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Ramai yang kata "asyik balik jek budak ni.."
Lelagi bila kali ni balik bukan masa raya puasa, bukan juga raya haji, bukan juga summer holiday. Abis dia ni balik sebab apa ekkk???
Aku balik sebab ni....


Kami menerima orang baru dalam keluarga kami!!!!! Wife to my big bro.
Orang Jitra Kedah. Lawyer ok.. sapa berani saman aku skang? I have a lawyer in da houz y'all.. haaa...

Walaupun terkocoh kocoh balik sebab nak jugak attend the wedding dekat Jitra ni, namun aku masih tak sempat attend the akad nikah. Conference Call je dengan Ayah masa my bro tgh menerima akad tu. 

Congrats to both of them. Really fancy a wedding after 10 years. (Wedding yg sebelum ni was my sis's which was 10 years ago. Didn't attend any of them coz was having my SPM at that time. So wouldn't want to miss this one...)

Selamanya Harimau Malaya


So true. Kalau kita tak boleh terima kekalahan jangan sorak kemenangan mereka. Setiap permainan tu bergantung kepada skill, untung nasib dan juga doa. Kadang kadang kalau kita terlalu yakin, terlalu berbangga dengan kejayaan yang sebelumnya, kita terlupa untung berdoa. Jadikan ini sebagai pengajaran. Walau setinggi mana kejayaan kita dua tiga hari sebelumnya, kita masih perlu berdoa untuk kejayaan seterusnya.

ManU pun pernah kalah 6-0 kan.. lek laa....

Emas untuk Malaysia


Bertemu 'seteru' di perlawanan akhir bola sepak Sukan SEA 2011. Suka plak aku tgk gambar ni. Dan suka jugak aku tgk status2 di FB yang bewarna warni dengan ucapan tahniah pada Harimau kita. Dah lama rasanya arena bola sepak Malaysia tak semeriah ni. Meriah as in satu Malaysia, termasuklah rakyat Malaysia di luar negara, menanti nanti nak menonton perlawanan macam ni. Sampaikan ada yang sanggup balik keje awal sebab nak streaming kat umah. Paling cool yang siap skype dengan anak dia n suruh anak dia tala laptop/komputer ke screen TV (true story). Yelah.. ada certain country yang block streaming website. Ataupun nak streaming kat ofis, slow sangat la plak network nye. Nanti tengok bola dah ditendang, halfway nak masuk gol dok streaming plak. Tunggu la penuh debaran. Bola ni masuk ke tak. Orang dah update kat FB atau dah tweet kata gol, kat screen kita bola tu dok atas angin lagi kan...

Anyway, setinggi tinggi ucapan tahniah kepada pasukan bola sepak negara. Teruskan usaha. Kami sentiasa memberi sokongan padu, seiring dengan usaha anda semua. 

P/S: Nak jugak share natang ni. Aku memang caya yang ini berlaku sebelum baca komen kat bawah tu...



Tips to Get a Life

With reference to this post, I found another interesting 'side' article on the same paper. It's a tips on how to 'get a life'. <- I started thinking that my Dad actually wanted me to read this one..


  • Develop a daily or weekly routine of non-work activities, so you learn to enjoy things other than work. These could include regular exercise, prayer or meditation, reading relaxing or uplifting books, etc.
  • Have a regular commitment to doing something involving other people, such as going for a walk together,  playing games, meeting for coffee, having a night out, etc.
  • Beware of trying to pack in too many extra activities, with the result that your non-work time ends up as busy as your work time.
  • Pay serious attention to your spouse/partner/parent/child/close friend when they urge you not to work so hard.
  • Be cautious of time management gurus. Although they give helpful advise about working efficiently, their technique often encourage the tendency to cram in as much useful work into a day as possible. Your aim is to reduce your work, not increase it.

Workaholic ke?

Ingat tak my FB post satu ketika dahulu?

Masa balik Malaysia for Eid Adha baru baru ni, I went for lunch with my Mom. Bila balik rumah tengok tengok ada suratkhabar sisipan ni kat atas katil. Confirm dah ini mesti my Dad yang letak ni. 
Well... nak kata workaholic, I agreed I kind of a workaholic. Tapi tahun ni rasanya tak kottt... Dalam satu tahun 5 kali balik Malaysia... Workaholic ke... 

In any case, here's the article. Do read through and try if you are also of of us..

