Sunday, November 29, 2015

Premier ibadah camp









It would be my fourth ibadah camp but this time, there's a jungle walk with tazkirah at two checkpoints.Loved it! Told Dato Hamidon to package it for government agencies and corporations so we are all aware of our expiry dates and would not steal or rob or cheat other people.

The last checkpoint was kubur Sg Pusu where ramai our colleagues and students were buried including Dr. Marzuki yg kata Hamidon paling dia marah pun he would say, Ustaz, we are weak (sambil menahan marahnya).Wow. Mmg miss his peaceful presence.

I slept at Dr Haslina's office at AMAD.Her Dean and two others slept in his room on the other wing.Tengah mlm Haslina thought depa yg sakat kita kat cermin besar tu.She saw dua lembaga satu tinggi satu rendah melambai2 frm the big glass window.She told me nak nyakat la tu.Then we heard pintu bunyi org keluar masuk byk kali sampai I naik annoyed.I nak tidur tapi depa buat bising.We had a long day. I rasa mcm nak demam.

Besoknya we found out not the guys so semua pakat balik ke rumah masing2. The event patut habis today but I dah tak larat. A pity really cos' I love doing the qiam beramai2 kat masjid. Badan rasa restful.

All Sunday I rest. Kejap lagi pi clinic.
I actually wanted to write about how smart people need not fan their bosses to get ahead.Rugi! They could work their way up sendiri with their intelligence and doa kpd Allah. Tak perlu bodek2 to naik.Yg ni I tak faham.Maybe mrk rasa low self esteem despite their qualifications and achievements.

More when I feel better.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Sambal udang

Here's how you do it fast:

2 packets of Brahim's kuah sambal udang.
600 gm udang basah
Half spoon cili giling
Bawang merah, bawah putih, halia dihiris dan tumbuk dan ditumis sebelum campur dgn Brahim's.
Since akan berasa sangat masin..tambah air about 3/4 gelas.

Masuk petai yg dah dikopek yg berege rm7 satu packet yakni mahal melampau but do you have a choice.

Bila dah menggelegak, masukkan udang.

Bila nasi tak cukup, scream depan tamu minta bibik tolong tambahkan.Bila Bibik buat tak tau, shout again till she comes running saying nasi dah habis..kalau masak lebih, tak habis, rugi woh, she says out loud infront of your 5 guests.

Kisah benar.
Hari ini. But I'm proud of my sambal udang.And kormak lamb.Mmg sedap.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

My life is a huge drama

Since yesterday I was running around to sort out my 4 times cancelled flight to Manila. Apec is going on.Ohbummer would be in town so Manila punya bagus, tutup airport dia and seemingly MAS/Air Asia takda chance langsung nak mendarat.Pulak tu Muller's new and cheaper staff tak reti nak pacify distressed travellers (the ones at KL Sentral memang perlu pi training.Sat lagi I akan keluarkan skrip drama kami).

I decided to take the express train to KLIA to speak to the relevant authorities..ticketing frontliners needed training also OK? (but more polite than the ones at KL Sentral office). Then after I cakap I would go to their HQ to talk to their Corp Comm who would hook me up with..I don't know? Muller? Giller? Whatever.., baru dia cakap cuba Manager kat office belakang Body Shop tu (mula2 kata she reported to no one...I kata takkan kerja tak ber-supervise? She said mrk semua sama taraf dan pandai buat kerja sendiri.Haa maghoh ! maghoh! Haha)

Anyway, managers at the ticketing office (two beautiful ladies with brains) were very kind.Baru I nak buka mulut, one of them said baru dapat news can get full refund for all cancelled flights to Manila (mula2 polisi MAS tak leh refund sebab ticket off peak price).Syukurlah! But I wasted my time and money simply because no one picked the phone and no one could decide at KL Sentral.Oh lupa nak cakap, malam sebelum tu I dah called the Star complained.Pastu  bila I dah balik UIA, dapat official MAS calls bertubi2 kata can refund (I dah siap processed dah Dik.Hang baru nak habag?). Gamaknya Star le yang kasi my tel no.The reporter said pls give me your tel no in case MAS wants to respond.

Bagus juga Muller cepat bertindak. Nanti orang cakap apa kau buat ni orang local pun boleh buat -  in fact solutions depa mungkin lebih baik dan considerate.

Dialogue dgn budak KL Sentral when I told her Air Asia pun bagi full refund.She said ini bukan Air Asia.Amboi kau! Bak kata Kak Pah, lajaknya mulut kau! :))

MAS now is not MAS we used to know.Dia dah jadi MAB.Orang putih ketuanya.Dan dia dah bawak 3 orang putih lain jaga marketing, strategic dan akan membuang lebih ramai lagi org local dlm masa terdekat ini.Percayalah kpd org luar untuk menghancurkan negara kita bersama pemimpin yang sedia ada.

Pas tu I sibuk pulak nak berusaha on getting my books published. In between terkejar2 sana sini.

