Safin' s Territory

GP SPANISH

2005-05-06T13:59:00.000+08:00

This week, F1 is to be held at the Circuit of Catalunya in Barcelona. This is the 5th round of F1 GP in the F1 calendar. A lot of controversial took place in this weekend race. The high profile one is BAR Honda was banned from both GP Spanish and GP Monaco. Also, their point finished at GP San Marino will be eliminated. Meaning other drivers finished on the 9th and 10th place will automatically earn their point.

So, we will miss Jenson Button and Takuma Sato for a month. The bright side is Juan Pablo Montoya is back in business after missing a month of racing. The reason BAR is being banned from two consecutive races is because there is small percentage of breaking the rules of F1. They were caught cheating when one of their car weighted below the minimum requirement of 500kg (less 5.4kg). However, the BAR team has to wait till last Wednesday before the FIA finally produce the verdict.

With the exclusion of BAR Honda, other midfielder team able to play catch up.

Ku di Dalam Delima

2005-04-26T14:30:00.000+08:00

Ewah! Cam lagu KRU pulak. Tapi memang pun ku tengah di dalam delima. Ni final week dalam bulan April, tapi sampai sekarang masih berkira2 samada perlu naik KL ataupun tidak. Semua ni, gara2 next month, my company nak menceburi bidang pengurusan apartment. Itu lah teman tak senang duduk. Sibuk cari software yang support property management. Firstly, tanya UBS people dulu kalau2 dia ada software tu. Thank God! Adalah pulak. Baru develop last year. Not many UBS people are well versed with this new software.

Pastu, kena la mintak quotation untuk training pulak. Harga software tu standard, cuma nak tau training course je. Ada dealer provide sampai 6 jam, ada yang setakat 2, 3 jam je dah cukup. Yesterday, my boss dah bagi green light to buy the software from my ex-boss in KL. So, I pun beriya2 la contact my friends kat KL, cakap I’m coming over la. Pastu, ramai pulak yang offer tempat tinggal.

Tapi, sori guys, PA boss (merangkap cousin teman) just gave me the bad news right after lunch; no need to go all the way to KL to buy the software and attend training course. She managed to contact UBS people here and fortunately they have people who know how to use the software. At the same, rasa sedih ada, rasa lega pun ada. Rasa sedih sebab tak dapat nak jumpa member2 yang dah berbulan tak jumpa. Rasa happy sebab tak payahlah teman miss citer cina “La Robe De Mariee Des Cieux” kat Channel 38 Shuang Xing. Channel ni, rasanye teman je yang subscribe antara member2 teman kat KL tu. Takkan nak tumpang tengok kat rumah nyonya depan rumah sewa member teman. Dah tinggal 9 episod je. Next Monday finale. Kalau nak tengok encore, hari Sabtu ngan Ahad. Kebetulan, my cousin kawen. Kena balik kampung pulak.

Kerana citer cina tu jugak, teman siap berkira2 nak amik 1st flight from JB pastu the next day balik naik 2nd flight from KL. Sempat lagi nak tengok encore kul 10:30pm. Lepas tu, masuk opis lepas lunch le, bukannya boss tau pun. Bab escape mengescape ni dah semakin terror. Paling gempak setakat ni, gi tengok wayang masa opis hour. Masa tu, kat site opis le, takde supervisor. Supervise sendiri2 je la.

Kalaulah citer tu dah ada subtitle, takdelah teman cam ayam berak kapur. Citer Taiwan, hanya yang terpilih je ada subtitle. Asal ada muka budak F4, sumer citer confirm ada substitle. Citer lain jangan harapla. Okaylah, to Klang Valley people, sorry! Till we meet again in the near future!

GP SAN MARINO

2005-04-22T10:47:00.000+08:00

After 3 weeks of long break, now F1 GP will continue with the remaining 16 races. This weekend, the teams are back in Europe, begins with GP San Marino at the Imola Circuit. As predicted, most teams are very good at Europe circuit as most of their bases were in Europe. Less traveling time will definitely means that all drivers are more fit to start the race in flying notes.

What are they doing during the 3 weeks break? Well, all teams are working on various part of developments; tyre development, engine development, aerodynamic development, and all sort of that. But all I can say, most of the teams will come to Imola with new or revised aerodynamic package.

Red Bull Racing will introduce new second driver, Vitantonio Liuzzi replacing Christian Klien making his debut at the Imola. Alexandur Wurx will be replacing Juan Pablo Montoya, who is still recovering from a shoulder injury. While Antonio Pizzonia has been asked to standby for Williams-BMW in case injured drivers Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld fail to recover in time.

Bernie Ecclestone is pushing for a new F1 qualifying system, seeking to replace the current aggregate system with a Streamlined, Saturday only format. Haiya! This man never tired of making headlines to change the qualifying format again! According to Michael Schumacher, the format has been revised more than 5 times since one flying lap being introduced last 3 years. What a disaster!

