FD UPDATE

Had the FD last weekend. Everything went well, with just minor glitches! AlhamduliLlah, leganya rasa... Yelah bukannya mudah nak organize 2-day overnighter event for +- 110 orang on such a tight budget like ours, with absolutely no sponsorship from panel firms etc. Wei, tak main la rasuah-rasuah ni. Biar la AJK terpaksa keluar pocket money sendiri, officers terpaksa tolong sponsor hadiah {tima kasih jugak pada bapak Cheyah yang contribute quite a few hadiah lucky draw - tahun depan boleh mintak lagi ye?}, janji kitorang taknak perut busung makan duit rasuah :-)

Saturday starts with check-in at 3.00 pm. Tapi aku sampai lambat sebab tersilap masuk jalan lama kat Genting Sempah, dah la jalan belit-belit terpaksa patah balik kat Karak etc. Sampai kul 5.30pm. Amik kunci bilik, minum petang, letak beg, then terus ke dewan untuk persiapan dinner, susun hadiah etc, then rushing balik bilik for maghrib & bersiap.

Dinner started at about 8.30pm. Chetun gave a nice opening speech, and introduced us AJKs {thank you for your appreciation, Chetun!} Ha, gini le sepatutnya bos yang baik, menghargai anak buahnya, bukan main hantam saja sesuka hati macam kitorang ni punching bag. Anyway, lepas start makan, mulakan event dengan kids' fancy dress contest. There were Captain Hook, Little Fairy, Gerak Khas, Rambo Boy, Scottish Girl, F1 Racer, Cinderella, Arctic Boy, Ustazah, Ustaz (bukan Ayah Pin) etc. Alahai comelnya! The rest of the night we alternated between karaoke & lucky draw - 3 contestants nyanyi, selang-seli ngan lucky draw. The whole thing ended at around midnight. Karaoke contest was won by our PAR, and generally most prizes were given away to the lower level staff (officer takyah la kan) so everyone were quite happy.

Next day, brekkie was supposed to be at 7.30am, but someone made a booboo and the kitchen staff was told it was at 9.00am. {OMG OMG OMG Jie dah panic - apa nak buat for the next hour? Ramai orang dah turun, takkan nak dok melangut je} Nasib baik dah ada contingency plan, ajak semua orang ke padang, bawak radio sebijik, kita buat senaman pagi! Cover line, jangan tak cover hehehe. By the time habis exercise, breakfast pun siap. Lepas makan, mulakan telematch & games.

Hmph, detour sket, nak masuk part ngumpat la plak nih. Since masa dinner lagi, ada sorang budak kecik 3 tahun yang hyper, memulanya it's cute sebab dia petah & running around the dewan. Then dia start climbing the stage & kacau masa lucky draw, still OK. Pastu orang nyanyi karaoke, dia dok tarik mike & jerit-jerit, and people start to get annoyed. Masa telematch pagi tu pun, dok kacau games & alih prizes, rampas barang dari kids lain etc. Yang aku heran tu, mak bapak dia boleh buat derk je, sekadar panggil nama je tapi tak angkat punggung pun nak disiplinkan anaknya. Bila ditegur, anak tu siap pukul & tolak mak bapak dia, and also some of the AJKs. OKlah, aku belum ada anak sendiri, tapi mak bapak tu apsal biarkan anak tu kurang ajar sangat? Bebudak lain takde pun buat perangai gitu. "Puan, saya rasa nak tampar je budak ni" said one of my staff. Nuff said.

OK, after the games & prize-giving, aku balik awal. Others mostly gi mandi sungai, then have lunch baru balik. All in all, rasanya ramai yang enjoy dan generally puas hati. Today, I handed out evaluation forms to all participants, so tunggu la jawapan depa untuk dibentang dalam post-mortem lusa nanti. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Tapi dalam pada tu, biasa la, rumah siap pahat berbunyi. Remember the guy yang 'dulu panjat kinabalu...' and 'aku ni ada tahi lalat di pinggang...'? Ha, tu ler pahat yang aku dok dengar pagi tadi, no hal memang kami dah expect pun. Helo brader, kau bayar yuran Badan Kebajikan RM7 sebulan (RM84 setahun) pastu Hari Keluarga angkut anak-bini semua, you expect nak duduk 5-star resort & dapat hadiah lucky draw Percutian ke Gold Coast ke? Kirim salam ler. I sent this email to another AJK "Ko ada martol tak? Meh sini, aku nak ketuk kepala pahat yang berbunyi nih" {Jie! So ganazz!} Hehehe cakap le apa pun, tak menjadi kudis pun sebab aku tahu all of us AJKs have done the best we could, and that is what counts. Dalam dunia ni takleh nak puaskan hati semua orang, kan? Life's too short, says a new friend, and I agree with that.

Yang pasti tahun depan aku nak 'rehat' dari jadi AJK Badan Kebajikan. Cukup le dah 6 tahun ni, kasik can kat the new blood plak untuk bikin program untuk staf. More importantly, aku malas nak involve dalam majlis persaraan medem tahun 2007 nanti. {Aiks? Jauhnya planning, Jie?} Mestilah, kena ada wawasan kan? *wink wink* :-)