Friday, March 26, 2010

Salam Jumaat

Salam,

..waktu menunjukkan 9.52pm maka masih lagi hari Jumaat maka aku memohon maaf di hari Jumaat yang mulia ini...

..aku juga ingin mengambil kesempatan menyampaikan ucapan takziah pada Seri atas kepergian ke rahmatullah arwah ayahanda Seri....aku masih recall how fond Seri was to her father and definitely his departure will be felt by seri and her family members - Al-Fatehah ....semoga roh almarhum akan diredhai Allah swt dan terolong dalam golongan mereka yang beriman....

bertepatan dengan hari Jumaat ini, akan nak share this piece of inspirational story untuk semua...

Why do we read The Holy Quran, even if we can't understand
a single Arabic word???? This is a beautiful story.

An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky
with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the
kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him
and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, 'Grandpa! I try to read the Quran just like you
but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I
close the book. What good does reading the Quran do?'

The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied,
'Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of
water.'

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back
to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, 'You'll have to move a
little faster next time,' and sent him back to the river with the basket to
try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty
before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was
impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.

The old man said, 'I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water.
You're just not trying hard enough,' and he went out the door to watch the
boy try again.

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his
grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak
out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into
river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was
again empty. Out of breath, he said, 'See Grandpa, it's useless!'

'So you think it is useless?' The old man said, 'Look at the basket.'

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket
was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was
now clean, inside and out..

'Son, that's what happens when you read the Quran. You might not understand
or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside
and out. That is the work of Allah in our lives.'

If you feel this email is worth reading, please forward to your
contacts/friends. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh & his family) says: *'The one who
guides to good will be rewarded equally'*



Salam

Sunday, March 21, 2010

20/3/10

Salam

subuh subuh neh..kehkehkeh...probably the only time of the day that I could sit and write ...lepas tu sure busy dah neh....

i tengok jugak AF8 concert malam tadi....boleh tahan....ala ala AF1 dulu...guna minus-one , students jadik back-up singer and dancer, stage background ala ala malap, menonton tak ramai mana dan tenaga pengajar pun dari AF1 dulu.....

...students pun boleh nyanyi belaka dan yang best lagi ialah most of the students are raw material....tak der yang recycle dari tv reality yang lain dan depa nampak lepas laku....

other than that...beberapa perkara masih tak berubah yang menyebabkan ada ketika aku 'mute' volume TV aja supaya aku boleh enjoy the concert secara keseluruhan....

...tapi after 7 season, i don't think aku excited tengok AF neh lagi...boleh tonton lar, tapi tengok tanpa perasaan...probably the best way to watch AF ialah jangan tengok diary dan appreciate the concert....

wokeh lah...sampai sini dulu....start dah nak buat kerja dah neh..

Salam

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

entry weekend ari tuh....

Salam

It has been a very busy couple of weeks but syukur pada Allah swt and pacing myslef well and sihat wal-afiat…

Last weekend was fun though especially for sports fan like me…dari F1 ke All England hinggalah ke EPL……perhaps Konsert Tirai AF8 pun I nak citer jugak sikit neh…

Mula mula F1 season opener dekat bahrain…..new cars , Schumacer is back, nama Malaysia ada pada dua or empat kereta iaitu Lotus and Mercedes, drivers tukar kereta in Burton pergi maclaren, alonso pergi Ferrari, Trulli dengan Koivelainen pergi Lotus, Schumacer making a comeback , a familiar name in Senna ada dalam list of rookies dan new ruling seperti 25 points for winner as opposed to 10 dulu dan no re-fueling masa race……because of the new ruling, pitstop jadi tak berapa interesting dan race tak selaju dulu sebab tank penuh minyak pada permulaaan perlumbaan…..

