2 1/2 hours jam ....

Today, I took a day off , went to KL Sentral attended a free workshop. Good that I went, heard some neat information from the industry folks ..... Finished workshop at 5:30pm, it's heavy rains...down pouring. waited for a while, then quickly rushed to car , was carpooling with ZE. The minute we exited from KL Sentral and entered Jln Maharajalela ...we were stucked in jam, all the way to Jalan Duta .... for 2 1/2 hrs , we were wondering what the heck happening ....thought the construction of Duke Highway causing the massive traffic jam .... luckily ZE's parent was on the way home, they called and hinted us to detour from Jln Duta , took Hartamas - Segambut a bit - then Jalan Kuching ....

so tonight, many many many folks stucked in jam, some even worst, some car owners practically lost their cars , seeing their cars submerged in the water ...the root cause was the KL flood. This time flood in Jalan Ipoh Batu 1 onwards, including PWTC and surrounding .... aiii , KL flood is getting worst ...

Sunday night, my own house Bkt Rimau entrance roundabout - also flooded ... someone seriously need to look into this and take a wise action , to reduce the suffering, instead of 'tidak apa' attitude :( - the flood is a 'human-created' flood , I am very sure it can be avoided

a movie .....

Bahija is very grateful to Ringgit, Ringgit suggested her to watch a movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' ...tonight I went with a friend. HooHoo, indeed, it's a nice movie, showed me some Indian culture , perhaps some of the story could be real as well , especially story on the children, so kesian ....Ringgit said this movie won Oscar best picture and best director. If you have some free time , try catch it !

Sth for Wau-Bulan ....

Wau-Bulan , I'm almost done with your gift :) .... a preview here :-

When are back in town ? give me a ring , need to bring your 'travel sweetie' to see my guru, measure and finish this end product :) ....

knitting ...

Viola , Bahija completed this knitting work on CNY eve. My sweet mummy already pakai this, went to Harbin, China....and balik liow. She had a fantastic time. Lucky her, last day of tour was a snow day, so she got to experience snow for the FIRST time...even though she's 73 yrs old, her first time with snow , also the same like mine ...played like a small young kid :) ...laughed, slept on the snow , played snow balls, threw the snow ..she liked the tour very much. Fun time always come to an end in a faster speed ....she has to plan for her next off time aka vacation. Bahija will start on next knitting project ... will share later la :) , it's not that difficult to knit, quite fun when watching TV, the free hands can knit knit knit ...

AR ...

In my dictionary , AR stands for Amazing Race - a TV race program which I've stopped watching for quite some time ..... Another AR stands for Anti-Ringgit , today AR sent me 2 commens ( last one was ages ago ) , AR , I miss your sarcastic comments, and please la , be nicer to people la ...Bahija is pleased to welcome AR back to reading my blog :) .. here is the latest photo on my knitting process - counting by inches as days go by ... To AR , who always spend time in cold countries , you jealous that Bahija didn't self-knit you one of this , is it ???? :P

a gift for my mum ....

2008 , Bahija didn't travel anywhere with mum .... 2009 - also quite hard to bring her for a long overseas trip, as my nature of job now requires me to be on-call and on-site support...not as flexible as the In-Kei time, aiiii :( 2008, my mum learned to travel by herself, she read the travel advertisements, and called the agents herself , settled everything and travel alone by herself, without her daughters. Last year, she joined the travel tours to Guilin and Hainan, China. She's a cool mum , at the age of 72 years old, she learns to use digital camera, roaming handphone :) I'm very proud of her. She even enjoyed her photography, her new friend taught her how to look at the focus square box , to capture the best shot .... I felt sorry that I couldn't bring her travel more often thesedays .. This year CNY day 10, she's goin to China Harbin alone , to see the ice scruptures ....it's COLD there. I just want to get something special for my lovely mum , thus ....I'm knitting a scarf for her , in time for her to wear during her icy cold Harbin trip :)

It's quite fun to do knitting ....again, put on some lovely songs, sit quietly and knit it , relaxing my mind too :)

possible plans/projects for 2009

Besides the 15 P's from my pastor .....here are some of the area I'll be looking at as well ...this mean A LOT of praying , I have to pray and Seek God , one thing I've learned .. if the OK is given by Him, no matter how difficult , how un-easy, how un-glamour the tasks / projects are - eventually - all things will come to a good end - because that's what He wants me to do :)

1. Move house project - to rent or to sell , or do nothing ?

2. Engage and take on another big work project ( contract ) , or smaller projects with other customers ?

3. Evaluate Teddy Bear brain surgery option , this idea is 'hinted' very strongly to me by a good passionate doctor , it's time I need to seriously consider and influence my family

4. Personal investment project - have to start doing something ....

5. Enrol in special kid education / training ??? can I afford now , am I ready, is the timing right for me now ? should I ??

Those of you who are reading this , if the holy spirit is called upon you to pray for me , I'll be delighted and please help me .... come share your thoughts whenever you have anything for me ...THANKS !

Financial management

Today it's a fruitful day for me, a great start for the year .... Sanguine Queen introduced a new friend to me. This financial guru , I'll call him HMK. HMK shared a lot of personal experiences. Some of them are common sense, we probably have read them many times from newspaper, magazines or even the investment books such as Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Public Mutual investment book etc etc .... we really should be diciplined , take some time out , sit down and work on our own individual excel sheet - to find out how much is our yearly expenses ? how much do we need for retirement ? how are we goin to start prepare for it ? If we never plan for it , it will not happen ..... financial management is a core activity each and everyone of us should do, it's just like a company , before year end closing - there's ledger balancing, closing etc , then P/L profit / loss sheet , then budget planning, business plans etc .. Tonight , I took the time , prepared my yearly expenses , what a shock ... I'm admitted to ICU already , need to see ICU doctor, so that I can move back to normal ward pretty soon...

Now, I'm telling myself "If I fail to plan, I'll fail to save , and eventually I'll fail for my retirement plan too ...."

HMK - you really rock ! a kind passionate soul who is willing to share his experiences and knowledge , plus his self-created tools. Sanguine and Bahija are so glad that one of our wish is granted, to meet a financial-savy friend :) - Thank You Lord ...

01-01-2009 sunrise service

This morning, woke up late and rushed to church , arrived late 6:45 am for sunrise service. The message was 'Entering 2009 with Faith' ... 15 things I want to do ( a faith check up ) :-

1. Passage study ( book of the bible )
2. Person(s) I want to emulate
3. Person(s) I want to see saved , brought back to the Lord
4. People I need to encourage
5. Principle I want to build into my life
6. Purpose ( long term spiritual goals ) I want to see achieved
7. Plans ( short term goals - spiritual and non spiritual ) I want to make in 2009
8. Prayer I want answered in 2009
9. Protection I need in 2009
10.Price I may have to pay to grow, to mature ...
11.Poor who need my help
12.Prosperity in God
13.Personal relationship with God
14.Pursuit of excellence
15.Presence of God in my life - the key to all keys

This is the list from my pastor - the 15 P's ... Bahija doens't know what principle should I build into my life ? Do you have any ideas for me ? if yes, drop me a note yea ...

My 2008 ....

The beauty of blogging :) , I read my previous blogs My 2006 vs My 2007 , to refresh my memory.... I have details for 2006, but nothing much for 2007 .... hmm, 2007 was all in my memory now ... it's good to keep some details , I guess...
So, here's the yearly report for 2008.....it's a VERY long winded version, I need to capture my major events.

January
For the first time, Bahija crossed to this new year with a gloomy mood, knowing that after June'08, she'll need to change her career path , and had no clue of what to expect from 2H of 2008, deep inside her heart, she had some fear ..

February
CNY day 1 early morning - received another 'saman' , an expensive Ops Sikap $300 summons , it's a clear sign to warn Bahija not to speed in future.

Mid Feb - Bahija attended a forum in church, when this man 'Lim Guan Eng' walked in, I asked my sister "who's him ? " ...my sis gave me a blank look. From that forum, I started to learn a bit about politics, about my little role as voter. It was a wonderful forum. Since then, I actively learning politics in Msia. Took the opportunities to discuss and asked my In-Kei colleagues during lunch. Fruitful short learning curve, within 3 weeks - from a political-idiot Bahija to a 'more-savy' Bahija, I'm proud of myself.