It is dangerous to be a workaholic. Although  you may finish a lot of work, you may endanger your mariage, ruin your relationships with your children, get burnt out and end up in an early grave (Nauzubillah) If you want time to live a more enjoyable, meanigful life, the following steps will pint the way:

Step 1
Change your values so that work is no longer the most important thing in your life. Unless you are truly convinced in your heart that there are some other things more valuable than work, it is unlikely the other steps will be affective. You won't be able to say "No" to overtime unless you are sincerely say "Yes" to something you truly desire. Ask yourself if you value any of the following enough to give them higher priority than your work:
Your family. Would you rather risk a divorce???
Your health. Are you willing to get a stress-related disease???
Enjoyment and peace of mind. Work is not the only thing we need to enjoy in life...
Money. Is it worth it to have so much money but no time to spend it?

Step 2
Evaluate the impact of the various types of work you do. Cut back on work which gives relatively little benefit for the time invested. For any item of work you take on, ask yourself "How many people will get significant benefit from this? How many people are eagerly waiting for me to finish this?" If the answer is "Hardly anyone" think twice or three times about whether you should really do it or continue with it. 

Step 3
Limit the number of work assignments you accept. Finish one item of work before starting another one. Don't feel that you have to finish every item of work that you have started. Just because you have already wasted a lot of time on a piece of work, it doesn't mean you have to waste more time. Don't throw good time after bad.

Step 4
Limit the amount you spend working. Set aside one day of the week as a rest day. Be strict with yourself in not working on that day. If the computer is your main work tool, try not using the computer for the rest day. Set office hour for yourself, outside which you don't allow yourself to work.

Step 5
Be flexible about when you aim to finish a piece of work. If other people set deadlines for you, so be it. But try not to set deadlines for yourself. Don't do today what you can reasonably put off until tomorrow.

Step 6
Limit the quality of work you aim to achieve. Don't always aim for super high quality work when it isn't necessary to achieve the purpose of the work, if that frees up time to do something else even more worthwhile.

Step 7
Be efficient in the work you do. If you can be highly productive in a relatively short time, you can use your achievement to calm your workaholic conscience and allow yourself to relax outside your set work time. If you stop being workaholic, it doesn't mean you can't work hard, work efficiently and aim for excellent quality.

Step 8
Meditate on this: How many people say on their deathbed, "I wish I'd spent more time in the office". Make it a habit to periodically ask yourself, throughout the day, "If I died in my sleep tonight, would I be happy the way I spent my day?". As somber it may sound, looking at your life from the perspective of your deathbed can jolt your priorities into places.

GOOD LUCK!!!






1 Year Anniversary


Believe it or not, it's been one year I've been living abroad. How time really flies away....
Well, I guess... I'm gonna spend at least one more year here.. What do you say?

MAS Re-Routing

Read this from Malaysians in UAE FB Page:

Malaysia Airlines (MAS), which will be relocating its headquarters (HQ) from Subang to KL International Airport (KLIA) in February next year, will cut several routes including those to Dubai, Johannesburg, Buenos Aires and Cape Town, in a bid to reduce costs, sources said. MAS is currently conducting a review of its entire route network and sources claimed that there would be more route cuts.




Then, this morning, after the 6 hours flight from KL to Dubai, I met one of the MAS Officer who happened to be flying in the same flight as me back and forth. He casually asked me how many Malaysians are there in Abu Dhabi. Well.. to be honest.. I don't know the exact figure. But I do have a feeling it reaches at least 1000 (Aren't we?)

Anyway, he then mentioned that MAS will be moving to Abu Dhabi. Which means, MAS will stop its route to Dubai and re-route it to Abu Dhabi instead. Which means, we, in Abu Dhabi, will be having a second option for a non-stop flight to KL without having to go to Dubai.

Ngeh ngeh...

Nota kaki: Flight malam tadi was my first flight that was handled 100% by MALE Cabin Crew. Interesting.. Should I be flying with MAS more often because of this? Ehek..

Salam Eid





Eid al-Adha, "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid," is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. It is a time of giving charity to those in need, of gift-giving to children, and of celebration with family and friends.

Beijing Travel-log ~ Post Mortem

Dah berapa post pasal Beijing je. Kalau korg nak termuntah sila muntah. Tapi kalau korg ada cadang2 nak pegi Beijing sila la baca dengan teliti ye.

My opinion, Beijing ni it's all about Great Wall of China tu je. Yang lain2 tu I rasa tak pegi pun takpe. Memula dulu aku mmg nak tgk sangat2 Forbidden City. Yelah.. Nama pun Forbidden kan.. Nak la tgk apa ada dalam yg sampai Forbidden sangat tu. Tapi lepas dah masuk, hmmm... rasa rasa istana kat Korea lagi cantik. 

Summer Palace, tak pegi pun takpe. Bukan boleh masuk dalam pun. Tgk dari luar je. Itu pun dari jauh. Dari seberang tasik ok. Bukan boleh pi pegang pintu dia pun. Paling dekat u can get is on the boat around the tasik. 

