'The Food Chain'

It pays to know who is on top of ‘the food chain’. Period.

This is what I heard from one of my friends. He’s working as a branch supervisor (Sorry if I got your position wrong) in one of the local, errrr…. I am not sure what shops like Guardians/Watsons are categorized in.

Story goes like this. This is the shortest version.

A customer walks into the shop. After a while went to the cashier to pay for the stuff. BUT, the staff is (from what I heard) being rude the customer. I am not sure for whatever reason; making the customer upset.

And then, the customer gives the staff a business card to be given to the branch supervisor/manager and ask for the staff name. The staff still ignores the card.

Again, from what I heard, the staff now is out of a job. Why, because he did not bothered to read the card. Guess who is the customer? He is the chairman of the company.

This may or may not be relevant to you. But it does to me…. It pays to know who is on top of ‘the food chain’.

Silver is still the international favourite

'Gold may be more valuable than silver but silver is what most motorists want – a silver finish for their cars, that is. PPG’s annual survey on automotive colour popularity has found that the colour again ranked tops among motorists around the globe.'

You can read more, here.

WCG 2005 Grand Final Concludes....

Hiya,

You can view the results, here.

WCG 2005 Grand Finals

For the uninitiated, WCG - World Cyber Games. You can read about the history and stuff of WCG, here.

For this year’s final, it’s going to be held at Suntec, Singapore from Nov 16-20. This is where the world top cyber athletes compete for fame and if not, fortune.

My first glimpse or should I say introduction of WCG is at the Malaysia Finals held a few years back. I’m not sure which year it was but it was held at Sunway Pyramid. I was a spectator back then and not that many people participate. May be the promotion is not that aggressive and the WCG thingy in Malaysia is still in it’s infancy stage at that time. Maybe online gaming hasn’t take-off in the gaming community. Lots of ‘may be’s.

One thing that I remember well on that day is that I received a Windows XP cap for playing HALO. The rest is sort of a blur.

Microsoft, Malaysia (I think) has setup a booth there and you can try your hands at HALO. I did. They gave me the cap. Some of you might think, ‘Aper lah mamat nie, dapat cap pun nak excited’ but I don’t know, may be it’s the sentimental value of the cap or being at the WCG Malaysia final itself gets me pumped.

Guess what I did this year? I participate in the WCG - KL Preliminaries. It was held from 26-27 August and the National Final on the 28 August at MVEC – Mid Valley Exhibition Centre. You might think ‘Dah tua-tua nak main game lagi?’ Well I’m 33 years young ** cough **. Some people like cars, motorbikes, racing, etc. My cup of tea is computer games, amongst other things.

Anyways, lost in the first round of Warcraft III – TFT. Why? Not enough online practice. Playing against a computer opponent is wayyyy different than playing against another person. And I did not bring a headphone. **Most of the noobies also didn’t** Yup, I’m a noob.

Sound, able to hear what is happening in your game is important in any games, unless if you’re playing Solitaire, mine sweeper etc. (Some might disagree)

The things I learn at the National Finals.

1. Bring a headphone

2. Practice

3. Practice

4. Practice

5. And more practice

6. Be patience, you might need to wait a looooooonnnngggggggg time before your game. If your that good, you can come back later…. Or if you’re really good, you can come back the next day…. And if you’re really really good, you might just be in the Malaysian Finals.

If God willing, I’ll be back (Say it as Arnold in Terminator).

That is why I have bought an original copy of Wacraft III – ROC & TFT. Get connected (I’m on streamyx now). Play… play… play.

To date, I’ve play 9 games of TFT – online! Won only 3 games.

I SUCK.

Al-Fatihah

Assalamualaikum

Ayahanda ku yang tersayang, Abas Bin Jantan telah kembali ke Rahmatullah pada hari Khamis, 8 Syawal 1426 bersamaan 10 November 2005 pada jam 11.15mlm di Hospital Besar Melaka.

Selamat dikebumikan pada hari Jumaat, 9 Syawal 1426 bersamaan 11 November 2005 pada jam 11.00 pagi di tanah perkuburan Islam Merlimau.

Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas rohnya.


Pergi Tak Kembali - Rabbani

"Setiap insan pasti merasa
Saat perpisahan terakhir
Dunia yang fana akan ditinggalkan
Hanya amalan yang dibawa

Terdengar sayup surah dibaca
Sayunya alunan suara
Cemas di dada...lemah tak bermaya
Terbuka hijab di depan mata

Selamat tinggal pada semua
Berpisahlah kita selamanya
Kita tak sama nasib di sana
Baikkah atau sebaliknya

Amalan dan takwa jadi bekalan
Sejahtera bahagia pulang...ke sana

Sekujur badan berselimut putih
Rebah bersemadi sendiri
Mengharap kasih anak dan isteri
Apa mungkin pahala dikirim

Terbaring sempit seluas pusara
Soal-bicara terus bermula
Sesal dan insaf tak berguna lagi
Hancurlah jasad dimamah bumi

Berpisah sudah segalanya
Yang tinggal hanyalah kenangan
Diiring doa dan air mata
Yang pergi takkan kembali lagi"

................
Wasallam

A picture paints a thousand words

What can I say more. Just have look at the picture above.

