Thursday, December 31, 2009

Hmmmm.....Cari lah Nama Lain. We dont want to share .

Carilah nama lain. Kami tak mau kongsi nama Tuhan kami dengan agama lain. Penutup 2009 yg menyedihkan. KL High Court ruled today that it was illegal for the Home Ministry to prohibit the Catholic Herald from using the word Allah.Tuan Hakim Lau Bee Lan, sila buat penghakiman dgn adil.Ramai org Islam sedang MARAH!!!! -- aaahhh melalak lah countdown kat sana tu...3..2....1...

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Happy New Year



Hi there.
You can easily predict what exactly happened to your office at the end of this year (now, actually). Most of your colleagues will take leave and having their own vacation. A lot of unreplied letters, unsolved reports and etc.What about the other staff who are still working?
Do they really exist in the office,playing games or shopping at Sogo? They might come to the office but they might be M.I.A. Sapa peduli, bos pun cuti.

This year we have three Fridays; free leave for all labours to enjoy in their long weekends. No need to take extra leaves and you can bring forward the leave to the next year if it applies to your office. ( well it's better to take a long holiday at early years, while the bussines is damn busy, right!!!)

Everybody is talking about their ‘walla-walla ‘plans for their New Years Eve. Having fun at the famous lounge and enjoy the live band while observing the pierced hot chicks. I used to do that before. As times goes by, my momentum and commitment just disowned me to do so. But on the other hand, going outside, having party and waiting for the countdown but yet you will be stranded to the KL traffic jam make me loss appetite on having fun. Technically, this is may be an orthodox way of thinking. I’d rather to stay at home and watching the fireworks from the TV screen. This is not the Alzheimer case but it applies to every man who want stand reality, I guess.. Tapi sekali – sekala OK jugak kot,,,, hahaha...No lah ...this year ...gua balik kg la

Happy New Year

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Published Article :ROTTW Dec.08 - Motley Crue


This is one of articles published by ROTTW Nov. 2008. Thanks to Abg Rom for giving the opportunity.

MOTLEY CRUE : LIVE IN FORT CANNING , SINGAPORE : 16 OKTOBER 2008
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Mungkin ramai diantara kita yang pernah menonton filem Detroit Rock City. Ianya sebuah filem mengisahkan kegilaan sekumpulan remaja Amerika yang berhempas pulas berusaha untuk menyaksikan konsert KISS di Bandaraya Detroit.
Saya hanya mahu berkongsi keterujaan saya apabila mendapat tahu band pujaan saya Motley Crue akan mengadakan konsert di Singapura pada 16 Oktober 2008.Perasaan tidak tentu arah dan huru hara melanda saya bila mendapat tahu berita tersebut .


Untuk pengetahuan anda semua , saya pernah tercalon pada peringkat akhir sebuah program TV yang berkonsepkan impian iaitu Benson & Hedges Golden Dreams pada awal 90an dahulu. Saya telah terpilih ke peringkat akhir untuk ditemubual bagi menyampaikan hasrat impian saya . Pada ketika itu yang umur saya kira – kira 15 tahun ,saya telah menyatakan keinginan saya untuk jamming bersama saya Motley Crue dan habis selok belok band tersebut telah saya ceritakan kepada penemubual saya. Daripada kematian vokalis Saigon Kicks yang berpunca dari Vince Neil, kes – kes mahkamah mereka dan sehinggalah kehebatan lagu-lagu Motley Crue telah saya ceritakan . Namun satu hakikat yang perlu saya terima bahawa Tuhan tidak menjadikan semua manusia itu berjiwa rock dan impian saya ditolak mentah – mentah dengan alasan ianya tidak relevan dan tidak mengujakan penonton program TV berkenaan. Selepas memberikan muka kecewa saya pada Tiara Jacquelina ( hos ketika itu, sekarang Datin ) dan penerbitnya (yang saya tak ingat namanya ), saya terus beredar dengan impian saya, yang saya rasa tidak akan kesampaian sampai bila-bila.

