Not a smooth week..

Officially, it has been a week after my long holiday trip back to Sabah….

I’ve been very weak this past few days….I just don’t know why and I’ve never really felt this way…Monday to Friday..I woke up early in the morning to go to work…I ended up sleepy and my eyes were like ‘bengkak’ (not enough sleep or perhaps overslept) although I had at least 4-6 hours sleep every night...with the moody feeling and tiredness returning from Sabah…I have to ignore all these to perform to my best the whole week...

Monday Morning…I knew there were plenty of emails to read and follow up but I didn’t expect I would be really busy to catch up so many things….I came in and gone through all the emails…list down what I need to do, follow up and work on….I was shocked to know that there were several issues reported 2 weeks ago had not been resolved yet….what had happened this past 2 weeks whilst I was away? This was affecting my time to catch up things up….this shouldn’t be my responsibility to follow up issue when they should had been resolved before my return!!! My manager called and I took the chance to seek his explanation to why some of these issues were not quickly resolved! Yeah I was kind of pissed…I have the rights to ask why my colleague didn’t resolve them within 2 weeks! Upon hearing my dissatisfaction...my manager then expressed his dissatisfaction towards my colleagues' performance…..Support as well as the Development Team….what the hell they were doing? He then told me that there seems to have lack of responsibility going on whilst I was away…several easy tasks given to Developers gone way beyond delay…issues in Support Department left outstanding due to lack of efforts in problem-solving process…..the Manager then requested if I could follow up and resolve them ASAP….well I couldn’t say NO to that, right?...so I just gave him a simple “I will certainly do…” So there you go….my first day of my returns…gone through emails understanding their issues…progress been made and etc…there were 3 issues left outstanding for 2 weeks to be exact…..I managed to get 1 of the issue resolved on Monday…then the other one on Wednesday and the last one on Thursday….

I had a bad experience with the last one…the one was resolved on Thursday….what would you do if….A says the output should show A…but B says, it (custom module) is not showing output A…then C says it needs to output A but it doesn’t……B and C are customers....I purposely created 2 systems in order to rectify this doubted theory….my finding were; system A supports the theory given by B and system B supports the theory given by A….current issue was as what C had escalated to us….I had to save A, agreed with B and resolve the issue raised by C…I wrote a simple test plan for C and asked a favour to run a quick test on it…C was correct…so I gave C the resolution to the issue and it was resolved…happy? Yes I was but...suddenly, I received another email from the Project Manager (she was included in the email loop) requesting to halt any communication with Support until further notice…the Project Manager then requested my explanation to why it does not output as what C was hoping…why A says it should show A as what C was hoping but it doesn’t (incorrect information from A)…why I need to have 2 systems to rectify this…and lastly what is my next step to this issue…..reading at the email…I quickly felt bad about it…I couldn’t say A was wrong and the custom module was faulty neither…furthermore, the Project Manager was complaining on why I need C to run a quick test for me….I had this kind of experience 3 years ago when I recently joined the company….So, without further a due..I responded with an apology for A as well as myself for all the trouble caused in solving this issue…I could be pissed off when I responded to the email by saying...I would not hesitate to stop my support towards you/your team if I’ve made your confidence and satisfaction at risk....frankly speaking, I was the one putting myself at risk taking over this issue from A (my manager) and whatever A had responded to them earlier was then used by the Project Manager against my finding….the Project Manager then replied by telling me, they’re always happy towards my commitment and support, also wish to continue but the process I’ve took to solve this problem seemed to raise an alarm….huhu...solving a problem would require co-operation between 2 or more sides…if they didn’t work nor co-operate…there could be no end to this matter unless I escalate the issue to our Project Manager who was dealing with this custom module back in early 2008….which would then cause me a trouble for not able to work independently and solve this quite ‘simple but pain in the ass’ issue…with the promise I gave to the Project Manager, I then seek help from our Senior Developer in UK to re-check the coding for this custom module and forwarded the feedback to the Project Manager….and that was it…. The custom module was built not to show A...B was correct!!!! My resolution had saved their ass for submitting their claim report of funding (Government)

