Karma Police

For the past 2 weeks, I have been listening to Radiohead mp3 to-&-fro office. The band have been part of my teen angst "must listen to". I remember during the uni days, we played Creep (ada sekali atau dua kali, upon request from TM). The bridge was destructive enough, that I nearly bleed my finger & broke my pick. Since then, I prefer Jim Dunlop extra heavy pick or just cut-out prepaid top up card to make a pick. (plus that time I am always broke, masa student sengkek...just depend on scholarship to buy everything....) Hehe! For those kaki & tangan bangku, guitar pick is a plectrum use to strum the guitar.

Gua masih simpan! Kad bonus link yg jadi mangsa.

Radiohead lyric & video always thought provoking. Look for the song "Just" video from The Bends album in YouTube, and you'll know what I mean. Anyway, this is the song currently has been repeating over & over & over in my car. It's about the working class society. A metaphor. Note to my band: bole jam lagu nih?

Karma Police from OK Computer


Karma police, arrest this man, he talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio
Karma police, arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo,
is making me feel ill
And we have crashed her party

This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with us

Karma police, I've given all I can, its not enough
I've given all I can, but were still on the payroll

This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with us

And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself

To be or not to be

This is what I told my boss when i had a discussion with him yesterday:

I am trying to be rhetoric, but they'll say "I cakap berkias-kias", when I am direct, they'll say "I cakap lepas".

Rhyme.

Pennant can send farewell email to colleague

Reports suggest that Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has narrowly missed out a sensational move to Real Madrid - by demanding too high a wage from the Spanish giants. Out-of-favour Pennant's Anfield appearances have been scant this season, and it has been no secret that his future lies away from Merseyside.

The Daily Mail said Pennant was all set for a shock £3.5 million move to the Spanish capital, but saw the deal collapse over the contract details. The 25-year-old former Arsenal and Birmingham winger reportedly wanted £60,000-a-week, while Real were only willing to pay him half that amount.

He now looks set to move on loan to a Premier League club, with Stoke and Wigan most heavily linked. Though last weekend saw suggestions that Benitez wanted to swap him with Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. The £6.7m signing, who has failed to find a home at Liverpool, just as he did at Arsenal, who paid £2m for him as a 15-year-old from Notts County in 1999. (source:espn soccernet)

ME: Kops need more speed & flair on left & right flank...Pennant is too lightweight. If only Rafa can bring in Joaquin. Kalau tak dapat Joaquin, Aaron Lennon pon jadik la. Previously they were scouting Quaresma. Just a speculation maybe. Anyway, Kops are enjoying the top spot for Xmas. You'll never walk...aloneeeee...you'll never walk alone. Stay there & just have faith.

Ankle gua terseliuh semalam masa main futsal. pegi keje pun terjengket2. nampaknya kene menjauhkan diri dr court prima utk sementara waktu. cehhhss.

the Cinematic experience

Rentetan daripada insiden kentut kat wayang. Let me share some of my experience. These are some of the top rating incidents I encountered:

(1) Movie:Face/Off. Ending of the movie shows glance of Travolta (hero) walked pass by a window. Someone shouted, yeayyyyyyyhh sambil tepuk tangan. Overexcited. Ini still acceptable sebab movie nih best. Yela masa tuh semua anxious nak tau adakah hero dapat kembalikan wajah & perut boroi dia. Sebelum tu kan si hero jadi Nicholas Cage. Confuse? korang pi tengok balik la.

(2) Movie: Matrix Revolutions. At the middle of the movie, somebody was snorring. Nuff said.

(3) Movie: Lord of the Rings - Return of the King. Ada sorang mamat nih try to explain, macam mana Gandalf "suda mati, idup balek" to his girlfriend. OMG. Sepanjang movie. C'mon la, masa tu dah third movie la weh! Try imagine how he summarized the 1st & 2nd movie. One word for it...annoying.

