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 .....