Feb 27, my youngest sis went thru her brain surgery, to remove a super tiny blood clog. We Thank God for all the prayers, wishes. It's a smooth surgery and recovery .... Again, Bahija appreciated the great family support, having a caring family makes things easy for all :)

March
First week of March - attended open talks organized by opposition parties in USJ 12 and Penang Han Jiang school - eye opener for me :) . Han Jiang Penang was a big crowd. I went with cab, and at 11 pm, I took an overview, noticed that the crowd was way too huge. Thus, I quickly got myself ready and left, afraid that if I waited till the talk ended, I may got stuck and no transport to go back to my hotel. As I rushed out from the school, the roads were all jam-packed with people and cars or bikes and policemen... now I takut, alamak, how on earth was I suppose to go back to my hotel in 1 peace safe leh. I quickly prayed. Right after my 'Amen' , suddenly a cab was in front of me in the middle of the road. I knocked and opened the door. In the cab, I heard christmas songs ... then I smiled. it's not easy to find one who played christmas songs in the month of March. I myself love to listen to christmas songs... christmas songs calmed me....Right there, I knew he's God sent angel to rescue me and sent me back safely to my hotel. Later, the driver told me he's off duty, and usually he didn't use that road to go back home from his parent's house, for that night, somehow he detoured and got stucked in the jam. I smiled and told him, that night his mission was to pick me :) Praise God !

March 8 - Helped in USJ 4 school voting counter. My job was to check the voters' name and IC No, ensure they are legitimate. I enjoyed the counting moment ... happy when 'rocket' is shouted out loud. It's tiring day for me, yet fruitful, I witnessed the voting process, ALSO , for the first time , I VOTED for my country , I did what I needed to do as a Malaysian Citizen :)

March 9- Bahija started a EE program organized by her church ( Full Gospel Tabernacle ) , it's a 13-weeks intensive training, with on-the-job trainings too. It's an eye opening for me, I've went thru the hurdle, ups and downs during this whole journey, the devils like to 'kacau' us when we want to do something for our Father Lord ...hectic weeks in 3 mths - yet I've managed thru , oui

March 23 - My First F1 experience @ Sepang F1 Circuit. Went with my US colleague Ms Frog and handsome son, it's a hot hot hot day, we bought the Grand Stand seats leh, costed me a BOMB. I'm not a racing car fan, couldn't appreciate the super fast speed car - zoomed and disappeared from my eyesight for a while. It's a good experience to taste the atmosphere. I'll go F1 provided it's free :)

March 24 - 28 - My In-Kei US team was in Penang, for the first out of US Face-to-Face meetings, and I think it's the last too. I had fun meeting them, we, the local girls were very tired as we worked 2 shifts, day shift - working, off-work shift - as tour guides ....Face to face meetings are very effective, thru those time , I got to meet their spouses, their likes and dislike , style and behavious - these are good and beneficial for a good working relationship ... ( unfortunately mine didn't last long - as my exit date from In-Kei was June 30 )

March 29 - Attended a wedding in Penang. During the prayer time, I closed my eyes, saw yellow and red lights flashing in my brain ...then suddenly my mouth opened and spoke in tongue - Hallelujah ! It's my spirit-baptism moment, I could pray in tongue liow ...haa

End March - Sayonaro to most of my Cyberjaya In-Kei friends and colleagues. It's very sad moment leh. Bye to my Sanguine Queen, she's the first cubemate I met in Cyberjaya. She helped me to adjust to the old time ATD + 1 work environment. ( I'll blog about her one fine day ). Besides Sanguine, I also have to say bye-bye to many others. aiiii

April
After Q1, entered Q2 , my heart was more 'un-peace', started to have strong fear of my future after In-Kei ....couldn't focus much on work anymore, everyday carried a 'lepak' 'chin chai' mood to go to work lor, stopped to take on new job tasks, everything pretty much passed over to Dockers' Pant and Fish, no mood for In-kei's work. Cyberjaya office was like a 'fridge' - super cold, super quiet , lack of human chi .... trust me, it's very pethatic , depress to go to office under those situation ...sometimes lunch also no kaki to go with :(

April 9 - Seriously needed to hear from God, hear his direction, need to know what He has to say ...attended 'Hearing God's Voice' class, it was an awesome training for me. Enjoyed the class so much, I learned to be sensitive to hear from God ....

April 15 - 18 - HP sponsored my eldest sis for an event trip to Bali Nusantara - 5 star Grand Hyatt hotel. Bahija took the opportunity, claimed mileage points joined her. I spent 3 full days on the beach, read books, had quiet time with God. The goal of this trip , was for me to have peace in my heart, and to hear from Him. Praise God, when I took my step of faith, God talked to me, He told me He's taking care of me, that I shouldn't be a lost child, shouldn't be in fear. He's in control. I brought a few books to Bali, one of them was a gift from RotiTelur, Monica and Ringgit ... God spoke to me thru that book :) . Third day on Bali Nusantara beach, a phone call came, I picked it up. It's a job offer - sound very good , fit what I needed, at that moment, I've sensed my peace , it's truly a blessing when I knew well that I was hearing His voice and getting the right message ( this job offer later came to a reality in July - God is GOOD ! ) ... I went to Bali as a lost child, sad. But I left Bali energetic, filled with hope and faith , and PEACE ... heee

May
This month busy at work - not for 'real work' , but to settle all the personal outstanding items such as medical checkup, dental claim, employee PC purchases, stocks handling, HR personal data updates, backup all my data, clearing data on the In-Kei's T42.

One POSITIVE thing was badminton ... Bahija consistently persistently played badminton almost everyday after work , actually during work , haa - from 4 to 6 pm. I've lost so much weight ..looked slimmer and nice - haaaa , OH, most important, from a dummy badminton player, my gurus praised that I've improved substantially - haaaa

Another GREAT thing - my wish was granted. Many moons ago, I had a wish to go Europe Contiki tour. Been talking about this for many many times, all NATO ( No Action Talk Only )...for some reason and good timing. I managed to secure ticket, and timing was OK - thus Sanguine Queen and Bahija adopt the 'JUST DO IT' attitude - we booked our Contiki tour spontatuously

June
First week of June - pretty much settled all my In-Kei tasks.

June 8 - Sunday morning completed my EE final test. night time - to KLIA - vioa - Amsterdam :) , I was off to Europe for 16 days :) .... Sanguine and Bahija have had a marvellous Contiki tour in Europe. I am soooo happy , sooo glad that we made it , it was such a memorable fun time for me forever. ( just a bit dissappointed that as of now, I've not uploaded the Europe photos , nor prepared a travellogue yet )

Deep in my heart, I knew this trip was blessed by God. He completed one of my wish ...because I was full with many activities ...it's amazing that the timing and flight ticket all worked out well out of sudden. THANKS Father !!

June 26 - Sayonari to Europe :( , landed in KLIA 6:30 am, rushed home , showed, then rushed to KLIA again, took a flight to Penang. My USA boss was in Penang for my exit day. I had farewell dinner with my Penang teammates.

June 27 - THE DAY arrived. It's my last day with In-Kei. My ex-managers, some good friends went to PG12 , bid farewell and took photos with me :) ... that was my 2nd exit , my 1st exit was I-Kei June 2002 - back then, I was very close with my team, thus farewell wasn't easy. This time round, In-Kei , the decision was made back in Nov 2007, dragged till June 30, 2008 - it's a long time , I suppose the mood already gone as time goes by ...my last day with In-Kei - I wasn't as 'sad' as it should be lor ....

July
Officially jobless....Initially thought could lepak for 3 months, rest and relaxed, take a missionary trip in September.

July 3 - received call, to attend meeting with business partners. Discussed the job tasks and details

July 9 - signed contract, meeting with my customer the Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri

July 10 - officially started my freelance consulting services work - aiii - fast and I didn't have much time to lepak , haaa. This was the job opportunity that came to me while I was in Bali talking to God. So this is a deal I couldn't let go ....

August
Super busy month , learning to adjust to new work environment. Busy with church activities, plus LA sister and nephew also back to KL visited us.. this was the month which started to drag me off track ... some negative emotional side effects started to stir within me :(

Aug 7 - 9 - escaped to Pulau Lang Tengah , great fun time with Josh, Jar , Ice Kacang, Lily and Benji. During this trip, I lost a battle, shamed on me - where's Milan ? I said France - from a person who visited Milan before , malu betul. I also officially annouced that I retired from banana boat , Bahija will not ride banana boat anymore , I'm too old for this sport , scary ....

September
Problematic month , started in August , dragged into September ... emotionally unstable, I've all that I needed, yet I wasn't happy .... not contented, that's the big issue. I was lacking something still, no inner peace. One of the main reason was me being single. All these years, I've been taking the 'single' status quite well, just not now , I struggled within myself. Started to skip QT , skipped bible reading, gradually slowing down my walk of faith as well .....struggled to lift up myself .....

Good News - despite me backsliding , God still treats me well, He blessed me with my Black-B. It was such an easy smooth buy ....welcome to my world - Black B :)

October
Problem carried forward from Aug, Sept, I even felt depressed every Sunday after my special kids ministry. I was sad to see the special kids, to hear of their problems, their family issues etc etc...sundays seem like a dark cloud day for me - I dragged myself to church now...Luckily I had a short break to Hong Kong during Raya weekend. I'm such an expensive woman, I need to fly far far away to be by myself, away from family and friends, and read some good books ....gila hah. Anyway, solo in Hong Kong , besides some shopping and good yummy food, I spent most of the time reading books. Again, I have to say , God is Good. Yet another time, He sent the right books as my rescuer. I felt so much better after Hong Kong trip.

