Lelong...lelong

It's time to distribute the Tee for sales...It is part of our activity to promote our Jubilee to all fellow friends. Well, time is running short, so need to work pronto...

Darn, they are so 'good'

They did it again!! The target, our main site office storage yard. As reported, it happened at 2.30am, where 7 to 8 masked robber simply take their 'sweet time' carried their loot. Fortunately, they didn't manage to cart away the high tension electrical cable when the guard spotted they & sounded the alarm. However, we loss 3 out of 4 6 meter length aluminium ladder which were kept above the steel cargo container. What the h#@* we hired the guards for...the 'robbery' happened exactly in front of guard post!! Serious, gonna make the Security company bear the losses.

The only 'survivor' from the odeal.

Tee - pick up

As part of our preparation of our group's silver jubilee(January 2007), BH & I stopped over at UB Uniform Marketing (M) S/B for our "Perayaan Jubli Perak Sabah Catholic Youth Group (SCYG)" T-shirts. 2 variations available, Mini Polo (a.k.a Baby Tee) in pink, suited for ladies & Unisex Collar T-shirt in yellow for all. For the 1st batch, 100 pcs are available for sale at RM25.00. As part of the working committee, we had our name embroided on the tee (additonal cost incured to Rm30.00 each) Personally, i love the tee for it's high quality cotton & precision printed/embriodery works. Depending of demand or sales, 2nd batch production will follow suit.

The Unisex Collar T-shirt (front & back profile)


The Mini Polo (front & back profile)

The visitation

Spent some time at Main Sentul Project office this morning for clerical works. Actually, my clerk is temporary stationed here since Setapak's main office demobilized. So, all the Setapak's correspondent will be handle at this office. Anyway, the Sentul office is still under minor renovation as core personnel is slowing filling to their new workstation. I like the floor plan as it is quite spacey & 'strictly no smoking room' hehe.

Meet the 'Datuk'

Had a chance to meet up with honorable YB Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau (Tuaran, Sabah MP) today. While waiting for the appointed time, few of us had a small TT session at Cafe Biscotti, Dynasty Hotel. Their cakes are recommendable.

There are lots of reason to meet with the Datuk at his hotel suite. Apart of being the honourable MP, 'The Man' was also the founder of Sabah Student Society Action Group(SASSAG) during 80's, where this group evolved to current Sabah Catholic Youth Group(SCYG). We had a great time chatting, sharing & learning from each other. Appreciated all the insight & current reality of Sabahan/Sarawakian's life (as inMalaysia too) at this gathering.

The fellowship continue at buffet dinner table,

where we only adjoured at 11.30pm.

Ps. will never park my car at Dynasty Hotel's in-house parking, costed me a whopping Rm24.00 for duration of 6 hours.

New Site survey

As mentioned earlier, my next posting will be the KTM Sentul - Batu Cave railway project. Had a site visit together with my boss & storekeeper just now. Gonna plan for the new site office/worker quarters layout (preliminary preparation) before 'full-swing' work by early next year.

The long wait

Headed down to Wangsa Maju Post Office for package sending via Poslaju service (a box of GPSr to Bro Noah, at Kuantan & a box of Malsingmaps t-shirts to Bro Songwillie, Penang). It took me 1 hour to queue! There's goes my lunch break...(i held the queue ticket no.1271 from current 1211). Oh man, why just don't people use the online/auto-pay system to settle their common utility bills.

It's the beginning

Ah..the 1st day as somebody's husband & in-law. As per routine, began the Sunday obligation by observing the Lord's day. After the Mass, we had a big family breakfast at Kee V restaurant. I certainly love the hot & spicy ginger pork soup. Hum, both side of the family is really getting along well as they chat & mingle like nobody's business hehe.

