Saya Beta berasa gering. Maafkan saya jika tidak melayan. Bergembiralah di taman Beta sehingga Beta berangkat pulang.

apa tu?

Dah ada telepon, tak nak guna telepon.

Dah tu pulak orang lain terpaksa tunggu ko telepon.

tapi tak puas la kalau marah-marah orang kat sini. hmph..

Tuhan Maha Kaya, Maha Mengetahui dan Maha Pemberi Petunjuk.

He has a way of teaching us a good lesson.

I made a mistake by mentioning m and my parents in the same sentence and now am experiencing His gentle reminder that He associates with no one.

Made plans to go out at 9:30pm. All went well throughout the day giving me an impression that it would be a good night as well.

at 7:30pm the phone rang. On the other side was a barely audible voice of our colleague in Dubai saying something something something something. By barely audible, I mean that it's almost impossible to make out the conversation had it been in a crowded or noisy place. Since everyone went home for the day already, I managed to extract the gist of what she was saying:

Guest coming to KUL, leaving in a few hours, wants to book a room at XXXX from XX Dec to XX Dec. Guests are honeymooners.

Ok. Irritation number one.

Called the property to proceed with reservations but "Sorry Sir, reservations is already closed, can you call tomorrow?" Mr, Miss, I wouldn't wake up an elephant if I can help it. So made some other phone calls to other people who assisted, to a certain extent but still, "Come tomorrow".

Irritation number two.

Anyways, this particular issue was a question some days ago that I answered. And they had to wait until the very very very very laaaaaast minute to decide.

Takpelah. Kalau aku ada vocabulary mencarut yang panjang berjela, I wud've. But tonight, I feel happier not to revise those words.

Happy eve of public holiday people.

The day before..

Saya memohon ampun jika terkasar bahasa dan tersilap kata..

Don't have to wait until I'm on the death bed to start saying sorry. I'm having phlegm for the longest duration I can remember. It must be the things I ate. It must be the things I did. It must be the things I didn't do. And probably the things that I said?

Naah, I don't think so. If it were the things that I said, it would've been worse.

Pagi tadi dah susun rangkap-rangkap pantun nak diblogkan tapi sekarang ni dah terlupa pulak. Nantilah, susun rangkap pantun lain.

We're having our first outbound client tomorrow, departing for Gold Coast, Australia. Made some checks with our office in GC just to be sure that the clients are taken cared of. The guys down under are just not keen on operating during Christmas and most offices are closed. That is SO unlike Kuala Lumpur, or Malaysia in general. Festive seasons are the time of year when everyone wants to remain open.

Come to think of it, that could well be the reason why our economy is kinda stable - Malaysians are crazy about shopping anytime of the year.

Sebab tu jugak there are so many disgruntled employees demanding for better pay for the long hours at the workplace.

Sounds like me :P

Hari ni nak balik awal. Have plans after work. Why not? Tomorrow's a public holiday. I'd be just about crazy enough to come to work tomorrow although it's another working day in the Middle East.

Am I crazy enough?

From a Beamer to a Merc..

Membuatkan poket saya berasa sangat ringan sekarang dan juga melegakan hati dan perasaan yang bingung.

Untuk Abe, inilah hasilnya setelah dinilaikan untung-ruginya menyimpan sebuah telefon pcpoket yang berusia 2 tahun. Telefon itu telah berjaya membuktikan bahawa ia tidaklah lagi sihat dan selamat untuk digunakan. Tuan punya kedai pembaikan juga tidak mampu memberi jaminan terhadap penggantian papan ibu yang telah dibaikpulih. Dengan rasa kurang berat hatinya saya menerima cadangan menebus-jual telefon 525 tersebut setelah difikirkan sengsara yang bakal dielakkan dan setelah diperjanjikan akan ditemukan saya dengan pengedar dan wakil penjual sah bagi bahan mainan idaman saya semenjak 2 minggu lepas.

Tanpa berlengah lagi saya mengikuti wakil penjual tersebut ke gerainya dan menilik barang mainan yang amat amat diidamkan. Disoalnya mamat itu dan juga diminta membelek beberapa lagi bahan mainan lain untuk dibuat perbandingan yang nyata berat sebelah ke arah mainan yang terkini. Ah, ikut hati mati, baik sahaja matikan peribahasa itu :P Setelah ditimbangkira semula, saya menerima tawaran telefon tersebut dengan muatan memori tambahan 8GB dan alat pengecas dalam kenderaan yang asli.

Saya masih belum mengenalpasti kebolehan sepenuhnya bahan mainan itu namun setelah 5 tahun terpisah dengan jenama Nokia, saya kini berNokia kembali.

Saya sayang kamu juga, E66 :)

p/s: buat abang-abang yang sangsikan kandungan botol di sebelah itu yang berlabelkan 'adhesive liquid', itu adalah gam non toxic dan tanpa solvent.

A longer one for the weekend :)

It's been a few weeks of no opportunity to write. I seldom write in the day simply because I don't have the peace and quite I need when writing but more because I have a constant interruption from colleagues, boss and the telephone.

I thought I would remain 'nameless' in the organisation which I know now is impossible. Not when I've distributed a lot of emails requesting for rates from properties and suppliers. Yes. Remain hidden but broadcast emails.

