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Sawadeekap you buy me coke i give you lap

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Semalam petang kan, agent dari Sheffield Offshore Services (Manpower Supply Agent) yang berpengkalan kat Singapore tu call aku, masa aku dalam perjalanan nak ke Marina Cove resort Teluk Batik to attend Iftar dan sempena completion project yang aku involve kat Lumut ni. Katherine nama dia, dia cakap dia nak propose aku untuk position Prime Contract Administrator... tapi kenapa ada 'Prime' tu.. macam minister ada prime minister gitu ke? Aku sekarang Contract Administrator je.. so kalau ada pangkal 'Prime' tu kira lagi kelas le kut.. ke Senior Contract Administrator kalau kat sini. Ha client dia tu base in Bangkok... tapikan gaji yang dia offer tu kurang dari yang aku expected.. aku ni memang gatal bila expatjob.net antar list of vacancy kat emel aku hari2 tu.. aku main click2 apply je.. Last month aku dah tolak satu job kat Wales.. sebagai Field Supervisor gaji 10500 pound .. memang le besar gila gajinya.. tapi aku ni mana ada pengalaman jadi field supervisor.. dah la aku...

What others think about Malays

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Well its lunch break, since im fasting, I tried to get some nap, but i couldn't find the switch to sleep mode in my mind. Hmm why dont i surf the net..... well on what topic?? Yess... Negaraku, i really want to know the origin of our national anthem (i am very patriotic).. So i googled it. There's a list of results on Negaraku, but my eyes were glued on Negarakuku by Namewee... hey this is the famous rendition of Negaraku by the Malaysian student in Taiwan. So i clicked on the link and the video clip was played on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-z2X0PeUWY&mode=related&search Hmm I dont blame Namewee entirely for what he did.. He tried to express his opinion in the way he knows best.. through music.. but the use of Negaraku is throughly inappropriate. I dont against his opinion, but that song stirred a racial tension among visitors to the the site. Most of the comments are full of hatred. Its shows that we still have a long way to go to buid a national unity. ...

Into the unknown

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In life, we always confused and not knowing what we want. I bet most of us are. I see some of my friends keep whining and complaining that GOD has not been good to them for having strings of bad lucks. Is it the GOD's fault that we suffers? Or is it because we are too blind to see what GOD has offered? I believe we are the admiral of our own voyage. We chart our own course into the unknown. Gambar Hiasan Imagine driving in a darkness of a night from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru, all you see is a mere 20 meters from your headlights, but 20 m after 20 m unfolds as you travel down south. You will reach Johor Bahru even in the middle of the night and you do not see anything more than 20m infron of you. WHY? Because you know what you want. When you know what you want you work for it, ie. taking PLUS Highway southbound. To achieve what you want may not be an easy feat and you do not know what in store for you. But when you believe and keep your focus on your goal, the universe will make w...

Catatan buat Encik : Notes on my late father

Encik.. itu adalah panggilan aku dan adik beradik terhadap ayah kami. Sebagai anak yang bongsu sudah tentunya aku amat manja dengan Encik. Kini sudah 21 tahun Encik pergi. Kenapa tiba2 saja aku amat rindu pada Encik. Mungkin sudah terlalu lama aku tidak menyedekahkan al-Fatihah buatnya. Maafkan adik Encik. Encik dan Mak berpisah semasa aku masih terlalu kecil.. ketika aku berusia 2 tahun.. tetapi dalam usia sekecil itu aku dapat mengingati segala pergolakan yang berlaku dlm keluarga kami.. bagaimana Encik dan mak selalu bergaduh dan Encik selalu pukul Mak. Bila Encik marah, Mak akan bawa Aku, Om, Tanti, Along dan Angah menyorok bawah tangga. Pergolakan rumah tangga yang ketika itu masih tidak aku mengerti membawa kepada perceraian. Aku ingat lagi sewaktu di mahkamah, hakim bertanya pada kami lima beradik nak ikut Mak ke Encik.. bila tiba giliran aku, sambil meloncat loncat atas kerusi depan hakim berkata aku nak ikut Encik.. ketika itu aku tak mengerti apa-apa, tapi apa yang ak...

Tiada lagi Indah.. A story of an abandoned haven

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Aku dijaga oleh datuk dan nenek seawal usiaku dua tahun. Tok Tan lah ayahku, Tok Na lah buku, disamping Makcik dan Mak lang. Mama dan Encik berpisah ketika aku masih terlalu kecil. Sejak itu aku terpisah dengan adik beradikku yang lain. Tok Tan yang tak sanggup melihat mama terpaksa menyara dan membesarkan kami berlima beradik mengambil aku bagi meringankan beban mama. Sekolah rendahku, Sekolah Kebangsaan Paya Mas, Tangkak Aku dijaga baik oleh Tok Tan dan Tok Na. Begitu juga Makcik dan Maklang. Soal pendidikan amat dititik beratkan walaupun kami tinggal di kampung yang ketika itu jauh dari arus kemodenan. Aku tinggal di kampung ini sehinggalah aku melanjutkan pelajaran ke UTM. Sekolah Menengah Tun Mamat, Tangkak Ingat lagi, aku ada mempunyai seekor beruk yang diberi nama Tunggal. Aku tak punya barang permainan seperti kanak-kanak lain. Satu hari, Tok Tan membawa seekor anak beruk yang begitu comel sebagai hadiah dan teman buatku. Kami menamakannya Tunggal. Ketika kecil Tunggal dipakai...

My first blog

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Hi all, i tried putting up my stories for the world to see in myspace. I had some loyal readers but i eventually fed up of posting when one of my entry caused controversy, and i ended up loosing one close friend (i thought he was my close friend). The problem of blogging is just like SMS or letter or even movies, your audience might have a totally different idea of what you trying to portray. But hey when i think about it again, why do i have to stop for the very insignificant one person. So wait for my future postings. Selamat Berpuasa... Chiow Whitelighter