Fashion Week 2008::Mid Valley Part 1

A jungle theme stage.









Ehem.









Behind the scene.









Amber Chia.









Don't care whatever his name are but I like that mens wear.








The only thing of the night that I like:the Oriental print shirt which is weird enough as the model(the left one) do not show it in full as the shirt is tucked inside the jacket most of the time.Weird or not,I bought that shirt immediately after the show nonchalantly. Hehehe.

What I Saw On Tee-Bee

Before Decorum and Standing Order,if I'm allow to pick,there was 7 Idol and 16 Outwit,Outplay and Outdone.

The first has something to do with our Parliament.The second then was(and still)about some of the many of my favourite pastime when I'm not busy doing any shopping or reading.Both tell a different kind of a storyline but on a similiar notes both are entertaining to me.They are both playing the script right in the comfort of my own living room.

Skip the much ado about the jaded American Idol and the many spin-off of Survivor,the other day,I managed to see the first season ever of the live telecast of our very own Dewan Rakyat presiding.After be on everyone's lips for so long,I'm quiet judgemental on what to expect.Much to my suprise,the telecast was lively and full of suprises.It was similiar to a debate competition like the one that I have in school just minus the name-calling,derogatory remarks,lewd gestures,demeaning and degrading choice of words,shouting inappropriately and not to be miss a stage walk-out protest.Ya.It was like students during playtime.I'm dumfounded.If it's not for the Bahasa Malaysia or songkok if I mute the audio,I must think at the first glance that telecast is belong to a foreign Parliment like say,Taiwan or Hong kong.Now,I wonder how sooner I can see a flying chair in our own Parliament.Hey!We have 220 MP and I'm optimistic that day will come into the light.

Before Simon Cowell and The Final 2,there was this so called a Backbencher Club and of course the usual the Opposition. Whatever comparison that can be make vis-à-vis nonchalantly,please don't forget that for both the jury are watching out there.

Welcome to reality TV,Parliament.

Apakah?



Inilah yang akan terjadi bila Nabila Huda pergi Mekah.

Congratulation,Long OverDue



Congratulation Norayu binti Damit.
Congratulation David Cook.
Congratulation Stacie Angie Anam.
Congratulation Kay Siow Wai.

Congratulation too to my all time favourite,Datuk Siti Nurhaliza for the AIM 15 win:Best Vocal Performance in an Album(Female),Best Pop Album and not to be forgotten the technical award of Best Musical Arrangement In a Song(Bahasa Malaysia) for song Cintamu by Nai Kong.

Aye!You go girl!Eat your heart out Liza Hanim.Oops!

Well,I wrote something nice about Hadiah Dari Hati and AIM earlier but pardon me for miscalculate the eligibility date.I thought it was next year for the AIM sweet 16. Aiyo!I'm so off the track with the music scene right now.The passion now are work, work,work and some more work.

Worth to be mentioned about something that most laudable about AIM 15 is the inclusion of Best Local Chinese and Indian categories.Gosh,the Indians have made themselves progressive musicians haven't they?Don't be suprise too if I say that some of the nice Chinese song on radio is produced by our own local talent.Hehehe!Don't ask me why I listen to the chinese radio.Shhh!

To Malaysian,please support the local music industry and keep supporting it.

Majulah muzik untuk negara.

OK.Now,should I congratulate Faizal Tahir or not?

Imagine

Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
of brotherhood or man,

Imagine all the people,
Sharing for the world,

You may say that I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will be as one,

Ohhh,

You may say that I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
Take my hand and join us,
and the world will live as one.


Note:You are always a winner in my heart Archie.

Kena Marah Pasal Siti Nurhaliza

Apalah salah aku agaknya.Aku tak mengerti.Aku kan hanya seorang peminat fanatik dia.Bukan abang dia,bukan saudara-mara dia malah jauh sekali aku bukan suami dia. Tapi kenapa tak pasal-pasal aku kena serang hendap tatkala leka beramah mesra.

Serangan Pertama
Niat di hati nak tanya pasal lagu dangdut.Tajuk tak dapat tapi aku dapat jadi tempat meluahkan perasaan tak suka pula.Ya.Aku tahu ramai orang malam itu salahkan Siti Nurhaliza sebab ambil dia menyanyi habis semua belanjawan makan sedap-sedap jatuh merudum laksana saham TM dan TMI.Bugffet semua jadi tak meriah dan tak menghairahkan rasa lidah.Di sebalik konspirasi makanan itu,aku harus akui yang Siti Nurhaliza semacam tak ada buat kerja rumah sebelum naik ke atas pentas. Pergh!Namun itu memang satu kerja rumah gila nak mengingat semua nama anak syarikat dalam TN(sebelum Demerger). Aku pun kalau tak ada Google, matilah dicarut-carutkan khalayak setempat nak mengingat satu persatu nama-nama yang ada.