Made plans last week and most of them didn't work out which resulted in a less-interesting alternative. It's really no fun when plans are cancelled and I for one am a moody person when that happens. It's not that I blame anyone or anything or happenings but I guess that's the human part of me that wish for things to be smooth sailing and for wishes to happen.

Have plans for this weekend but surprisingly, it's only for Saturday. Sunday's rather free, as usual. I intend to play basketball on Sunday morning but the rest of the day remains open.

Had BBQ last Wednesday with Aunty Shamsiah, her sister, her children and her DIL. It was a surprise BBQ for them and for us too since it was only decided the evening before. Aunty Shamsiah is a family friend whom we befriended while in Dubai and she was pivotal in assisting Khalisah in her BM A* achievement for IGCSE.

I've managed to stay away from the office after 7:30pm for the whole of this week with the exception of Tuesday (or was it Monday? I don't remember days anymore!). That too because the MD gave me an enquiry that requested for an urgent reply. I didn't finish it that night but it was done by Wednesday evening. Been eating small meals for dinner too which now makes me feel slightly heavier.

Remember the 80kg I ended up with at the end of Raya? Well, I'm back to 81ish. Not interesting and I'm still not interested.

I've had many people making noises at me for not updating my blog.. Kinda like the mosquito I experienced a few nights ago when my parents conveniently switched off the fan when they switched off the light when they vacated the room after watching tv. Speaking of which, I slept early last night but woke up at about 1am because of the tv and slept only at about 3am eventhough the tv was off at 2. I really dislike waking up in the middle of my sleep, unless of course it's due to the matters of the heart :D Or the tummy. Issues of the tummy should never be ignored.

Mali is missing. Calls not going through, emails not replied, messages not returned. What's up with him?

Oh, I'm not writing in spite and I do not hate you for asking me to update my blog :)

Much love,
Azmil.

Back to reality..

I am reading this as I write this.

Everytime I score upon a successful younger person, I wonder, would I rise to the occasion should I chance upon the opportunity? How would life have been now should those opportunities arrive and I responded positively to them?

Fantasies, imaginations, wishes, all mind occupying thoughts occupy thoughts.

Then I snapped back to reality ("oops, there goes gravity") and came back to my senses.

To everyone is everything that He knows is best and it is not for us to question, much less judge His Wisdom.

Some takes, in the morning

I seem to notice that spicy, rowdy and postings that incite controversy gets more responses as compared to lame mundane ones. Oh, not to forget, those that invite opinions. Not the explicit invitation "comment please?" but those that triggers questions in the minds of those who read it.

*thinking..*

Got up early today and decided that I should heave my heavy behind to work immediately. And that I told myself that I'd be going to the workshop with the car to get it fixed and serviced but after receiving the call from the workshop supervisor just now, can clearly see wings on my RM, more than expected.

Oh, working hours on Saturday are 10 to 2 but I got here at 9. Haha.. it shouldn't count since I'm not purely doing work but I registered attendance.. :D

Kids, those of you who are still in school, this is not a good example to follow. If you decided to still and one day get a warning or termination letter, don't tell me I didn't warn you! Worse still, if you don't get those types of letters, remember that all your life's doings are recorded.

That's all for now. Oh, Mr. Cat didn't wake me up today. He came back at about 1am last night and whined and whined and whined so I thought he wanted something to eat. He had a few crunches then left. What exactly does he want??

And they say it's tough trying to understand women. No wonder dogs are man's best friend (as they say) and that cats are more receptive to women (from what I see)..

haha..

Updates, updates..

It's 5 days past the beginning of December and I've not made a posting yet. I actually thought that it's the 7th already but alas! It's not.

Apart from Mr. Cat waking me up for Subuh daily for the past 5 days, nothing else was new. I got rid of my shares for some profit and unit trust for a bigger loss and had work I wanted to do since Monday but because it requires attention and it's rather cumbersome, it couldn't be done as an in-between job. Which was why I just started on it two days ago. It's progressing albeit slowly but progress is progress. Closed the chapter on Langkawi and am almost closing Penang.

A long but interesting day tomorrow (I hope!) although I don't know which way it'll turn. Sent the car for a wash just now, planning to send it for servicing tomorrow morning.. hahaha.. "morning". I think I'll take the opportunity to go out early, start work early and drop the car off at the workshop before going to work in hmm.. eeny-meeny-miny-moe.. macam banyak je. Have to use the elephant to work la like that.

The car is giving weird wheezing sounds when driven over 80km/h. Was driving (in a rush) about 130 on a bumpy section of the NKVE when I heard some grinding noises which made me slow down to a more decent 120. Hahahaha..

Went to Sunway just now to send my faithful 525 to a workshop recommended by the RC and guess what? The most they'll charge me is 300 for an ultimate solution - motherboard replacement - which would cost me 550 if from RC. But they're selling the battery at 120 instead of RC's 80 so there's win some lose some.

Browsed some phones as well since I was already there. I was recommended Palm's new toy for a 'basic' phone with PIM that synchronises with MSOutlook but a 'basic' phone for 1300?? I looked at another shop and saw E66 which was simply.. LOVEABLE. Satunamstengah for an ori set with ori in-car charger. Why must everything loveable be so expensive?

*please God make it not be beyond what I can afford*

:D

So veryveryveryveryveryveryvery tempted butbutbut.. :(

Spoke to a friend in Dubai as well when he called instructing me to go on YM.. hahaha..

Dah lama tak main bowling. Anyone game for a game? Or two? Or some? :)