November
I started to settle down in my work. Emotioanlly, I was also feeling better, gradually lifted myself up step by step ....I've asked God to come help me, guide me thru this down moment. I was alive again, hee

December
Thank God ! Bahija is back to herself , I'm out of the miserable 'recession' moment. I'm doing well with my special kids now, I repented, prayed, asked God to help me enhance my walk of faith. God stopped talking to me since August, personally, I really missed His voice. This month, I seriously went for altar call, seeking Him into my life. Of course, now I'm back to have a relationship with my Father. He talks to me now, or rather I shall say I'm sensitive to His voice again, I can sense his message when He comes to me :) That to me, is very intimate and important .... so I'm super duper glad to march forward to 2009 with my current healthy state :) ...

Happy Blessed 2009 , May all of us have a joyful, healthy and contented New Year !

more active ....

To all my readers, some of you have stopped reading , bcoz as of early this month, I hardly updated my blog ..... but I'm back on track again, Dec 2008 - by far has the most entries .... a few more blogs to come , before I end it on 2008. Reading back, this is my 4th year on blogging - wow ! not a bad record ...it has captured lots of my thoughts , heee - I'm glad I started it !

My Facebook is way too crowded with too many folks , some I hardly known him/her, yet they keep asking me to add them , aiii - what to do - add lor ...it's a public space for me :)

Geee, I had coffee at 1pm today wor , not after 3 pm , why am I still up and not in bed :(
aiii, guess I am so reluctant to let Dec 31, 2008 just passing by easily .......

Dec 25 ...

Christmas is to celebrate Jesus's birthday ....when I celebrate my birthday, I received many gifts from family and friends ... so to celebrate Jesus birthday , I blessed some kids and some friends with some gifts. However, I think the most important thing is to please Him , what shall I do , or get for my Father Lord ..... I don't know what He wants...haa. I started my bible study very seriously Jan this year , it was progressing so well , until June :( ...then I stopped, then the chapters all piled up , now I'm still in Ephesian only , aiii , so many more to go , I doubt I can complete it. So after being a christian for 3 yrs , water-baptismed last Dec , I still haven't finish reading the whole bible. Started in 2007 - I stopped after Q1. 2008 try again, now it stopped in Q3. Hmm, at least I've improved some. HeHe Guess, I shall tell my Father that for His 2008 Christmas gift , I'll start my bible reading 'again' and hope by Dec 25, 2009 - I can proudly tell Him, I've delivered what I am saying now :)

Morning, went for christmas service at 9am.

Lunch, at Monica's house for the traditional christmas gathering , we used to have a big group of F.r.i.e.n.d.s ...now most of them out of countries, nevertheless, we still had fun. Ringgit and Ms World blessed me a great gift , they are so thoughtful , now I remember them everyday .....

Tea, church again , dressed formally in baju melayu because PM Pak Lah was there ... he as usual lambat lor. I spent time chit chatting with his outriders - tall and 6-packs , well built - haa. Met some folks from Jabatan Filem Negara.

Dinner, at my youngest sis's place for christmas dinner - mamamia - yummy dinner with lovely company ...also celebrated my birthday 'again' ....

After dinner, we watched the singaporean movie '钱不够用II, Money Not Enough Part II' ...it talks about singaporean life, getting tuff, want to earn more money , and family issue. It's a very touching movie. I insisted that my family watch it together. It's a good bonding time. We even had a mini post-movie discussion to talk about the known issue that every household will have to face one day ...'what to do with our ageing parent ?' ...next time I blog on this topic yea.

Dec 24 ...

Christmas eve, Bahija stayed at mum's house, worked until 7:30 pm , worked very hard to complete as much work as I could , so that I can enjoy the long Christmas holidays .... Ho Ho Ho ! Tonight was a special night for someone .... I was the angel , helping this young man putting up a christmas tree within 5 mins :) , reduced his panicking moment , helped to decorate the tree...

Viola , here is the end product ---->




It's quite 'cost-saving' approach , good ROI - Return On Investment ... spent > RM 200 for this tree and all the decorations ... this proposal 'tree' , instead of flower stay green fresh forever , and reusable for many years to come .... so 'dai' lor !

The young man , nickname him Ice Kacang ....he educated me , told me that the ornament on the christmas tree carry a meaning, for every good blessing happening in that household , those good things should be turn into a ornament and hang on the tree... Oh I see ,itu macam hah.

So, for their 7 years of relationship, Ice Kacang prepared all the sweet memories into ornaments, hang on tree. I have to give credits to him la, it's quite a thoughtful idea :) ...he brought my sis her fav musical box, propose to her on christmas eve, as my sis likes the christmas mood ....Ice Kacang recorded the whole process, from unpacking the tree until it's done , and me - Bahija was involved :)

Oh, my youngest sis was away with friends for christmas eve dinner , her friends and I knew about this thingy, and 'pakat' liow....

And Most of ALL - I really like this part - it's a L.O.V.E diamond - Haaaa - this, I have to strongly pad Ice Kacang's shoulder and said ' pandai yea , it's a great buy, good choice ' ... when he wanted to show me the cut , the hidden secret - I told him , no need la, I know it all - he mata besar ...haaa :)

Bahija ended christmas eve sweetly , well, this couple ended theirs super duper sweeter than mine la of course ! Bahija shall go dreamland , dream about hers , haaaa

Before year end

1 more week - bye bye to 2008 :( - so this remaining 1 week - Bahija busy busy with the following :-

Work - been cracking her head to produce a system and DB health check report for customer, due Dec 31 ...and sad / happy thing - there's only 3 more working days nia , aiii - really no mood to work , yet have to 'force' to complete it ...it's very torturing at this moment ....

Thanksgiving - prepared gifts, hampers to thank my youngest sister's friends and colleagues - they helped us a lot when my sister discovered her blood clot in her brain and went thru her brain surgery. The chinese saying '出外靠朋友' English version 'when you are outside of your house, you are relying on friends for support'. This saying is very true. We received great support from my sister's friends and colleagues. Thus for this christmas, I prepared hampers, gifts as well as sumptuous dinner for them. To extend our gratitude to them , to appreciate them :)

Points - Bahija has to last minute ensure all my travel mileages are intact , for those which is expiring , decide to extend or do something lor ... while I am checking this , Bahija realized I've claimed 3 Hong Kong tickets from CX, 1 Bali ticket from SIA , though the wish to claim London ticket is gone , I'm very happy and thankful to In-Kei for all those 'side-travels'

Tax - Before the date change to 2009 , I need to decide my 2008 taxation - do I want to maximize the $1000 books purchase, spend more for expenses etc ...

Medical, Dental, Optical claims - this year, all these claims completed in May/June before I left In-Kei. Now , self-employed , no more such privilleages ...oh, except a $500 personal health check which can be deducted for tax (I'll use it for 2009 tax )

Christmas Eve - there's ONE BIG thing happening for one of my family member - it's TOP SECRET now - can't tell yet

Christmas Day - Bahija is all set for christmas, nothing fancy , just attend christmas service at 9am. Then go to Monica's house for christmas lunch, then go back to church for a special event - to meet all the politicians - the ministers including our PM , Deputy PM leh :) , then family christmas dinner ...

Boxing Day - grocery shopping and cooking at home, hosting 2 parties for friends

Dec 31 - Plan for my 2009

Miracle

Today I was off from work , hippie ! FINALLY had the chance to go to malls , walked past those nicely decorated christmas trees, listened to christmas songs, to feel the season , of course - this is the commercial side of Christmas :) , this atmosphere makes me feel good , like it's time to wind down for the year. Bahija had a deep thought, for 2008 , what shall I get for myself ? I have the tradition to buy myself a gift every year in December - 'killing many birds in one stone lah' - as my little reward for the hardwork I put in this year , as my bday present, as my christmas present. Thought for days and couldn't figure out what is an ideal gift ..... today , when I walked into the mall , viola - I got myself a MIRACLE. As I am hoping , wishing, praying for a MIRACLE :) ...... The best part is my Quiet Time (QT) with the Lord, QT for Dec 22 - 'December Desire' , it talks about miracles , so 'kiew' eh - hohoho, hahaha, hehehe. Bahija is goin to dream land now - and it is a sweet one , sweet miracle :)

in the car ....

In my blog , I remembered I've blogged about being 'irritated' with someone yelling at me while I was driving, that was many many years ago.... since then , I've not had another incident which 'again' irritated me ...haa, until last week. Ross, Monica, Chandler , NLK and me ( Phoebe ) , met up and went to Hartamas Ripless for a good makan. Usually I don't carpool NLK but others, others - we are F.r.i.e.n.d.s , so we are so used to each other liow. That night, I proposed to meet them and picked them from office, as I need to introduce my sweet Black-B to them. NLK was sitting at the back seat, behind me. Throughout the round trip journey, NLK instructed me, the driver a few times, watched out for cars next to me, watched out for this, for that...