Tetapi berita yang saya terima pada 4 Oktober 2008 menjadikan impian saya 16 tahun yang lalu hampir tercapai.Pada hari raya keempat saya dapat tahu dari seorang rakan saya yang saya panggil Mat Besi, (kerana kegilaannya terhadap metal melebihi daripada keinginannya untuk berumahtangga) tentang kedatangan Motley Crue ke konsert pertama di Asia Tenggara akan berlangsung di Fort Canning Singapore . Memandang kawan – kawan rock saya ramai yang sudah pencen, jadi saya tak tahu nak pergi dengan siapa. Petang raya kelima saya teleh menelefon seorang brader yang mana muzik rock tidak pernah pada dalam dirinya . Siapa lagi kalau bukan Abg. Rom , taukeh majalah ini. Saya pun menyampaikan hasrat saya untuk ke Singapore dan menonton konsert tersebut. Mungkin juga beliau agak terkejut menerima panggilan saya kerana hampir lebih setahun saya tidak hubungi beliau. Saya amatlah excited dan menceritakan kepada beliau untuk ke konsert tersebut dan berjumpa dengan band rock roll paling jahat di dunia.

Abang Rom , seperti mana yang anda tahu , seorang yang obses dengan Rock Roll memberi lampu hijau kepada saya untuk mewakili ROTTW. Terima kasih setinggi langit Abg. Rom.
Niat saya untuk ke Singapore menonton Motley Crue telah saya sampaikan kepada seorang colleague saya di pejabat. Memandangkan tarikh tersebut diadakan pada hari Khamis, saya meminta beliau supaya mengadakan satu mesyuarat ( berkenaan kerja rasmi ) di Johor Bahru pada tarikh tersebut bagi membolehkan saya sampai ke Singapore.

Alhamdullillah dengan persetujuan pihak Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru dan semua pasukan projek , mesyuarat tersebut berjaya diadakan pada 16 Oktober jam 10 pagi. Saya dan rakan telah bertolak dari KL dari jam 3 pagi lagi. Sebaik sahaja habis meeting , kami bergegas ke Hotel Mutiara JB , hotel rasmi bagi kami kalau outstation di JB. Kebetulan rakan saya kerap ke Singapura dan pass ERP nya masih sah sehingga sembilan hari lagi, jadi kami ambil keputusan untuk drive sahaja ke Singapore.
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Jam 4.20 petang, kami tiba di Fort Canning, sebuah taman rekreasi awam tempat berlangsungnya konsert tersebut. Saya diberitahu Abg Rom untuk berjumpa dengan Andre atau Lauritta ( promoter konsert tersebut dari LAMC Production ). Saya terus mencari mereka berdua, dan memperkenal diri saya . Saya dimaklumkan bahawa press tag akan diberi pada pukul 6. 30 petang di kaunter press. Oleh kerana masa masih banyak lagi , saya dan rakan saya terus ke Bencoolen Street untuk minum petang. Bertempat di HMV Café kami terserempak dengan beberapa deejay dari radio Era. Anehnya mereka macam tahu kami dari KL. Mungkin dahi orang Malaysia sudah ada cop rasanya.