Sorry about the quality of the picture. Taken with the Mrs. Sony Ericcson's handphone.

Anyways, we are on our way to visit a few relatives (it is the Hari Raya). Taken somewhere between Langgar and Pokok Sena or somewhere around there.

It's a 8 car pile up during a rainy day. Look at the second picture. There's a guy inside that car and I hope he's ok.

'BE SAFE & DRIVE CAREFULLY. DON'T BE JUST ANOTHER STATISTICS IN OPS SIKAP IX'

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Road Trip

Hope the Raya celebration going well for you all. Mine I guess it is ok. As you all might known, I’m going back to Alor Star, Kedah on the Raya night itself.

Below is sort of the chronological order of that trip.

9.36 – Depart from my home at Kemensah. Behind the national zoo. I bought a small apartment around that area. (Have not enough money to buy myself a double-storey house). Make a stop at Petronas petrol station at Batu 6, Jln Ipoh (That’s what the sign says anyway). Full tank and ready to go.

10.15 – Arrive at Jln Duta Toll and surprisingly the traffic is flowing. I’ve been using Touch ‘N’ Go for a couple of years now and I’m surprised that there are still many people queuing to get the ticket. I’m grateful for that. I don’t have to buy the Smart Tag.

11.54 – Arrive at Tapah R&R. Did not get out. NAP time….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz for ½ hour. Quite a heavy rain. The petrol station there is quite packed.

12.58 – Arrive at Ipoh Selatan Toll. It was something like RM26.40 for the trip.

1.08 – Arrive at Ipoh Utara Toll. Still raining. Traffic is still not heavy. Not expecting anything anyways. Look at the time!!!

1.45 – Taiping resting place. Another NAP time. …….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2.14 – Naps over. On with the journey.

2.56 – Arrive at Juru Toll.

4.08 – Home Sweet Home. Hit the sack.

It was raining most of the time during the trip from KL to Alor Star. And for goodness sake, the Express buses is still a speed demon. I was pushing 110 km/h (I’m driving a 5 years old Iswara, that is the speed that I would dare) and the Express bus overtake me.

Somewhere up there is the time when we pass through the tunnel, but I cannot recollect the time. (I’m getting older!!!).

What I can say about my first day of Raya?

I SLEPT MOST OF THE TIME

K.L. ohhh K.L.

Greetings from the almost half-empty K.L. or for the optimist half-full K.L. After the exodus of citizens from this city that contributed to massive traffic-jam since late last week, there are still people in K.L. I’m one of them.

Yes…I’m still in K.L. Yes…Still working at the office. You know what is the best part is? Well, for one thing there is not much of traffic in K.L. for obvious reason. So, my traveling (I ride a motorcycle to work!!) time from the baby-sitter’s house (Wangsa Maju) to the office (Jln Raja Chulan) is about 15 minutes. It was a smooth ride. It usually takes about a good ½ an hour. I wish that it could be like this forever and ever and ever and ever.

Wishful thinking??? Probably yes. Expected the traffic to be as usual after the Hari Raya celebration, may be somewhere later next week. Or then again, it could be in the week after that. Almost forgot, also need to put into account the school holidays into the equation. Normally, during this long school holidays the traffic will be less congested. Where are you guys heading for the long school holidays?

At the office, I’m counting the number of heads here. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7… Less than 10 people are at the office. My section? There are 2 of us here. Running on a skeleton crew. Hopefully I can go back around 3 p.m. today, but I doubt it.

Guest what? Yesterday, I’ve tasted for the first time nasi kerabu and the day before that nasi dagang. First impression? I think nasi kerabu is better. Again, it is a matter of taste. Some might go for nasi dagang. Some both.

I bought it at the ‘Pasar Ramadhan’ in Taman Melawati. Some call it Bazaar Ramadhan. It is usually very crowded to the extent that you have to bump shoulders with others just to get through. Past two days was a breeze but the shops are lesser.

Talking about food, there is one particular food that I do not like. LAKSA. I’m not sure why. I just don’t like it. May be my experience when I was young contributed to my dislikes to laksa. I will only eat it only when there is nothing else to eat and I’m really hungry. Well, it’s better than starvingggg.

Opss…. Better get to work.