Hadoi. Semoga Allah permudahkan urusan selanjutnya.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Amidst fitnah

As irresponsible attacks shook different parts of the world (Beirut, Paris etc), we mortals continued to build this nation.On a Saturday.Whole day. New tricks learnt but many would remain old dogs.Can't teach old dogs new tricks.

But our team was in high spirit. Tak taulah ke mana bersimpang siurnya next week.
Ruzy and Imran were at the meeting too but sempat berselfie with Ruzy je.We promised to collaborate on research again despite our busy schedule.Nak cuti pun susah, babe.





Monday, November 09, 2015

Family wedding over the weekend

Taufiq and Hidayah changed the akad time from 9 am to 11 am sebab ada official complaint from me and Ummi.How sweet they agreed to do that cos' I could not take leave sbb kerja menimbun.Nik and Z lagi le..like EPF and Khazanah Research will collapse if they don't go to work. :(

So Bibik got her sedara to pick her up and balik cuti.We bertolak lepas subuh on Saturday morning.Fuii..ngantuk giler.I got to sleep but poor Nik dok drive sorang2.We got in an hour early.Wali pulak sampai lewat. These days senang sangat nak kawin..Groom cuma ckp saya terima nikahnya.Tak payah ckp panjang2.Taufiq broke down masa nak nikahkan adiknya.He took care of the  younger siblings after my sister died in a car accident when the bride was barely 2 years old.Ramai juga nangis. I pun nangis.Suspen juga kot2 wali kata intermission 15 minit kasi semua nangis puas2.But Taufiq managed to recover and went on with the akad.Sedihlah..these kids grew up motherless (bapak mrk tak mau kawin lain sbb sayang sgt and takut bdk2 tu dapat a bad mak tiri) but the two siblings buat wedding preparation macam mak bapak dia orang ada juga.Sangat meriah dan alhamdulillah terasa keberkatannya cos' it went too well. Well la sangat sebab I pun mengangkat gelas2 kotor sbb waiters tak ramai dan tetamu sangat ramai! My sisters pulak jenis jadi mem semuanya.

We met Buntat DJ radio Pahang.He and my bro in law yang kiai tu jadi DJ pulak..ceramah agama mcm tengah diinterbiu (Mizi mmg selalu on radio as penceramah).He sings well too.Tengah nak nyanyi satu makcik sabotage sbb dia pun nak nyanyi.Then he refused to sing sbb org makin ramai..dato itu ini.But I heard after I left, Mizi sang sampai orang khemah nak tutup khemah baru dia berenti.Haha..I missed that.I wanted to sing too (lagu anthem pompuan Rawa kami: You don't own me..khas utk yang dah masuk perangkap yakni pengantin lelaki...haha..my siblings told each other to kawal me..I didn't get to sing cos' no one wanted to be on chorus team..Aiman..Ijat..Mek semua tak leh nak harap)

In short, we had a nice family time.If all aruahs ada, pasti lagi fun.
On Sunday we went to Pantai Kempadang.I brought all the wrong clothes so no swim.But a nice break sitting on the beach makan goreng pisang and kerupok lekor.

As you age, time out gini very important.

 Kuantan nieces

Aizat  and Baraqah

Budak kecik bersilat

at the akad in the mosque

Nabihah doing the fresh flowers

Z with her second cousin

Sofea with her popcorn

Pantai Kempadang

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Monday, November 02, 2015

A failed state?

I get terribly angry if anyone says so.Who makes the state? Us. Who can shape it? Us. Can politicians have so much power to do what they like?

I think not.The future is civil societies.The future is us.

 But when I had to take the train to KL Sentral and walked and walked...I'm beginning to feel that this country is beyond hope.Letih hang tau? Konon ada customer service line..soalan kita not listed in their stupid voice mail.And no button to speak to any manusia yang boleh berfikir.So I had to go to the office and got my probs sorted out.Hang pilih orang putih jadi CEO 1000 kali pun takkan dia faham budaya kita.MAS OK? I'm talking about MAS service.Dah masuk longkang!

Kerja I the whole week dok meng-hack kerja orang.Haha. Kekadang Naim masuk meng-hack kerja I pulak.Kah kah.Nasib baik between us, kita tak angkat pot punya.I am tired folks.Last week orang cuti, kita tidak.Pastu sejak I dipilih jadi itu ini, AJK sana sini...kerja menimbun.Theses dari luar masa ni le dia nak masuk macam hujan.

I have two options: retire early or take time out for a year.Maybe when Prof Ratna balik from Bosnia, I will discuss with her.Malam2 my dreams are all about interns..that I had a pool of good interns to assist me.Or someone commented that it was a good move to employ interns.I mean what kind of life is that? Dreaming of work? Tak cukup waktu siang memikirkan work? Malam pun kena mimpi work? 

Anyway, me so proud of my Kak Ngah...she was on BFM on indigenous education issue with regard to budak2 yang hilang then found dead tu.She's second in the family to be on BFM.And boy...besar sungguh mulut dia.Haha. http://www.bfm.my/current-affairs-orang-asli-bad-education.html

We all ckp hope she'll make it to the family wedding next week.:D