Later in the afternoon, the 'ladies' (my mom, in-law & the aunties) decided to go for textile hunting at Nilai 1 & Nilai 3. Naturally, they are a professional 'self-made' tailor, so i won't be surprise about their shopping habit . We went in 3 cars, driven by my dad, my brother & myself. Upon arrival, 7 of them took about 2-3 hours shopping just enough to fill up the car boot with their 'precious'. As for the guys, we found refuge by sitting on the bench, simply tengok kiri, tengok kanan, tengok langit. Darn, it can be very torturing hehe








To wrap up they day, we went down to Putrajaya for photos. Tempat wajib untuk bergambar 'for show-off' katakan untuk orang-orang di kampung. I had to admit that Putrajaya can offer a great & marvelous sceneries (balancing act between greenery & man-made structures).



Hum, bawah jambatan pun jadilah hehe

The bad news is...

Sad, at the end of the day, my main photographer reported to me that he loss almost all our memorable photos. It happened to be that he had misplaced/loss the camera CF card in the ballroom. Pity thought, lot of the photos taken before & during the church blessing gone into thin air. My BH was hurt tremendously...(update: she manage to cool down only after few days). As for me, let by-gone be by-gone, the memory card is nowhere to be found anyway (but i do hope it will return). After all, during the event, we had a lot of 'backup' cameramen among relatives & guest. It is just matter of time to collect & recompile back the loss photos from them.

Just married

Here come the bride! My BH is walking down the aisle as i waited at the altar. The Mass was headed by Rev. Fr Valentine G in Bahasa Malaysia/Kadazan-Duzun language. The church atmosphere is more like 'home', thanks for help & support from Sarawakian/Sabahan's magic touch. About 110 people attended the Mass, mostly from close friends & relatives (i didn't expect large turn-out for the simple church blessing) .

Obviously i almost 'stuck' in my marriage vow, luckily the priest help a bit. Apa boleh buat, jika terlupa atau tidak ikut script, 'hantam' sajalah...asalkan ia ikhlas & jujur.



<-- The wedding vow & blessing by the Fr. Valentine G. Flank by Both side of parents & witness.

Family photo after the church blessing.

<- The VIP table (attire changed to Sabahan 's Traditional costume) - enjoying lunch & presentations from the SCYG members.

At the end of the Mass, photo session took over...it took us half hour to stand & snap with the guest hehe. Terlalu banyak jurugambar, sampai sa punya mata mula 'bling-bling' & penat betul mo senyum lebar. The day continued with a thanksgiving luncheon at Prescott Hotel, located nearby the church. To my surprise, the hotel management has provided us a throne for the 'new King & Queen'. After short speeches, we all dig in & enjoyed each other companionship. I was really touched by some open sharing from friends. Yang penting, tidak ada kawan @ tetamu terhormat rasa terpinggir. Thats why i tried to keep the invitation 'small' so that all guest will enjoy the fellowship.

We wish to extent our gratitude especially to our parents & relatives, Rev. Father Valentine G., the Project coordinator- Miss Cornelia, SCYG Members & all the invited guess who made this event a memorable one. We also thanks for all who has help, knowingly or unknowingly, for all the support & prayer. Hope to see you guys again at Sabah - Aramaiti!

New words for today, kami akan "Berusaha" hehe.

With the Event/Project Co-ordinator

The Sabah Catholic Youth Group members

In the wedding car

Time to go, had a chauffeured ride to church. My heart beats very much as i struggle to remember the wedding vow (perasaan takut macam mahu duduk ujian akhir semester hehe). I hate to be in the spotlight, & worry that i'm might makig a fool out myself.

The last 154 minutes

Hehe...I'm the 'King' for today..planned to wake up late, but was given a 'wake-up' call by Alfred from Sg Buloh. (Didn't have a bachelor party last night thought. In fact i was chatting with my pianist, Mr Verus on PA/Audio/cable peripherals till wee hours). Miss Conelia (our Wedding coordinator) & Mr Valentinus( our appointed driver of the day)are the busiest people among us. All the protocol, choir, logistic & luncheon event will be manage by them. Well, as BH is getting dress up & got herself makeup by professional makeup artist, i'm busy remembering & practicing my wedding vow.