Jam 8.OO Malam , orang ramai telah berpusu – pusu ke Main Stage Fort Canning. Semua security guard malam itu adalah mat salleh. Opening act dimulakan oleh sebuah band tempatan yang saya tak tahu namanya. Muzik mereka agak bagus cuma ramai sangat band members yang nak bercakap dan cuba nak menonjolkan diri. Sebanyak 7 lagu dipersembahkan oleh band ini.” Aah, itu tak penting, yang penting Motley Crue bukan band Singapore ni”. Itulah pemikiran saya waktu itu.
Kelihatan crowd di Fort Canning ini amat majmuk pada fikiran saya. Dari pakcik tua dan berperut buncit sehinggalah remaja yang berbaju black dan berambut dreadlock. Itulah kehebatan Motley Crue yang mampu menarik pelbagai peringkat umur, asalkan berjiwa rock kental.Kira – kira 10 000 penonton pada malam tu dan sekurang – kurangnya 2000 penonton adalah dari Malaysia, jangkaan saya. Dari apa yang saya jangkakan lebih 1000 orang mat salleh yang saya tak tahu dari mana berada di padang Fort Canning pada hari tersebut. Mungkin juga mereka merupakan warga Singapore yang telah memilih The 2nd Home Programme atau pun pelancong dari tempat lain.
Tepat jam 9.15 malam, tirai pentas dibuka dengan lagu Kick Start My Heart oleh Vince Neil dan rakan – rakan. Memang gamat , semua orang melompat dengan killer song Motley Crue itu. Keterampilan Vince Neil menjerit, gaya hebat Mick Mars, ketukan Tommy “T Bone” Lee dan Nick Sixx beraksi membuatkan seluruh Fort Canning bergema dengan Rock N Roll. Sungguh energetik. Vince Neil terus memekik dan disusuli dengan lagu kedua meraka Wild Side. Semua penonton bagaikan masuk hantu dan itulah yang anda perlu tahu tentang adrenalin bagi lagu – lagu rock n roll yang punya reputasi tinggi.
Setting gitar Mick Mars sememangnya dahsyat. Bermacam – macam efek keluar , dari deruan bunyi motor Harley sehinggalah bunyi bayi menangis ( crybaby mungkin- saya tak tahu sangat). Motley Crue juga menghidupkan suasana dengan persembahan lagu terbaru Saints of Los Angeles yang lirik ditukar kepada Saints of Singapore.
Tommy Lee,apa lagi yang nak dikatakan tentang kemahiran beliau bermain drum. Hampir semua tom,snare dan apa jua aksesori drumnya digunakan sebaik mungkin. Soalan saya , boleh anda beritahu saya band mana yang dikenali melalui pemain drumnya atau siapakah pemain drum yang paling popular di planet ini kalau bukan Encik Tommy Lee. Aura Tommy Lee memang hebat sehingga ada segmen beliau sendiri di atas pentas untuk berkomunikasi dengan pentas.Sempat juga beliau mengalu- alukan kedatangan penonton dari Malaysia. Persembahan diteruskan dengan lagu lagu kental mereka yang majoritinya dari album Dr. Feelgood, Theatre of Pain dan Shout at The Devil.
Pentas yang warm itu juga diserikan dengan beberapa lagu wajib mereka seperti Same Ol Situation, Girls Girls Girls, Primal Scream, Smoking In The Boys Room, Don’t Go Away Just Go way dan pastinya She Goes Down. Mick Mars juga menayangkan aksi solo gitarnya yang hebat dengan gimik ular pada pedang seperti cover album Dr. Feelgood.

Nicki Sixx , seorang pemain bass yang pernah dikenakan tindakan parol kerana kokain berlebihan pada tahun 1989 merupakan seorang bassis yang kental. Hampir setiap lagu beliau memenuhi ruang pentas dengan ligat.
The Most Notorious Band On Earth ,itulah gelaran yang diberi pada band rock yang paling banyak dikenakan tindakan mahkamah dengan pelbagai kesalahan. Tetapi itu semua tidak merosakkan kredibiliti mereka sebagai antara band rock paling kuat di dunia.Aksi yang mantap, persembahan yang hebat dan merekalah mega rock stars di planet ini. Walaupun berpecah beberapa kali dan wujud band picisan mereka seperti Supernova dan Method of Mayhem, Motley Crue amat berkuasa di pentas. Antara aksi paling menarik malam itu alah aksi Tommy Lee bermain piano pada awal lagu Time For Change dan terus mengetuk drum sebaik saja beat laju lagu bermula. Memang superb. Lagu terakhir mereka malam itu ialah lagu siulan ramai Home Sweet Home. Apa yang saya amat pasti tiada lagu daripada album New Tattoo dan Generation Swine.
Sebaik sahaja konsert tersebut tamat saya terus pulang ke Hotel Mutiara JB pada malam itu dengan memakai T – Shirt Motley Crue yang baru dibeli sebagai tanda show off. Apa yang saya dapat simpulkan dari konsert tersebut ialah hajat saya tercapai setelah berbelas tahun menunggu peluang ini dengan amat puas hati. Dari sudut setlist lagu sememangnya memberangsangkan kerana Motley Crue banyak memainkan lagu –lagu dari album lama sewaktu mereka berada di zaman puncak dahulu. Bagi penganjur pula saya rasa mereka berpuashati dengan jumlah penonton yang yang mendatangkan hasil kepada mereka.
Sememangnya peminat – peminat setia mereka turun padang untuk memberi sokongan walaupun dari faktor jarak dan kos yang agak membebankan.

Tetapi itu bukanlah halangan jika anda seorang peminat setia Motley Crue. Sekian sahaja untuk kali ini . saya berdoa untuk mendapat peluang yang sebegini rupa bagi konsert – konsert yang akan datang. Terima kasih setinggi langit untuk ROTTW khasnya Abang Rom.

