VACATION

5 more days to go I will be off for my vacation. Lately fikiran sgt la kusut sbb ...apart from involved dengan new project kat ofis, plus sometime kena dtg keje weekend, and email yang mengatakan ade some of us kena potong gaji....I haven't really physically and mentally prepared for this trip. I WILL BE GOING TO LONDON & PARIS...call me jakun...this is my 1st time kat Europe. Actually i always dreamt of nak tour few places at once, tp sbb this time around i will be having my vacation with my sister and niece, so mcm sedikit tak sesuai... Not to say that they r not fit enough...they are... cuma may be this is my 1st time there, I need them and we actually need each other...

Nanti lain kali boleh g lagi kan?? kan?Based on innitial plan, my nephew Rizal will be following us as well, disebabkan he just changed his job, so tak leh la nak apply cuti lama2. I've got a big impact jugak when i was told Rizal will not be able to go...sbb normally having man around rasa strong skit. I hope everything shud be fine then. By the way God has sent us another man to temankan kitorang sekejap....

Am looking forward for this trip, walaupon byk benda tak prepare and tak sempat study betul2.
As soon as balik je dr London nnt, my countdown to balik raya will decrease to less than two months.......Sukeee!!

will stop here for now, till then!!

Masa kecik-kecik dulu..

Rasa rindu...sangat masa kecik-kecik dulu, miss my companion...as I ade satu sister yang hampir sebaya with me. I miss my primary school,the freinds...miss foods that we used to have and almost everything la,

• I can still remeber, dulu2 sebab I dgn my sister sorang ni hampir2 sebaya, my mother used to dress us both just the same, and selalu kalau orang tanya my mother about us kembar ke tak?? My mother iye kan aje...I sendiri pon naik confuse masa tu...

• Dulu-dulu kalau masa weekend, my brother akan take charge g beli food for breakfast, sbb pasar pon tak jauh from our house, bila my brother tnya pasal apa yang kitorang nak...for sure I ngan my sister order roti gajah...so sweet...dulu ade satu roti (which is rasa dia mcm pau tapi x de inti) berbentuk gajah...ingt lagi dia warna pink..sukeee.

• The bedtime story dgn Tok, kalau nak tdo je mesti mintak dia cite, walaupun sometime dia dok ulang cite yang sama 5-6 kali. This situation last for so long. Kadang2 I balik cuti from boarding school pon dia kena gak bercerita before i tido, tp Tok tau her level of communication as i grew up, bila i dah kat secondary tu there's no more cite2 Pak Pandir and so, dia akan cite pasal adik beradik dia...lesson that i shud have learnt in life...best values and so....I miss Tok...

• everytime travel, be it long or short distance, kitorang slalu gaduh dalam kereta sbb masing2 nak tdo dengan spaciousnya mcm kat rumah, so my mother patiently advised us on how to arrange ourselves so that masing2 fair, other than that, kalau sampai umah dah malam mesti buat2 tdo.. sbb nnt my father will carry us to the bed...

• my father was a teacher, bila dia balik sekolah je kitorang mesti dapat something from him. kadang2 books, picture dictionary, colour pencils, and so on

• my mother used to kiss us on our forehead before dia tdo, at first i tak noticed, untill one day, waktu tu dah lewat we were still awake sambil tgk tv, bila dgr je kereta my father balik, I dgn my sister lintang pukang lari buat2 tdo kat bilik, sbb takut kena marah tdo lambat, pastu she came into our room and kissed us kat dahi....ever since then i perasan dia slalu buat mcm tu.....i miss tht .... :-(

• bila dah masuk primary school...being a kid...sangat susah nak makan pagi....am being too picky...ade saje alasan if my mother prepared sandwich, i tak akan makan sebab ade bawang....same with cekodok... the only favourite was roti yang ade cream kat dalam tu. pastu my mother nagging la....i still remember her words "takde org mati lagi makan bawang" hhehehe kelakar plak.. wonder gak how come i grow so big now, padahal dulu picky ni!

• The momet i always waited for was...masa Univ cuti, this time my brother akan balik dr UTM, and normally never empty handed....pastu this brother of mine suka bawak kitorang jalan2... the gap became wider bila dia dah further study kat US, and even more after he got married...

ish byk lagi la kalau nak list kat sini x tdo la i malam ni....but if only i could turn back the time....i wish I can repeat my childhood time...takde dah nak pikir pasal condept design submission...schematic design submission...macam skrg2 ni....best kan???

I LOVE THIS SUNDAY....

Hi….it’s Sunday again..
Strange tho…for a change, I like this Sunday…because…

1) I finished my task last Friday, so that my boss went to meet the client happily this morning without bugging me. It is good to have right people at the right place, so that work is properly planned and everything seems so managable

2) 2 CADS person seconded from Manila arrived here today. They r both good and helpful, they know what r they supposed to do with very minimal explanations, it lessen my burden

3) I’ve got my clothes for work sent for pressed last weekend, and it was nicely pressed. This will ease me every morning and I can wake up a little bit late as compared to before. Anna was the one who offered me the service since she needs some side income. I remember one ancient Chinese proverbs which means “it’s better to teach someone to fish rather than giving them the fishes”… no doubt I can do this chore but it is just a way of helping her ,plus she has done it nicely…so why not?? Thanks Anna!!