That was almost some of the issues I had been dealing with this 1st week of 2009…..how about the Development Team? I spoke and discussed several matters with them and reconfirmed with them that all the time they were ‘missing in action’ was due to the networking problem the Penang office was having….according to them, they were unable to access to the shared network to transfer files…unable to access outlook email and unable to access the CRM/WO database either….worse, the phones connecting UK-MY-OZ were also down several times a day…shared couple of experience I had dealing with this kind of down time and advice to work hard in 2009 as there have plenty of big plan in line for the Penang Office…confidential so I can’t tell..hehe….whilst speaking with them..I was reviewing their Developer Time Sheet report to ensure they were telling the truth...I then discussed the matter with my manager the next morning..he agreed that there have issue with the connection...and wanted me to help my other colleague who should have dealt those support issues....what kind of help he was requesting? I've been kind enough to my colleague...she can call me anytime in any reasonable time to consult my help in any issue she's having..and I've always gave her answers or guidance to her questions...so...the manager was asking me to stop doing that...he advised me to start changing the way I help her by telling her how she can get the information and answer instead of getting it directly from me without any effort via testing or rectification in our software...

Overall, my first week was so full of work load…full of shit from customers…full of shit from colleagues...full of disappointment from the new colleague (the other new colleague is performing well though but not the other guy) Sounded bad for a new year huh….apart from dealing with the Support and Development Team..I was also busy making several appointments for our CEO who’s coming on 14th Jan 2009….we’re going to have a simple but pleasant luncheon that day at our neighbor hotel, Northam Hotel…earlier, I was planning to make a reservation at the Revolving Restaurant, Bayview City Hotel but due to time constraint….I had to cancel that plan and opted for Northam Hotel (we shared the same building) I don’t know what to expect but I’m sure there will be some issues I will need to discuss personally with the CEO…especially about our office, colleague performances and my personal review of current communication between UK-MY……

My Handwriting ..

I've been tagged by Kuai, Madpie and KadusMama...

So, this is going to be the 1st tag of the year 2009? Hehe...not too bad untuk opening kan..

RULES
Write :-
1. Your name/ identification name / username etc.
2. Write anything using either your left/ right hands
3. Most favorite alphabets
4. Less favorite alphabets.
5. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
6. Tag 6 more persons/ bloggers

(click to enlarge)

So..this la my handwriting..sorry if some of you unable to read the "cakar ayam" punya handwriting k...It's been quite some time sudah bah menjadi student yang hari-hari menulis....menjadi malas and karas sudah tu tangan mau menulis kenen...hahaha...

I decided not to tag anybody..in case you're interested to do this..feel free itu tangan k..hehe..

Sorry ah..Kuai sama KadusMama inda sempat kasi masuk dalam tu tulisan...baru ini hari tahu kana double tag lagi bah...hehe

Sepertemuan dengan tuan-tuan kantor....

PICTURES @ OLUMIS & BOBBY

Yeah..macam tu tajuk sudah kestau apa cerita dia ba ni....the day before I fly-fly back to Penang, 3rd Jan...I went out meeting dengan saudari "tagalog", saudari A lil Bit Of Everything (atau juga pilak sebab dia bilang dia hitam..haha..) dan tagalog's friend di Secret Recipe, Warisan Square..I really don't know what were so great about the foods in Secret Recipe...last-last si "pilak" komplen juga itu, ini dan nina...paling dia mahu komplen itu anu la...bayangkan magi asam laksa kana randam air panas yang agak banyak di dalam mangkuk then bila minum sup dia ko masi was-was...benarkah aku meng'order' magi asam laksa bermain dalam fikiran..begitu sekali resepi rahsia durang kah..hahaha..nasib teda kotak cadangan..kalau ada....entah berapa banyak cadangan saudari "pilak" mau tulis..haha..it was around 4pm...then berpisah mencari arah sendiri lebih kurang selepas 5pm la...terus dengan blurnya memandu kereta tanpa hala tuju dan tiba-tiba berhenti di salah sebuah kedai cina yang ada jual dan masak sayur baby kailan seafood beserta sebotol dua minuman bergas jenama tiger...huuhuu..entah macam mana..sedar punya sedar udang ada 6 tinggal 2 untuk saya..haha....punya godoot ko "pilak"....

Lepas beberapa teguk minuman bergas aku kemudiannya menghantar si godoot tadi balik...kana bawa inda mahu..sampai rumah mama mu cakap muka mu yang hitam pun jadi mirah kan..haha....aku meneruskan perjalanan menuju ke Beverly Hills, Bundusan (perkampungan artis hollywood ka ni..haha..) seperti yang telah di rancang untuk bersekutu dengan adik perempuan aku dan teman lelaki nya di TNGC kenen....tapi sebelum sempat aku menaiki bukit tinggi menuju ke TNGC...adik perempuan aku memberi tahu "macam kana cancel saja tu.." Usaha aku untuk bersemuka dengan durang macam terkandas..haha...lalu aku keluar membeli sekotak sigup Dunhill sebagai bekalan pernafasan dan teman sepermainan...haha..entah secara kebetulan la kali...aku melayari halaman kantor Designated Hermitage lalu terus saja ke kantor Random Thoughts.....punya lah aku terharu melihat ketelusan hati saudara Random Thoughts..apabila aku terbaca pesanan ringkas di kotak bicaranya...