As usual, F1 fans stay tuned to 8tv and Astro Supersport for live coverage of F1 race this weekend. Adios to all.

Love Story in Harvard

2005-04-11T13:27:00.000+08:00

Last Friday, public holiday kat Johor. So, my sister and I went out. Tengok movie 'Be Cool'. What can I say ' the story was boring'. First time ever, tertidur during movie. Luckily tengok kat GSC. Tak lah rasa duit to terbang for nothing.

After the movie, we went to HP a.k.a Holiday Plaza. To Johorean, tu pusat vcd and dvd, tak kira ori or copy. So, we started from the very far side of HP. Tujuan utama nak cari my korean drama la entitled "phoenix". Sekarang tengah main kat Astro Shuang Xing. Tengok punyer tengok, jumpa kat satu kedai ni. Tapi original box le RM135. Mahal. Of course PMP punya company. So, we said, later datang lagi.

Then, move to another shop. Kat sini lagi banyak cerita korea and taiwan. Cari punya cari, jumpalah yang copy punya. Tanya harga, quite good la. Tu pun dah bargain. Then, I asked if he had any new story to recommend. Cepat2 dia keluarkan 2 box cd. Ni original punyer. Satu "Love Story in Harvard" satu lagi "Glass Flowers".I tanyalah mana satu yang best2. Dua2 best, satu ending best, satu ending ada orang mati la. Biasala same old story for korea drama. Dia kata dia tengok 1st cd ngan last cd. !st cd nak tengok saper watak2nya, tengok last pulak nak tau saper ngan saper. Cheh jiwang gak mamat ni. Siap boley bagi diskaun lagi kat dua2 citer tau. Dahlah ori, good price pulak tu. Masa tu ada RM200, atm out of service pulak. Tak boley nak ambil dua2 citer tu. Then, I kata ambik yang murah dulu lah. Next time, datang ambil yang satu lagi. I tanya kat dia ada jual english drama box tak? Dia kata ada, I mintak OC. Dapat dalam RM45. Duit tak cukup, beli satu je. Sorry my friend, next time I belikan untuk you.

Since last weekend takde F1, I decided untuk layan cd2 tu. First layan Phoenix, tinggal 2 cd je lagi sebab kat Astro hari ni last episod. My sis ngan my bro layan OC kat dining. Malam tu jugak le, after layan Survivor Palau, I tengok la Phoenix. Setakat 2 cd no hal. Besides, Sabtu I keja. Tengah sibuk menaip agreement untuk project baru. Ada 25 pages, macam menaip assignment pulak. Letih.

Malam Sabtu, baru I layan citer "Love Story in Harvard" sampai kul 4 pagi. Nanti, my dad bising kalau tengok anak dara dia tak tidur lagi sampai subuh. Penah tau last year masa bulan puasa, my sis and I layan citer "Stairways to Heaven" sampai sahur. My mom siap join kitorang after subuh. Kesimpulannya, I habis tengok citer tu last nite kul 11pm. Nak tidur awal, I kena bangun prepare sahur for my dad. My mum pergi genting, kursus lagi. Dah deal ngan my sis. I bangun sahur, dia prepare food untuk bukak pose. Itulah my dad, pose Isnin Khamis.

Love Story in Harvard, I rasa inilah first story yang agak happy je for the lead star. Watak jahat pun tak berape sangat jahatnya. Takde la I geram sangat. Bab gaduh2 ngan berpisah ada lah dalam 2 cd je. Total cd ada 16 keping. Yang lain2 sumer bab happy, sebab diorang cute couple. Tajuknya ingat the setting kat Harvard. Tapi sebenarnye buat kat UCLA. Harvard authorities tak bagi any shooting kat tempat diorang. So, macam kelakar pulak casts pakai jump suit tulis Harvard tapi sebenarnya shoot kat UCLA. Great view from helly. I boleh recommend this story to all korean drama lovers la. Tergeliat lidah jugak budak2 tu menghafal english dialog since diorang belajar law kat Harvard tu kononnya. The leading lady pulak belajar perubatan. Ada lah satu dua event yang berlaku kat Harvard masa belajar yang melibatkan lawsuit. 7 cd je kat Harvard, the rest is future (after Harvard la).