Last time, I do feel offended if my passenger keep opening his/her mouth and commenting this and that while I was driving. Now, I will just take it as 'advice' , as a reminder. Still, the truth is , to me , it's quite irritating, as if someone is always at my back , keep telling me what to do :) .... macam tak respect me , and if I were to be more 'negative' - I would think NLK tak trust me.. ( which I know she's not la , of coz ). I can understand that in some situation, the passenger has to help look out and help the driver, especially when the driver is new, not familiar or when the driver himself is asking for help...otherwise, for my style, I would leave the driver alone, after all , he's the 'driver'.

For Bahija, I always like the time spend in the car. Because I can observe others when one is driving , a case like NLK , usually this person turn out to be slightly dorminant type person, sometimes can be controling type , sometimes can be those who doesn't trust others ...it is in this person nature. These are not negatives... I'm just trying to bring out my point that , there are many good observations when we're in a car - hee. Sometimes I can tell if the driver has high EQ , bad temper or kind hearted person .....Lastly , the truth is , Bahija can tell if I can be comfortable with the person or not - in the car :)

my day ....

Today is a blessed day. Bahija's handphone and facebook were busy :) - TQ for remembering me , making my day ! Today Bahija officially disqualify for Contiki tour :( , expired liow... Early morning , called YaYa. Then went to Curve, Mr.BusinessCard treated me movie and huge popcorn. Waubulan treated me yummy lunch at Mum's Place. Now I know why whenever I suggested Mum's place for the past 2 years, my gang always ignored me :P . This time, since it's my day , have the right to decide where to makan. Anyway food so so only, nothing great , YET very expensive. I won't go if I have to pay ..haa. Likewise, the movie 'AUSTRALIA' is quite good , I enjoyed it. I think Waubulan , Mr.BusinessCard enjoyed too, slightly exaggerated initially, quite funny at the beginning....if the story is true, then we learn something about the aboriginal's culture. Nicole Kidman is slim, face very sui - no fine lines at all ( guess the magic of comestic surgery helps her a lot ) , she looks good in all the baju she wore la. nice :) - This movie emphasize on various races, so we can see the native, australian, english, japanese, chinese ...and of course the cute little boy - the 'cream' boy :) - go watch this movie la , oh - it's a long movie , 2 1/2 hrs ..

Bahija enjoyed their great company. Wish we could have more yea ... Next, I rushed home, changed and rushed to church for christmas dinner. 9 of my family members attended. The church was crowded with all the guests. Riuh-rendah - we had some good feast.

Then stayed back, helped clean the church ....did some exercise while mopping the dirty floor. Then went home, sat next to my christmas tree, gathered my gifts, and snap a photo - oops, left out my first gift from Sanguine Queen , coz I'm using it liow ... Here's my gifts - snap one for my memory later .....

YaYa is home for my bday ......

Hee, bday is not a big deal. I don't fancy big celebration or gifts or anything ....just very happy that my dear friends remember me and pray for my well being. This year , Bahija is super duper happy , because one of my dear friend, YaYa, is coming back home for my bday and christmas..... this was how she communicated to me 'Me and baby will be back for your bday' , hehe. Indeed, it's the best gift for me. I love to see YaYa and her lovely baby girl. Oh, btw, they are all the way from USA. I'm longing to meet all my bulatan kakies. If RotiTelur and Phoebe cannot come to KL before year end, perhaps this time round , we whole bulatan - shall make a trip down south ...

YaYa and baby - welcome home sweet home, it's really great to have you back even though just for a short while !

well blessed ....

Bahija is really pleased, blessed to have many loving family and friends around me...way back on Nov 22, I've received my first bday present from Ms.Sanguine, a very lovely pouch. Tonight, I was invited for a home cooked dinner. This elder, who is 70+ wanted to bless me bday and christmas meal, she asked me what food do I want ? I replied 'nasi lemak' - which was a bad idea actually, because it takes A LOT of effort to prepare nasi lemak. I kinda felt 'paisek' ... Anyway, this elder cooked chicken rendang the day before , rendang is nicer after 1 day. This morning, she prepared the rest of the items (plus sambal petai), she used fresh coconut milk, peeled lots of onions, cooked this super delicious yummy dinner for me ..... then her whole family showered me with many gifts too, WOW , what can I say , Thank God for the blessing, Thank God for having this great friends :) I ate whole plate of rice tonight - very very kenyang and sweet in my heart, sweet in my blood, sweet in my body all the way ....To this family who made my day so special, thank you very much - muaks !!!! Belum habis , then I also had supper with my cell members - yummy USJ 14 Yong Tau Foo and a blackforrest cake, most memorable of all , we took our cell group photo. It's rear to have 2 cell members having same birthdate , tonight we celebrated. It's the last cell meeting for 2008. Gosh, time super duperly fliessssss ....As I'm enjoying every single moment and remaining days of December , I can't help but to recall my 2007 Dec .... this time last year , I was in USA. My last business trip sponsored by In-Kei. Those were one of the best moment in my life too, managed to meet my old friends, spent a great evening with some of them, I really miss them , miss the places , miss In-Kei and of course, miss my sister and nephew who are in LA. To all of them, I wish them Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays , Happiness and Healthy always ......missing all of you across the milessssssss

christmas tree is UP

Finally, Bahija stayed home , cleaned up , cooked, wrapped presents and setup the christmas tree .....my calender starts to fill with various makan times deee .... it's a dangerous time - time to put on extra pounds. I still have this empty wish - to be away for a mini holiday ,aiii ..

How I wish no work this month , and get to slow down , enjoy December ....

Here's my christmas tree ....

CareMart

This is CAREmart , a grocery store situated at USJ Industry area. nearby my church. This is a community program. My church setup this CAREmart , to help the needy folks. 'My Church' means I also involved leh. My church members contributed the cash , time, effort to setup this grocery store. For normal folks, we buy the items at normal price ( slightly higher than the giant supermarkets ) , the profit from the sales will be used to fund the poor. Those poor folks will have to register themselves with my church office. Those who qualify will be able to purchase all the basic necessary items at 30% discounted price. Necessary items are rice , bread, sardine, milo, detergent, toilet tissue etc.... Nescafe, coke , snacks are not necessary items - no discount ...

So so , if any of you pass by USJ , please come and shop shop la , for anything that you are buying , you are helping the poor ....

baptism ...

This morning , I was very busy with my special kid ministry (prior to church sunday service) .... too busy to notice that today was the water baptism day .... Last year Dec 2 , it was my big day. I was water-baptised then. My family members , RotiTelur from Singapore, DockersPant and hubby from Penang, Gary N Rachel , Ringgit came to witness me :) .... wow, it's been a year. Unfortunately, today , I also stood up - confessed that I'm a backslider, there are many areas in my life where I haven't done right , and get right with God , I miss the joy , the special care , the still voices that my Lord used to communicate to me .... I've lost them somehow , really hope to revive and receive them again :) ... pls My Lord !

busy nov 22 ...

Nov 22 - is my eldest sis bday as well as CC's bday too .... Bahija's weekend has always been very fruitful, I hardly get to sit N rest at home...I don't even have time for my sweety Black-B, she hasn't taken her bath for > 3weeks liow, she's very very dirty, I'm very pai sek when friends hopped in to my dirty car. Well - sabar la , what to do , her owner is busy cum lazy too..

Today, early morning, I'll go visit a handicap center, an event organized by University Hospital Epilepsy Society, the center is called Shuang Fu Disabled Home , located at Old Klang Road. Too bad , due to system peak time, my customer aka the Tax Dept can only scheduled 22/11 for me to work, what a good timing yea :( ... the system downtime is from 8 am to 8 pm. Bahija has to go Shuang Fu Disabled Home in the morning at 8:30 am , then go to work from 12 noon to 8pm. It's my first visit to Shuang Fu, I hope I won't miss out the fun time when I have to cabut early ...I want to finish my work ASAP , praying hard all the database related tasks run smoothly , as I'm going for a fun chat at 6 pm .... already postponed my sister bday dinner to next Sunday -> discovered this little italian restaurant at Medan Damansara - yummy food , next sunday when I go for the feast, I'll snap some photos and show yea :)

Pray that I have good rest now, that I'm re-charged and have all the energy to enjoy Nov 22 ...
Oh , Happy Blessed Birthday to my dearest sweetest sister Ms DaiKarCher , and dearest chee mui CC :)

mentality ....

Ringgit blogged about 'wayarless' .... it's hillarious how we translate english into malay , eg komunikasi ( communication ) , fleksible ( flexible ) , motivasi ( motivation ) .... this week , in our country , there are another 2 gila things .
Firstly, govn't allowed our cab drivers to sell phone cards and drinks inside the cab ...hmmm , when I heard about this , I laughed it out , I would never dare to buy any drinks from the cab driver , who knows he/she is a good cab driver ? would he / she put 'special' pills into the drinks ? selling phone card ? why ???? what's the reasons ? As it is , our cab drivers are not reputable, our cab drivers are labelled one of the worst in Asia, now coupled with selling drinks and phonecard - aiyuh , I can imagine it's so rojak ....