Intro....30.12.2009

I was admiring with some of the stories written by some of my friends. It is inspiring me to write this in 1 Manusia and share some portion of my life. The blog's title may sound catchy,cliche and trendy...but it is like taking an exam for me to look for a blog's title. I write my story myself long hand. I find it does not interrupt my flow of thoughts.
I was born somewhere on earth in Felda Lubuk Merbau. As far as I know, there is no indication shows in Google Earth that refer to my place. To give a clear picture, just imagine how Frodo Bargain and friends had survived at the Mount of Doom to get the Middle Earth. My father was a religious teacher and my mother a housewife. We were living as traditional as normal Malaysian. I was brought up as a typical Malay boy. We were living there until now as my father was granted a plot of land as an ex gratia for longing servicing as principal of a religion school
My Pre-School - It is quite unbelievable to tell everybody that I was taught by a Japanese teacher during my kindergarten time. Tadika Kemas at my place was sent a Japanese teacher by the government and that what most remembering me during that time. Her name is Kiyokohami . There were some sweet memories that everybody was so excited in the first day looking at her. We taught she was Chinese. There was one day she came to school wearing kimono and we were surprised looking at freak costumes.

Primary -My primary school was quite okay as I didn’t create any problem yet. My father was so proud of my UPSR result. I was not so demanding at that time but hoping I’ll be accepted joining one of the boarding schools. Secondary I was offered to SEDAR School in Negeri Sembilan. My second sister who lived in Kulim has suggested me to enter Sekolah Sultan Badlishah. According to her, the school is the best in Kulim. After a discussion they agreed to send me to Badlishah, considering some reasons; momentum, distance and financial as well.

Secondary-
I registered myself at SMSB alone and without anybody accompanied me. I was placed at 1A2 and my class teacher was Cikgu Sholiah. The day I registered, I had been introduced to a Penyelia Petang, Abd. Wahab – car registration no PBN 1323, grey Proton Saga. One of big moron in this school. First day of school, there has been a lot of talk about how boring the school is; perhaps it would be a challenge for me to understand the culture of brand new school. The students were said to practise good in the school, you must be popular in many sense and form. However I believe, I just came here to study and that was my state of mind at that time. How naïve I was. Here I met my classmates like Wan Thrash, Najib Rock, Vespa and etc.lah After a week went to school by bus, my sister decided to send me to the hostel. Che Puteh, a clerk who registered my name at Dorm Kemas was the first subordinate staff I knew.

My registered bed no was 1011 and like every hostel students, we had to wear the stupid baju batik. My hostel life started from that and storyline may grow dizzy. The first night in hostel was just like hell. Some say let bygone b bygone.We should forgive and forget .But as for me, not for this one. It is easy to say if you are not the subject of plotting and vengeance. I was called off for an Induction but it turned to be a raging session. Here I like to mention those name involved. They were Jan Pahang, Faisal Hamdi, Mat Kuching and Mat Kang. Those legendary names were from Dorm Jujur. They were most brutal terrorist at that time.

At one stage they asked about my parents marriage status and punished me by heavy mental tortured. Numerous forms of raging have emerged, each person with their own style. As I try to fight back they kicked me and punched and this is like a real Guantanamo. Their mission is only to brainwash and wash your pride after a stupid question. Going to school was thrilling to me and I couldn't wait for school holidays to end. The first year of hostel life was so miserable. I was one of the targeted people by senior to be arrested.

I said to myself, May Day a Justice and God, grant me patience. But now I consider myself one of the beneficiaries as I become more independent and mentally tougher. However raging session is still not a good practice in school, I believed. I was kicked out from the hostel after caught in the act buying cigarettes at Dawood.

After a roll call, my name was mentioned to be expelled from the hostel.I was sent to my sister’s house at that night. My good life start damaged from this moments. The honeymoon year in form four was really meant to me. 4A2, formerly known as 4A2C was the most happening class. We were very close and up to share one piece of cigarettes of 5 peoples. Jaei, Nizam, Rizo, Mat Besi, Zaidi, Aruah Ish,Kayree and not forgotten Boss, they are buddies. We had our last day in form four as yamseng party in our class without girl’s invitation.

I was quite terrible being outrages. I make many problems in school. At school my attendance was flip followed by the flop. Sadly, my father transferred me out from the school at Form Four because of my naughtius maximus. I joined KSAH but SMSB give me soul of the alma maters. I owed my teachers in school a great deal. Only one of them, Miss Audrey, is alive in my brain cell. She was a great teacher and spoke grammatically correct English all the time. The rest like Mat Ton and Radzi (ET), they just gave my life horrible and my school appearance was an EPL big screen to them. To be able to study at the SMSB was a great privilege in those days. I was one of the lucky ones.