4) I had my room cleaned last Saturday after few weeks being left unattended. I hope I can maintain that…hehehe what a lazy me..

5) I’m getting closer to my trip!! Even though I haven’t fully prepared in term of packing and so…but am just too happy, because I just need a break!!

So tht’s about it….I LOVE THIS SUNDAY!!!

mmm....go figure!

I always put off the task nak update my blog, mlm ni terpanggil plak nak update despite I have nothing in mind nak cite pasal apa. For not knowing the reason why...mlm ni I feel sooo sad

Tried to analyse bila and kenapa...tp I just can't figure it out la..
Masa kat ofis td, I felt so bad and stupid... Been working on layout yg tak latest for few days, tup tup... khamis lps baru la Asst PM aku ckp..."Sorry Rosey...I passed u the wrong layout.." Adooiiii U know how much time I've been spending on these???!!! Gaduh pon x guna la kan?? Cause apa2 pon still aku jugak yang kena buat, I didnt blame him either....(tp yg pasti bukan benda tu yg buat aku sedih). I'm back to use MX, thuis time around i have to take lead, dulu masa dgn UK team, we have a very proper plan.... Skrg ni nampaknya i'm the one la yg kena set kan itu ini.... Rearrange semua input2 files so that it wont be so lengthy mcm yg ade skrg ni...slowly la..wht to do??

for the past 3 weeks, our weekend xtvt ialah makan dan makan dan makannnn je..

Initially it was at our place...upon Rizal's request sbb dia baru balik dr Nairobi and sempena menyambut our newly wed couple Syafie and Hani. Tht day kitorang masak nasik lemak and kueh2 tradisional (ewaahh...hebat bunyinya)

disebabkan makan2 tu utk breakfast, I ngan Zaireen pon tak banyak masa sgt,so we started bit by bit la... Buat mana2 yang patut dulu, started with karipap sardin as early as teusday kalau tak silap as well as rendang daging. The next day marinate ayam pastu the rest was on

Thursday and Friday morning...

Sedap x sedap terpaksa la diorang makan gak hehehehe

ni la gambar masa makan2 kat umah kitorang ari tu

the following week plak,makan2 kat rumah Syafie and Hani. Apart from us yang bujang2 they also invited jugak yang lain. Tp acara kemuncak dia tetap la kitorang yang sama jugak. The party started around 4pm and last us sampai lps maghrib jgk la. Thanks Hani and Syafie for the nice food and a very welcome invitation. We had a very nice time there!!kat rumah Syafie and Hani

Then the next host for our makan2 was Shamsul at his very cosy apartment kat West Bay. He indeed has a very nice apartment. Makan2 kat umah Shamsul was western menu. He called for pizza delivery as a main dish plus every each of us bawak pot luck skit2. We watched few movies there plus satu movie melayu...yeah indeed we longed for cite melayu after long while tak tengok. Overall it was very enjoying. Amik banyak sangat gambar and we also had a very gret time there. Thanks Shamsul for your warm welcome...Look forward to have it again in future hehehe

This is one of my fave pic

So far tu la xtvt kitorang for the past few weeks, not much other than get together and makan2 sbb skrg ni summer and sun is shinning bright everyday, nak kuar lunch pon berpikir-pikir. Nnt winter boleh la plan something outdoor. The night before we attended pot luck kat rumah Shamsul tu, part of us were invited to one birthday party kat rumah Dilla. She served a very nice nasi tomato and mee rebus.

and lastly we were dragged to one of the wedding kat Doha ni...bukan Qatari, tapi Filipino.

This was because our friend ade perform kat wedding tu...Si Rafi. Tersangat la bangganya dia dgn persembahan dia tu... Sayang nya gambar dia masa nyanyi satu pon x jadi, sbb katanya hasil kerja tangan saya yang cute dan lincah ni...hahaha I x tau guna camera u la...Sowey!!

ok la nak tdo dah, esok keje ni... lagi sepuluh minit lg nak pkl 12, si senah dah lama dah tdo....i just don't feel sleepy.... sedih lagi la...Nape ni??

N g A n T u K!!

Adoi ngantuk gila ni...... Ngantuk betul....

I NEED A BEAUTIFUL SLEEP!!

Sejak summer ni, sun rise sgt2 awal, pkl 3.15 am dah subuh dah, at least pkl 4.00 am nak kena bangun semayang subuh. Lps tu nak tido balik pon dah segar bugar plak rasa, nak lelap balik tu amik masa skit, bila terlelap dalam 10 - 20 minit je, dah kena bangun balik. Sebab tu la bila sampai ofis je, makan pg terlebih skit (*nota-blm lagi makan nasi lemak atau sewaktu dengannya) dah ngantuk. Di tambah pulak dengan servis (driver) I selalu datang awal... Walaupon keje masuk 7.30am, most of the time sampai mesti 5min before 7.00am. Tadi ni boleh orang dok discuss2 kat meja tepi ni I siap tersengguk! Meremang plak bulu roma, nasib baik x de org perasan, kalau tak sure kena tegur... Malluuuuu

Lama dah tak update blog, tak tau nak cite apa,tp this weekend ade makan2 lagi kat rumah we all. Makan-makan ni atas permintaan kaum Adam dan konon2 menyambut kepulangan pengantin baru (kwn kitorang yg baru kawen), sebab nanti nak introduce wife dia kat kitorang2 ni la. So menu utk this coming friday is nasi lemak dan kueh2 Malaysia yang senang dibuat hehehe, lantak la korang kalau x best pon nasib la kan, so para jemputan nnt, sila pastikan insuran korang semua cover kalau2 mati keracunan ke apa..hehe. Nnt wiken ni I update lagi dgn gambar2 juadah yang bakal membuka slera hahahaha...(ilang ngantuk aku!)