1st hero, Kim Rae Won sebagai Kim Hyung Woo (My Love Patzi, Attic Cat, My Little Bride 16)

Heroin, Kim Tae Hee sebagai Lee Soo In (Stairway to Heaven)

2nd hero, Lee Jung Jin sebagai Hong Jung Min (first time tengok dia ni berlakon)

GP Bahrain

2005-03-31T10:45:00.000+08:00

Welcome back to Sakhir Circuit for second time to all races. This is also one of the toughest race venue in F1 calendar. Why? The track is more slippery. So, it is key factor to avoid going off line in Bahrain, as it is very slippery due to the sand and thus very hard to recover. It will also affect the effectiveness of tyre wear as the tyre will slide more frequent, definitely bad for the grip. From thereon, to drive and control the car would be impossible as less grip available on the tyre surface. Bad accident could occur if more than two cars collide.

Who’s in and who’s out for the weekend race. Definitely, JP Montoya of McLarens out due to shoulder injury while playing tennis last week and will be replaced by Pedro de La Rosa. Mark Webber will be fit to race in Bahrain after recovering from fractured rib suffered because not enough exercise before getting into cars during testing season. Report from sources mentioned that he actually drove in Melbourne and Sepang with fractured rib. (no time to see the Doc). True huh?! Sato will be back at the back of BAR Honda chasis after recovering from flu during Malaysian GP. Red Bull Racing will decide in Bahrain whether to ask Christian Klien to stand-aside for Vitantonio Liuzzi for San Marino GP later next month.

Will Ferrari bounce back from their two miserable races or will Renault continues their early dominance as pace-setters at Bahrain or will the new Ferrari F2005 ready to produce good result as she is making debut appearance in Bahrain? Both M Schumacher and R Barrichello will drive the new car as previously reported that Ferrari will only bring one car to Bahrain. Only time will tell. There are still another 16 races to go around the world.

Anybody who would love to watch the GP Bahrain can do so by tuning to Star Sports 2nd April, Saturday at 5.57pm for 1st Qualifying session and 3rd April, Sunday at 3.27pm for 2nd Qualifying session and at 7.15pm for the race. 8TV will also air the live race. Stay tuned everyone!

Perfect sangat ke?

2005-03-25T14:46:00.000+08:00

Itulah antara komen2 yang selalu diluahkan oleh my friends bila baca buku cerita Melayu. Kenapa yek? Antara sebabnya ialah watak hero heroin yang didescribekan dalam buku cerita Melayu terlalu perfect. Penggunaan adjektif seperti kacak, kulit sawo matang, cantik, kaya, jawatan kerja yang power2 memang sudah menjadi lumrah atau trend dalam buku cerita Melayu.

Ini memang berbeza sekali ngan novel English. Novel English selalunya watak hero heroin ada opposite background. Adjektif English pulak not that bad to describe character2 tu. Kira more soft spoken le compared to Bahasa Melayu. Nanti kalau describe watak tu hodohlah, buruklah, tak laku pulak buku cerita tu. Yang pentingnya sekarang ialah jalan cerita. Tak kirala, kalau penulis tu tulis adjektif yang terlalu perfect semuanya bagus, tapi jalan ceritanya hampeh, atau biasa saje, tak laku jugak buku tu.

Sekarang ni kan zaman profit oriented. Nak buat apa2 pun kena pikir macam mana yang buat profit. Paling kurang pun break even. Kalau tak, siapa la yang berani nak meniaga macam tu je, tanpa bermodalkan idea yang bernas.

As people quality is better than quantity. Penulis yang tiap2 tahun publish 1 buku cerita tak semestinya setiap buku ceritanya bermutu. Ini bukan nak condemn la. Bidang penulisan ni, bukannya bidang yang mudah. Macam I ni nak tulis or komen tentang tajuk hari ni pun mengambil masa berjam2. Otak dah berkarat, takde idea lagi nak karang2 panjang macam zaman sekolah2 dulu. Setiap penulis mesti la buat research dulu tentang fakta2 yang jarang digunakan dalam layman term seperti bidang kedoktoran kalau ceritanya berkisar tentang penyakit serius yang dihidapi oleh salah satu watak dalam bukunya.

Tentang tempat pun, perlu diambil kira, misalnya nak tulis tentang kehidupan di oversea, penulis kena tahu serba sedikit the geografi side dan juga aktiviti penduduk tempatan. Takdelah, pembaca yang tak pernah pergi tempat tu kena kelentong bulat2 je. Bagi pembaca2 yang pernah pergi ke tempat2 yang disebutkan pulak, tentulah terbayang2 tempat tu, semasa membacanya agar tak keliru.

Sekarang ni, tiap2 bulan mesti ada buku cerita baru yang diterbitkan. Rata2nya kisah cinta, terkira la sad or happy ending. Ada jalan ceritanya lebih kurang sama je, ada juga yang lain dari lain. Buat masa sekarang, buku cerita terbaru yang I boleh rekomenkan ialah Gelora Jiwa by Aisya Sofea dan Setulus Janji by Aina Emir. Enjoy reading!

P/S: Jangan lupa rekomen kat I juga yek!