2 Jan 09, 11:11

xigorx: happy New Year to all...Wel, kalau ko di KK ko kol sa..012BEE1L4L....hehehehe

Aku dengan pantas menghafal numbur berteka teki tersebut...pasti bukan senang di pikiran aku untuk melepasi ujian ini..dengan mudah aku berjaya menyelongkar masuk rahsia teka teki numbur ini..haha...aku kemudiannya terbangkan pesanan ringkas ke numbur yang diselongkari tadi...balasan di terima selang beberapa saat...pasti saja aku tersenyum lalu...berputik lah kasi pertemuan kami di Pusakag Cafe pada malam itu...melalui pesanan ringkas saudara Random Thoughts..aku bersua muka dengan hampir keseluruhan O2C members...melalui beliau juga aku bersua muka dan bertetawaan bersama Ludicrous Rambling...walaupun agak samar-samar permandangan malam itu..aku berkenalan dengan ramai tuan punya kantor-kantor pada malam itu....sebilangan darinya termasuk la..Bobby, Lumis, Junior, Mr Gee (2nd time meeting him), Gurangak, Gidong, Tompok, Tata (Have met her before in Penang..Jew's cousin) dan Kupi (punya bising ko..haha)...ramai lagi tu tapi saya teda pen mau tulis nama kamu satu-satu ba...I can barely remember muka-maku ayu kamu...tetawaan manja dan manis...gelas-gelas dari Bobby dan Gidong...walau begitu aku sempat berkongsi nombor perkontekan di masa hapadan untuk aku bersua muka dengan kamu lagi....I had a great time guys even mula-mula...mimang aku akui..kepemaluan aku sangat la malu...nasib baik jejaka ceria Ludicrous Rambling dengan kelogopan stout beliau mampu meneutralkan kesipu-maluan aku..haha...itu la ko saudari "pilak" inda mahu ikut...haha...menakutkan juga la...macam artis betul kalau join kamurang ni..sakit mata kana gambar paparaji..haha...

Next time friends...hingga kita ketemu lagi di pertemuan akan datang....thanks and god bless you all.....Cheers!

A wedding that brought a wonderful memory back...

After almost 15 days in Sabah..now I'm back in Penang....back to work..back to the reality..wake up 5 days a week to go to work to earn money to survive into the wild world....leaving Sabah after meeting and get to know several new friends ....is never be an easy thing to do...although the moment we had was just a day or less than an hour..this sweet memory will always be commemorated in my life to come..good thing I managed to get some of these friends' numbers and thanked God for the simple but pleasant memory I had in Sabah....to start the working life today in the year 2009 was not easy and I was kind of moody..masih mood cuti yang mau relax...

Bride and groom's closest family

Spending the last couple of days in Sabah was a great fun and memorable to me...even better to make me remember of my childhood moment..it was 2nd Jan 2009..I went to Sutera Harbour to attend my relative's wedding...there I met few of my relatives that I had never met before...of course, I had met some of them.....actually, I was not supposed to be in the list of guest for that ceremony but for some reason God has shown me his miracle by swapping someone's place with someone else....my sis's BF should have been the one to attend the wedding but due to some last minute trip he had to do..the seat that was meant for him was left empty...thus my Sis, also my Bro were asking me to come with them....I rejected the offer as I didn't bring any formal nor suitable clothes for that kind of ceremony...meanwhile, my mum sent a text to me asking if I'm going...I replied "inda tau lagi..teda baju jg..." sort of la...she suggested to borrow from my Bro and coincidentally, he himself offered his shirt for me (cara dia mau pujuk kasi kawan dia pigi la ni..haha...)

Datuk Pairin menyanyikan 2-3 buah lagu malam tu..one of the last person leaving that night

I was at a workshop in Inanam, chatting with a mechanic at the moment this 4 ways communication occurred...I sent my bro's car for a "medical checkup" and been given a couple of medicines to make amend of the current state of the car....changed the water pump, a hose and the timing belt (most probably the timing belt has never been replaced since the car was bought..it was already in a nyawa nyawa ikan...in the other hand, the previous water pump had been replaced with one of Thailand's production..haha..inda heran la rosak..) spent more than 3 hours at the workshop chatting about cars with the mechanic as well as fixing the damaged parts..by the time it was fixed, it was already past 4pm..went home and resting.....get prepared for the wedding..berdandan la...