New hope for the obsolete.

There are 2 gadgets that I'm regret of getting it or totally under utilized., which are The Magellan Platinum Plus GPS receiver & Fujitsu Loox PDA.

Extraction from my forgotten thread in malsingmaps:

"Hum, i got 2 things that clutter my room.... thinking of give it up for sale if someone insterested, or i open any suggestion/advice to anyone :want to do next to provide my baby a new life? hehehe

1) Fujitsu PDA still in tip top condition, still with box set & original accesories.. hardly use it went i bought it about 2 years ago (most of the time kept it in the box only), and i still naive about PDA advantage hehe...Details can be found here: http://www.ciao.co.uk/Fujitsu_Siemens_Pocket_LOOX_600__5320032
Although i can still invest a GPS module for it, but i still prefer my newly aquire 60csx as an independent unit

2) Then the Magellan(age bout 1 year ++), my 1st GPS unit anyway... didn't realise the basemap is incomplete /not very detail especially for Malaysia !!(not like malsingmaps.com that can provide updated map daily/weekly). maybe some other ppl can appreciatte it more that i do.. well, i learn a lot from it, still, its still give me the best directions / trackback/referece point (through track/way point lah) that keep me from losing myself . Condition is till the best, use it only when i travel outstation/foreign area. come with serial data cable & original Mapsend CD (worldwide basemap)
Details bout the unit, pls browse through : http://gpsinformation.net/mgoldreview/mag-plat.htm "

hehe..today, Bro Noah (EC-R Main mapper) is offering a new hope for my Magellan GPSr, where he gonna find some ways to create or convert existing maps to Magellan compatibility. In order to assist him, i'm gonna ship my 'collecting dust' device to him pronto!

Can't say the same bout the PDA thought...so, i let it continue to collect dust hehe

The 24 hrs countdown

Time is coming up, so no play-play anymore. Expected to be busy in last minute preparation... need to pick-up 'core' or 'key person' for the big day tomorrow (the pianist, The MC, The Flower ladies - who will stay overnight at my house today). While my parent & BH busy doing some deco & Wedding/traditional dress fitting, i just sitting at my own workstation reading forums hehe. BH Parents & relatives will be arriving soon from Sabah this evening too. Quite surprisingly, i felt much relax & cheerful. Maybe because i took leave from work started today & had a extreme 'long' good night sleep.

What can i do without you?

3 days already being abstained from drinking coffee for evening 'dose' (Common practice, without fail, i will drank with minimum twice a day - once in the morning (6.30am) & once in the evening ( between 3-5pm) )..why am i suddenly abstained from drinking coffee? Definitely not because of health problem issue or something. It just that i don't hot water & coffee making materials in mini office recently hehe. Yup, so what if i'm a cheapskate, not worth of spending money at local 'mamak' stall if i can brew it myself. Hope to get mini boiler soon.

Hum, talking about the side effects of lacked caffeine in my system. Firstly, I'm not very active at night as before, where i used to watch news or movies till 11pm or doing some studies or research. Secondly, getting 'piss-off' easily(must admit that my brain is not functioning very well). Then, have a slight headache/migrain today! For 'coffehollic' people like me, i used to it already (the side effect). I'm addicted to it, & i hope to find a simple way or solution for 'detoxification'.

My blog update/review..

I'm being thinking....trying to come out something interesting for my blog (Personally, this is only place that i can express my thoughts, feelings, etc..guess that my 'inter-human communication skill" is extremely poor. Oh well, it's about my life, this is how i want to share it)....Major obstacles: First of all, I'm not a very creative graphic or web designer. Other than that, i'm bad in English story telling or journalism hehe. Hope that my 'fan' out there (whoever you are, thanks!) can accept all the weakness that i have. Please bear with me as i'm still learning doing the best that i could. Peace be with you.

hehe..just learned & 'install' the free web-tools from www.bravenet.com (The hit counter & guest map). Hum, let see how much 'web fan' that i have.