University
Schooling was such a great experience and I recall with fondness many rewarding events that I went through. I hope and pray that all of my friends remember their school days and the part that school plays in their lives. I did fairly well and my SPM result was just good enough for me to be enrolled into the architecture faculty of the UiTM. College I registered as a student in Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Survey in the year of 1995. I was placed at Kolej Perindu and many said this was a zoo because a lot of monkeys hanging at the window almost every evening. Our warden named is Halim. We called him King Kong because the size does matter. Brutally screamed at students if he found you are illegally stayed in that college.

I join this faculty and that’s remembering me some of my close colleagues such as Mama,Linda Tose, Tariq, Brut, A Peng, Bai and some other name. Here they called me Mat Lobang .In the faculty Brut was my mentor in design sketches. His figure drawings were so marvelous. Besides that, my love story was extremely publicized from mouth to mouth. Dated with little sister of Kudsia Kahar, Farahbi made my name popular. That was not intention in the first place, but because of her sister’s name, people knew her then they knew me. May be some of the stories had been speculated wrongly.

I strongly believed that she is not the right one. Too different culture and there are large barriers from a metropolis to vernacular. But I can say it was a rock n roll love story because we can share the music together. She dumped me after our three years relationship. She found someone else and later same thing happened to me. Bunga Tanjung Hard Core – a sweet memory about an established Rock N Roll movement.


I joined this group together with my schoolmates, Mat Besi. He studied Applied Science in ITM. Lots of joke about these colleagues from the moment I ripped off the ACAB cassettes and sell all to one of the music groceries in Shah Alam. We spent most weekends by attending the underground gigs in KL. Giant, Mat Pet, Belacan, Tom were really in my mind. During that time music extreme was a diorama in the university from the shirt you wear, the type of music you listened and the awex you had. Sepultura, Snapcase, Shelter, Rage against The Machine were compulsories playlist not forgotten Motley Crue. I was given financial aid which was not a scholarship. Grabbed the opportunity I filled the form.
As for me, it’s better late than never. PTPTN, I managed to settle all the debt at 2005 as I dumped all loan amounts in ASB and Public Mutual. I worked during my varsity time and that’s how I survived. Some of profit yearly, I did for my wedding and the rest I paid it back to government solely and until now I still enjoy the profit every year. Getting an education right up to University level is easy now. But we must nevertheless feel grateful for there are more than one billion illiterate people in the world. For them the future promises very little.

Career and Love
I started my carrier as Landscape Architect at Arkitek Urbanisma in Taipan. Taipan area gave a very hot atmosphere as workplace. You can easily find short skirt hot chicks all the yuppies meeting place over there. Lunas Café – one of the hot makan place, owned by my senior at school, Ogy. He and his brother run the food business. Well the brother also was friend of mine. Alistair is a famous footballer from SMKK. Some of my officemates said that I was freely eating there without any pay, but the truth was I paid them monthly. I heard they closed the business after trapped with along debt. Here I met my wife, Zareene. She was a secretary to five architects including me. Before dated with her I dated two secretaries, Zai and Nina of the same office .But finally I managed to settle down with the right one, my wife right now.

We started our love thru computer networking. I sent her some poems copied by some of the rock song to impress her. She quite impressed at that time until she knew those were rock song lyrics. I find that love at the same office was too difficult to handle then I decided to quit from the office. Moreover the late payment from the company made me to move for good. I joined a construction company owned a lady who wanted me to be her son in law. Again I faced another problem. After sometime I feel that the architecture’s industry just not my cup of tea. To draw the cross sections, composed a master plan and prepare the detail drawings were no more my interest.
I need more managerial and PR works because I believed my strength as a talker. I was champion in debate during my school time. So then, I applied some government job advertised but luckily I was accepted at Ministry of ( ..........................) Marriage I was having a leave entitlement problem whenever I joined the government. As I joined at the end of the year, the higher management decided not to give me any leave for my wedding ceremony. I begged to the DG and he accepted.

I officially became a husband at December 4th. 2004 and now with two princess, Yasmine Suraya and Yasmine Shahnaz , I enjoy my life. After four years marriage my wife just had finished her studies in Corporate Administration it really released part of my burden. Congrats to her.
I believed my good career is here and this is what I am looking for. I was giving a lot of opportunity to step higher and chances to have overseas travel. From blue colour of enrich and now I awarded the platinum one.

That’s my story and sorry for making you up and down reading this. Just want to share some experience. Happy reading my post after this......Thank You....
Chow chin chow……