30+ WRITTEN BY A MAN, SENT BY A woman!!!!

Got this email from my friend....am so like it!!........check this out


This is for all you girls 30 years and over.... and for those who are turning 30, and for those who are scared of moving into their 30's...ANDfor guys who are scared of girls over 30!!!!... This was written by Andy Rooney from CBS 60 Minutes.

Andy Rooney says:
As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:
A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think.

If a woman over 30 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it'susually something more interesting.
A woman over 30 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is,what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 30give a damn what you might think about her or what she's doing.

Women over 30 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, ifyou deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated.

A woman over 30 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her bestfriend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women.

Women over 30 couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends because she knowsher friends won't betray her.
Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 30. They Always Know.

A woman over 30 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of younger women.
Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 30 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a Jerk if you are acting like one! You don't ever have to wonderwhere you stand with her.


Yes, we praise women over 30 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot womanof 30+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress
Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free". Here's an update for you.

Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire Pig, just to get a little sausage!

mmm.....what eh? Just update

yuhuuuu....
kind of so fresh this morning, slept quite late, woke up quite early coz i need to wash my hair, strange tho.... x rasa ngantuk plak.
Had my dinner in Sri Kebaya last night with Bad, Kak Wa and a new guy who has just joined in Malaysian Community in Doha. He worked in Abu Dhabi, then moved to Dublin for two years and finally peek any chance here, as Doha is one of the least affected by the current economical crisis. According to him, he will bring his family here after he settle himself down in Doha.

My update?? Since I was called back to Lusail Office, I was not as occupied as I was with UK team before, Keje tu ade, but not as busy as before...I guess because we have enough man power now, as two CAD guys were seconded here from Eigen India...
Yesterday, x de kerja langsung...(huhu penat nak berlakon) as everybody was so busy preparing for the next coming extermal audit (especially those who related to documentation and paper works).

Ahaa...my sister, niece and nephew will be coming over to Doha next July. As nothing bothering me yesterday, i was figuring out where am i supposed to take them during their stay here, on top of that it will be in summer ffuuuhhh.... haven't got any good idea yet. Will ask around for any suggestion.

Other than that, there's nothing much new with me, just a normal days passing by. Zaireen is still in Malaysia, sorting her family matters out. Am sure she must be pretty busy as a lot of things she has to look after before she leave the family back to Doha.

Entry For A Dearest Friend...

I am always at a loss for words.I just don't know how to begin, it seems no such word that is most appropriate to express the feeling and sadness.
I was with her when she got this bad news. I was really shocked when she came in front of me and suddenly cried (out loud). I asked her WHY?, but all she did was still crying... I grabbed the phone and went away from the noise, I saw the screen displayed 'Haniz', I became so panicked, I was really hoping that the news that am gonna hear from the other end will not be as bad as it is beyond anything that I can ever expect.


I just can't concentrate myself,Haniz's voice on the phone seems so unclear to me. After few times asking for her to repeat...i finally hear...Kak Zila, tlg arrange flight balik utk Ayin, Papa dah takde... I was really in deep shock. Thousands of things flashed into my mind, be it stories about her father few days ago, until the figure of her father capturing the picture of me and her family in KLIA on our way back to Doha from our last vacation. God knows how deep does the news cut me...and what's more for her?



Knowing this situation won't allow her to make decision even for herself rationally, I consoled her and suggested that we have to start make a move to the airport. Called everybody related and prepare our self to go... Things wasn't as smooth as what we expected, due to Company Registration is currently in the renewal stage, we were having problem applying exit permit online. Various calls and effort that we have put in to make her attend her beloved father funeral, but...takdir Allah mengatasi segalanya. No choice that we have to wait until sunday.

I felt guilty somehow to Haniz for not making this up, but I have no choice that these are all beyond my expectation. How I wish I have a pair of wing to fly so that I can bring her home....



Zaireen I want u to know that.....

*i know this must be very hard for you to face, but for some reason God created this to be this way, be patient, Hope this will make us stronger.

*I know this is a very sad,there is obviously no good time or way for someone whom you care about to leave.That's why when I was with u, I never asked u to stop crying...and stop grieving of the loss, because if I were there in ur situation I might be worst than u were. Just give urself sometime and don't carried away....u have to wake up and be stronger than u were before

*Try to accept the fact that Allah loves him more than we do...Thar's why he was called to be with Him.

*When u say that you are not that strong, in my heart was saying that -Sis u are strong enough that u can make it up to here....Who says u r not???

*I was so loss of words during that time, I know there's nothing much that I can do or say to make u feel good, but i hope being around with u is the best that I can do to shoulder up your sadness.