Lagi-lagi F1

2005-03-22T11:35:00.000+08:00

Sambungan semalam la! Sekarang ni pun, I tengah getting used to new drivers line up. Dah berlalu pun 2 races of out 19 in total. Tapi, selalu gak tersilap ngan drivers line up. Past years dah biasa ngan Montoya and Ralf with Williams, Kimi and Coulthard with Mercedes. But now, quite awkward bila Webber ngan Klien kat Williams, Ralf kat Toyota, Coulthard kat Red Bull Racing. That’s my main problem le setakat ni.

Tentang new rules and regulations, itu perkara biasa. Tiap2 tahun, si Bernie mesti nak change apa2 yang patut. Konon2nya, car development sekarang semakin advance so, untuk cut cost kena guna same engine for back to back races. Nak bagi chance to smaller team yang ada small fund to be as competitive as the big gun of Ferrari, Renault, William & McLaren. Lagi satu, sebab nak kurangkan kelajuan kereta since lap time makin lama makin bagus. Tapi, as usual mesti ada team yang guna loophole in those new rules for own good.

Macam masa first time only 1 flying lap per driver is imposed couple years ago, Minardi team only run both of their cars for warmed up lap and then come to pit to be excluded from parc ferme. Past tu, this year, BAR Honda pulak. They simply parked their car at the final lap at Melbourne Park, so, fresh engine can be used at Malaysian GP. Tapi, their move backfired as both car failed to finish the race due to a recurrence of an engine oil leak. What a waste of effort!

P/S: Anybody yang pergi GP last week, send me some photos via his5578@yahoo.com.

My Precious Collection

2005-03-21T12:52:00.000+08:00

As promised, hari ni my topic is my precious vcds collection. I cuma kumpul vcd drama Taiwan, Jepun and Korea. Tapi minat I ni mahal sikit. Need a lot of money la. Actually, my roommate le, M yang start kumpul dulu. M dah start since our final year lagi. M banyak collect citer Jepun sebab masa tu almost every station tengah havoc tayang citer Jepun. I ni tumpang tengok je. Until le, she bought a Taiwanese drama entitled Meteor Garden. Masa tu, dah start kerja kat Wangsa Maju. I dok satu rumah ngan M and the rest of our housemates le. Kerja pun kat tempat yang sama.

At first, I tak lah pulak ada perasaan nak menengok citer tu. Baru masuk kerja, tengah tax season pulak. Kepala pening tiap2 hari buat Accounts from scratch (basic documents). Lepas tax season, barule I membelek2 vcd M dan ternampak citer MG tu. Since, citer lain banyak dah tengok, I pun just on the vcd player and run the cd le. 1st cd, I thought, “Ni citer tentang buli budak2 kolej, takde orang yang berani untuk tolong, kalau tolong nanti dia pulak kena, bla…bla…bla”. But, as the story develop, rupa2nya the leader ada hati kat pompuan yang dia slalu buli. So, the story goes till 19 vcds. Penat betul I tengok dalam masa seminggu. Kesimpulannya, memang best. No wonder la, citer tu jadik hits sebab F4 yang berlakon. Jalan citer pun quite ok. Then, I cakap kat M, next time you pegi kedai tu tolong belikan untuk I.

Kedai vcd yang I maksudkan ialah kat S & M, a few steps from Kotaraya main entrance. Kita punya port exactly kat bawah tangga, first shop dari kiri. Kat situ, macam2 vcd pun ada. Kalau I pergi, selalunya berejam jugak dok situ. Saje belek2 vcd, mana tau ada citer baru yang best. Sometimes, amoi tu yang rekomen kan sebab dia dah tengok dulu. Kalau tak silap, my sis beli collection LOTR pun kat situ, cheaper from branded vcd shop like tower record, speedy video, etc.

Now, I nak mention my other collection pulak. Selalunya, I beli vcd yang worth watching many times le. Tak le macam my friends; A, L & M. Depa tu beli ikut suka je as long ada muka favourite actor diorang. So, I ni kira beruntung jugak la. After diorang beli, I pinjam tengok, pastu, mana yang I suka, I pergi beli. Sometimes tu, I beli sebab tengok kat tv Indon and Singapore. This station selalu ambil citer baru2 dari Jepun, Taiwan ngan Korea. Kalau tengok tv Indon, sumer citer tu alih bahasa la. Tu la yang I beli vcd kalau citer best, sebab feeling dah lost kalau tengok pakai suara Indon. Part sedih pun jadik kelakar.

My taiwanese collection tak banyak sebab banyak citer takde subtitle. Antaranya, Meteor Garden, Marmalade Boy, Meteor Garden 2, At Dolphin Bay, Love of the Aegean Sea and MVP Valentine. Macam MVP Valentine, I tunggu almost 2 years baru keluar version yang ada subtitle. Ada lagi vcd yang I tengah tunggu such as Lavender & Hotel’s President. Citer Jepun ngan Korea pulak melambak2. Sumer ada subtitle senang nak carik.