…in bahrain…Vettel of the Redbull hampir menang until mechanical failure slowed down the car and was overtaken by Ferrari's Alonso and Massa for the 1st and 2nd place respectively dan hamilton took the last podium place …kesian Vettel tapi inilah F1 iaitu speed and engine realibility hendaklah seimbang…

Bagi Petronas Mercedes, depa finished fairly well in 6th and 7th placing dan Lotus jugak credibly finished the rest in 15th and 17th placing….walaupun nombor 15 dan 17 bukan sesuatu yang cantik tetapi untuk kereta baru seperti lotus apa yang lebih penting ialah untuk menguji realibility engine dan dalam keadaan panas padang pasir di bahrain engine lotus survive bermakna kereta ala ala dah lulus puspakom test….dah lulus puspakom baru lar kita masuk workshop balik kasik modify cantik punyer…

..setiap kereta memerllukan setting yang berbeza dan setiap pemanadu pula ada keinginan tersendiri dan harus sesuai dengan setting kereta….pemamdu kidal mempunyai keinginan yang berbeza dengan setting kereta berbanding dengan pemandu tangan kanan….circuit yang lebih banyak cornering memerlukan setting pada brake dan shifting gear dan low to high lebih berbanding dengan circuit yang banyak straight line dan engine dalam cuaca sejuk seperti di europe memerlukan setting yang berbbeza dengan di asia….street circuit macam di singapore dan monte carlo memerlukan setting kereta dan tayar yang berbeza dengan circuit seperti di sepang atau di bahrain…inilah perkara perkara yang membuat F1 menarik disamping speed dan the dogfight between drivers…

All-England

Datuk Lee Chong Wei menang All-England dan badminton dah ada dalam Olimpik tapi menang all-England dan Thomas Cup adalah sesuatu yang amat emosional bagi kita….it is like Wimbledon for tennis , Ceaser Palace for boxing, the superbowl dan wembley final for football….

..tapi, ralat jugak lar kan sebab the winning point tuh menunjukkan bola tu terkeluar sikit ….but it was an amazing game of badminton especially Tago from japan nei really in his elemence dan memebri saigan giler babun pada Chong Wei but luck and experience menyelebahi LCW….well done….

LCW ini adalah seorang ahli sukan yang unik iaitu seseorang ahli sukan yang dihormati dan disukai loleh friends and foes….beliau sangat popular di Indon ( musuh tradisi badminton kita) dan probably lebih dihormati di china dan sangat sangat disukai di europe…..it is rare that seseorang ahli sukan itu command so high respect in their field….

EPL

Sekarang nei Wayne Rooney tengah naik hantu dengan scoring goals at will…mengapa tibe tibe dia scoring goals like a man possesed ?...aku rasa sebab dia dah hilang rasa takut injury dia dulu dan probably tidak memakai protective devices dekat ankle atau foot dia….at one time, kasut dia nampak besar sangat sebab probably kasut itu diu buat untuk protect kaki dia yang patah..tapi lately nei aku boleh nampak yang dia moving freely and seoalah seolah melayang layang bila dapat bola yang indicates that kaki dia moving freely….another factor ialah valencia….valencia wide play dan crossing telah membantu rooney untuk score banyak headed goal….sebelum nei orang kata rooney tak boleh tanduk bola tetapi dengan bola tanggung yang dihantar oleh valencia telah menyebabkan beliau scored 10 goal melalui kepala this season…

..the fight for EPL heated up dan all three teams in Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United have equal chance to grab the championship….it looks laike arsenal yang mempunyai peluang cerah keran depa tak akan bertemu dengan Chelsea or man U lagi tetapi chesea dan Man U akan bertemu satu sama lain tak lama lagi…

..aku tak kisah sebab yang penting bagi aku ialah Man City grabbing the 4th place and Blackburn and Bolton avoiding relegation…kehkehkeh…

Fuuh penat beb…esol lar pulak citer pasal AF8 Konsert Tirai..