* You have been so good, as perfect as a daughter can do. Am pretty sure that he must be very proud to have one like u, so that u can be a good example to the sisters.

*I know u are very strong,believe me ur father would be very glad to see that everything finally be so fine.....That's what he always wanted u to be since u were born into this world.

For Haniz.....(if only u read this)am so sorry for not making ur sis back on time...Thing were just beyond my control...am sorry...

For late En. Zainal...semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh beliau dan ditempatkan bersama sama or ang yang beriman...Ameen...Al Fatihah..

CINTA LOKASI

Kelakar pulak tajuk entry ni, takpe la sbb what I would like to share pon mmg pasal cinta lokasi (fuh!! macam artis plak bunyinya)



Saya sangat suka bercinta di lokasi, sbbnye....

1) I tak carried away, habis je kat lokasi tu lupa kan je

2)Buat pemangkin utk g keje or contribute the commitment

3)Selalunya cinta lokasi ni terjadi tanpa disedari oleh pihak sana, so u can observe him as natural as he can be (takde nak fake2...sayang2!! -eee nyampah plak)

4)tak involve jiwa raga sangat la - in a way that terima dia seadanya - kalau dah kawen ke, x kawen lg ke... x kesah jeee



sekarang ni saya tgh dilamun cinta (cinta lokasi) iaitu dengan salah seorang mamat in my team yg dr UK (seconded ke Doha). Nama dia tut..Tim..(mmg nama sebenar)....(nasib baik kat company aku x de org melayu...kecuali cik senah- diam Senah!!!). Selalunya cinta lokasi ni akan hadir tanpa di undang, bak kata orang kampung saya...inpromptu la. He's sitting next to me in the office, nak kata hensem tu tak de la macam Brad Pitt ke, cuma saya agak terpesona dgn cara dia, in whatever way la. After about two weeks working together, baru la saya perasan yang -ish mamat ni best la!!

Sejak menyedari hal itu, saya mula rasa gabra bila ade discussion especially between saya ngan dia je....hehehe (mcm gatal plak bunyi nye-sabar je la)

Being involved dgn diorang ni buat kita rasa contribution kita tu dihargai, maunya tidak hari-hari mesti cakap "Ok Thank u Rozila, You're the star!" "You're the legend".. Mula2 dapat compliment tu saya agak terharu la, tp bila dah hari2 dapat saya nak je tanya diorang balik.... "R u serious?'' heheehe (demand la plak)

Ahad ni cinta lokasi saya dah nak balik UK balik dah....huhuhu, apart from sharing a very great experience with them, i enjoyed my time with the team.
As a final request Tim asked me if i can work last friday, I really have no choice since I'm the only Doha Office representative yg akan absorb all the design work after they leave, so no excuse kena la keje. Was so impressed bila Tim prepared me a cup of coffee that morning (sbb tea boy x keje). Frankly, I just dont really care how does it taste, yang penting.....Tim buat .....so pekat ke cair ke....i swallowed it all.

On the very same day kitorang buat makan2 kat rumah, earlier plan nak buat laksam and pulut kuning as a main dish, ntah mcmana di cancel sbb batter for laksam keep giving me inevitable problem, kejap cair, kejap keras....so to save my headache i pon changed the menu to nasi kerabu. I can feel tht it was cincai gila....so simple with only one lauk prepared. Nasib baik pulut kuning went smooth je, so the lacking of completeness of nasi kerabu x la nampak obvious (i hope).

Who were invited??? Macam biasa la Ssamad and the wife, kwn2 Senah and Kak Wa.... ade la less than 20 pax.Since i need to work....i joined the a bit later around 4pm. Later that night we went to embassy event...acara yang dinanti2 kan...Annual General Meeting...sbb nak mkn lagi....

The whole day perut bloated dengan makanan.....burpppp kenyang!!

UPDATE

Lama betul x update blog, boleh di katakan sejak pindah ni la...sebab???
Sebab saya sangat la busy, as always la kalau dah pindah tempat baru sure la nak unpack meng'unpack' barang and dapat kan keperluan mana2 yang patut. Bertambah la lama benda ni for me sebab saya ni seorang yang pemalas...hehehe

Furnitures kat rumah dulu pon dah terjual walaupun dgn harga yg sgt la murah.. No choice.. :-(
Yang best tu since rumah baru ni ade gym and swimming pool, we decide to sell off our treadmill yang dulu pon mmg sgt la jarang digunakan, kira lagi kerap buat sangkut tuala la dari ianya serve it real purpose.. treadmill has a very good demand, when we decided to sell off, i post the ads kat Qatarliving, after a few calls je dah terjual, tp kadang2 tu sampai skrg pon ade lagi yang dok call tanya...Yang lagi best nya...Gym and swimming pool kat temapat baru ni, sekali pon tak masuk jenguk hahaha...dah dijangka la tu

Rumah baru ni kira OK la...yang penting best dari rumah lama.
2nd day masuk umah baru, we all masak laksa. Ajak la 2-3 org tetamu yang dekat2 je..hehehe (macam la ade ramai sgt yang nak di ajak pon) ...tapi yang sorang tetamu tu (Samad - Bukan nama sebenar) mmg sgt la menjadi pengunjung setia umah kitorang,pada en samad, jangan kecik ati eh?? Kitorang pon suka en samad selalu datang...sbb bertambah selera kitorang makan dgn En Samad...hahahaha