Getting myself OTC?

Perhaps being thinking too much (or nervous?)...Being forgetful or absent minded lately... today was 'locking' myself out from my own bedroom as i forget to bring along my entrance key & electronic key card when heading out for work. 2 days ago, almost left my HP at the same room. Even my 'never leave home without it' multi-tool penknife is not spared last Friday!

In worse case scenario, i simply can be 'lost in mind' till i took the wrong heading to a destination where i frequently travel....

*OTC - Otak Tak Centre

Getting stress up...

It's aways a life concept for me to follow this golden rule: "Suffer(or work hard) first, happy(or freedom) later". Well, it being 2 years of resources (money) preparation...2 years of mental training...2 years of 'life changing' planning. Finally it almost come to an end. Am i ready to face the real 'married' life. Personally, resources is really getting on my nerve!! All the saving & planning prove to be not enough. In fact, after quite some time, my personal Stress-O-Meter given out warning sign already (will talk further on this).

The wedding preparation is really taking a toll in term of my financial planning. It started well in term of finance& planning. We had planned & agreed upon to have a simple wedding ceremony & receptions, but unfortunately, it end up 'grand' instead. Yup, peoples said, it just a matter of 'one time' thingy. Please la, this is our big day that you guys talking & gamble about. (IMHO, it's not a good long term investment too), I prefer spending our money according to our own mean. It's not that i won't spent much on it, but rather allocate those money for the honeymoon 0r holiday. I want to have extra cash on honeymoon with my BH, i want to have extra cash to save on stock or investments, & i want to have extra cash for my future child's education, etc. Sadly, all the reserved 'honeymoon' money had being used up for the 'overspent' or rather 'extra' incur marriage preparation. Hopefully that i don't have a 'sour face' throughout my wedding day.

Bottom line is... i don't want to have this type of mentality "Jolly-jolly first, & suffer(or pay up) later!"

From manual to rechargeble batt powered toothbrush.

Yup, toothbrush...it might not be new for the early adopters of this 'high tech' tooth cleaning system, but poking extra $$ for this type of toothbrush is certainly quite thrilling. Nah, bought myself a Oral-B CrossAction Power Max for about RM 79.00 after being 'poisoned' by my Asst. Site Manager, Mr Chooi. Oh well, another proved that I'm a gadget freak.

At first, it kinda funny to 'work' with this gadget, as it emit 'buzzing' sound from it's bristles & moving parts (sounded like a construction work in progress in the bathroom hehe). Apparently, if i removed the removeable/replaceable bristle head, the internal motor run quietly. Shh.. this can be a good 'vibrator' for that special moment hehe (if you get what i mean *twisted*). Anyway, it does deliver result as claimed. With it's powerful brush rotating & cleaning power, my teeth is cleaner & polished white, if compared to 'manual' actions (ok..ok.. maybe I'm just damn lazy to brush my teeth by my own self) . Apart from that, I'm having less proned to gum problems & fresher breath. In fact, it reduced tremendously the hard-to-remove brown coffee stain on my teeth (heavy coffee drinker here hehe). As per single full charge batt, it can run up to 2 weeks without fail (standard 3 minutes per brushing, 2 times a day). Not sure how long is the lifespan the internal Li-polymer, but i hope it can last up to 2 years.

The verdit, after about 4 months of usage...it worth the penny (no need to be a rich man to enjoy it, & it also offer 'extra' benefit. Hint..hint..). Another added bonus, can do my part of preserving the environment too as i need only to replace the small part of bristle head, as to compare to throw away the hold piece of conventional toothbrush in rubbish dump. Oh, please observes the proper way of discard this product in later time. Safe the earth!!

Detail of the product here: Oral-B CrossAction Power Max

I just love school holiday!!

Thank God, it's finally a school holiday season...hehe, not that I'm on leave or got something to do with school activities, simply love the smooth traffic flow in the morning. No stress, no rush & can safe up to 10% fuel intake.