Friday, November 23, 2007

DRAGON BOSS

A colleague returned to his desk after attending an inter-department meeting, and suddenly burst into tears. A male colleague. That got the rest of us jarred. Apa hal plak mamat ni?

"Aku tahan marah ni, bengang giler!"

Aikk, takkan la bengang dalam meeting, sampai nangis?

"Tak pernah seumur hidup aku, orang panggil aku 'bloody fool' depan muka aku!"

Huuhuuuuhuuuu.... padan le bengang giler.

Entahlah, bagi aku, lebih baik staf hormat kita, daripada takut kat kita. But I guess, memang ada boss yang suka jadik Dragon Boss - mulut berapi, hehehe. Bukan saja jadik Dragon Boss pada staf sendiri, tapi staf orang lain pun ditempelak sesuka hati. Bangang, bodoh, tongong, bengong, bengap, lembu, keldai, idiot, bloody fool, stupid shit, semuanya kerap menghias vocabulary dia masa meeting.

Not nice la laidat! Where is your common courtesy? Being the leader of the pack does not entitle you to treat your underlings like shite la. I wonder what he's like at home? Anak bini pun kena 'stupid shit' ke agaknya?

He should be reminded that what goes around, comes around. But should anyone say that to him, sure kena se-das !!@#??*@!! kan?

Sunday, November 18, 2007

U STUDY MANA DULU?

I was having a nice evening meal with Jai the other day at the newly opened Subway in Kelana Jaya. We were yakking away and tucking into our foot-long sandwiches - kemaruk sangat nak makan sandwich, tamak haloba, order foot-long, pastu terbelahak nak mengabihkannya, last-last bungkus bawak balik hehehe :-) Suddenly a guy came near our table and called out to Jai. Oh, rupanya kawan Jai masa student days dulu. Mamat tu pun datang join our table, no hal la tu.

Anyway, they started reminiscing about their student days in the US of A. Well, I've been hearing so much about Jai's student days before this and vice versa, it's always a fun conversation. But this new guy's way of conversing makes it sound like so oh exclusive, US of A has got better malls than over here, US of A has got better university system, US of A has bla de blardy bla bla.

Suddenly he turns to me and asks, "U study mana dulu? Overseas jugak ke?"

And me with muka poyo nak mampus, jawab, "Ha'ah, UK"

That got him interested, "Ye ke? UK kat mana?"

Me still with my poyo-ness, answered, "UK of M"

Hahaha.... terpinga-pinga plak mamat tu, sambil Jai terkekek gelak. Meanwhile, aku dengan selamba katak continued devouring my foot-long sandwich.

Come on la people, just because a long time ago, when you were barely 18, you were given an opportunity to study abroad, toksah la dok berbangga sangat. It's not where you went, BUT who you are today, that really matters. No doubt masa diberi peluang belajar overseas tu, the sponsors akan cari students yang dirasakan ada potensi. But that doesn't mean semua yang lain yang tidak belajar overseas tu kurang bagus. Even Jai pun masa SPM, result dia kureng dari aku, tapi rezeki dia, dapat tawaran belajar ke sana, so good for her la kan. Dah, dah, korang jangan ingat aku jeles plak ek... hehehe...

Anyway, bukannya tak ada di kalangan kawan atau senior aku sendiri pun, yang 'terpilih' ni, yang kantoi. Dok overseas 4-5 tahun, balik tanpa ijazah, susah nak carik kerja dan sampai sekarang berhutang berpuluh (atau ratus?) ribu ngan JPA ke, MARA ke, Kementerian Pelajaran ke.

Banyak faktor la yang boleh sebabkan kantoi tu, but that's beside the point. Aku cuma nak kata lagi sekali, it's who the person you are today that really matters la. Ada jugak yang walaupun kantoi, but managed to prove themselves otherwise. Ada yang sambung belajar dengan duit sendiri, ataupun kerja from scratch sampai dapat hidup selesa - after all paper qualification is not the only thing that matters in the workfield, kan? Terpulang kepada rezeki masing-masing.

Ada jugak macam kes senior aku, balik dengan ijazah, tapi tak pernah kerja. Sebab balik aje, terus kawin dan laki tak kasik kerja. Hok ni kawe maroh ni. Cuba bayangkan kalau peluang belajar tu diberi pada student lain dari keluarga yang miskin contohnya, mungkin sekembalinya nanti student miskin tu akan dapat kerja yang bagus dan akan menjadi titik permulaan untuk membangunkan taraf ekonomi dan pendidikan keluarganya di kampung, kan?

Anyway, I guess this guy is an exception la. Sebab so far he's one of just a few people I've met yang macam tu. Coming from a boarding school, I have many friends who received their tertiary education overseas, including my close buddy Jai (USA) and my bosom buddy Millie (Eire). A number of my colleagues also studied abroad, as do various friends (you know who you are) I've made along the way, most of whom are very humble and down to earth people (pujuk balik ke ni hahaha).

It was an entertaining evening for me, nontheless :-)

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

SAWAN D'ANGKASAWAN

Quoted from Utusan Online :-



" Muszaphar kahwin sebelum 2009

KUALA LUMPUR 5 Nov. – Angkasawan pertama negara, Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha hari ini mengumumkan untuk menamatkan zaman bujangnya sebelum 2009. Bagaimanapun, doktor bedah ortopedik Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) itu tidak memberitahu siapakah gadis pilihannya.



‘‘Saya kini sudah berumur 35 tahun. Saya sudah bersedia untuk berkahwin. Saya berharap untuk berkahwin sebelum 2009,” katanya kepada pemberita di bangunan Parlimen di sini hari ini. "




Oh, you teaser, you! At least give the girls some idea of what their chances are, if there is any chance la. Tak mustahil ada yang beriya nak masuk meminang ni, Doc!

Jang, ramai bonar yang tergilo-gilo minat kat wak ang ni ha, kek opis den pun ado surang minah sasau yang buek gambar wak ang jadik screensaver. Bilo baco kato wak ang dah sedio kawin, punyolah suko dio tergolak-golak. Den rasolah kan, minah tu dah terkono penyakit baru, sawan-d'angkasawan namo yo.