Doc Husna

On 15th Nov. 2009, at Dewan Taman Johor Jaya, Husna was again the Best Student for J5 from Nuri Sri Putri. Mama and ayah were equally as excited as Husna.


Husna was waiting for the turn. The gentleman in the white shirt is a specialist doctor from Hospital Sultanah Aminah, JB. I guess Nuri management wanted his aura to be transmitted to this group of best students. Mama wished for the same, or even better.

Husna while receiving the trophy. This is her third collection. Bravo Husna!

Husna with her two teachers - Teacher Au and a new teacher, sorry lupa lah nama uuu...

This pix was taken because I was deeply disappointed with the attitude and mentality of Malaysian citizens as a whole. Monkey see monkey do. What do you think will happen to the state of cleanliness in our country in 2020? These are the very population who will inherit all our mentality and attitude. I wonder how else we can change our level of thinking and put cleanliness as basic and common sense.

Sometimes Husna asked, why mama he didn't throw the litter in the litter bin? (while referring to a grown up littering all over the place. So mama answered - "Maybe he left his brain at home".

May Allah continues to give us all His blessings, rahmah, mawaddah, sakinah to our family and to our fellow Malaysians - please, kebersihan adalah sebahagian daripada iman. Let's just remind each other always.

Dorai Yang Memboroikan

The Evil Nemesis - Sup Doraisamy

Masa aku nak check in hotel, aku ada mintak dekat budak cashier tu bagi akak floor non-smoking ye. Lepas tu akak nak katil yg queen bed, tak mau yg 2 single beds tu. Budak tu senyum jer. Finally bile semua dah settle, budak tu pun kata, "Wah akak, semua permintaan akak saya dah ikut. Bila nak belanja saya makan? Saya nak sup Dorai".

Wah, bukan main lagi permintaan kau ni ye. Aku hadiahkan sekuntum senyuman yg manis saja. Cukup lah tu dik. Kan ke memang keje ko kena layan hotel guest.

Inilah kali kedua aku dengar perkataan Sup Dorai. Alkisah dulu kawan aku yg ex-reporter pun pernah cerita yg kalau nak lepak malam2 buta tu, makanlah Sup Dorai, sure segar abis. Punye lah popular sup ni ye kat KL.

So, aku pun ajak le member makan kat Dorai ni. Sup ni gerai dia terletak dekat Jalan Doraisamy, dekat2 area Kompleks Wilayah. Tapi sebab tempat duduk selalu penuh, gerai2 sekitar termasuk restoren pun boleh amik order from this gerai. Punye lah powerful.

Rasa pulak - lemak dan amat pedasssssssssssssssss....aku order Dorai lembu. Memula member kata mana ada lembu, suruh aku order kambing. Alamak, sorry. Gua tak berapa nak telan kalau kambing lah. Nasib baik ada Dorai lembu. Sup ni tersangatlah banyak lemak. Memang lah kaw-kaw punye kadar kolesterol dan lemak tak tepu. Bila dah masuk tekak, ketebalan lemak akan tersisa di anak tekak dan kerongkong.

So finally, aku dah rasa sup Dorai. Maybe pada orang yg kaki makan, this would be among the best sumptuos meal for you. But for those who are health-conscious, forget it man...you'll ended up having to jog, cycle, swim or run miles and miles to burn all those calories. Seminggu lari pun belum tentu semua lemak dah diproses. Itulah penangannya.

Can't Touch This

Satu pagi di radio IKIM, tajuk perbincangan ialah – Wajarkah duit EPF digunakan untuk menunaikan Fardhu Haji. Aku memang tak setuju. Aku dail nombor IKIM tapi line jam. Hampir 80% pendengar setuju, antara alasan mereka:
1. Eh, itu duit kami, biarlah kami pakai sementara masih hidup.
2. Invest kat Public Mutual boleh, apsal utk pegi haji tak boleh?
3. Sementara masih muda dan bertenaga, inilah masa sesuai nak pegi haji. Bila dah tua, ramai yg dah tak larat.
4. Siapakah kerajaan (EPF to b exact) untuk melarang kami dari menggunakan hak kami?
5. Dan banyak lagi alasan2 budus lain.

Antara 20% response yg sama pendapat dgn aku kata:
1. Please check your fact right. EPF is formed for a special purpose – to protect members by having savings to upkeep their life after retirement. This can never be changed. Bravo Pakcik!
2. Kalau nak pegi haji, simpan lah duit kat Tabung Haji. Apa kejadah ko nak pakai duit EPF? Betulllllll….

Sebenarnya aku sedih dengan keadaan ni. Kebanyakan orang kita nak senang dengan mudah. Nak usaha lebih sikit malas. Nak pegi haji nak pakai duit EPF. Katalah kan, pihak Najib dan Rosmah dah tak tahan kena pressure, depa luluskan usul tu. Kang korang tengok, tak lama lagi ada pulak usul nak pakai duit EPF untuk beli tanah, beli kereta, belanja kahwin sendiri, belanja kahwin anak, cucu, cicit, renovate rumah, beli ladang, beli ternakan, dan yg sewaktu dgnnya. Weiiiii….kalau nak buat mende tu semua, kumpul lah duit sendiri beb….mana ada short cut.

