab dpt makan sedap2 free... buffet buka posa... "melantak sampai muntah balik", something like that laaa... majoritinya, bukan posa pun... kat opis yang ada 8 orang nih, 3 org jer yang posa, yang lain tuh tak pun... Majlis nih dibuat ala2 macam nak merapatkan silaturrahim antara pekerja dan bos lah kononnya...

the Indian team

Petang kang we will have our Iftar dinner.... mengenangkan boss gua yang memang kedekut ya amat, gua pun menyeybok menjaga tepi kain org... gi tanya kat secretary... berepa sen cost of the buffet per person kat restoran yang nak pegi nih... di tengah2 kota Dubai, dimana buffet iftar dijaja merata2 dgn penuh kemewahan, dgn rege average about AED150 per person (kat restoran2 kat hotel2 4 atau 5 bintang), kita orang akan ke buffet iftar yg regenya hanya AED89...

sambut belated birthday Radha sekali

perghhh...!!!! kedekut ya amat boss gua nih... bak kata kawan cek kat Penang, hangat2 taik ayam sungguh aih...!!!

gua bukan apa, kesian kat depa2 lain kat opis nih... bebudak tuh gaji bukan tinggi mana, kat luar, semua orang bercerita yang kompeni depa belanja buka posa kat tempat2 yg happening... tapi kompeni nih...? hmmm...

Radha potong kek... dah 51 makcik nih....

The idea is simple, either you do it good, or you don't do it at all.... (especially bila tiba hai belanja orang makan nih...). Pantang mak datuk gua kalo orang dtg rumah tapi tak dijamu makan habis2an...

Nak buat camna...? don't wanna story long2 oso... sebab aku pun sebenarnya anti buffet2 buka posa nih...! banyak membazir.... tapi sebab belanja bebudak makan sekali sekala nih, biar buat betoi2...

ouh ya... do you know where the expression "to go dutch" comes from...? Dari orang Belanda lah...!! memang terkenal kedekut nak mampuih...!!

tak baik kan...? orang dah belanja pun nak ngungkit2 lagi... haha...!!

Eh eh... Got bonus one huh...?

Just got my performance result for Q1 2009.... Alhamdulillaaaaaahhhhhh.....!!!! from what I understand, got bonus one... boley tahan jugak jumlahnya...!! huaaa... payment will be made at the end of this month... June 2009.

hmmm... ni yang dah mula gatal nak click click internet mencari tiket nak balik kampung nih...!! (walaupun sekejap...). hahaha...!! sabar... sabar...!! jgn rabun mata... the $ sign tuh, simpan baik2 bayo utang mana yang patut... ahaks...!!

Release tension session.... :)

Sempena hari "Boss tak ada, dua2 pegi visit customer", maka apa lagi... bermaharajalela lah di kantor.... tapi tak lah keterlaluan... sket2 jer... lepas waktu opis, semua pakat pegi bowling together2 sempena "release tension" and "team bonding" session....

Philippe (Franco Lebanese tak berpendirian, kejap2 French, kejap2 Lebanese..., make up your mind man...!! Penuh dgn angin paneh jer dia nih... elok pun buat sales, nak goreng customers maaa...:)). Gaya mesti ada... first game hancus... warming up katanya... 2nd game, he got the biggest score... well done...!! (dah jumpa bola yg sesuai katanya....)

Momo the Sudanese in action... sama team dgn Philippe & Dina... dia tak mau join "our team" (Jovitha, Radha & me), coz dia kata (jokingly) Radha dah tua... tak nak geng sama org tua....!! hancur budak sekor nih...!! average score... dia tak puas ati sebab others got better scores than him....

Jovitha... dia main baling jer bola tuh... gaya memang tak ada, but score boley tahan....

ala2 macam pro ler gayanya... tak puas ati sebab tak dpt strike....!! haha...




Radha... first time main bowling seumur idup 50 tahun dia.... not bad for a beginner... average score, and ada dpt strike sebijik... Momo kata (dgn penuh perasaan tak puas ati.... - beginner luck laaa...!!). Anyhow, Momo kata Radha put a curse on him sebelum main bowling (for his comments tak nak satu team dgn Radha yg dah tua), sebab tuh dia punya bola semua menjunam masuk longkang...!! hahaha... mcm2 budak Momo nih....






tak ker cantik bola tuh...? straight to the middle of the pin arrangement... Radha kasi hantam saja baling bola tuh, tapi banyak yang memang straight mcm2 nak strike.... (tapi dia masih siksa lagi nak recover spare pins in 2nd throw...)






yours truly.... gaya mesti ada.... score jgn tanya, k.... sekadar cukup makan....




William, laki Dina... tumpang main sekali.... pun hancus gak.... haha...



Dina, dgn gaya lemah longlai dia membaling bola... nasib baik bola tuh pegi, dan bukan dia yang pegi....:)

Philippe & Dina.... posing maut punya...!! btw, amende Pinoy2 nih....? kalo nak ambik gambo, sama jer pose nya....!! peace laaa... posing pinggul ke tepi laaa... so cliche/klise (pronunciation : kli-she..., k... Jgn tak tau...!!:))

the 3 on the left were in the same team,... err... the loosing team I mean...!! :)

the ladies....

interesting enuf, next to our lanes, there were another group of people doing a similar "company outing"... and interesting as well to see this lady totally "hijabed" main bowling skali.... what a sport....!!! hijab, hijab jugak, but it does not mean that you can't do stuffs....

from behind, gambo nih can be a bit scary... hehe... nampak benda itam kat bowling lane.... :)

she was quite good actually in the game.... average laaa... tak la score dahsat gila punya.... another interesting thing is that they had another colleague in a wheel chair joining them as well.... when there is a will, there is a way.... with the help of a friend (yang tolakkan kerusi roda), she threw her bowling ball.....

dia baling bola warna fluorescent dia... (perghh...!! fluorescent tu...!!)

lepas main bowling (2 games... err... btw, we, the "old people team", won the 2 games.... huh...!! older means more experience la Momo.... sudah la luuuu....!!), pegi main "air hockey" lakk... Ini game Philippines lawan India....

pasukan laki bini Philippines....

dgn penuh bersemangat main tuh....!! pertandingan yang amat sengit sekali yang akhirnya dimenangi oleh pasukan India, dgn jaringan 10 India, 9 Philippines.... good game... good game... tough luck Philippines...!! tahun depan cuba lagi....!!! :D

after the game, we all went to Ravi restaurant (gua pun tak paham, nama Ravi tapi Pakistani restaurant....). Makan malam maut punya...!! What is good is that at Ravi, you have a good and tasty choice of vegetarian dishes, superlicious sedap makanan2 India/Pakistan NON VEGETARIAN (for the other carnivors like us), and a good choice of Chinese dishes (utk Pinoy 2 ekor yg tak leh makan spicy tuh....)...

it was fun...!! dah berumur macam nih pun masih aku enjoy bagaikan bebudak umur 25 tahun... hai....!! dah tuh opis colleagues semuanya muda teruna dara lagi.... how...? :D