Apart from that, I have been transfered to the Old Office to join the desing team from UK. Am quite happy sebab I'm back to use MX and i really hope I can improve much, cuma yang tak best office sekarang ni tak de kawan sangat la, lunch pon selalu dok join my team mate dr UK tu, tp naik segan plak sebab asyik2 diorang je dok bayar my lunch...
Buat masa ni plak, Zaireen gi umrah, last Wed, Kak Wa,Bad dgn I g hantar dia naik bas dekat Al Bayyan. Windu plak kat si Senah tu... Rasa mcm sunyi plak dia tak de. 11 April ni baru dia balik...Semoga dapat menjalan kan ibadah dengan sempurna.

Kak Wa plak husband dia yang datang bercuti hari tu dah balik dah... So this weekend tak de la aktiviti menarik sgt, petang td g shopping grocerries, end up mlm ni kitorang masak nasi impit, kuah kacang and rendang daging.... mmmm sedap nyaaa. Tp dinner tadi tetap makan kat Restoran Minang kat Doha, sbb Bad dtg umah kitorang datang ajak makan luar, and by the time all those dishes tu tak masak lagi.. Lepas balik tu baru la kitorang berhempas pulas sambung balik.
Itu je la so far update yang sekian lama tak update nye... Till then!!!

I like to MOVE it MOVE it.....

We are moving to a new house,..again??? well actually we moved whenever every season change hahaaha.. Prior to our contact in the current house end, we begged Afatb (rent collecter of the current house) to release us early. For some reason la kitorang pindah ni

1. Because we r expanding….no…no…not in terms of size, neither me nor my flat mate, but we are increasing in number….no….we r not pregnant nor expecting…but we have new member. We are 3 now
2. Dah boring kat tempat lama, dulu we moved there dulu pon sbb wanna enjoy the Malaysian neighbourhood. After every each of them decided to move to other place, we were left alone. And now we r enjoying the multi nation punya neighbourhood plak….i guess cukup la dengan comp yang multi nation hehe
3. Sebab the rental has dropped down, imagine la dulu rumah yg kat Bank Street tu we paid 10K for only two rooms, and now we can get only 11K for 3 rooms. So kira worth it la jugak, otherwise the same house dulu would cost us 13K, so sian gak la kat sape2 yg dah bye sewa sampai 2 thn sekali gus tu ( Yang tau, tau )
4. We just wanna have the proper house, rumah yg lama tu doesn’t allow us to have any guest, we have no common area in that place. Lagipon segan jugak la dok asyik kena ajak makan sana sini, org nak buat lawatan balas tak boleh… so lepas ni boleh la buat makan2 kat rumah kitorang plak (kot)… pot luck ke…hehehe (tetap kan??)
5. Sebab the season has changed…hehehe…I did mentioned up there that for every season changed, we must have moved.

Tu la serba sedikit pasal kitorang pindah ni, but the hassle that we went through to get the house ni tuhan je la yang tau….. Susah tok sah ckp la… hampir2 nak give up! Tapi apa2 pon, its not the end of the world.. we finally made it.

A Year Ago...

Today remarks my 1st anniversary residing in Doha. I can still recall my first impression here after Ahmad (the office driver) and Zaireen fetched me from airport. It was a mixed up feeling. Nak kata homesick sangat pon tak jugak, nak kata tak homesick langsung pon....errmmm macam tak jugak..hehehe (whom am i kidding).May be due to the experienced of being away in Dubai few months prior to joining the current company, plus this offer was much more organised as compared to my earlier offer that I had in Dubai. Just imagine I got my travel ticket on the day that I should have departed.....What a mess!!

My departure to Doha was a bit calm, it was Thursday night if I'm not mistaken. kat KLIA pon x busy sgt, everything went quite smooth. Travelling alone..but not for the 1st time, I have transited in Doha twice on my to and from Dubai before. Slept pretty sound in the flight, i guess i was too tired. Was waken up once for the meal and I just ignored my second meal.
Upon the arrival, we went to collect my freight that i have sent earlier from Qatar Airways Cargo Office. After that I was driven to company's apartment in Bin Omran. I was placed there for the 1st few weeks.

My flatmate that time was Sherryl and Ami. They were both secondment from Hyder Manila Office. Sherryl was very chatty that made me feel easily adjusted to her, while Ami was not around the moment I reached there. After a little bit of washed up, Zaireen and i went to City Centre. We took late breakfast and get few things from C4, came back to my flat to get few pieces of clothes,the we both went back to Zaireen's place.On our way, we stopped by in Qtel office to get a sim card.

I still remember, as we reached Zaireen's place, her flatmate Lam cooked fried beehoon. One Singaporean lady (Lam's guest) was around chit chating with her.I really can't recall what was happening that night, but for sure I slept so well. It took me a while to adjust myself with local time. I was too depending to Zaireen on my first few months here. Sian dia... But Thanks a lot to u nyah....I owe u loads!! Tuhan je yg akan membalas jasa baik u!