Jepun collection, antara lain, I ada Overtime, GTO, Hotman, Hotman 2, Double Score, White Tower, White Tower 2, Pride, Emergency 24 Hour, Emergency 24 Hour 2, Good Luck, Wonderful Life, etc. Sekarang ni, citer Jepun dah murah. Kat mana2 pun harga dia dah below RM20. Tak payah la I kirim kat my sis lagi everytime dia balik cuti. Kat JB, harga vcd twice or sometimes triple mahal dari kat S & M tu coz of demand from Singaporean. Citer Jepun ni, I banyak beli citer yang ada Takashi Sorimachi. Perasan tak, citer Jepun punya trend selalunya the girls or ladies yang terhegeh2 kat guys. Kekadang malu pulak I tengok citer2 macam ni.

Tapi lain pulak ngan citer Korea. I tend to buy because of the story line le. Banyak citer yang best2 walaupun cdnya mencecah 20 keping untuk satu cerita like Winter Sonata, Lovers in Paris, My Love Patzzi, Hotelier, Mr Duke, Stairways to Heaven, Beautiful Days, The Four Sisters, Loving You. Untuk citer Korea, I takde specific interest to any actors sebab each story the leading pairs tend to give full credit to the story le. Cuma yang tak tahannya, citer Korea quite expensive compared to Taiwan ngan Jepun. So, I bought yang best aje. Tentu you all perasan one great story missing; All About Eve. I pun tak tau kenapa I takde vcd tu. Maybe sebab I tak pernah tengok pun masa tayang kat TV3 and mungkin jugak sebab my sis tak pulak paksa2 I beli vcd tu. Tengoklah, nanti kalau hati I terbuka untuk beli vcd ni.

P/S: Thanks to L, tolong update citer2 terbaru from Jepun.

GP Malaysia

2005-03-21T09:00:00.001+08:00

Grand Prix weekend again. This year, I tak dapat nak pi tengok kat Sepang. My cousin dapat limited ticket je. Tak cukup untuk everybody. So, I tarik diri le. Besides, I pun kat JB. Malas pulak nak travel ke KL dalam cuaca yang panas macam ni. Tengok kat tv lagi syok. Tak panas, tempat pun selesa. Tapi, I tengok banyak tempat kosong. Both back and front grand stand tak full. Mungkin ramai lepas kat hillstand sebab RM100. Keadaan agak berjerebu, so tak panas sangat, cuma track temp I tengok 50 – 60 ‘C la jugak especially early part of the race.

Congrates to Renault again. Back 2 back winner from pole position. I think, this year gonna be a very tough race especially to struggle Ferrari and yet to finish team BAR Honda. We gonna had different winner in every race since each team perform almost at the same level. The driver’s and constructor’s championship might be determined at the final race in Shanghai.

Cost saving in terms of engine used should be okay as most of the team managed to finish 2 races using the same engine. The only problem is tyre. Some tracks had more technical and high speed corner, so need more grip. The less technical track, soft tyre compound could be used.

Yesterday race, no heavy drama only the incident involving Fisichella and Webber at turn 15. Nothing to worry. Everything is smooth and steady. The punctured that happen to Kimi almost make his race over. Unlucky Kimi for second time in the row. Last year, he was less competitive due to the unreliable engine. What a trend!

Aisya Sofea O Aisya Sofea

2005-03-18T15:39:00.000+08:00

Kepada peminat2 buku cerita melayu Alaf 21. There's is new story book in town. Penulisnya, tak lain tak bukan Puan Aisya Sofea. Actually, my sis yang bagitau yang Aisya Sofea ada buku baru. Thanks a million sis. Well, story ni last week punya cerita. Tapi, takpelah...since I pun dah lama tak update my blog. So, that day, friday (11 March), I pun pegilah carik kat Jusco. 5 minutes walk from my office. Sumer tempat I pegi, magazine shops, times book store, tapi hampeh. Isk...isk...isk.. Buku tu, belum ada kat rak lagi. Keciwa sungguh hati ini. Kempunan den nak baca malam tu.

Lagipun, I main redah je... tak tau pun tajuk buku tu. Malas pulak nak surf net. Then, my sis antar sms tajuk buku ngan color cover belakang. So, last Monday, kebetulan I gi Menara Hasil. Then, I singgah kat Badan Book Store. Finally, Gelora Jiwa (tajuk buku) is mine. Lama betul, I tunggu buku baru from my favourite writer. Well, malam tu, sambil tengok citer sambil baca. Pukul 12 lebih baru habis. Kesimpulannya, this new story book become my third best behind Sehangat Asmara ngan Jendela Hati.