Shopping wise, as I said, kat market dia mmg diorg bukak harga macam hantu. I mean. I know u nak try dapat untung lebih. Tapi tgk org la kan. Kita ni dah terang2 dari Malaysia. If I can get that kind of things here in Petaling Street for RM10, salah ke kalau kita expect it should be cheaper than that kat China? Sume benda made in China kottt...

As I sadi, the only worth places to visit is The Great Wall of China. Kalau aku buat trip ni sendiri, a.k.a tak ikut travel agent, harus aku spend the whole day kat situ. Naik segala cabang. Malangnya ikut travel agent. Tour guide yang cute tu, aku nak pegi ofis pun dia tak bagi.. Sume benda kena ikut schedule. Nak komplen lelebih pun yang pilih agent ni kawan baik sendiri. Kena jugak la jaga hati dia. But seriously. Great Wall of China, kalau korg leh pujuk tour guide korg dok situ lama sikit, sila dok situ sepanjang hari pun takpe. 

Makan? 1st day memang teruk. Probably sbb jet lag. So badan takleh nak accept the taste lagi. Tapi 2nd day getting better. N 3rd day 4th day was good. Cuma breakfast je la. Aku turun sekali je. Pastu breakfast kat bilik je. And sila la bawak jajan secukupnya. Sebab diorg ni makan ikut time. Takde nye nak berenti snacking suka suki dee... (satu lagi downside kalau pakai travel agent)

Satu lagi, bersedia la untuk tidak ada internet sepanjang anda di Beijing ye. Tak payah sibuk2 nak bawak laptop. Buat susah nak jaga je. Hotel, RS485 nye port pun takde. Kitorg dh try segala Starbuck, O'Brien, Coffee Bean dan yang sewaktu dengan nya dah. Tak bleh gak masuk. So, bersedia lah untuk 'out of facebook' selama mana korg di China. 

Apa pun, aku takkan halang korg pegi la. Tgk tempat org. Apa salahnye. At least kalau org lain tanya u leh cakap based on your own experience kenapa tempat tu best atau tak best kan. For me, that's probably the last time pegi Beijing on personal trip. Kalau bisnes trip tu lain le cite. I don't really have a choice there...

Beijing Travel-log ~ Day 4

Last day for me.

And today, it's all about shopping. Starting with the Jewelry City to the cheap market.

In Jewelry City, there's one manager who is Malaysian Chinese. He's quite excited meeting the noisy us. Started to tell stories "Beijing - Behind the Scene" that was not so nice to hear, but good to know...  hehhehe...
He gave us a good deal on the young jade bangles, necklace and bracelet. Each one of us bought one set since it's kind of cheap compare to the Jade Museum. And he also gave us a jade pendant as a gift. Xie xie...

Outside the shop there's a small souvenir shop. More like stall for me. Cheap and cute panda!!!! Here, we manage to get 3 fridge magnet for 10yuan without bargaining. So, note to future travelers. Don't bother to bargain at the Silk Street for standard souvenir like key-chain or fridge magnet. Wait till you come here.

Next was to Knife Shop. They demo a set of knives on the usual how good it is. How sharp it is. And all sort of things. If you like it, buy it. Coz I do think it''s cheap. Just that it's kind of bulky. And today is the last day. Which means our bags are already full with things..

Then one of the cheap clothes market. The quality of goods are not excellent but acceptable. Since the shopkeeper are nice, we prefer to shop here than the Silk Street (10 kali dah aku sebut on how rude they are). Beside the clothes market, there's a big shopping mall that reminds me of Pavillion in KL. It feels so good to be in the mall even though we didn't buy anything.

One thing really good about this mall is the toilet. SO COMFY!!!!! I actually entered twice. hahhaha... Not just me ok.. Sarah pun... There's a fountain in the middle which attracts our attention. Then off to ColdStone for a nice ice cream in the cold.




I was always on the phone coz my colleague in AD started calling asking for cost of a certain things. And I had to check with my counterpart in Beijing coz I know he will be in the office. Then my counterpart invited me to the office coz he wanted to introduce me to the other team members. And Max didn't want to let me go. Hence the calling calling incident.

I was sent off to airport by Max's friend at 9pm. Feeling really scared watching all those army while checking in. Then feel really great when Etihad upgraded my seat to Business Class. Alhamdulillah.

Will tell you short stories on what happened in Beijing in another post... 

Beijing Travel-log ~ Day 3

The day that we've been waiting for has arrived. The main reason for visiting China is here.

The Great Wall of China. One of the 7 wonders in the world.