(4) Movie: The fifth element. Ada couple berbual macam wayang tuh diorang ada share. Tau la movie tuh boring, tapi gua dengar korang nyer citer persiapan kahwin lagi la gua boring.

Selain daripada top listed incidents kat atas, below listed adalah compilation yang agak kelakar (meluap perasaan pun ada) masa kat wayang.

(1) kaki bergoyang-goyang kat belakang kerusi kita. Kejap rasa macam kerusi OSIM, kejap rasa macam nak pegi tepuk dahi orang kat belakang tu.

(2) orang depan duduk dengan postur sempurna 90°. Dah tu ketinggian 180 cm.

(3) handphone not in silent mode. Nih memang bebal maksima.

(4) handphone yang silent mode, TAPI....jawab call dalam cinema dengan SUARA volume 5.

(5) orang sebelah kunyah twisties/popcorn over-over plak. Bunyi dia kunyah makanan boleh compete dengan Dolby punya surround system.

For whatever reason we go to cinema, everyone have different opinion why they felt watching movie in cinema a better option than the comfort of our own couch. Even with the annoyance of other people. :)

-FIN-

Kaki dan tangan

Perkataan kakitangan adalah sangat tidak sesuai untuk diguna pakai dalam era sekarang. Sebabnya, jika pekerja menggunakan kaki & tangan saja utk bekerja adakah relevan untuk kita maki hamun kakitangan selepas mereka buat silap. Ya, memang ada bos yang maki hamun pekerja. Some people are just not meant to be a leader.

Sekarang ni zaman millenia, bekerja dengan otak, bukan dengan kaki & tangan jek. Shigeo Shingo once said, to be succesful get all people involved from top to bottom & drive their ideas. Never underestimate your subordinate. And that was in 1950's. Since then the American ciplak his idea & implement it in the West.

Merujuk DBP, kakitangan bermaksud pekerja (pejabat, syarikat, dll), pembantu (yg turut melaksanakan atau mengurus kerja).

Macam mana pulak dengan kakitangan k'jaan? Kenapa agaknya selalu ada problem bila deal dgn agensi k'jaan?

Hmmm.. mungkin ni rootcause nyer:
(1) satu officer tade...so keje officer tuh tak gerak until he/she get back! No one will follow up...sedihnya bila officer tuh in charge in customer related issues. Kalau cuti 1 minggu kene tunggu la 1 minggu...aku penah kena, officer tuh training 1 minggu then sambung cuti 1 minggu. Total dia unavailable time: 2 weeks. Oh fuck up nyer. How the hell they delegate their job?
(2) customer servis & kaunter pertanyaan yg biasanya buat part time jual tempe basi. Sebab muka diorang pun ala2 tempe basi. Bila di tanya semua tak tau...mintak kite call sana sini. People say Arsenal play a lot of passing football. Same with customer service in GLC or gov. They'll pass u around until the opponent (us, unfortunately) fed up.
(3) mentaliti 'bekerja untuk benefit'. I am not talking about salary or bonus.
(4) etc etc....

If these behavior or mentality in private company, sure kena whack dengan boss. Atau pun kene maki hamun. I must admit not all the gov servant are like this, jangan kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga plak. Oh tebalnya semangat ketuanan melayu aku, sampai berkias-kias plak.


Perhatikan gambar di atas. Kalau diterjemahkan ke Bahasa Melayu,

Tenaga mental, mood, & motivasi
Makanan yang pekerja (kakitangan?) anda makan adalah kritikal untuk kejayaan anda.

Jadi untuk berjaya, pastikan pekerja kita makan makanan berkhasiat disamping tuh yang terang & jelas halal dan jauh dari segala unsur subahat. Hahahaha. Oh, I am begging the gov servant to improve, or else GFY la.

note to pt/ptd: hayatilah hari kualiti agensi anda & faham betul² maksud piagam pelanggan.
In my company, we (even the operator & GW) are reffered as....associate. Not employee or kakitangan.