Secondly, utara-selatan ( north-south ) highway , 10% discount from midnite to 7 am ... memalukan to the rakyat actually, it's better that they remain status qua than to propose this idea. To encourage drivers to travel within midnight to 7 am. Some rakyat called to radio station and commented that the toll company is not 'sincere' about giving their discount , as in they are not caring for the road drivers. This discount idea clearly promoting night travellers, whom most of them said dangerous to drive at night , harder on eyes , tired body , more prone to accidents, or even some culprits could easily setup 'fake accidents' in the dark night ...

Aiii , I pray that people use some of their brain juice , put themselves in the 'rakyats' shoes, think wisely and suggest more feasible , sensible ideas , sometimes it's quite memalukan reading all the hillarious jokes .... 'msia boleh' , I sincerely wish 'msia maju' lor , can we ?

I'm happy.......

This year , Bahija managed to read quite a few books , i think I broke the record this year :) .... I've learned to find the joy from reading, I've learned to find encouragement from the books .... lately, I'm busy reading and trying to catch up with all the books I bought , sometimes too kat cheong that I forego my beauty sleep - that's not a good habit ... I am also thinking how I could plan my schedule, so that I can go Cameran Highland or Genting Highland or Cherating - just relax, lepak, do nothing and read books .... a time to clear my mind , recharge my soul

Tonight , I had dinner with Ringgit and Mystic_Grey, Mystic_Grey bought me a gift - a book ( the bottom one ) ---> I already sensed that it's going to be a good read when I received it from her :) , Mystic_Grey , TQ so Much !

benefits for OKU

Firstly, OKU stands for Orang Kurang Upaya , which means the disabled folks. The disabled folks can go to JKM ( Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat ) , get the OKU application form, then go to government hospital , and get the doctor to fill in the form, then submit to JKM for application. Once approved , a red OKU card will be given. For those who is poor, underprivilleged, they can also apply for mthly allowances - they carry a different OKU card.

For red OKU card , following is the benefits :-
1. Bus - 50% discount
2. Kommuter - 50%
3. LRT - 50% from Prasarana Negara Berhad
4. Airplane - 50% discount on MAS domestic
5. Car - 50% discount on national car sales tax for OKU ( those not physically challenged )
6. Telekom - free mthly rental, free 103 service
7. Income Tax - tax deduction on OKU or parents who are taking care of OKU
8. JKM - mthly allowance for OKU who is working and mthly salary < $750
- custom tax deduction on equipments for OKU
- free to attend training or rehabilitation organized by JKM
9. Immigresion - free on passport frees
10. JPA - pension fund for selected folks
11. Education - $25 mthly for primary and secondary student
- $25 mthyl for student in Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti ( KDK )
- $300 mthly for student in IPTA and polytechnique
12. Hospital - free for government hospital and clinics
13. Parking - can enjoy the handicap parkings

*** our country is still trying to improve its social services. When I was young , it's very tedious and hard to bring Teddy Bear shopping , as we didn't know how or where were the facilities. Thesedays , handicap facilities have improved .... theseday, if I bring Teddy Bear out , I will park in 'Handicap' parking lot , display his OKU card, to show others that I need that facility, it makes my life so much better :) .....

so so , please help educate those folks who simply like to park at the handicap lots even though they are physically fit ....those are very bad behaviour

Black B

This is my new baby , the Black B ....welcoming her to my family, she's 56750 kilometers, born in 2003. Bahija hopes she'll be a great baby :)

Docker's Pant was the first passenger :) .... to all my fellow kakies , I hope you make it to my top 10 list ....

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Sweety faithfully served me 12 years ... it's really hard to let her go, last weekend, I've been spending quality time with her, driving her around and kept thanking her , for her wonderful service. Both of us spent many wonderful time together, be it sad or happy moment ....some of you may think that I am crazy, somehow , she is 'alive' in my world. aiii, indeed I'm very sad to let her go ...... I didn't make it to 300,000 kilometers. Today, she finally changed owner, clocked in 297,854 kilometers for me... her new owner is in construction line , sweety will have to go to construction sites very often ....I wish her the best

6 more days ......

Aiiii , 6 more days - sept 28 - will be 3 mths since I left In-Kei , aiiii - the truth is Bahija really deeply misses her wonderful working life in In-Kei. Bahija needs to move forward , for the past 3 mths, I have been constantly reminding myself to be positive , to explore the new things ....don't look back , just be greatful that I have had those great moment in In-Kei.
Sept 28 , I will also let go or forfeit more than 1000 shares ( they are under-water now ) , aiii - that is a great loss to me :(

Finally .....sayonara to my sweety :(

Bahija has been talking on this topic for many years ....every time after calculating the mthly installment , I will park the 'desire' on one side. Lately the desire is back, this time - I prayed for it , I talked to people , contacted some friends for help .....today, 2 phone calls came, 4:30 pm , Bahija and her BIL ( brother in law ) went to check out the car , 6 pm - paid deposit liow. Wow , thesedays I am really 'shocked' with Bahija, her decision making is so fast , too fast that it's kind of scary. Anyway , the deal is done. Surprisingly, I am not excited or happy yet, likewise, I am actually sad to let go of my faithful sweety, she's been with me for > 12 years ...gosh, now she only worth RM6k nia , so sakit hati..too bad I can't keep her with me :(

Sept 22 - may the new sweety be as sweet as my current one ...

June 27, 2008

Today is Microsoft founder Bill Gates' retirement day .... hee, it's also Bahija's last day of work with In-Kei. The site shutdown annoucement was announced last year Oct, I made the decision on Nov ...dragging till now , it's been quite some long time, basically, for this first half of 2008 , I've not been very productive ....

I spent 6 yrs in I-Kei, and now 6 yrs in In-Kei. Ringgit reminded me how I ended my I-Kei farewell parties - back then, I was very sad to leave, there's strong connection, attachment .... I even cried at my team farewell lunch ....

Hmm, perhaps now - this thing has been dragging too long , thus I've gone immune, mentally have prepared for this date for way too long, until I have no such strong feeling, neither sad nor happy ...just feel nothing .... perhaps this is my 2nd time farewell, thus I'm good at it - haa

Anyway, my US boss made a special trip to PG , to bid farewell , sent me off , my PG team gave me a great dinner, and all my teammates plus ex-bosses , friends from FM gave me some awesome gifts ...when I opened the gifts, deep in my heart, I know I've made some fabulous friends along my 6 yrs in In-Kei, that they know me so well, and presented things I valued most ..to all of you , Thank You Very Much ....

** Both of my last day happened during Euro cups ...hurray ! First time - we ate dinner at Hartamas, and watched some Euro games then.... This time, I went to Austria, Switzerland, passed by some stadiums too , watched the games via TV live ...

my contiki trip

Things happened very fast ....within 2 weeks, Bahija and Sanguine Queen decided to 'Just Do It' , we went for 16 days Europe Horizon Contiki trip from June 8 to June 24. It's very fun and exciting. I've talked about goin Contiki for many years, it's great that I've made it while I'm still eligible ( for travellers from 18 yrs old to 35 yrs old only )

We have a friend in Amsterdam, thus both of us stayed extra days in Amsterdam, we also extended a few nights in Paris and enjoyed some shopping.... this year , Bahija didn't get any US trip, thus I enjoyed the little shopping spree at Paris :) ... I'll post more stories and photos later !

DRA

It's labor day today, a public holiday for all the workers :) ....when I logged on to check my office emails, saw a congratulation email - received a DRA ( Divisional Recognition Award) . Hmm, it's funny that the 'happiness' is not there, the 'excitement' is not there ... this is my 1st DRA from In-Kei , the last too and the only one too .... usually Bahija is very contented with even a small little thank you note ....after all, people took time to appreciate what I've done for him/her .... this time round , things just different liow , guess I'm preparing to shift out from office , and winding down my career here .....

some updates on me - my last day of working is June 30. I wish to take 3 mths break , spend time with family, go vacation , then perhaps a short mission trip. Wish to start working on Oct 1, this is the ideal plan. Bahija hasn't actively looking for jobs via head-hunters. However, I've received a few calls from my own contacts , I'm very blessed and very happy that people remembers me , and wanted to offer me jobs. I hv peace in this , knowing Father Lord will take care for me ....He'll open the right door for me :)

April 1

It's the April Fool again ....it is also Bahija's work life anniversary day (Bahija started her first job with I-Kei on April 1 many mooooons ago ) . There's nothing special this year, as the office will be quite empty, cold and dull too, as there isn't many folks left. This will be my last year spending April 1 in In-Kei ... I am looking forward to playing badminton at 5 pm

I spent 5 hours karaoke the night before with some of my newly upgraded 'ex-colleagues' , those who know Bahija, I wasn't a karaoke fan , but but things changed.... guess I've learn to enjoy karaoke , had some fun time singing out loud , singing some sad songs in time with my sorrow mood , then also singing some upbeat songs to cheer things up a bit ...