Serangan Kedua
Pasal tudung.Dahulu kita ada tudung Wardina,tudung Norjuma,tudung Mawi,tudung Datuk K dan kini kita ada pula tudung Datuk Siti Nurhaliza. OK.Kita persetankan dahulu soal dari mana tudung Mawi dan Datuk K datang kerana mereka memang tak bertudung.Masalahnya sekarang, yang dikatakan tudung Datuk Siti Nurhaliza itu ada macam-macam variasi.Paling aku terkejut, ada yang sebiji nampak macam rahib kat gereja.Mmm...buat peminat anti Siti Nurhaliza, silalah banyakkan bersabar.Artis kalau pakai tudung memang begitu.Kita perlahan-lahan OK.Kita doakanlah dia berjaya pakai tudung dengan betul.

Serangan Ketiga
Pasal kes rumah tangga.Pasal Siti Nurhaliza pindah ke rumah isteri lama Datuk K yang di Bukit Antarabangsa. Hello!Ini pun jadi kes ke?Aiyo.Apa kena mengenanya aku dengan rumah itu.Suka hati Siti Nurhalizalah dia nak tidur kat mana.Badan dia.Lagipun bukan bagus ke?Kan kat rumah Bukit Antarabangsa itu ada orang tua Datuk K yang dah uzur.Bolehlah Siti Nurhaliza tolong-tolong tengok-tengokkan.

Hai.

Siti Nurhaliza!Siti Nurhaliza!

Susah juga jadi peminat Siti Nurhaliza ini.

Tukar minat Britney Spears boleh?

Wulan Merindu::Part 2

Sunyi sepi malam
Tanpa sinar bulan
Sesepi diriku
Sendiri dalam penantian

Tak tahan rasanya
Gelora di jiwa
Ingin segera bertemu

Duhai kekasihku
Duhai pujaanku
Aku rindu kepadamu

Sekian lamanya
Ku memendam rasa
Tak tertahan lagi
Rasa gundah didalam dada

Teringat dirimu
Terbayang kau selalu
Setiap malam malamku

Datanglah sayangku
Hadirlah kasihku
Wulan ini merindumu

[Reff:]
Betapa indahnya dunia terasa
Bila kau ada disisiku
Alangkah syahdunya seakan terasa
Bagaikan ku dialam syurga

Bawalah diriku oh sayang
Kuingin selalu bersamamu
Tak sanggup lagi diri ini
Berpisah denganmu kasih

Cintaku, sayangku, kasihku
Kuserahkan hanya kepadamu
Semoga Tuhan merestui
Bahagia selamanya




::Cici Paramida

Wulan Merindu::Part 1

One mp3 track on my WinAmp player.For my beloved laptop and of course not to be forgetten, the people who are 10 feet radius around me. To be suffered of the same song back to back.From 8.30 AM to 5.30 PM. For almost 2 weeks working day.

Then,I thought it wasn't enough.I added 20 more cda track on my home made CD.For my car. Of the same song back to back.To accompany me driving alone from KL to Melaka and back to KL.

The song title:Wulan Merindu.
The singer :Siti Nurhaliza oops...actually it's Cici Paramida.

Please don't laugh or smile or anything.Whatever you think I might be don't care. Here, I want to announce to the world that I'm falling in love with this song.Like seriously.I like it very much.Never bored of it.The moment Siti Nurhaliza sung it,I knew I will like it forever. It's like love at the first sight.

Just like love,opposite does attract.Dangdut and march beat.Huh!Unexpected and unlikely but turn out to be a great combination.I think I heard this song before during one of the army(read:ATM) function but I'm fooled to think that is one of the army brassband cheeky song that they are famous for as it is presented in a full percussion version.

It's no secret that I like dangdut.Dangdut and me is like getting a nice smile on my bad day. Dangdut can make me smile outside and inside.

Long live dangdut!

Ayuh!

Job Satisfaction vs Loyalty

It's amazing.10 years.12 years.15 years.Even there is a rare case of 20+ years.

Ya.That what suprise me most during the award presentation.The tenure length of most award recepients.