That's the section that I conquered
We depart quite early since the wall is more or less 2 hours drive from Beijing. We stopped at a few GLC shops (again) before that as well. 1st shop was the Jade Museum. It's all about jade. They told us how to differentiate which is the young jade and which is the old jade. Younger jade are lighter in colour and obviously cheaper than the old jade which are darker in colour. Us? It's too fancy for us. In the end, we bought tapioca and dirty up the bus.


Then, we were brought to the shop where they sell the stones that were said able to make the blood circulation flow smoothly than before. They tested it under a certain type of microscope or some machine an showed our own blood circulation. They also sell a lot of other medicine product such as patch medicine and ointment.
Next was the crystal shop. By this time we were already bored and can't wait to climb the wall. Max had a hard time keeping us inside the crystal shop. Apparently, we need to stay for 20 minutes minimum or he will have to pay penalty.

After lunch, we finally reached the wall. Breezy. Hence the jacket... We were given 1 hour t climb up and come back down. When we were told that, we were like "satu jam nak pi mana? kami nak naik hat paling tinggi tu.." and Max was like "paling tinggi ye? saya datang amik you all esok pagi la macam tu".
Feeling down we started going up. 
1st flight of stairs. Muka steady lagi

Reaching Tower 2. Started feeling tired.

3rd tower. Off jacket. Started asking "berapa jauh lagi?"

The longest flight of stairs. Had to stop a few times in between.

Almost there....

Few more steps..

Mission accomplished!

Going back down (n kutip rakan2 yg tertinggal tadi)

Missed the pic at tower 1 signed while going up. Took it when coming down.

Up and down. Completed!
Getting my Heroes Certificate. Muka steady. Kaki ketaq tak hengat...

The experience : You need to be really fit in order to climb up to the top. The air was thin. You are carrying a lot of weight (layers of clothing, bags, water). Drink a lot of water in between. Do it with a fit friends so that they can support you. We have Yah and Jer who are always the champion. If possible don't stop too much or too long. Keep going. You'll get there. The most important thing is jangan cakap besar. hahahha...

After climbing it up yourself than only you'll know why it is one of the wonders of the world.

Went back to Beijing. Stop over at Hard Rock Cafe. And off to zzzzzzz......



Beijing Travel-log ~ Day 2

National Museum of China

The plan - Tian An Men Square, Forbidden City, oldest mosque in Beijing, Muslim supermarket, Silk factory, Silk market

Had to wake up really early in the morning coz to avoid heavy traffic since the Tian An Men Square and Forbidden City is in the middle of Beijing. Nothing much to tell (or see) in Tian An Men Square as its just a square (macam Dataran Merdeka). 

Next to the square is the Forbidden City. It's all about the pictures.We were also told about the stories of the buildings, pathways, even the tempayan by Max. 





Off to the oldest mosque in Beijing after lunch. Got lost in the mosque trying to find ladies sections. Beautiful mosque by the way. Really nice...


Across the street is a Muslim Supermarket where everything inside are (I suppose) Halal. Bought breads and some cakes for breakfast and munching in the bus. 

Silk factory is a GLC shop. Explained all the different kind of silk China has. We didn't buy anything due to the high price. Then off to silk street market for shopping. The name is silk street market, but they actually sells a lot of things except silk.

Tips in silk street market. Crazy salesperson. Really super crazy starting price. Can you imagine a firdge magnet that would cost around 70yuan each (~MYR35). We were like 'kepala hotak dia'. And teh salesperson are ALL MOSTLY rude. Once you ask the price, you have to buy. Do tawar first before buying. Tawar as in betul punya tawar. Go down till 90% of the starting price. They're really crazy. You most likely won't want to buy here after hearing the prices. But bear in mind, other markets does not have the quality of the product they have here. So, if you like it, bargain, and buy. 

Example of bargaining prices:

Fridge magnet - starting price 70yuan. Final price 10 yuan. <- not worth it. you can get 3 magnets for 10 yuan at Jewelry City.
Beijing t-shirt - starting price 150yuan (gila). Final price 20 yuan <- 15yuan in the clothes market we went on Day 4.
Le sportsac sling bag - Starting price 300yuan. Final price 100yuan <- can get 50 yuan at another market but the quality not so good. The quality of fake hbags here are better.
Armani manbag - Starting price 900yuan. Final price 150yuan. <-original leather.
Longchamp bag - 35yuan <- I didn't bargain on this.
Adidas sport attire - Starting price 600yuan. Final 100yuan. <- can get better price at other market on Day 4.

If you are going to this market, prepare all the bargaining skills. Also be prepare to gaduh a bit. Ada siap berpukul pukulan. Good luck!