Thank You Mr. Converse

2001, Foundation year. Sedang duduk melukis di atas lantai di bangunan Fine Arts, tiba-tiba aku terperasan sepatu Navy Blue Converse All-Star size 4 lalu di depan ku. Aku pun mendongak dan melihat siapakah pemiliknya. "Eh! budak perempuan tu pakai Converse.." kata hati ku..

2008, Tak sabar menunggu kepulangan "pemilik" Converse itu kedakapan ku...

cewaaaaaaah..hehe

Wife dah habis her Masters! Congrats Yang!! And hopefully no more cinta jarak jauh lagi..InsyaAllaaaah..

"Hello..cuba teka siapa ni?"

Di suatu pagi yang indah, sedang ku mengamati reka bentuk 3D muffler yang hampir siap menggunakan Alias, tiba-tiba..

"..Sometimes you want to go..Where everybody knows your naaame.." telefon ku menyanyikan lagu theme song Cheers menandakan ada panggilan..

Aku : "Hello?"

Pemanggil: "Hello.."

Aku : "Siapa ni?"

Pemanggil: "Laaaaah takkan tak kenal?"

Aku mengamati nombor telefonnya.."ish..tak kenal..." kata ku di dalam hati

Aku: "Siapa ni??"

Pemanggil: "Cuba teka?.."

Itu adalah soalan yang paling aku benci sekali. Bila dah tanya "siapa", maksudnya kita tak kenal lah! Tak semua orang simpan nombor kau! Tambahan kalau kes yang phone baru reset ke, phone hilang ke, sim card rosak ke..ingat senang-senang boleh retrieve balik 200+ nombor?? Kena pulak kau ada 18 nombor telefon..kau ingat orang berminat ke nak simpan 18 nombor kau? buat habis memory je!.

"Cuba teka?"..kau ingat ni Pop Kuiz ke nak kita main teka-meneka? Kalau jawab betul pun, apa yang aku dapat? "Haaa! terror pun!" kau ingat kalau aku dengar kau cakap macam tu, hatiku gembira lah? Boleh keluar statement "you've made my day" la? Tambahan lagi, ingat suara kau tu hebat sangat ke sampai semua orang boleh kenal? Berdehem sikit je, "ooooh aku kenal..aku kenaaaal suara ni..."Satu lagi, kau ingat semua orang ada masa ke nak teka siapa kau??? Mana taulah masa tu orang tengah meeting ke, emergency..tengah drive..pasal kau buat Pop Kuiz bodoh ni, accident..tengah parah nak keluar dari kereta sebelum meletup, kau boleh tanya, "CUBA TEKA?"..

"..Sometimes you want to go..Where everybody knows your naaame.."

Aku: "Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh dan selamat sejahtera.."

Pemanggil: "Waalaikumsalam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh dan selamat sejahtera ke atas mu..Saya Black, teman sekelas anda dari tahun 2000 sehinggalah 2001 di Universiti Simpang Dua dahulu.."

Aku: " Oh! Black.. Apa khabar? Sudah lama saya tidak mendengar khabar dari mu"

Black: " Saya sihat. Terima kasih kerana bertanya. Tujuan saya menelefon adalah..."

Kan ke manis begitu...

My name is Junkie, Sony Junkie

I have a new toy. A new Sony Playstation Portable (PSP). Got it at a very cheap price from a friend whom just got back from Japan. It is new, a PSP Slim 2000, manufactured in august 2008, original and equipped with the latest firmware, 4.01; which sadly is a problem to me. Most of the PSPs sold in Malaysia were cracked; enables user to install “pirated” games into the memory stick, a cheaper method compared to Sony's UMD (universal mini disc) disc game (sold at RM80-RM200 per game). Cracking the PSP is easy. You can either download a cracked firmware and install it yourself or just send it to a professional which only cost you 10-15 minutes and RM50-RM100 of service charge. But so far the cracking is only applicable to the versions before mine. According to the “pros”, Sony has found away of solving this problem (the problem is actually low sales of UMD games); Do you remember the mission messaging device from Mission Impossible? “ "This tape will self-destruct in ten seconds." ..something like that..But the pros said they haven't found the crack yet..”yet” means hope! So let's wait for the hackers to do their job. In the mean time, i make do with my cool used UMD game i got from Ebay.