I just want to wish & pray for all my ex-colleagues a.k.a friends - hope each of you is able to find your next path and continue the life journey happily ..... this is an end, but it is also a great start :) .....

March 31 ...

Time flies ... end of Q1, march 31 - is another date where most of my office colleagues leaving In-Kei. It's really not fun to see my lunch kakies, my sanguine kakies, my chat kakies , my badminton kakies - left the office , and tinggal me seorang to 'hang in there for another 3 mths' ... Last week, I was away in PG , this morning when i walked into office, the office was decorated with all the lovely memorable photos taken throughout the whole 7+ years since the day this CJ office was setup - aiii , it's really very sentimental , for some of my friends who were the pioneers, I'm very sure they would have some special 'feeling' ..... Nov 16, I sent off first batch of folks ( mostly the IT folks ) , March 31 , I sent off the 2nd batch , this time, emotionally unstable ( slightly la) , heart is burdened and sad to see them leaving ...... the 3rd which is the last batch is June 30 - I don't know how would I feel then , that day will come very soon, which also signify my next chapter of life ......

my 1st Grand Prix Formula One ....

KL Sepang Circuit celebrated 10th yrs of hosting Grand Prix Formula One. This year, Bahija had the chance to experience the live competition. The weather was hot, but my seat was in covered grand-stand, so it wasn't that bad, just applied lots of sun block and drank plenty of ice cold water :) .... The most important to bring to this race is ear-plug, the loud engine noise is toooooo strong for our ears. I've enjoyed the whole session, after all - it's my first time ma .... however, Bahija most likely will not spend this expensive ticket and go F1 again .... at least not in KL ...Singapore night race may be :P ... I think staying at home and watch from TV is more enjoyable and comfortable :) ...

Q1 ....

Hi all ... hope everyone is doing great yea :) .... my last post was Jan 2 , and now it's March - Q1 is over soon ...Bahija appreciated all those who have went online to catch me, phoned, emailed or smsed me yea, I'm doin OK

Jan - work life was really busy, besides doing my own project, also need to add on performed maternity coverage ...

Feb - hurray , maternity coverage done ! ... happily celebrated CNY. After CNY, my youngest sister went for her brain surgery to remove her cavernoma ( 5 mm blood clot ) on her upper left frontal brain.

Mar - mum busy taking care of sister, I helped out with other things .... this month Msians also busy 'kek-poh-ing' in politics , get ready for election on March 8. End of March, most of my friends at my work place will be leaving the company :( , i surely will miss them very much ...aiii , next - my US team members will be in PG ...I'll be ambassador again :)

2008 resolutions ...

Bahija is learning from a new friend of mine , mnm :) role model some of the good habits from him. Bahija received 3 speed summons in 2007 , aiiii - pocket betul2 burned, must do sth to stop getting more ... for 2008 , I have 4 'S' to focus on ...

Slower - driver slower , observe speed limit + 10km :)

Simple - try to think , act , observe things in a simpler way - 'simplicity' , dun complicate life

Save - enhance value and dollar sense , try not to buang duit , it's not how much one earns, is how well one can save, control expenses or make good investment returns on the savings

Spirit - so much more to learn, to grow .....

Dec 31

it's the last day of 2007 ..... aiii and wow - fast fast fast :) I was reading my 2006 .... kind of good to have a summary and know where the 'business' went huh ..... hmmm, my 2007 has been even more hectic, guess this year , I won't list down my 2007 ( though I should for my future recollection , aiiii - no time lah , sad hor, perhaps later kuah - haaa ) ... some of the things I did in 2006 - 2007 I have improved, increased or maturing more. Resolutions amazingly - done, haaa - I shall pad myself :) ... now I get to create new set of resolutions - hoo hooo

the highlight I want to bring forward is that - goin forward to 2008 , I already know that 2008 is a major career change for me 'again' , the last one was back in 2002 - back then - the environment factors pushed me to make decision and changed job easily .... the scenario now is so different, I am starting to miss In-Kei, the people I work with , and all the perks , work life balance which I've enjoyed for quite a long time .... life is dynamics and change is inevitable :) , hoping to march towards 2008 with great courages ..... I need the wisdom to make the right decision ....

p/s : to my spy , who shared a 'miracle' testimony with me today - 10Q so much :) , I do believe in 'miracle' , in times like this, Bahija appreciates the little little encouragement send from all my angels ..... you never know a simple thing or step each of you did, may brings lights or comfort to others :) - so always go and cheers others !

To all my readers,

Peace in your heart
Health in your body
Wealth in your life
Joy in your home
Spirit in your soul

May you always be blessed with these treasures , Happy 2008 - HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Dec 30

Bahija was glad to attend a good friend's wedding , able to be back from business trip and made it on time for the special occasion. However, I missed the 'sien' words - heee ..... this couple is perfect for each other, both are very nice, good people , I am so glad that they are starting their next chapter of life :) . Both of them are buddhist, and at the center where they performed buddhist ceremony , one of the member said to them " they are meant for each other, their fade started long way back , and today , they are here , be husband and wife is not by chance ... " I am so agree with that statement, they are really perfect match for each other, they are soulmates for each other lor :) ... I salute the great work that the bride has done to the community , her wedding is blessed with many many good wishes from people around her, from those whom she has touched their hearts on , Myself, being a spectator , also touched during the ceremony, and cried .... sharing the joy ...... they will be a great testimony and blessing to people around them :)

Dec 25

I could be on my last business trip from In-Kei .... this trip has been an awesome one for me, as many surprises came along .... from an un-reluctant to fly out of KL symptom , to now - I just have to Thank God , for all the wonderful arrangement and blessings :) ... as this trip turned out to be one of the best and memorable one ... I spent solid wonderful bonding time with Benji @ LA- he's so cool, we are like buddy, chit chat non-stop, he brought me so many laughs , I'm so pleased to know him better ....Dockers' Pant reminded that during festival season, everyone hopes to spend time with family and friends, and I am just so blessed to be able to spend christmas with Emily and Benji ... nothing fancy , we just be together for 3 days :) ...on the cold quiet christmas day - we suddenly had a creative idea, within 30 mins, we prepared yummy dinner, setup nice table and had a wonderful meal together - all we treasure is having each other :) ....

1st surprised party ...

Gentleman A said pick me up for dinner 6 pm. Bahija was late for 30 mins :( .... gentleman A was so 'kat cheong' - he drove over limit and very rushed ... in my mind - i was like "aiyuh, dinner nia, why rush leh , late mah late lor ..... no need to speed". Arrived at this nice Mexican restaurant at Old FM town, walked down the stairs , viola - whole bunch of folks screamed, shouted "Happy Bday - Bahija" - aiyuh, wow , speechless, stunt , shocked - Bahija big eyes and extremely surprised, red face and put into the spot ...heee - my first surprised party :) . Had a wonderful night with the great company of my fellow US co-workers and friends. It's the time near to Christmas , everyone is busy with life , yet they took their time out , waited at the restaurant since 5:30 pm , yet I arrived so late at 7 pm .... ( so 'sombong' lor - pai sek ) ... some of my guests drove 45 mins from other town, some retired and came to attend, it was such a blessing to meet with all of them , I had a short 1 week trip, didn't have time to meet with everyone, yet this small gathering - enabled me to meet with all my friends and their spouses - indeed - those was one of the memorable moment in my life ...

I was blessed with good company, good food , good laughs and many many gifts and cards - thanksssss soooo much !!!

48-hrs big day .....

I wanted to express my many many 'thanks' to all my lovely friends around the world .... every single one of you made my days ... I've been smiling , showing my sweet face for hours , and besok more ...haaa, this year - is slightly different - Bahija is in US CA now , CA time is behind KL time.... right from 12:01 KL time - Bahija already started to receive blessings , wishes .... until now, as I'm blogging - surprises still coming in, on top of that, received 2 gifts before I departed to US ... I'm really really really 感动 .... thanks thanks thanks thanks .... I couldn't sms 'thanks' to all of you - as that will cost quite some $$$ la , sorry yea .... I will email u guys instead :) heeee

Today , I was blessed with lunch and dinner with various folks & colleagues in US. This is 'sth' special as this will be my last chance to FM during December on In-Kei's expenses, enjoyed the moments and appreciated the company. So now, at CA time midnite , I crossed the official time, with an indian pakcik - haahaa. I used to have some conflict working with this pakcik ... I'm still adjusting to his lifestyle. Everyone is different , we indeed need to respect each other and value our differences ( learning to adapt positively yea) ....anyway , amazingly , Bahija spent good quality time driving around town , seeing the christmas lights decoration .... and both of us had a very good conversation. Again, same thing - this would be the last time we both get to meet each other , as we are to be 'out' of In-Kei soon.... in total , I'm celebrating 'today' for 48 hours .... how sweet , how nice eh , plus it is Msia public holiday lagi - hee

This week, my mind, my speech keep repeating this statement : 'this could be my last trip here , so bla bla bla' ...my boss is so sick and tired with me liow .. having this mindset is very disrupting - it created the negative mood - which I didn't enjoy at all , must change - so what last trip , kan .... must work on keeping in touch ....