( terpaksa skip GLEE nak update neh...kehkehkeh)


Salam

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

entry rabu 10/3/10

salam

It is kind of difficult to organise my thots to pen down anything worth reading because of my acute fatigue……days when I could spend 15/16 hours in the office are probably long gone …I need more time to recover from one task to another but unfortunately time is what I don't have in abundance….

In my current position , I have to be the thinker and doer at the same time and this is very taxing to me tapi sebab nak carik makan..aku gagah kan jugak lar nampak yer….but I have to concede that its getting harder and harder for me to cope with the expectation….so sebagai escapism maka aku mula lah berangan menang hadiah peraduan RM 2,000,000 isi minyak Petronas!!!…..hehehehe…mana lar tau kan..kot kot giliran aku pulak dapat my big break in terms of duit neh….huhuhuhu…

..maka kalau…hehehehe..kalau lah aku menang kan kan kan…..kalau kalau kalau lah kan aku menang kan….1st thing aku nak buat ialah aku nak quit my job 24 hours bayar notis 3 bulan in cash!! Ahaks ahaks ahaks….padan muka aku…..bayar hutang piutang duniawi….naik haji….kalau ada rezeki pastu naik hajah..ahaks ahaks ahaks…fuhhhh…eveytime lepas isi borang peraduan tu kan…aku pun senyum lar sowang sowang berangan kot kot aku lah yang bernasib baik kali ini….

Tapi kan….aku heran…part 1 angan angan tu kan semua yer suci murni, nak naik haji lah, nak sedekah lah, nak bagi emak lah sikit and so forth……5 minit kemudian…Part 2 berangan…ini yang bahaya neh….tetibe aja dari naik haji terus nak pergi tengok WC south africa…pastu nak beli kereta mini cooper dengan SUV sebiji..tetibe teringin nak pergi The Banjaran…tak kan nak pergi sowang kang….mulalah otak memikirkan mangsa mangsa untuk didampingi….seperti biasa keluar keluarlah calon calon peberet yang telah kengkawan semua ketahui…..hehehehehe….kalau dulu berangan nak beli rumah teres dua tingkat sebab nak merasa dalam rumah ada tangga kan kan kan…sekarang dah berangan rumah bunglow 3 tingkat and Bali spa kat tingkat atas dan ada lift tuh!!!....

Tetibe ..pin pinnnnnnnn!!...fuhh…sedar sedar dari lamunan ada orang hon sebab traffic light dah lampu hijau tapi kereta aku tak bergerak gerak jugak masih tersenyum dalam berangan……ahaks ahaks ahaks…..

Hari ahad lepas aku adalah dekat kawasan bukit bintang/jalan Pudu tapi aku memang tak familiar jalan neh so aku ikut aja kereta depan neh….tetibe kereta depan neh buat u-turn dan aku pun buat u-turn jugak…jeng jeng jeng….baik baik kereta pusing aja, dua traffic polis sengeh aja…waduh!!!!...aku tengah tak pakai tali pinggang pulak…..aku pun cakap sorry datuk saya tak tau jalan saya ikut kereta depan…polis tu slumberland aja jawab " ikut orang salah, kita pun salah lar"….lepas bagi IC gan lesen, aku pun buat lar muka sedih lima belas sen tu kan …..last last abang polis nei kata…lain kali jangan buat lagi…..alhamdullilah, dia lepas kan aku beb…..ngigil aku kejap, bayang lah, kalau kena saman 3 ratus, mau tak makan lunch aku sampai ujung bulan…ahaks ahaks ahaks…..lessson learnt…sebelum buat illegal u-turn, tengok dulu polis ada ker tidak….hehehehe…moral of my story " it is not worth breaking traffic rules if you don't have money to pay the summons"….kehkehkeh…..



Enjoy this marketing strategy definition….ahaks ahaks ahaks

Different type of Marketing :
1.
You see gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say : “ I am very rich. Marry me!”
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That’s direct marketing.


2.
You’re at party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: “he’s very rich. Marry him.”

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That’s advertising.