Papan Tanda

Kat Malaysia sekarang dah terjadi macam². Papan tanda pun boleh jadi kontroversi. Masa aku masuk exit dari highway ke tol Jasin pun ada satu road sign yang agak kontroversi.

Awas! Jalan rosak di hadapan.

Ok, wtf? Dalam kepala aku terbayang perkara² ni jek....
(1) JKR dah give up nak repair jalan tuh then put up the road sign.

(2) Exit tuh memang untuk 4WD atau driver² kereta rally.

(3) Dulu diorang letak sign "Jalan Sedang Di baiki"...tapi sebab lama sgt kontraktor bumiputra nak repair, jadi JKR give up.
(4) Jalan tuh adalah laluan bebas cukai, so kereta yang road tax dah mati pun bole lalu tanpa kene saman. Yela, kalau jalan tuh ada duit dr pembayar² cukai dah tentu diorang jaga baik².

As we pass by the road, lubang sana sini. Macam war mines. Kene elak kiri, elak kanan. Nasib baik bukan kereta aku. Bukan aku yang drive. Sori beb! Hehe.

Bila cerita pasal sign board nih semua orang dah tau yang sign board/road sign kat Malaysia dah berbangsa-bangsa. Jangan nanti satu hari road sign/sign board pun nak ada 'gender' plak. Hahahhahahha.

Anyway, aku jumpa satu sign board nih. This one I think very suitable for Malaysia.


p/s: moga² pihak berwajib tingkatkan lagi mutu soalan PTK yang akan datang utk pegawai² awam.

A long road trip to Johor Bahru (kepada 3 org kawanku yg sengal)

Biasanye malas nak buat entry pasal wedding. Biasala, satu tahun berapa bnyk wedding nak pegi...semua tuh plak member² rapat. Wedding dia ok. Smooth & perfect. Karaoke, bersanding, makan damai etc etc la. Entry nih lebih kepada penjelasan yg berkisar pada member 3 org nih. Hamdan, Alanzed@Beruang & Habib (Mr. President). Kenapa & mengapa 3 orang ni tak sampai kat Batu Pahat.

Hero & Heroin

Wak punyer invitation, 29 Nov & 30 Nov. Oleh sebab jadual kitorang padat & Ahad pun aku ada invitation kat JB, so aku & wife, & Hairil@Babat, (dari JB) datang 29 Nov. Majlis pihak pompuan. Pastu 3 ekor tuh pon (dari KL) datang gak 29 Nov sebab hari Ahad tuh ada hal. Masalahnya dah pukul 4 petang diorang tak sampai². Rupanya kereta breakdown kat Bemban. Katanya dihimpit oleh sekumpulan mat-mat racing highway (Azrai garage ke apa ntah)...sampai kereta overheat. Konon-kononnya lah....Tapi bila disiasat & ditanya (sambil di pressure)....

diorang yang gatal² takde keje, ajak bebudak tuh racing...

.......
.....so padan muka kene duduk kat tepi highway sampai 3 jam.......
....haaha.....
.....haahah........
....ahha...ahah....

Bila aku call & nak confirm, Beruang cakap OK! Bole diuruskan lagi. So aku & wife, & Babat pun bergerak ke balik ke JB...

Tapi........

Hamdan, the main culprit tgh punggah barang masuk kereta Babat. Ini scene penting depan Masjid Tun Ghafar. Hamdan puas kene lecture bertajuk morality & maturity.

Gambar kat atas tuh yg pakai baju merah...apa ntah nama dia, ex-office mate Hamdan yang stay kat Jasin. Nasib baik brader nih ader untuk hiburkan korang. Siap main gitar, lagu oh Fatimah tepi jalan. Ini cerita benar. Huhu. Takleh handle. Brader ni la yg tolong cari tow truck & bengkel. Enjin turbo kereta Hamdan tade spare part, so kene tinggal bengkel kat Jasin 2-3 hari. Masalah² kereta modified. PLUS tow kereta Hamdan ke Jasin dari Bemban.