My lis Sis..yang semakin gendut kuat makan..haha.

My bro came later that evening from work then we left the house after 30 minutes time giving him time to berdandan juga..haha...reached Sutera Harbour earlier than my Sis...we had to wait as we're not sure if I have a reserved seat or not...malu starring kalau masuk pigi sign tu guess book tapi tiada nama dalam list..haha...my sis arrived quite late (I think it was over 20 minutes later) Yeah..we 3 siblings went in and checked in for a table number....we were arranged to be seated at table no 6..but entah la...kana kasi rearranged to seat at table no 5...with people that I'd never met except my bro and sis..haha....my sis is quite fond with 2 of our cousins there..so we were kind of 'save' juga la..inda juga macam stranger in a strange crowd...minum and makan macam biasa bila buat wedding di Sutera Habour la...sedap tapi belum lagi sampai nasi suda kanyang..kanyang beer sama liquor pun lain lagi..hehe..

Gadis-gadis di meja no 5

Then suddenly..a cute girl was standing a meter away from me unloading small-small boxes of souvenirs out of the big box...I looked at her and coincidentally, she looked at me....as a complete stranger, I smiled at her...she responded with a smile as well...then few minutes after..she came and sat next to my bro...I was at the middle between my bro and sis ba...and there was one empty seat available next to my bro..entah la siapa yang inda datang tu...she sat there and chatted with my bro...she must be my relative as per observation..duh..mimang la..haha...after a while she became a permanent guest at that table...she ate and chatted with my bro and my sis..then began teasing me...as a pemalu, I thought of several ways to melarikan diri dari kana bawa menari..haha..yeah..I did well at first...pretending to not to stop enjoying the sweet and sour fish on a small white plate...I knew she was just joking teasing me but it went even wild..haha...the second time, I lost my virginity as pemalu when my sis helped her tarik me, forcing me to stand up and walked heading to the wooden dance floor menari sumazau..I was a virgin pemalu ba and I was not even drunk to dance yet...haha.and that was the first time for me to dance at Sutera Harbour..I'm not a wedding crasher di mana ada kawin di sana la muka saya ada..haha....from that onwards we danced continuously for couple of rounds...alternately, I took a chance to rest and melarikan diri lagi...for the first time, I was feeling a little nervous when she took my hand invited me to have a slow dance with her...wahaha....I just met and knew her for a couple of minutes ba...she's an aunt to me....that's her status to me...jadi balik-balik lah tu "mesti dingar cakap aunty tau.." plus the support she received from my Bro and Sis..apa la daya ku..aku terpaksa merelakan and apparently, it was a good moment to know my aunt juga kan..so whilst we were dancing and dancing...I took the chance to ask few questions about her....jejak kasih la ba kenen...she's short with a nice cute eyes which also 4 years younger than me....looking at her whilst chatting reminded me of something...I'd seen these 2 big eyes before...the look at her face suddenly become so familiar to me.....still I couldn't come up with anything....I ignored my curiosity and continued chatting and dancing with her 'till the night was over...before we left...she held my hand and hugged me couple of times...well because she's my aunt then I guess people would not mind, I was wrong..few of my first encountered relatives thought that I were her BF..I laughed and teased her for being a naughty aunt..haha...after all, I think more than 70% of the guests there were relatives from one root to another...even uncle Pairin was present that day to attend her nephew's wedding...

I don't know how, we ended up as the last person to shake people's hands before leaving the building that night..bediri di entrance door say good night and bye kenen...overall that night was great and it went all well...got the chance chatting with some of my grandmothers and aunt/uncles...before we headed to our own separated ways..we exchanged mobile number and took several more pictures together...a hug and a red rose from her before she left..then few minutes after..I received a text message from her..something that I would have never expected...I could only smile and told my bro that our naughty aunt just sent me a text of she's missing me...aunty muda (sumandak) dan naughty pandai mesej macam tu juga..then once I was at my bro's home....we were still chatting via text messages...It must be an angle who came and helped me remembered 'her'....I remember that 'eyes'..yeah..it must be her and it was so coincident that after almost 15 years..we met once again in a way that I would not have expected...refer weird fact no.6 of the Shocking Truth post..I asked her via text if she were the girl I was thinking about....she was.........still, we're relative and although I only knew her for couple of hours...I felt that there will be a chance for us to know more about each other in future to come....at least something good came out of the wedding that was meant not to be fun for a total stranger or a reserved seat taker like me....haha...thanked god for the miracle moment I had to start with the year 2009...cheers!