Besides, Aisya Sofea ada jugak follow other writers such as Eina Emir, Norhayati Ibrahim, Kreisya Reisya and ramai lagi. But then, slalunya I maintain buku Aisya Sofea. The rest my sis yang beli, I tukang baca je. I am more towards collecting drama vcd; Jepun, Taiwan and Korean. My drama collection dah penuh satu kotak. Apa pulak dah melalut kat vcd. Well, itu lain citer. Esok2 le I citer tentang my precious collection.

However, macam citer "Tangisan Bulan Madu", I yang maintain sebab itu my favourite. First book, berendam air mata jugak la. Second book, paling boring. Third book, very frustrated ending. Forth book, although a favourable ending, I would love to have a fifth book (kalau ada la). Rugi kalau pasangan Mira & Razlan habis camtu je.

Selain buku citer, I baca jugak komik like Conan, Penyiasat Remaja ngan Initial ID. Dulu waktu kat kolej, I baca komik yang publish 2 minggu sekali; juara2 kembar, wira golok, etc (banyak dah lupa tajuk tapi masih ingat character). Sometimes I beli, sometimes tumpang baca je. Kalau nak dikira2, beratus dah spent untuk bahan bacaan yang remeh temeh ni. Untuk light reading apa salahnya. Kadang2 I buat bedtime story. Daripada mata ni terkebil2, baik le baca buku. Lama2 tertidur jugak kan.

Hmm....

2005-03-16T13:56:00.000+08:00

Hmmm.... dah lama I tak tulis blog. My friend pun tanya. Sorry, u guys. I busy at the moment. Semalam, I tak masuk office. Finally, went to MBJB. Nasib baik la I pergi sana. Ada member resign, and start new job today. Lucky you. So, boleh lagi jumpa for final time. Lepas ni, mungkin susah sket nak jumpa.

Yesterday, I ingat nak submit E form kat Income Tax. Tapi, dah tak boleh submit by hand lagi. Everything must send straight to KL(HQ). Penat je I datang jauh2 from Permas. So, I pun ambik kesempatan untuk register Income Tax untuk staff. Bukan apa, senang nanti bila dah ada file number, walaupun annual income still tak perlu bayar tax. Sekarang ni, everything nak Borang J. Saje nak check kita ni bayar tax ke tak. Lagipun, kalau nak buat pinjaman pelajaran or biasiswa, salinan Borang J wajib ada. Except to those yang tak layak bayar tax lagi le. Gaji 4, 5 angka tapi tak bayar tax. Tau2 kena serbu je dengan LHDN officer kat rumah, baru berpeluh nak menjawab.

Jealous betul ngan budak2 sekolah. La ni school holidays. My ex-boss pun ambik cuti seminggu pegi jalan2 ngan family. I tak boleh nak ambik cuti la sekarang. Kerja banyak pulak bulan ni. Dahla, no public holidays. Tension! Tension! Ada 2 lagi big projects. Rezeki nak masuk. Terima ajela. Now, walaupun nasional budget kata our economy is getting better and better. The truth is not really la especially to service sector. So, tak boley nak pilih2 job lagi macam dulu. Kalau tak, tak boleh nak survive. Mana nak bayar gaji, epf and socso staff. Mana nak bayar utilities and other expenses. Eh, apa pulak mengarut ni.

P/S : Kepada sesiapa yang bercuti tu, selamat bercuti dan jangan lupa kembali bertugas dengan hati yang senang.

Valuation Report...Accounts...MBJB

2005-03-09T12:47:00.000+08:00

Tension! Tension! Penat betul minggu ni. Everyday, my job kena check email from banker yang jadi perantara between Securities Commission (SC) and our client. Any changes or comments for all the reports kena amend dulu, then send the softcopy of the reports back to them. Finally, baru je habis print all the reports. Nasib baik, my colleagues dah tolong susun all the appendixes yesterday. They stayed at office till 8pm. Me? Dah balik pukul 5pm. This week, tak boleh nak stayed back after 5pm, my mum pergi Kursus Jati Diri for a week. So, kena lah balik awal; masak, basuh baju and kemas apa yang patut since tinggal my dad je sorang2 kat rumah. Penat betul.

Now, nak kena concentrate ngan Company's Accounts pulak. Dah bulan 3, Accounts tak ready lagi untuk hantar audit. Pastu, tak sempat lagi nak prepare EA form untuk staff. Ingat esok, I nak settle accounts tu sumer, tinggal lagi 3 bulan punya transactions je. Yesterday, lagi la... busy betul. Pagi I buat Accounts, after lunch kena concentrate ngan SC's reports pulak. Senoning jugak kepala ni.