I wonder what factor makes them stay so long?Is the length of service in tandem with job satisfaction? Do they really like their job so much?I really want to know how they manage to be so loyal.Staff loyalty is very rare trend indeed now in the corporate world especially as human resources from the Generation X and Generation Y(and coming soon Generation Z) start flooding the job force.Well,this worth mentioned generation are a very weird type of people indeed.The jaded Human Resources teaching method should be rewrite and updated to be able to understand this kind of generation.

On general,this is not an isolated cases.I do belief the above statistic is just the tip of the iceberg. Kudos to the TM Shared HR and the BOD as I think they probably do something right.

To qoute Dato' Wahid in his so called farewell speech:'a happy worker perform better'. Ya.Happy is the word of the day.Maybe that is the answer for everything.

So bosses(big or small),please think how to make your people happy. Remember,people are your greatest assest.Sometimes,that does not even require you to burn a hole in the pocket at all.

P.S Please do something to that my slow as snail HR bos.

Inspired By A Guitar



Deep down,I'm so jealous of them.Looking at them performed on stage I felt like, 'hey,that is what I want to do too'.Them here,I referred to my CEOs. Before,they inspired me with the minute meetings from the board room and now they inspired me on stage with their songs.

OK.Maybe to like all of them is quite an overrated statement.Well,I don't want to be a drummer as I have an unresolved issue to play it since school time.I don't want to be a lead singer as that sound so easy and of course in million years I'm fully aware that it will rain if I sing.Plus,I don't want to get freely hurt by a thrown bottle of water from the angry fan.So,put that drum and microphone aside and please say welcome to piano and guitar.

I can claim that I can play piano as I played it before...err,like 20 years ago but guitar is a something new to me.OK.Don't make that face yet.As a matter of fact,I was the brassband member during school time.I played saxsofon back then and I played it very well.Don't be suprised if I say that I can read that worm-like music notes too back then.

Music is always my passion.The other side of me.If I'm not an engineer by now,of course I will be a musician.If the late Sudirman can be the singing lawyer,of course there should be no problem if I want to be the musical engineer right?

Ya.All I have to do now is to enroll in that guitar class.The instrument that I'm always wanted to play.

Any guitar teacher to volunteer here?I pay.

But please prepare for a flexible time as engineer like me do have a weird timetable.

Wish me luck.

Tak Berubah

10 tahun keluar dari MMU,ini kali pertama kami bersua muka.Dia balik ke Johor.Aku pula entah mengapa masih degil di Cyberjaya. Entah apalah yang seronok sangat di bandar tak ada pasar raya dan masjid ini aku sendiri pun tak tahu.

"Abang Man macam tak berubah langsunglah.Gaya sama.Gelak pun sama."

Dia bernada riang cuba menggoda aku rasanya.

"Weh!Aku berubahlah.Tengok ni.Dah ada janggut".

Gila.Takkanlah 10 tahun aku statik macam masa muda remaja dulu kan.

"Ala...janggut macam Hanif?".

Hahaha!Tergelak besar kami berdua.Ada kisah lawak yang hanya kami berdua fahami. Teringat cerita zaman jadi exco Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar. Ya tuan-tuan dan puan-puan.Aku dahulu memang gila kuasa politik.

Kami berbual lagi.Topik banyak pasal kerja.Pasal demerger.Memang dasar pekerja contoh gila.

"Abang Man dah kahwin?"

Ya tuan-tuan dan puan-puan.Soalan ini kalau tak ada di majlis sebegini memang aku akan jadi pelik.Macam ada yang benda yang tak kena. Macam makan nasi ayam tanpa sup lagaknya.

"Belum.Tak ada siapa yang nak."

Skrip jawapan bermood baik di dalam katalog jawapan dipilih segera. Kami terpaksa berpisah selepas itu sebab Maghrib sudah sampai dan aku mahu cepat-cepat duduk di koordinat yang paling baik malam nanti.

Sambil dibuai lagu-lagu yang merdu malam itu sempat aku melayan perasaan sendiri. Mungkin betullah cakaplah dia.Aku mungkin tak berubah.

Berat dan saiz pinggang masih sama(atau makin kurang lebar). Apa yang aku buat masa belajar dan masih kerja sekarang banyak yang lebih kurang sama.Aturcara harian pun masih tak banyak beza dari zaman sekolah berSBP dahulu:belajar/kerja-makan-solat-main petang-tengok TV/main Internet-tidur.

Yang mungkin berbeza,jumlah duit dalam bank.Dulu sikit.Sekarang ada banyak sikit.

Mmm...kena berhijrahlah nampaknya kalau macam ini.

