Transfer again

It’s been a pretty hectic week for me. I don’t think the correct word to describe it maybe I should replace it with very very extraordinary hectic handover week. From my previous handover experience since I started working, the one who receive the handover task should feel the stress and load.

But this time it was different, since most of the time they rely on me, it seems that they want everything could be settle before I go away. Maybe they still don’t really know well about my replacement personnel. Or maybe because he is far older than I am. But I’m sure everything will be ok when I transferred. I hope…

At first I’m worried my transferred letter was not transmitted yet in the early week, but then I feel secure when I receive it saying I will be going in a month. But the soon to be my new workplace start calling to expedite my handover. It’s still okay until I receive another transfer letter saying I have to report duty 2 weeks earlier to cover that area and build an organization there. There are pros and contras; the pro’s is I can get away from all this workload earlier and my rank and experience will be developing furthermore and the experience was hard to get anywhere else. Just the contras are I have to start moving stuff from my house on the double...

Well I have 5 days left… better start pack up my stuff

Kuantan decades later

Last weekend, my wife and I went to Kuantan just for vacation just to chill out from work stresses after a long 3 months of engine exchange works and engine problems. It is time to release everything and get to be at serene and peaceful place specifically sandy beaches and nice vacation hotels.

We arrived in Teluk Cempedak around 2pm since there’s some road maintenance work on going at the highway. Maybe the road project commence because holiday season is over and not many people travel thru the east-west highway. After lunch at the beach front restaurant, we checked in at Swiss Garden Hotel Kuantan. We get a nice room facing the Hotels swimming pool.

After resting for a while we went to the beach, it was one of beautiful beach of South China Sea in Malaysia beside Nexus Karambunai beach. That evening only a couple of foreigners swimming and one foreighner were para-surfing. That was my first time seeing how the surfer controls their parachute to surf at the surface of the sea wihout wave.

After a while swimming, we get to our room to change and head to Kuantan. Many developments transpire Kuantan since I left in 1998. I went back to my former college and it reminds memories about the past where I experience culture shock, personal changes, and etc for last ten years.

That night we had dinner at Tanjung Lumpur, one of the famous seafood areas in Kuantan. We tried large tiger prawns(quite expensive) and the special menu “sotong bakar petai” it taste great but we could not finish all since we were too full. Many great place to dine in at Kuantan, the thing that’ must be tried is the otak-otak and keropok lekor.

On the third day we check out earlier because I have some matter to settle in Awana Kijal (job interview hehehe). We planned to drop by at the Otak-otak stall that we ate before, but unfortunately the stall was closed that day. Thus we head home with just a bag of Keropok lekor bought at Terengganu.

End of Ramadhan 30sep08

Today it was already the last day in the fasting month… If only Ramadan could be longer, I would be very happy. But tomorrow it’s already syawal. This month I survive controlling my self with patience and the best thing is a lot of saving. That’s why I could give my mum and dad “Duit Raya” more than before, and also for my youngest sister, niece and nephew which seems like “multiplying” every year and not to forget my wife also get “Duit Raya” from me.

Today however, I managed to help my family by making cookie! Funny isn’t it? It’s been a long time I wasn’t at home making cookie with all my siblings in the ‘production line’. Hmmm… I hope I could celebrate Ramadan again next year. I’ve found the “night of thousands month” this year. And hoping I will found it again next year. Aminnnn...

Ramadhan 08

Today, it’s already 24 September 2008, which is also 24 Ramadan, that means today is the 24th day of fasting month. How short it feels this month. There are some sweet feelings that I have in Ramadan each year. Feeling of serene and peaceful always comes after few days fasting. I think this feeling only come during Ramadan only. It is quite sad noticing that I have only 6 days left in this peaceful month.

It’s a money saving month, because there’s no breakfast and lunch except dinner. Normally I have to think what to eat for Iftar, which is normally heavy meal (rice) and sahur. I usually eat bread and dates for sahur; most of it was dates, pistachios and plain glass of water. It is simple isn’t it? But it is the source of energy for me. But yet there are few days I didn’t wake up, overslept, woke up and heard the subuh azan hehehe…

There’s always free iftar this month, and buffet dinner. My CEO invites all executive for iftar in Crown Mutiara KL; my sister treats in KLIA and Putrajaya, and other in Heritage and some other in KLIA. And I treat my family in Marché. Nice Swiss meal plus some traditional meal. But of course I preferred more western and pasta.

But there’s one thing to be worried, the engine was not arrived yet. The chance of balik kampong might ruin. Ooh! I don’t want to experience Raya in workplace. Have experienced it back in 2005 and I dont want to be here in malam raya ever!

If malam raya you are working and you heard Takbir Raya from the mosque nearby, tears will flows realizing you are suppose to be in your hometown helping your family for Aidilfitri preparation where everybody was at home. If there’s no one going to do the engine exchange, I will disappear no matter what…

todays feeling

This morning I feel like I want to kill someone. why? I Dont know... maybe if I had a machine gun right now I think I'm already outside on a killing spree... but the important target must be terminated first..