This morning, so sleepy (bukan sebab tengok bola). Penat semalam tak hilang lagi. Actually, hari ni, dah janji ngan my colleague yang kena outstation kat MBJB yang I nak datang sana. Nampaknya, tak boleh la...sori ye Ai. By the way, Happy Birthday.

Lunch time already. Tiba-tiba rasa lapar pulak, padahal I dah makan 2 roti canai kosong pagi tadi :-). Emm... apa yek nak masak malam karang. No idea, la!

P/S: To Leymah, jangan sedih2 sebab MU kalah malam tadi!

F1 fever is back!

2005-03-05T09:55:00.000+08:00

F1 fever is back. The usual, season opener at Melbourne Park, Melbourne. Yesterday, only practice session. This morning, ada 1st qualifying. Me? Kat opis mengenang nasib malang tak dapat nak nengok live. Isk..isk..isk.

Seperti biasa, si Bernie mesti nak impose changes to the rules and car specs la... This year grid place is determined by aggregating the qualifying time. 2 days qualifying not like before back to back. Even on the race day, racers kena prepare early morning for final qualifying. Pastu, relaks about 1 hour and so. And the race start.

Rules yang change, antara yang terpenting: same engine is use during practice, qualifying and race day for 2 consecutive races. Meaning kat Melbourne ngan Malaysia nanti kena pakai engine sama. Kalau tak terus penalti back of grid at the start of race day. Bukan macam dulu, penalti 10 places. Only one set of tyres is allowed during one particular F1 weekend. So, masa pit stop hanya untuk isi minyak je atau tukar tayar kalau pancit ke. Kira advantage to non reckless driver le yang pandai jaga penggunaan tyre, etc.

So, tak tau nak expect apa from 2005 season. Hope everything is undercontrol la. This season, quite a few teams yang recruit new drivers. Ada muka2 baru dari India, Russia, Holland, Austria, and Portugal. The rest muka2 lama. All drivers kena adjust to the new timing, so, sape yang dapat adjust faster to this new rules, kira ada advantage to finish this season in higher notes.

2 weeks time kat Malaysia pulak. Tahun ni, kalau dapat tiket nak pegi lagi. Selalunya, last minute le. Kang tiba2 my cousin call cakap ada tiket. Tapi, sejak I keja kat JB, dah lama tak pegi Sepang pun. Susah nak cuti last2 minute ni. Tapi, diorang still call, mana tau I boleh cuti. So, now, I masuk sumer competition yang menawarkan tiket F1. Tak kisahlah dapat menang tiket grand stand yang setakat nengok driver race kat straight line je. I prefer dok kat grand stand F le. Boleh tengok kelibat kereta kat kiri dan kanan litar.

Well, for first timer yang nak gi nengok F1 tu, bawak your digital camera (tu mesti wajib) and ear protection la. The sound that produced from F1 car too loud. Lagipun, race time selalunya dalam 1 1/2 jam. Macam nak pekak je sepanjang race tu. Especially kat corner, masa diorang change gear, breaking tu sumer.

Ok guys, enjoy your weekend!

P/S: Happy 20th Birthday to my sis, Ain kat UM! Cian, hari ni, dia ada final. Takpe, lepas exam boley celebrate.

Reality Bites

2005-03-03T07:34:00.000+08:00

Perasan tak, skarang ni banyak pulak realiti show membanjiri stesen tv kita baik stesen swasta, astro, Singapore or Indon. Tu Johorian, it was a blessed dapat sumer channel2 tu. Boleh manage masa nak tengok which show on which day. Dapatlah, squeeze time, tengok all idols competition from Indon (sayang pulak si Delon tak menang, muka cute cuma suara kurang power dari Joy), Singapore (suka kat Taufik Batisah) and Malaysia.

Ok berbalik ke realiy show tu, kita dah biasa ngan Survivor, Amazing Race, Fear Factor, The Bachelor & Bachelorette, Joe Millionaire, etc. Tu kira show yg dah lama wujud, sampai dah masuk berseason2. Survivor standardlah penuh ngan tipu muslihat, alliances, back stabbing, all sort of that. Tu pasal I just watch it occasionally. Now dah 10th instalment, banyak changes dah impose to make it more challenging. But, I like Amazing Race very much. This one, test their physical strength as well as emotion larr. Quite a few couples yang break up after the show especially the winner of AM5, married couples Chip & Reichen. Ingat tak? Last nite, baru tgk 7th installment of AM. Yang bengangnya ada pulak si Amber ngan Rob (winner and 1st runner up of Survivor All Star). Boring betoi. Bagi la chance kat org lain. Kalaula, depa jugak yg menang, memang tak puas hati. I ni memangla tak suka ngan depa tu. I lebih suka kat Rupert.