Bilalah agaknya aturcara menukar lampin nak masuk dalam kalendar rasmi harian aku?

Eee...macam gelilah pula bunyinya kan.

TM Night::Edisi 2008

1.Nak makan-makan.
2.Nak jumpa kawan-kawan.

Itu objektifnya susah payah bergaya dengan baju biru malam-malam datang ke Precint 5. Memang tahap beria gila sampai sanggup korbankan waktu jam 7 untuk Shin Chan tersayang. Lagipun malam itu mungkin malam yang terakhir sebelum kami semua terbelah dua(baca: demerger).

Dapat jugalah makan mee goreng mamak yang sudah lama dicari-cari.Tapi...entahlah. Rizal dan Yati kata,kalau ikut spesifikasi mereka,itu bukan mee goreng mamak.Itu mee biasa-biasa. Tapi aku kata,bukan kat situ ada tulis mee goreng mamak ke.Mmm... entahlah. Itu sahajalah benda berat yang masuk perut.Tak tahu nak makan apa sebab makanan memang tak menarik langsung tahun ini.

Maka,agenda seterusnya ialah menjual muka ke hulu dan ke hilir.Wah!Jangan tak percaya. Memang laris juga hasil jualannya.Tak menang tangan bertukar senyum dan salam. Siap boleh dapat 2 temuduga kerja. Oops!Harapnya tak ada mata-mata jahat yang nampak. Hubungan tak terlarang dengan kabel besar bawah tanah yang kalau sebut nama semua orang kenal itu harus dirahsiakan.

Tahun lepas ada post-party sampai nak ke Subuh hari tapi tahun ini tak ada orang pula yang sudi nak bersuka-ria dengan aku. Oh!Aku lupa!Semua kawan-kawan yang sekepala sudah berkahwin.Orang bujang dengan yang bukan,lain-lain jadual waktunya.

Mmm...bosan gila.

Nak makan sampai kenyang sakit perut,selera tak terbuka pula tengok hidangan yang sikit dan lambat ditambah juga.

Nak jumpa kawan-kawan,mmm...macam tak berselera pula sebab sudah biasa jumpa. Pemandangan alam sekitar pun tak berapa menarik juga kecuali dua tiga kes terpencil yang tidak aku ketahui akan status hutan-hutannya.

Tahun depan ada lagi ke majlis bersuka ria macam ini?

Funny Coincidence

Imagine this.

You have a function to attend.You dress up and show up immaculately glamorous from head to toe. Then,just as you think every head will turn jaw dropping to you,come the invited suprise that some how make you wish that no one see you.Oh great!Just over there is somebody in the same garb as you are.The same design.The same colour.The same size.

What do you do then?OK.I would allow you to wish that you are invisible then.

Now imagine this.

You are a woman and that happen to you.Err...Like this poor lady.



What do you do then?

As from my limited knowledge about woman,this little funny coincidence is a major no-no accident that should be avoided at what ever cost.No two(or more) woman would be all-smiling to share the same attire at the same place unless they are a dancer or maybe a boria team.They simply don't like it.Just like how they detest sharing the same man(maybe,not men) in the same bed.

So,next time you go for a big function,always prepare for a Plan B.Or D.

Unless if you don't mind to be caught in clutches or should I say lenses of the fashion police.

Err....a police like me?

TM Night::Pictogram Part 2

The unlucky lucky number.









Huhuhu!I like!I like.









Siti Nurhaliza.









The CEOs performing with Dato' Wahid as the lead singer.








Macam aku kenal bangat si lelaki penyanyi latar itu.En Razlizam... dulu jadi pelakon iklan,now jadi penyanyi latar pulak?






The finale.









Bye bye TM Night 2008.Very excited to see the ballons.








Err...this is the only picture of myself.Also taken by myself.

TM Night::Pictogram Part 1

Panik juga masa sampai.Ingat salah bangunan ke apa sebab terserempak dengan ramai gila orang India.






Sana biru.Sini pun biru.









The prestigious Plenary Hall, Putrajaya International Convention Centre(PICC).







Mmm...macam pernah masuk meeting sekalilah dengan itu perempuan yang ada mikrophone.







Bergambar dengan GCEO.









Berpeleseran di anjung menikmati angin Maghrib Precint 5.








The banner.









Wah!Ada laser dengan api-api sekali.








From left:Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hj. Mokhtar,Dato' Wahid Omar,Tan Sri Dato’ Ir. Muhammad Radzi Haji Mansor,Dato' Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa,Dato' Jamaludin Ibrahim.





The TM Award winner.