Beruang & Habib (Mr. President), 2 mangsa (dan juga culprit). Ni adalah orang² yg trigger bebudak Azrai Garage, sambil lambai² tangan ajak racing. Ntah apa-apa.

Gambar² diorang kat Jasin tuh aku yg snap. Macam mana aku sampai Jasin?....Babat & aku gerak dari JB pukul 7.15 pm. Setelah dapat panggilan S.O.S. dari En. Beruang. Nak uji setia kawan konon. Pirahhhh. Kitorang angkut petualang² itu ke JB & pandai2 korang lah...HAHAHAHA. Diorang lepak kat hotel bajet kat Tmn U, sbb hotel yg OK semua penuh. Kat sini pon ada insiden...nanti la next time bole citer. Haha. 4 am aku balik. Nasib baik Babat bermurah hati drive JB-Jasin-JB. Semangat & iltizam diorang utk pegi wedding Wak masih tinggi.

30 Nov...Habib kene rush balik KL pepagi sebab ada seminar, naik bas. So tgh hari tu aku & wife jemput si Hamdan & Beruang pegi wedding kat JB. Buat pengetahuan semua, pengantin tuh kawan wife aku. (apa kaitan si Hamdan & Beruang?). Kat situ la insiden air hujan dari atas khemah mencurah atas kepala budak 2 org tuh (aku pun kene tempias sikit). Puncanya...mesti lah diorang tak mandi pagi kan kan kan....Nasib baekkk dah abis makan. Destinasi seterusnya ke rumah aku, tengok diorang ni makan memang aku ngeri. Patut la pinggang korang size 36. Segala jenis biskut dihidangkan, sampai biskut hangus pun korang bantaiii...Bagus murah rezeki. Bini aku pun suka...dah berapa bulan kitorang simpan biskut hangus tuh. Ingatkan nak buang, tapi korang habiskan. Alhamdulillah. HAHAHAH.

Oleh kerana sangat mengantuk, tak dapat la aku antar diorang pegi BP tengok Wak bersanding. Diorang pun dah tak larat (yeke?). Babat plak ada appointment dgn developer rumah dia. Tapi bile ajak jamming semua segar plak. Hahahah. So citer seterusnya kat bawah. Kitorang jamming pukul 6 pm. Tepat pada pukul 9.30 pm Beruang & Hamdan naik bas ke KL dari Tmn Sri Putri.

Dah sampai JB, kene jamming la. Beruang dengan posing Feb 2008 nyer.

Rahsia Hamdan terbongkar...Sampai kat Rose Cottage, aku tangkap satu gambar bukti! Rupanya Hamdan penah jadi model water heater. Klik untuk gambar lebih besar (agak lucah).

'Kekasih' Hamdan yang ditinggalkan di JB. Bakal jadi kayu api masa Raya Haji.

Apa yg aku terlepas....

1. Watak abang PLUS yg misteri. Tow kereta Hamdan dari Bemban ke Jasin. Tanpa sepatah kata. Lepas tow terus blah. Memang misteri.
2. Abang otai mendendangkan lagu oh Fatimah kat tepi jalan sambil main gitar.
3. Kereta Hamdan berasap-asap.
   
4. Mahat & Mahathir berkaraoke kat wedding Wak. ---> mesti lagu Anuar Zain. Hahahhaahhahahahah.
   
5. FK & Pablo berduet karaoke. ??????? --- Amitabh Bachan & Achik Spin?
   
6. Habib nyanyi lagu Backstreet Boys - Shape of my heart.

Anyway, tahniah utk Wak & isteri. Selamat pengantin baru & Semoga berbahgia ke akhir hayat.

Tag utk minggu nih...org tua kadang² perangai macam budak2. Sekian.