Fear factor, paham2 sajalah tentang apa. Slalunya, I tengok part physical challenge je. Bab makan2 tah apa2 tu, tak sanggup tengok. Rasa loya je. Nanti asyik teringat2 masa makan. So, lebih baik tak tengok langsung.

And The Bachelor, Bachelorette and Joe Millionaire basically citer tentang cari pasangan hidup le konon2nya. So far, the successful rate is way below par. After show, semua separate. Baikle tak payah buat show ni. Perabis duit production tu je. Satu2nya couple yang masih bersama ialah Trista ngan Ryan (tak tau pulak kalau now dah divorce). Siap buat wedding on TV. Everything sponsored as usual. Pastu, dapat lagi ongkos US1m as giving TV right to the production house. Tak perasan pulak kalau channel kita dah tunjuk wedding tu. Tapi Channel 5 of Singapore dah tunjuk. Now tengah airing the 6th instalment of The Bachelor. Rasanya dah nak abis. Slalu terlepas tengok, overwrite ngan channel lain. Waktu primetime, sumer channel nak amik citer best2.

Aaaa, remember tak one time tu TV2 ada amik satu reality show The Mole. Tu best gak. Tapi production stop sampai 2nd instalment je. Masa tu, ingat lagi, baru lepas grad le around 2001, dok kat rumah sewa, baru start keja about 3-4 months. Sanggup member2 kat rumah cancel sumer aktiviti malam utk tengok citer ni. Sambil tu, main teka2 skali lah sape the mole tu. Kalau miss 1 episod rugila, sebab tak tau Q malam tu. Bottom point, show ni really brings us closer larr.

Now, new reality show such as The Apprentice, Race to the Altar, Surreal Life, Simple Life, Manhunt, US Next Top Model, Outback Jack, Next Action Hero, Contender, etc. Banyak sangat, pening kepala den nak nengok yang mana satu. So far, the Apprentice je yang berjaya menarik perhatian I. Yang lain tu, mostly to serve the purpose. Bagi muka2 baru glamour kat tv pulak.

OOO, lupa lak ngan American Idol. Tapi ni kira entertainment show la. Tak payah nak jealous2 ke, back stabbing ke, whatever sebab it based on vote and own ability to produce quality voice. Sape yang popular tu, boleh la stay 4 another week until the eventually winner announced during final 2 show. Yang menarik minat I tengok show ni, saje nak tengok si Simon Cowell tu comment yang bukan tentang budak2 yang datang audition larr. Tak boleh nyanyi sibuk nak join jugak. Sampai rasa, their act tu cumalah memalukan diri sendiri. Hisshh, tak paham orang zaman skarang ni. Kalau mintak second opinion pun, rasanya jawapan pun still no. Bak kata Simon, no, no, no….

28th. February

2005-02-28T13:30:00.001+08:00

Dear All,

Finally, end of the month. Hmmm, kalau boss baik ati, hari ni dapatlah check. Kalau tak, esok le gamaknya. Tapi, as usual, first thing first, fixed expenses kena settle dulu. Barule pikir nak bagi adik bape, mak bapak bape, diri sendiri bape and little bits of saving.

Kejap je masa berlalu. Esok dah bulan March. Baru je update aktiviti untuk bulan March dalam hp. Almost full. Yang tak bestnya, langsung takde public holiday. Keja..keja..keja. Tp, ada byk events kat Mesia such as F1, Disney on Ice and Sound of Music. F1 ngan Disney on Ice dah penah pegi tgk. Ingat nak gi tgk teater lg, Sound of Music. Tp, tak confirm lg. Tgk keadaan keja le, kalau free mungkin naik KL jugak. Last teater yg pegi pun masa keja kat maxis "Fame". Best gilerr. Cam nak join skali; nyanyi and menari. Sorang2 power voice. Enjoy.

So, to all. Consume more fluid to prevent from dehydration, kay.

My 1st Day Here

2005-02-26T10:45:00.000+08:00

Dear All,

Good Morning. Hmmm.... wat 2 do next. Dah takde keja. Boss takde. Colleague lak most of them tak masuk opis. Gi inspection... kononnye.

Me! Just by myself... dok depan computer nulis a boring journal. Nak surf net pun cam takde mood. This week, takde events yang best. My fav player, Safin already knocked out in the 1st round of Dubai Duty Free Tournament. What a waste! Well, everybody has up and down at early stage. Hope he will continue his supremacy talent in Davis Cup next week.

Sori, lupa lak nak kenalkan. Safin tu my handsome man from Russia. He's Muslim but never practice one as reported from various sources. Whatever. He's good in tennis. Recently, he won the grand slam of Asia-Pacific, the Australian Open. What a relief. After 2 times in the final, finally he won it at his 3rd visit. Yang bestnye, he beat Roger Federer (world no. 1) at the semis.

Definitely, his best birthday present ever. Ok. Enough about Safin. Till then.