Identity Theft,Again::Part 2



First,I needed to clear my IC in the blacklist.That got me into a 30 minutes interview but as always,I passed with flying colours.Well,I brought along the copy of my previous police report that I filed years ago on the same situation.One minor setback,I had to file a new report for my renewed licence case.

OK.No big problem.Shah Alam is like my Putrajaya.Oops!Just maybe I'm slightly clueless where the hell is the nearest police station to Padang Jawa. Seriously,I have no idea at all.Padang Jawa is indeed a new territory for me.I wanted to call Datuk as Shah Alam is his playground but I'm concerned that this will turn into a media circus.Well,if I'm asking for a help that mean I'm seriusly in trouble but this copy cat case is far far away from anything serius.My driving licence is just suspected being clone.So I proceeded on instinct to the IPD Shah Alam at Seksyen 11 that I'm so familiar with.

Eee...the policeman who typed my report is so slow.He typed like 2 words per second.I think if he is an engineer at my place,I don't think he is capable of getting close to even a Level 0 in his KPI.Slow is then the word of the day.Then,my report got stucked for hour as it cannot be cleared as the Inspector or something is in the meeting.Oh!Great. However, that turned out to be great entertainment for me nonchalantly. I love police station. It's drama there and there.I'm seriously entertained by that 60 minutes or so.

Back to Padang Jawa,the case settled.But as slow is the word of the day, I have to take number, wait and go through the normal process to renew the licence just like other people.Never mind. At least I can have my handsome face on my driving licence. Yeah!

For the time being,the case hopefully settled as I kept it proscinated earlier.

Till then,wait for the next 5 years.

Identity Theft,Again::Part 1

Have you ever wake up one day to find out that Murphy Law has kicked a vengeance on you?

So,this is my story.It all started with my obsession to have my handsome face on my driving licence.

Off to JPJ,Petaling Jaya I wanted to renew my 5 years old driving licence. Then,what that suppose to settle in like 5 minutes turned into a hell of many hours of nightmare. To my suprised, I were told that my driving licence had been renewed.What the ...? If I has renewed my driving licence, then what the hell is I'm doing in the wee hour there?To double my suprised like one suprise is not enough,I had a JPJ blacklist too.Oh!Great.Thank you very much.

I explained to the officer as I'm yet to renew my licence and that vehicle number is so not mine. They comprehended and requested me to go to JPJ,Padang Jawa as that is the office that being responsible for my renewed licence. Nonetheless,thank God it is just Padang Jawa only.Not Rantau Panjang or some place that only God know where.

Argh!I know this will happen.I know this wouldn't near over yet.

I'm so veteran in this identity theft kind a thing.

This is the price that has to be paid if you lost your IC.

Argh!

The Proof Of Awareness





























Note:Picture taken from contemporary Liuli art(glass based) exhibition by Loretta H.Yang, KL Pavillion.

Billboard



Steamboat bukan sebarang steamboat,
Steamboat masak dicampur kentang,
Billboard bukan sebarang billboard,
Billboard terletak di Bukit Bintang.

Cewah.Matilah aku dibelasah pencinta pantun seMalaysia.Suka-suka hati rosakkan pantun Melayu.Sebagai pemantun terbaik dua kali berturut-turut aku tahu sangat struktur pantun di atas jauh lari merapu tapi sila bertenang. Ini bukan pasal pantun. Tapi ini pasal billboard.

Ya.Di muka depan bangunan warna ungu Yayasan Selangor inilah pernah berputik rasa bangga.Tahap kembang gila menusuk dada.Rasa nak balik rumah segera pun ada juga. Ya. Di billboard inilah suatu masa dahulu pernah terpampang besar dan gagah hasil keringat dan darah aku dan kawan-kawan seperjuangan membangunkan teknologi negara. Produk pertama tahap nasional aku untuk rakyat Malaysia semua.50 tahun merdeka,aku rasa tak sia-sia apa yang aku belajar di sekolah dahulu.

2008,dah banyak pula produk tahap nasional yang ada.Dah macam tak hairan pun.Rasa segan pula menusuk dada.Maklumlah,aku hanya laksana seekor kuman di belakang tabir sana.Tak nampak pun tak apa.

Sebelum berpisah,terimalah sekali lagi pantun yang tak seberapa.

Kalau ada piring yang pecah,
Janganlah pula nak berahsia,
Kalau ada billin yang salah,
Maafkan saya rakyat Malaysia.

Cewah.Sekian sessi berpantun untuk hari ini.Kita jumpa lagi.