The very next day I went back to my flat and Sunday was my 1st day reporting to Hyder Office. After a short briefing by HR staff, I was brought by Simon Poh (my line manager) to site office.
Untill now i have been placed there and sometime back to work in the main office when i have to....So itu la serba sedikit how the story goes...

Now it has been a year I'm here....there's up and down, high and low.....it will just happen...no matter where u are. One thing for sure, I hope each day will bring out the best in me to be a better person. Berapa lama nak stay sini??? Well i keep asking myself the same question also...but until now i still haven't figure out the answer.Life is measured by our ability to our own enviroment, may be when there's something in life that i think it has already been accomplished, that will be the most comfortable time for me to move to the next step....
Life is about planning. We plan our work and then we work our plan... Wish me the best of luck in life!

We are missing you HOLGER....

Last friday Holger went back to Dublin office as he has ended his period of secondment in Doha. Been working directly with him since last Aug 08. Since we have no P.M at the moment, I have to play a role to organize something for Holger in a way to say Thank You, further more our team has been loaned to few other project untill we recieve the next traffic report, thus we are everywhere now...some in the main office and some in the site office. So as a get together before he leave, we went for bowling last tuesday and on his last working day we had a sending off party for him in Chilis Restaurant near Ramada.

Knowing Holger as a very efficient and organize senior, it was kind of pleasure working with him

wonder what was happening to Alfon..his eyes upside down, by right we just play bowling, we didnt drink anything except water haha

Angelo, Anna, me, Richard and Holger at Bowling City Centre

Holger Farewell Dinner

Holger with his camel souvenier from me,Anna and Angelo

BYE HOLGER....THINK OF US WITH LOVE!

hope to see u again in Germany probably hehe

Another week gone...none the wiser....

Pejam celik pejam celik we are entering the third month of this year, cepat betul rasa. For the past two weeks I was very busy with work even tho my current project on hold due to pending next stage of traffic report from other consultant. At the moment I am seconded to the other project- still the same development but different subhead.

Best jugak, back to what I was doing before in Malaysia. Talking about work, I was really shock with some breaking news and restructuring of the organization chart.End of last week I received an email from the Project Director saying that our Project Manager being ceased form the company. We were really shocked with the news, the termination was effected immediately. What he was doing that he deserved this kind of treatment?? My PM is a very nice man, he will always return ur email just to wish "Thank U" whenever we deliver work to him.... None of my peer has done this before..It doesn't cost much but, trust me it somehow encourage u in some way.

We were really in puzzle to receive this shocking news.. but none of us dare to ask anybody who we think might know the reason why. Remembering his kindness, sometime I almost shed my tears, trying to fit in his shoe... if it is happening to me...I don't think I can cope with it. This morning one Thank U card has been circulating around the office to bid him farewell. I don't know how he handle this situation, but if its fine for him we really looking forward to see him or at least have lunch or dinner together.

I wrote to him - Paul, this goodbye bring wishes that u will find a warm welcome wherever u go and great success in whatever u do, remember that the strongest people are not those who win,but those who stand up back when they fall. I also addressed that it was such a pleasure working with him.

Most of the wishes from our colleagues really touches my heart. I pity him that he has to go through this kind of situation. But i hope that he know that we really meant every words that we wrote there

I hope he's strong to face this. Paul, hopefully the reading club will make it to the premier league again, as champion will always come back stronger. ALL THE BEST!!

we will surely miss u!

25 Random Things About You

I've been tagged by Nenny in FB, let me just answer your tag here Nenny....

1-I’m last child in the family (but not a spoil brat hehehe...)

2-I finished my secondary education in one of boarding school kat Kelantan, those time Isooo homesick....most every morning masa F1 rasa mcm nak lari balik huhuhu.

3-My parents visited me most every week when I was in the hostel sampai la F5, I think everybody pon noticed, sampai ade one weekend nama I x di announced sbb tak de visitor, mamat classmate I siap tnya...wei mak kau x dtg last weekend ...poyo!

4-Find myself fond of technical things rather than literature...i hate history and geography

5-I played hockey when I was in F1 and F2, then bila dah nak SRP i quit then x pnh sambung sampai skrg hehe

6-I have my late bro's look. His daughters (my nieces) have the same look as me...(bertuah korang kan hahaha)

7-I like kids...especially babies, because....they r adorable i think...

8-I hate driving, especially when stranded in traffic jam and not moving at all plus rainning huh!! But I x really mind long distance driving.

9-Susah mesra... its always somebody has to start 1st...not me...don't ask me why?

10-I like singing walaupon x sedap or at least listening to music just to make myself happy.

11-What u see is what u get i.e tak suka bermuka2, its always difficult to do so and I find myself soooo stupid bila terkantoi…

12-sometime I just can easily figure out when somebody lying….but I never bother to clarify and let them misunderstand that I believed to what they told me

13-Consider myself as a lazy bum, but up to certain extend la I guess,cos I don't like too messy either.

14-I like cooking....but not housekeeping...back to #13 again...

15-Very conservative in some matters,

16-I like simple life

17.My father said I look arrogant….may be ....back to #9

18.I find myself very hard to concentrate, be it watching TV, study, work...

19-I like to buy shoes, never get enough of it (normal la kan ...pompuan),but I always have one as a favourite

20-Sometime can be so sensitive, but just reasonable.