I thank Lord for this beautful days and all the sweet, joy moments in my life ... gtg zzzz, it's 1:30 am here ...

Back in KL , Dec 14 - a bunch of friends celebrated my bday - they blessed me with this sweet cake :)

Thanks , and Take Care all - muak !!!!

my first party

Bahija moved to her house for > 5 years liow lor - wow - so fast .....I'm going to host a christmas party at my little home sweet home this saturday. Hmm, first time in my life to have a party leh - so to me, it's an important task .... disclaimer first yea - I can't afford to invite all my friends , perhaps take turn yea , as in 2007 - office friends, 2008 - movie kakies etc etc .... as I mature in life, most of the time, I attend function, go in , go out, go home - didn't really feel connected. I think hosting friends at home, is a very good alternative... firstly, allow me to go pick up some cooking skills , secondly, allow me to stay at home more often - yes yes , Bahija really misses her home a lot la ( I've not been back home very often lately , i miss every single corners of my house - haa) , thirdly , having close friends over for chit chats, meals ...is fun and hopefully more comfortable ... The menu of the night : roast turkey , olive oil spagetti , mashed potatoes , salad, garlic bread .... first time cooking spagetti for 20 people ( takut juga leh ) ....I enjoy taking time out , slowing down my walks a bit , just do nothing but to think of what to buy, how to cook.....those who reads this blog , please have a prayer for me , may all the food turn out yummy , may my guests come and go safely , may we enjoy a good evening together ....it'll be another 'fruitful' evening ...

away soooon .......

One of the testimony that God knows how to fully utilize me :) - this year , He is sending me to US. Timing, air tickets all gel-ed nicely into one big piece for me ... the trip is to quickly complete a one-week work transition , so that I no longer have to work for this particular team :) , in a way , it's a good thing....The real mission is to spend my christmas with my sister in LA .... the last time I spent christmas in LA was > 16 yrs ago , aiyuh - sooooo longggggg liow ah .... I am praying very hard that my christmas with her and Benji will be a fruitful, memorable one , Dockers' pant reminded me that during festive's season, everyone wish to spend quality time with family & good friends .... I'll try my best to make it a good one for them :) To all my friends in US , sorry for this short notice , I don't have much time to update you ...will give you a ring pretty soon, hang on the phone yea .... tata

take care all - Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays ......

my sister 郑秀文

郑秀文 Sammy water baptised on December 10 ... heeee ... 她含泪说：“多年来以为赚钱可以填补心灵空虚，所以很努力去赚钱，但最终花了1000天，也就是3年时间才追寻到信仰。”

Dec 2 , 2007

Early this year , when I went on a business trip to US , there were many many schronicities sent to me - the message was real 'go baptize, go go go , u r ready' ....before that , whenever this topic came to me, I always said nope, I'm not ready ..... since Jan this year , my heart changed :) , and I was preparing mentally, spiritually and physically for my big day - the biggest event of 2007 ...... to get my water-baptism on Dec 2, 2007. Why Dec leh ? Haaa, Bahija purposely skipped the June baptism, I wanted to keep the same month as my Bday month - make it more memorable , easier to remember, plus when it comes to Dec - i celebrate 3 birthdays - my reborn, my earthy birthdate and my Lord's birthdate :) - heeee

Bahija invited all her family members , and her friends who have helped her along her spiritual walk .... to all of you who have made special trips all the way from Penang, from Singapore , from BU, fr KL & Selangor , sacrificed your valuable weekend - THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!your presence really made this day a very very very special one for me .... I told my pastor that I was preparing this day as if it was my mini-wedding ..... hee

How did it go ? hmmm, for myself , I went thru a very peaceful and meaningful baptism :) Hallelujah ...

I was blessed with many gifts - THANKS ALL .....

Nov 13 - my decision ....

Today , Bahija submitted her decision , she decided to take separation package and say Bye to In-Kei ..... aiiii , not an easy decision ....my boss has always been a wonderful boss , if not for him, my decision would have been so much easier .... boss been online at night, trying to reason, analyze to me - what if this, what if that , what does it takes to keep me etc etc etc ...... too bad, Bahija is not keen to relocate elsewhere at this moment .... I'll be around In-Kei for some time , my last working day is June 30, 2008 .... kinda long. After Q1'08 , I shall have ample time to sit and think wisely what would be my next destination :) .....

my status .....

Oct 25 - Bahija attended a meeting with HR representative and my manager , guess what happened ? I got a pink letter la .... given options to think if i want to take separation package or relocation or redeployment

Nov 13 - decision date

Nov 15 - my site last annual dinner , Bahija will go with costume and enjoy to the fullest lor

Nov 16 - most of my friends shall be gone .....

my work site is shutting down, the business will relocate back to northern part....Bahija always dream of getting vss package ....those were 'talk air' time, now that I am finally one of the participant and impacted , the feeling is really not the same .... anyway, I've always believe that change is good , I am taking this positively, the only thing i need now is wisdom to make a good decision , there's no right or wrong decisions for me , it's only good or best or worst - heee ....getting to the good decision is good enough for me liow ....whatever it is , I am indeed happy that my Lord has given me peace in heart to walk thru this moment ....

I'll update you all when I have decided nanti yea :) ..... dun worry about me - stay cheers !

Teddy Bear bday ....

Hi Hi everyone ...wow , Bahija dah hibernate or MIA ( Missing In Action ) for > 2mths - heeee. Indeed, Bahija is really busy at this moment, hope things get settle down pretty soon.... today is Teddy Bear's 42th birthday... Teddy Bear is testing new drugs now, took him 3 weeks to start seeing the side effects, aii :( .... just hope this drug is useful and working well for him la ...Happy sweet Birthday - cute giant teddy bear

new toy no 3 - for teddy bear

This one for Teddy Bear ...from now on - all of my family members can go anywhere , so long we wheelchaired Teddy Bear :) I won't have to worry when he gets his seizure and fall down anywhere anytime .....hippie ....this wheel chair is lightweight, cost slightly higher for being light....light as in 13kg, those normal one is 20 kg ....even 13kg also I hv hard time loading it into my car :)

new toy no 2 - LG washer and dryer combo

This item washer and dryer been on my bin list for 3 years ++ , FINALLY - I DID IT .... may be Bahija also in Merdeka Mood , taking advantage of the Merdeka sales.... Bought this LG 2 in 1 washer and dryer at Harvey Norman ( my first purchase there ) ... Why bought this, and why not the 2 separate ones ? space savings and this 2 in 1 doesn't need a special host to pipe out the dryer hot air ... my kitchen has limited space - very small mah. If dryer rosak , washer may still works, vice versa or both - hee, I'll take the risk and give it a try...I welcomed her to my house today Aug 6, 2007 ..... let see how long it can last eh :)

new toy no 1 - irobot roomba

Hi , a few of you are interested to find out more , i bought the scheduler model.... those In-Kei friends , u can get it at employee discount price. If bought locally, u get the warranty and service at your door steps, the sales and service guys will go to your house to service you but limited to Klang Valley only.... the price is close to 2k. Those who have good colleagues in US , use the US In-Kei employee discount program, there is 20% discount , condition is must order from US , charge to US address credit card and ship to US....warranty is void for irobots bought in US and brought out of US ... I bought mine for 1k. Not recommended to buy scooba ( the mop robot - water based ) from overseas - it is higher maintenance as the mop need special liquid detergent, it may need maintenance frequently ..... Bahija needs some time to setup, read the manual and get this baby up running, may give you some updates later yea

durian feast ...

Bahija had a great evening dinner with some friends .....some of them reminded me of the I-Kei's durian feast ... I-Kei usually organized durian feast once or twice a year , came in lorry load ....we just makan-makan all the durians , as many as we could lor - very syok , i missed those fun times a lot a lot now :) I have brought with me so many wonderful sweet memories from I-Kei ...the I-kei club dinners, the annual dinners, family days , Club Med's team buildings, treasure hunts, offsite fun events , makan-makan, y2k standby oncall at office , cold storage support at data center , overnight at customer places and afraid of bad spirit ... I felt so blessed that some of my good buddies are still with I-Kei and they keep recalling those fun moments back to my brain :)

my new toy .....