Having this gadget made me realized that i have quite a collection of Sony products. Camera, DVD player, game consoles, walkman and phones. Why Sony? I don't know. I don't think Sony is the best product in the market plus it is quit pricy compare to the other competitors in the market. I guess i just got lucky having them at a knocked down price.

Hello 2015!

Photoshop-less
Ini adalah hasil-hasil "flash photography" sekerat jalan..dah syok-syok setting, satu flash gun pulak habis battery..cis..so make do jela..sifoo?




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Masa Hadapan

Saya banyak berfikir mengenai masa depan. Lebih-lebih lagi kerjaya ini memerlukan saya membuat kajian mengenainya. Reka bentuk otomotif khususnya motosikal mengambil masa sekurang-kurangnya 2 tahun untuk merealisasikan rekaan dari lukisan tangan kepada tahap prototaip. Apabila produk di jual ke pasaran, secara kasarnya, jangka hayat pengeluaran produk tersebut pula dianggarkan sekurang-kurangnya 5 tahun. Ini bermakna, pereka perlu memikirkan arus aliran reka bentuk sesebuah produk sekurang-kurangnya 7 tahun ke hadapan. Contohnya, jikalau proses rekaan bermula pada tahun 2008, hasil reka bentuknya perlulah bersesuaian dengan keadaan pada tahun 2015.

Isnin,2 November 2015

Malasnya nak pergi kerja pagi tadi. Lagi-lagi pula semalam hujan lebat..pukul 3 tadi terjaga sekejap, tutup air cond..tak tahan sejuk. Harap-harap bulan depan ini adalah bonus. Sejak harga petrol naik lagi ni, dah tak larat nak mengisi minyak. Rasanya dah tibalah masanya aku beli P409 tu. Walaupun elektrik bulanan naik, tapi takdelah pakai petrol lagi. kalau hujan je lah leceh sedikit. Tunggulah Proton keluar kereta elektrik pula. At least spare part senang sikit nak dapat. Sejak surat khabar naik harga ni, nasi lemak biasa pun naik harga sampai RM 3 sebungkus! mana taknya, depa nak bungkus pakai apa? Tapi baguslah depa nak kurangkan penggunaan kertas, tak payahlah tebas pokok-pokok yang dah berkurangan tu..la ni semua dah online dah. Mudah, murah. Ingat lagi dulu-dulu masa kecik, pagi-pagi apak dah suruh aku pergi kedai beli surat khabar. Hehe untung anak aku tu. Oh minggu ni turn Izza hantar ke nursery. Pagi tadi dia ada presentation. Jenuhla mak bapak dia ni tolong siapkan powerpoint dia semalam. Sampai pukul 11 jugaklah mengadap laptop dia tu. Tahun depan masuk sekolah dah dia. Kesian..muda-muda dah sekolah dah..tapi ada bagusnya jugaklah..masa umur-umur ni lah otak dia berkembang dengan cepat.

Hari ni kerja seperti biasa. Ramai dah mula menghabiskan saki baki cuti. Lenggang dan sunyi sedikit. Pejam celik sekejap je Izza dah nak habis kontrak 7 tahun dia. Aku rasa kalau Izza jadi ambil PHD dia, aku pun nak ikutlah. Sekarang ni pun orang dah tak pandang sangat dah dekat Masters ni..at least dapatlah jugak aku hidup kat negara orang! heheh tu pun kalau dapat overseas. Susah sedikit kot..la ni pun kat Malaysia dah berlambak universiti yang boleh buat PHD. Semoga dapatlah ke Overseas ye yang..

Aku sekarang macam dah susah nak terima lagu-lagu kat radio tu. Aku lebih senang dengar lagu-lagu favourite aku dulu-dulu. Adakah ini tanda-tanda aku dah tua?? heheh baru 33.ok lagi ni..tapi seriouslah kalau aku drive pergi kerja ke, aku buat kerja ke mesti dengar lagu-lagu lama dulu..kalau feel jazzy sedikit jamiroquai, rock skit Nirvana..ooh gila ol'school! deftones, weezer and super classic funks, Earth Wind and Fire dengan Jacksons 5..hmmm betullah aku rasa ni tanda-tanda umur meningkat tua..kalau tanya budak-budak sekarang bukannya kenal pun depa tu..ooh hari tu depa tayang The Matrix marathon! Gila cooool..classic gila..teringat zaman muda remaja aku pi wayang menonton.La ni susah la nak tengok wayang. Actually tengok kat rumah pun dah puas hati. Sound system pun dah nak ala-ala kat wayang dah..kalau dulu yela tv screen kecik..kalau cerita baru, kena tunggu setahun baru keluar kat HBO.. la ni tekan butang, bayar, dapat dah kat rumah..senang je..