21-X really fond of watching TV unless damn bored,but if i follow any TV series I will follow without fail

22-My fave phrase " I wish i am married to a rich so that i don't have to work" hahaha...which I x think I ever quit working....its my passion!!

23-I'm closer to my mother compared to my father, but I was told that I closed to my father when I was kid, so I guess nak balance up la ni kot....

24-ahaaa...I like shopping....never feel tired even walking 1okm....even just window shopping, tht is just fine

25- Fuuhhh finally...I miss my buddies now.....Ery, Mc Chah, Marina and Cik Dal....lama x hang up dgn korang...mcm dolu2

BEIRUT TRIP

Beirut? It was so wonderful, Beirut stands on the site of a very ancient settlement going back at least 5,000 years. Everything was sooo eye and breath catching for me. No wonder it is called "City that Would not Die." it is also known as "Paris of the Middle East." Although our trip was just for few days, I would say that we cover almost the major part of Lebanon. Thanks to Zaireen a.k.a Cik Senah for her effort come out with good itinerary within short time of period. Started by half day leave on Thursday, flight departed around 5.00pm form Doha and the journey took almost 3.00 hours.

Lebanon located at GMT +2 so we are one hour later than Doha.(ade org silap bgn awal...huh...terlalu awal...x pnh dia bgn ari jumaat seawal itu!!) Arriving Rafique Hariri International Airport was around 9.00pm. Kak Wasitah managed to arrange a driver prior to our arrival thru her Lebanese office peer.It seems me who doesn't contribute anything for this trip, so not a big wonder la kalau next trip they don't wanna include me huhu.

With the driver waited for us in the airport upon arrival, so we were driven to the pre booked suites. Lucky us that the hotel located in the center of town i.e Hamra Street. I would say it is quite happening street la jugak with rows of shops and so..

Generally Lebanon is very compact city, as we can see people residing and development are everywhere. Their medium of communication is Arabic and Frech as their 2nd langguage. In 3 days we covered Baalbek, Anjar, Zahle on the 1st day, and2nd day to Bettedein, Saida and Tyre, and last day to Jeita Grotto,Byblos and tour around town. On and off we also went to Corniche, Downtown and Beirut also!! Since picture worth thousands of words....enjoy our snaps!!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Apart from enjoying the beauty of the scenery, what is new for me was to see the way how Christians there practice in very conservative way. Now i realised that they r most similar to Muslim do.A friend of mine told me over there even Muslims and Christians they are just like brothers...no bound to be

Good News that Blessed

I was waken up so early this morning by 2 consecutive text messages from my sister and brother, the first one has already waken me, but I just ignored since it was around 4.30am, but as i was about drifting back to catch my sleep, the second one came in couples of seconds after . It somehow put a big question mark in my head, my curiosity kills my sleepy eyes. I woke up and grab the phone, I could see that both of massages were from my brother and sister in Malaysia. Heart beaten even faster, but my adrenaline dropped as I saw the text. Both of it were telling me that my mother's wound has been healed, they were both so happy until they can't wait a bit later to pass me this news. Ohh...I'm smiling(while sleepy). Thanks God.

I'm sure she (my mother) could be happier than we are. She had this wound for about more than a year ago, as what doctor told, it was because uncontrolled sugar level due to her diabetics. She (and us also of course) seem so worry over this as the wound got deeper and deeper. It was kind of pity to hear when she told me that sometime she even have a sleepless night. because of doesn't want to be admitted in the hospital, she planned not to tell her specialist regarding this until my sister plays her role to get her friend's brother to help her with this. She needs to pay her visit every other day to the hospital and to replace the bandage until the wound finally heals.So after this there will be no more visit to the hospital to change the bandage anymore

I replied their messages two hours after, and my sister quickly replied telling me that my mother is sooo..happy and suggested me to give her a call. Yes she is, she even invited all the nurses there for a lunch together some when this week (huh!! makan laaagi). By the way it's always good to hear that they are in good state, especially when currently I'm not around them to see what had happened. See...even though i woke up so early but all the day through I feel sooo blessed. Hope it will be forever....Ameen.

Exploring Middle East

Last week was sooo busy week at work, sigh!and it killed me... i hope that explains why I hardly update my blog.But...next weekend we planned to for a holiday getaway again....this time our destination is Beirut Lebanon. Heard it's cool! Gonna find out soon. Since we are already in Middle East so...it is quite reasonable to explore it, because that might cost you much if u travel a long way from Malaysia. This time around will be 4 or 5 of us in pax. Hope it is nice..
Looking back where I started in Middle East which was 0n Nov 07, started in Dubai for few months and moved to Doha for good, beginning in the mid of March till now. Its been a year!!...well so it is reasonable enough to explore right hahaaha.. By right apart from Dubai, I have been to Oman and Bahrain. Last night when I attended dinner of "get together" we were informed that MAQ will conduct an Umrah and visit trip this coming April, aha...sounds interesting... really looking forward to follow. So another one will be slashed in the list (eventho been there before).

Let see what I have explored so far! Fasten your seat belt!