Kesian Pengarah EPF. Time and again, he has to defend EPF’s stand for why it is formed. I guess their Public Relation can have a set of pre-prepared letters ready, to counter all those proposals to use the money while the depositors are still working. Aku rasa dalam setahun, adalah 3-4 kali their PR have to reply to budus request from people to withdraw the money for whatever budus use.

If you want something, you have to work for it. If you get it for free, it will only do damage for you. No more than that. Mungkin ramai orang kita beranggapan yg anak2 mereka akan tanggung mereka bila mereka pencen kelak. Hello…tengoklah diri kita sendiri. Berapa banyak duit sebulan yg kita bagi kat mak n ayah kita? Korang ingat cukup ker? Itu pun nasi ayam now masih cost RM4-4.50. Nanti Zaman anak2 kita, nasi ayam dah RM10++ you…masa tu sapa nak tanggung kita? Sendiri mahu tanggung maaaa…mana nak carik duit? Kalau duit EPF semua dah abis, kalau badan tak berapa sihat utk sambung kerja, kalau duit simpanan semua dah licin…..ke mana hala tuju kita……

Yang ramai nak pakai duit EPF ni pulak ialah kaum hawa, sedangkan jangka hayat pompuan kan ke lebih lama berbanding lelaki (75 vs. 65). Lama tu, lagi 10 tahun lebih nak survive tu beb...sapa pulak nak tanggung...suruh invest tak nak pulak.....tak paham aku lah...

November Rain

It's already mid of November 2009, so much stories and memoirs to tell, but so little time. Life has been so hectic lately. About the unit trust, about the Tupperware business, about the housing refinance, about the maid going back at the end of this month, about the search for new agent to get a new maid, about the withdrawal of EPF to lessen the housing loan, about so many other things!

But all is not to agonize for. Hey, I am officially a Director in Tupperware business. That's quite a big milestone. To be a director you need to have at least 14 people and sales of not less than RM4k every month. This is something new and exciting. I have to do this business quietly though, as long as my upline in unit trust does not know, I'm in good hands. If she were to find out, habislah...."I ask you for a very long time to do unit trust full time, why you go and do other business"...haiyak.....prevention is better than cure. It's just that I've found the business very exciting. That's all.

For the last 2 weeks, I've been spending time in KL, doing some ****** last minute assignment. Imagine, going back at 9pm everyday, with 2 nites at 12.30 am and the last nite, at 4.30am! Goodness!!! If this is to continue, I'll soon burn out man...working late really means that you're inefficient. I believe that we can only be effective up to 8 pm the most. Beyond that, your thinking and energy level would be shooting down the drain every second. But some people just don't believe in that principle. Work and continue working, whatever it takes, doesn't matter how excruciatingly starving we were, and beyond 9pm, all that we could think off was how fluffy the mattress and pillows were at the hotel. But then again, when you are "kulikutif", how can you challenge the "executive". This is what it takes to makan gaji laaaa....

If you makan gaji, it's very difficult to achieve financial freedom. Just read what Kiyosaki said in his Cashflow Quadrant. We are taxed the most. Every RM1 that I earn, I have to pay back RM0.30 to the government. If I get a bonus of RM10k, that's a good RM3k to Najib and his gang. Now, what does he do with my money? Well, at the very least, I would expect that the promise to have the PG hiway widened to 3 lanes will materialize. It has been 3 Rancangan Malaysia duration, but what had happened man? I would also expect that the Putra LRT to have longer coach and more frequent schedule. At least 1 train every 5 minutes. I hope all these wishful thinking could be realized by Rosmah, if not the husband.

KL life is expensive. Nasi Briyani is at RM7, while in JB you can still get it at RM4. Nasi goreng kerabu is at RM6, in JB still at RM4. If I were to work in KL, I guess I have to tighten my tummy a bit. Walk far, take the public transport. It is a good quality life you can have in KL, but you know, as they say it, there's no place like home. I remember when I talked to Sarah, the ATK consultant, about how America invaded Iraq, that this showed how America did not respect the sovereignty of a nation, and this also means that America can just invade any country. The hell with sovereignty and respect. She agreed with me. She even added a few more comments condemning her country. But at the end, she did say, "No matter how fucked up the leader was, I still love my country, there's no place like home". Couldn't agree more.

Hmmm...HR had assigned me 2 mentees to be mentored. I missed the Mentor-Mentee relationship building session last Thursday, because of the ****** work in KL. Heard that it will be in my KPI to ensure that at least I meet them and direct them to the right direction in their career life. You know what kind of advise I will give? Among them, join MLM, or do side business. This is how you develop your selling skills, indirectly boosting your self confidence, helping you to plan, teaching you how to guide and lead people, and many more endless skill building and skill enhancing programs which you can never learn if you only work 8-5 everyday. Thank God that I have the chance to such opportunity. Then if HR ask them what have you learned from your mentor, the 2 boys would answer something like this - She ask us to do MLM. Well, better still if they become my downline and also buy unit trust from me. Hahaha....
Killing 2 birds with 1 stone eh....

Many more stories mories to come....