Eh oklah..dah bunyi dah tu..aku kena balik awal ambik Jr. kat nursery..Dinner malam ni Izza mengidam spaghetti pulak!..pIzza Hut je laa kot..

My KL trip

I enjoyed my Deepavali trip. First and foremost, of course lah jumpa wife tersayang.. Secondly, I’ve managed to add a new “brother” to my DSLR family, thirdly dapat jumpa dan beraya with my VI brothers, visited uncle yang baru kena minor heart attack and lastly attended my ex colleague , Jawer‘s kenduri kahwin in Banting. Accomplished all that in just 3 days! Hebat!

HVL-F58AM-link to Sonystyle 
 Went out with sifoo (check out his website!)to look for a new flash gun. At first I was aiming for a slightly lower spec model (the F42-budget in mind), but suddenly we saw the F58 model, and was very surprise with the price tag! Have been read and impressed with the reviews few months back, and some injections by the sifoo, so I decided on it. Ada drama sedikit. At first, the machine rejected my credit card, and I was so disappointed, frust gilaaaa because we have tested and belek the flash for nearly 2 hours kat kedai tu. Dalam keadaan sedih, we walked back to the car in Low yatt. As we were about to enter Low Yatt, Abang called..heheh I call that fate..

left to right : Sifoo at work, one of the earlier pics using the F58, the new addition..welcome-welcome!

Konvoi Raya 2008-link to 99ers
So far dari 1999, my batch tak pernah miss mengadakan konvoi Raya. One year tu sampai dekat 10 kereta, even last year’s pun consider ramai! This year nyaris-nyaris tak jadi, nasib baik. Although tak seramai dulu, but still we’ve managed to go 4 houses (I pi 3 rumah je). Special this year, ada baby yang ikut sama!

Kenduri Kahwin Jawer
Jawer was my ex colleague. He is now attached with Media Prima. Sempatlah lari pi Banting tengok dia kahwin. Lee and family came all the way from Kedah. Nazmi of Lotus and Nizam of Emos were also there.

Deepavali@ Muthu’s-link to 99ers
Since 1998, I think I only missed 1 Deepavali at Muthu’s. Ni pun jadi macam satu tradition for our batch. This year tak berapa ramai like previous years..tapi still best jumpa school mates yang jarang2 jumpa!

left to right :konvoi at Jep's, jawer's wedding and Muthu's Deepavali

I don’t know why, no matter how many friends you’ve got, school friends ni lain macam sedikit..kan? Style melawak pun lain, style borak-borak pun lain..kita rasa loose sikit bila melepak dengan school mates. Next year I’m organizing our batch’s 10th year Reunion probably dekat school. Can’t wait..


 

Ear infection

Currently I’m on "Mono" mode. I have an infection in my left ear and it is so DAMN irritating. Went to Pantai Medical SP last Wednesday, drugged and have been sleeping early since then. So what causes ear infection? The doctor said there are three:

1. Excessive ear digging – (“luckily” seldom do that..hehe)

2. Swimming – It seems that the chlorine used in pools is quite harmful to our inner skin..ya ka?

3. Shampoo – Ha! I think this might be the culprit. Maybe the Ph level of the shampoo is not suitable for my skin.

So how to avoid from getting one? Don’t clean your ears, don’t jump in the pool and don’t shampoo. Hahaha..

I'm back

Wah dekat sebulan tak boleh update! My pc crashed (again!) and left me "pc-less" for nearly 1 month.. i can't access my files and folders, update my 99ers website and macam-macam lagi. Want to write more, but it is 6:46 am, i have to get ready to go to work..Izza is going back to KL this evening, and over this weekend, i will make a trip back to KL. Still Syawal? Selamat Hari Raya..enjoy my raya "moments" on the left and Capt. Din's wedding at PWTC on the right.