Dubai....one of the most popular city in United Arab of Emirates,being known as heaven for shoppers. Owns an advancement in developments, wish to have all of " the most" so called things in the world...so far they have "The Highest Building"..."The most expensive"..."The ...??"...and so on. The sky crappers in Dubai are growing so rapid. and i hope that explains why 60% of the world cranes are all in Middle East. Not quite sure bout the rest, but it is indeed shopping paradise!

Next is Oman, We travelled to Musandam part which is on the East side of Oman. It’s a curious observation about travelling in Oman is the moment u see the rock mountain that hugs the roads to Musandam. Musandam is separated from the rest of Oman by the east coast of the UAE, this is a very beautiful place with its cultural eccentricities is well worth visited. The dhow that we took served us lunch and free flows of drinks and bunches of fruits and food apart from the unexplained sightseeing!! Basically Oman is so good for nature lover! ( Kenya???)


Bahrain...where the capital of Bahrain is Manama.Basically Bahrain is an island, which Saudi lies on the west side of Bahrain that connected by the causeway. There were few places of interest we went while visiting Bahrain, of course the causeway to Saudi, Bahrain F1, Tree of Life, Forts and famous mosques and Bait Al Quran. Surprisingly that big community of Muslim in Bahrain are consisted of Syiah, and found out that Bahrain is quite liberal as compared to the rest of Middle East countries i have visited. Apart from availability of alcoholic drinks and pork everywhere, Bahrain also has allowed prostitution (as wht I've heard that the nearest neighbours will head on when they r looking for it)....

So...will see what is the next destination will be..

I miss Kenya and....I really do....

I miss Kenya...miss him soooo.....much. Words can't seem to explain.

Who is Kenya?

Kenya is my current cinta hati, a man whom i feel so comfortable with..Humble...down to earth

Why I call him Kenya?

because when we 1st met, he suggested me a vacation to Kenya, (he doesn't know that I'm not a very advanterous person, I was soooo overprotected when I was kid so...blame it to my parent), while Kenya is a very nature lover person...

Why Kenya is so special to me?

because....when i'm with him...my heart flutters, my stomach get butterflies...and the rest of the world seems dissappear

what ever it is....i miss him to bit....i wanna make him knows that none of the day passes me by that i don't remember u...i miss u....and i really do......

Rainning Friday

It's been raining here today in Doha. A friend of mine called me this morning, suggested me to have a view on Doha looks after rain ( not heavy as Malaysia tho), it is flooded everywhere. Yeah...he blame it to the non efficient drainage system here (forgive him, he's not drainage engineer hehe). Well, shall we consider into our design, if we only experience only the most 3-4 raining days within a year?? And even the rain is not like cats and dogs? Yeah i would say no...... what a waste!! be it...

As usual, Friday and Saturday is non working day here, been figuring what to do since last couple of days. Even not much choice that i have, but still.... so.. i proceed with my passion of life.... COOKING!! well i admit....i loooovve cooking (but not housekeeping)...tho am not really good at it and sometime the taste does not turn as it supposed to be. So my experiment today is apple pie!...Since i have 2 apples that lost their crunchiness and its better for me to save it before it ends in the trash bin.

So....it turns to be......tadaaaa!!!

wonder how does it taste??

must be presentable..(mind u!)..well that is my friday morning obsession, we'll see wht's next

W.I.T.N.E.S.S

Last night I watched this programme which was aired in Al Jazeera channel - WITNESS. It is a very good documentary programme which actually reveals the unknown lives of ordinary people across the world. Each episode has very significant value of their own suffer. The witness are among those who really observed the and experienced the situation first hand. I've watched a few before, but last night was really sad, just can't really recall the title, it was about a girl from Palestine in Lebanon Refugee Camp....it was very sad...i would say that actually every part and inches in Palestine is very sad. The story was about a girl who lost her family and never had a chance to see how does her village and Palestinian land. Until one day she was too excited to be told that she will be going to see her own village with his grandfather. The feeling of seeing her own land was like so speechless, it was up to the extend that she actually bring back the soil from there and wrap up little bit in the envelope and mail it to her friend who is staying in another refugee camp.....how sad...

It showed also the situation when the time they were allowed to meet the relatives who stayed in the other side of the border... This time it really shed my tears, to see them looking for their relatives by addressing "I'm the grandson of someone bin someone", hugging and kissing among themselves through the fence. Looking at this I really can't hold my tears, just can't imagine how the Israel soldiers who were on duty have hearts to see all those. While these Palestinian never give up on hope...far inside their heart they r still hoping to get back their land. Let us pray for them and hoping that the best will be for them.....Ameen

Yuhuuuu!! I'm B.A.C.K

Hi...

am back!! just can't figure out why rasa terpanggil nak update the blog. Since dah lama dah tinggal, sawang pon byk, so kena uplift skit nak bg ade semangat. dat's why la kena tukar background skali.

By the way, its been so long since my last post,so byk la event2 yg sepatutnya di share bersama, but not to look back again, we just start from here then....

It is 2009 now, another two more months will mark my 1 year in Doha. 2008 has passed by with million of memories, but the most unforgettable one of course the recent tragedy which was War in Gaza. Day by day passing by with the rising toll of death. Innocent children were dying so young..for not knowing what was the aim of Israel. It somehow made me retrieve their history to find out who is who, why and what. It took me far back as far as our prophet time. No word can measure how sad and difficult life they have gone through, but the tears really choke me.......