Holiday life in Sabah - Part II

I've been drinking a lot these couple of days..I reckon, that's the only activity I've been doing whenever I return home to Sabah for a holiday..huhu...

I went to Ranau (mentioned in previous post)..purposely to attend a family gathering (dad's side)..some of my cousins, I have not met them for almost 10 years, and some over 15 years..."besar-besar sudah kamu o kan...suda kahwin lagi..ada anak lagi..." that was some of the conversation I had with most of them...it was kind of a culture shock to me to see them with kids....haha..looking at them "mengendong" anak and taking care of their child was a great memory.....I spent couple of days in Ranau then went to Tambunan to reunite with mom's side...I've not visited them for almost 4 years...again "tinggi juga kamu ni.." yeah..that's how I reacted when I met my cousins...with a height of 6 foot tall..that's tall compared to me..haha....the main objective to visit tambunan this time was to attend my cousin's wedding ceremony..(I met Delasagos at the church's entrance but we didn't have a chance to chat; he's the bride's relative) there will be another 2nd celebration at the Sutera Harbour on the 2nd Jan..also to pay a visit to my untie/uncles after almost 4 years not coming to Tambunan...apparently, I missed a family gathering (mum's side) in Tambunan...well, my mum was kind of forgotten to inform me...if I were informed I will certainly attend that gathering as well because this is a problem we had been having..not knowing your own relatives..nanti silap sikit terjatuh sinta sama sumandak/tanakvagu...risik punya risik...saudara pula kan..putih mata cinta terhalang..haha...

The scenic view from my cousin's house in Kg Kituntul Ranau..the house is built on their land, located at the middle of a hill...you could almost see the whole pekan Ranau..

House in Tambunan..the kolam I used to pancing ikan dulu-dulu...years ago, the fishes were fed with baja ikan..now not anymore...the padi field where saya mengatam padi (linggaman atau sabit) also mencari katak di musim hujan selepas mengatam...decades ago, there was only a big bamboo house..

The new house next to the above house..4 years ago, I had the chance to see its foundation and I was quite surprised to see the outcome; a very big house for a family of 4...my uncle (tauke) punya rumah..huhu..


I'm so attracted to one of my niece...I can't really remember her name but she's so cute..adorable...well, it is not too much to say that my sis's daughters are all cute..a mixed marriage between [Sungai(+Suluk)]+[Dusun(+Cina)].....pictures were taken using my mobile phone..

New year..celebrated with friends..stayed at Fab's house, BBQ'ing and drinking...he was born on 1st Jan and it is timely to have a great but decent party at the right moment..hehe...a year ago, we celebrated his birthday in Penang and now we had it in Sabah...there were plenty of things happened on my way to his house..earlier I went to HSBC bank to withdraw some money and pay my debts (credit card la apa lagi..haha)...they were now settled although there was one left; CitiBank (i just realized there is no CitiBank in KK..walawei) returned to the car (my bro's previous car before he bought a new one) and darned it! The car won't start! Battery was weak and after several attempts, the bat run out of charge....I called my bro and he came and helped me to re-charge the bat using a jumper...yeah! we made it.haha..left the car idle for couple of minutes and drove heading to Fab's house in Putatan....then suddenly...I saw smoke coming from the front bonnet...I knew there was something wrong....I then stop and managed to park the car on the road side..coincidentally at a dark area somewhere in Putatan...next to a signboard of "Amaran..dilarang membuang sampah.." and next to a hutan bakau....the whole place was dark..no street light at all...I called Fab and asked him to come with lots of water...guess what..haha..the radiator was already dry...empty!(I had refilled the radiator with lots of water a week ago) Fab came couple of minutes later (with his bro in-law) with a bottle of water and a big jug of water....we then re-fill the radiator with all the water we had....then again, the car won't start! Using a jumper we managed to start the car (no wonder there's a jumper being kept inside the rear bonnet)...arrived at Fab's house, I left the car idle for over half an hour...to ensure the battery is being re-charged...the next day, refilled the radiator as I saw water dripping at the bottom of the car then ignited the engine without problem....yeah! we certainly had a great new year and birthday celebration last night although I was kind of tired...that was a very rare experience I had (New Year's Eve)..haha...I'm grateful it all went well...Thanked god!

Happy New Year 2009!