3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say : “ Hi, I’m very rich. Marry me”

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That’s telemarketing

4.
You’re at party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (Of the car) & ask “Marry Me?”

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That’s Public Relations

5.
You’re at the party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says: ”You are very rich! Can you marry me?”
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That’s brand recognition

6.
You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go to her and say: “I am very rich. Marry me!” She gives a nice hard slap on your face.”

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That’s Customer feedback.

7.
You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: “ A am very rich. Marry me!” and see introduce you to her husband.”

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That’s Demand and Supply gap.

8.
You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before say anything, another person comes and tells her: “I’m rich. Will you marry me?” and she goes with him.

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That’s competition eating into your market share

9.
You see a gorgeous girl at the party. You go up to her and before you say :I’m rich, Marry me!” your wife arrives.
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That’s Restriction for entering new market.

salam

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Penat

Salam,

...masih penat dan mengantuk selepas pergi training and travelling the distance for 3 days.....jangan demam lagi cukup lah.....hehehehe....

..satu benda baru yang aku perasan lately nei ialah bila aku penat aku akan menjadi pendiam dan tak larat nak bercakap atau beri pendapat.....mulut rasa terkunci dan otak terus macam beku tetibe....hehehehe...

...malam nei aku rasa macam nak turu dah lepas maghrib tapi bila tengok ada bola England lawan Egypt maka tegak balik bijik mata neh...

....there are so many things happening in the country and the world but i wish not comment so much unless i could add values to what have been said by the media.....kisah pergolakan politik di Malaysia sebenarnya adalah topik yang cantik untuk aku kupaskan tapi aku rasa aku nak observe saja dulu pada ketika ini....

..perhapas aku nak simpan energy otak aku nei untuk World Cup Finals....udah udah lah aku dok pening memikirkan benda yang tidak mungkin tulisan aku bisa memberi kesan....tapi kalau pasal bola , aku rasa boleh pakai jugak lar prediction and analysis aku nei kot....

..bukan aku nak ketepikan hal hal sosio politik negara tapi aku rasa cukuplah dengan pendapat dan analisis aku yang dulu dulu....

..btw, terdengar jugak bahawa harga minyak akan naik May 1 nanti dan kenaikan ini juga bersama dengan kaedah belian petrol mengikut CC kereta.....ada jugak aku dengar cerita iaitu untuk mengimbangkan kenaikan harga minyak ini, harga kereta akan turun dengan banyak sekali especially kereta CC besar......so, just wait and see....

.terdengar jugak kisah tentang budget kementerian pendidikan telah menurun yang menyebabkan sekolah sekolah kerajaan terpaksa membuat adjustment dalam operating cost depa dan memberi kesan kepada keselesaan pelajar...how far true aku tak tau tapi it seems to be the common topic orang bercerita di mana mana aku melepak....bagi pendapat aku, pendidikan dan pembelajaran adalah keperluan asas untuk mana mana negara dan pendidikan asas adalah hak rakyat dan adalah satu kesalahan besar jika pendidikan asas dijadikan mangsa dalam satu satu cost saving initiatives....tiada guna mempunyai litar Formula 1 beraraf dunia kalau generasi akan datang tidak mendapat pendidikan asas...tiada gunanya pesta 1malaysia dan macam macam projek 1 malaysia kalau budak sekolah terpaksa ikat perut sebab kantin tak buka hari sabtu dan ahad especially sekolah asrama...adakah KPI kementerian pendidikan untuk reduce operating cost ?....saving cost at the expense of our children comfort?....i dunno....

..sejauh manakah parahnya kekuatan ekonomi sekarang ini , aku tak tau...tapi yang jelas kita belum sangat merasainya kerana masih cukup makan dan minum setiap hari....

ermmmm...dalam tak nak tak nak tuh banyak jugak aku tulis yer...hehehe......

wokeh...kalau malam esok tak sempat...so Salam Jumaat semua dan maaf zahir dan batin

Salam