2 more days ... my new toy will arrived. It's a broom robot. Yea - bahija is that lazy , I don't have time to sweep my house , and needed a robot to assist ....this new toy comes with scheduling feature , as in morning sweep living room, afternoon sweep dining room, late evening sweep kitchen etc etc ....when the tasks are completed, this baby will automatically go back to it's own 'home' aka charger lor :) ... the demo showed that it can clean very fine dirt, I'm hoping it can do me a big favor

The Firm

my company In-kei sponsoring this local version of 'The Apprentice' - it's call 'The Firm' , every sunday 9 pm @ ntv7 ... check it out , u get to see the in-kei latest 'multiply' C2D commercials .... It's interesting to compare the US and the local version. Local version - at the first 'fire' session, 3 out of 4 team members already cried, and when they had to nominate who to be fired , they didn't maintain eye-contacts - so pai sek to give the name , and said 'sorry here, sorry there' .....whereas the US version - most of the players were strong, muka tebal, argued and fight till the end. Difference in culture eh .... Tonight 's episode, I strongly think that Anrie was a good creative team leader, she's good. It's nice of her to take the blame and volunteered to be fired...yet , I also agree with the GM comment - she should have admitted her lack of experience, learned the lessons, and continue the battle to prove her ability. As a team leader, I think she knows well who is the weaker player or non performer lor ( the audiences can tell easily). In this corporate game, she shouldn't gave up so easily, at least not this round - I am sad to see her gone, wasted ...remember - check this show next sunday yea

07-07-07

Last year 06-06-06 around 6 am, Bahija had a little accident at my office's carpark :) , I've fixed my sweety, given her a new paint & new bodyworks - she's looking cool now. 07-07-07 is Ronnie wedding day, he's my american brother ( my american host family) . Hey Ronnie - Congratulations - it's a nice date. 07-07-07 also known as Live Earth day -to create global warming awareness. 07-07-07 , the new 7 wonders of the world will be named - hope Bahija completed 50% of the new 7 wonders list eh .... for me - I want to make a difference on someone's life , and decided 07-07-07 - to sponsor a child .... Hope one day, I get to visit the child personally .....ciao

July 2 ....

Bahija has 3 friends who celebrate birthday today ... it's easy to ingat dee
just want to briefly describe them ....
one is goin thru a change thingy and starting the next chapter of life
one went thru challanges but still rock solid, enabled her to do things she has never thought of ..
one got her wish granted, found the treasure ....

Happy Birthday friends !

Las Carretas...

Bahija's guest sudah balik, he's a hispanic - on 2 mths sabatical, and he finally decided to visit Msia. Bahija has done a good job for my country, as a ambassador - shared with him a lot of our culture and history. Likewise, I also learned many things from him too , especially the hispanic culture - wait la, one of these day, I will visit Mexico City :) 4D3N - we did Melaka, Genting, KL city tours....at KLIA, he gave me a few hundreds - all his remaining RM and asked me to bring my mummy to a restaurant for food ... my mummy is very pandai, she said she has not try mexican ...viola - we went to Las Carretas at Taipan USJ - nice ambience , food quite tasty , slightly pricy. Bahija and Docker's pant ate quite a few times of mexican food - yum yum yum ...
Bahija is off to phuket today with TaiPoh - hippie :) ciao & cheers

5th yr anniversary ......

Hooray, Bahija made it - solid 5 years of service with In-kei :) June 17, 2002 was the 1st day at In-Kei @ PG, never thought that I could survived this long, it's amazing how time flies ....geeeeee , 5 years are long time leh. I had 6 yrs with I-Kei, learned a lot of things, went thru a lot of various stages, met many many people and friends .... now 5 yrs here at In-kei - is very different, I've met a couple good buddies, worked with folks from various regions, on biz trips to a few places, trained in a few new areas ...I'm so blessed, so lucky to have the chance to experience the differences .... Today, I also celebrated this special day with a colleague of mine, who came all the way from FM :) , we did our toss @ chinatown , learned the mexican way of drinking beer - pour beer into a glass full of ice, and add some salt and lemon juices - not a bad idea

it's time to go home ....

Sayonara .... it's been a really really really busy wonderful trip. Every trip is special. Someone once told me, a place , a trip is memorable because it is surrounded with friends, people - that make the whole thing special ... this trip I met most of my friends, and spent a lot of time with Dockers' Pant, plus her family too :) Dockers' Pant is like a guardian angel , out of a sudden, she would said something - and those were exactly the things i needed to do , or places i needed to go ....We both gave thanks many times - as we truly 'received the blessings' ... one thing i failed to do , was to call my friends ....hmmm, bad bad girl. Tonight my team went to this nice japanese restaurant - Mikuni's - yummy - check out the sushi boat :)

it's time ....

The news asked consumers to mark calenders and get out the sleeping bags ....for what leh ? for camping ker ? June 29 - US start selling iphone ...no pre-order allowed, and expecting sales to be super laku, hot cake ..my kawan-kawan kat US already made plans, hit talk in the market , guess the scenario like Msians camping at developer office during the launch of a good housing project, will happen here on June 29 at 1800 AT&T and nearly 200 Apple stores , first come first served...usd499 and usd599, consumers must commit 2-yrs contract with AT&T , with mthly charges. Asia region - we kena tunggu lagi. Hope it's worth the wait eh :)

hello ...

Howdeee, Bahija been MIA for a while :) , very very busy at this moment .....currently, Bahija is enjoying her cruises around town with this 2007 TC sweety - leather seats, sun-roof - good enough to keep me happy ...my other sweety ( the one which has been serving me > 11 yrs old - got a new facelift - bodyworks and repainted, plus interior wash ), I'll see her when I get back pretty soon .....

fake guava-apple ....

During my teambuilding session at Cameron Highland ( CH) , we visited the market near hotel EQ ...Bahija and friends saw bags of big bright red or bright green color apples, the skin looks smooth too, all of them pre-packed in plastic bags ....we were very curious of this kind of fruits. One of the stall owner happily opened a bag and cut out some for us to test, it's RM9 per bag for 2 pieces ...the minute I tasted it , I quickly told my friends that it's not genuine, tasted like the fruits been soaked in sugar - it's artifical - tipu punya .... The owner somemore told us that a lot of foreigners came back and bought many bags from her ..... aiyuh, today Star newspaper , there is an article on ' fake guava-apple ' - BINGO - that's the one - take a read la ... it's really true lor - tourists or visitors will think that CH produces this special hybrids , padahal - kena tipu nia ..

Last weekend, went to Chinatown, I also saw these fruits there - so beware friends, JANGAN MAKAN , JANGAN BELI ... however, no harm do a sample testing - see if you can differentiate the artificial taste tak ?

a wonderful person....

Sometimes people asked Bahija 'what's your favourite food ?' - hmmm, Bahija sometimes pun tak tahu , sometimes also need to think hard , think high , think low to come out with an answer .... last thursday - someone came to my house - this person brought along a few dishes...when I reached home and open the containers - WOW - amazing lor - all the 4 dishes were my favourite food. At that moment, I felt so great, so blessed , and also guilty for what I've done ....there is this someone who knows me so well , and so caring to me - she's none other than my dearest mummy lor - Bahija really need to control her tongue and should appreciate her :) thanks , mummy - for all the yummy food , most important - for all the loves .....Happy Mother's Day

all done in (30+ 5) mins

Here is a blog by Patrick Teoh on the Jabatan Imigresen, Cawangan Wangsa Maju which started operation since Jan 2007, the pertama complex punya sudah tutup kedai , so kawan-kawan, don't go there liow yea... Today , Bahija brought mum to another cawangan, it's the Shah Alam , Komplex PKNS branch. We arrived at 10:30 , photocopied IC , took photos - 5 mins. Went to queue for number, surprisingly super duper fast. By 11 am, application form, thumb print and payment completed , wow - Bahija impressed. Then officer asked me to go back collect the passport at 3:30 pm same day .... so we went home, balik at 3:30 , spent 5 mins to collect the new passport. Those officers I met were polite & friendly too. One happy customer here. A wish list - it would be wonderful if can collect passport within 2 hours ...macam tu , we go lepak , minum teh tarik, sembang sikit - 2 jams easy to kill :)

5/5 - 6/5 team building

Last weekend, Bahija attended a team building at Cameron Highland. My last visit to CH was when I was at Form Five .....it's been a while :) . I enjoyed this trip very much, we stayed in an isolated hostel in the middle of the huge tea plantation , nice green view , quiet , we had the whole complex by ourselves. It's a wonderful neat super cheap place , only RM 10 per head nia. Why I enjoyed this trip ? well, in the office - everyone busy, focused on their own jobs or tasks, we hardly have time to cross-chat....in this offsite event, each of us just got to spend time and we got to know the personal side of the others .... well done to the organizer committee who did this donkey jobs - bravo !!

This is the view from the hostel ..... surrounded with tea !

Spent RM5 on these whole thing ....cheap eh :) ...The crystal vase was a precious gift from my last manager in i-kei. It's a good quality heavy-duty crystal vase :)

April 30 and May 1

April 30 - Bahija was tested on my integrity , my tongue , my obedient and my dicipline ...... all the 3 personal events happened on this date ......

May 1 - Reading the book of James - the 3 events I encoutered the day before was brought up ....plus a few more points too

If Bahija doesn't cleanse her heart, control her tongue , gain wisdom - disaster will come ... choice is on my hand