Up In The Sky

A few weeks back, me and two of my friends were in KL, and were really out of ideas on where to hang out. Dah naik jemu ngan shopping malls. I gave an idea to go to KL Tower, and everyone agreed! So, here we come KL Tower! :)

We queued for a while, and when I bought the ticket, I was surprised that they actually have a different fee for malaysians! Non-malaysian adults pay RM15, and malaysians pay only RM7. Quite a bargain huh?



The Iranian crystal art at the lobby..


We took the elevator together with some foreign tourists. After entering the elevator, the attendent told us that the elevator ride would take about 7 minutes, and then she presses the one of the buttons on the panel.

The door closes.
All of us are SO excited.
Waited for a few seconds for the elevator to move.
Confused whether we are moving up, or not.
5 minutes has passed.
Still confused, and in doubts.
One of the tourist tried pushing the door open button.
Door open..
Turns out that we are at the BASEMENT.
Duh..

All of us laughed, thinking that we are speeding up the tower to the observation deck, only to find out that we went one floor down to the basement!

Upon reaching the observation deck, we went around and enjoyed the views. Eventhough this is my third visit, still tak boring-boring lagi.. Maybe because everything looks like a scene from Simcity huh?



I can see my yellow car!!



My best friend's office building.. :)



The iconic Petronas Twin Towers..

Mi Casa

I recently moved into my new house, which is far nearer than my previous home. I was actually more excited than sad to leave for the new house. Yelah kan, takde la makan sorang-sorang lagi, ader streamyx, and the most important, lower fuel expenditure for work! Heheh..

I managed to move and organize all my stuffs within 2 days. Kinda tiring to drive three 90km return-trips, plus do the packing, loading, unloading and unpacking all alone. Huhu.. But the best thing is installing the new IKEA wardrobe! Best best.. dah la beli sendiri.. :))

The final result: I feel like I'm finally living in my "home". The size of the room is almost similar to my room in KL, so memang rasa macam bilik sendiri.



Grooming area..



Lets just hope nothing will say hi..



Goodies..



I love IKEA..

Mayor and the City

I guess my bestfriends know that I have two jobs. Being an Engineer is my primary job, and being a Mayor/Urban Planner/Developer is my part-time job. Berangan sangat!

I take the responsibility of a Mayor after office hours, on my desktop PC, through a virtual world called SimCity 4. Yes, I am a SimCity nerd. I've been playing this city-simulator game since it first came out as SimCity 2000, then SimCity 3000, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, and now Simcity 4. So, basically I've been a part-time mayor for the last 11 years! Kinda amazing huh? Even Datuk Bandar KL pun tak lama camtu.. Hahah..

Of all the SimCity releases, I have to admit that SimCity 4 is by far the hardest, the most challenging, and the most realistic. At this moment, I only managed to create a region of several cities with a population of 1.8 million. The urban area in this region consists of large agricultural estates, big cities with towering high-rises, mountains, beach-front cities, deep harbours, industrial powerhouses, and sub-urban residential areas.

My goals at this moment: I wanna enlarge the cities area and increase the population to reach 2 million population.

Go Mayor!


The sims love the beach-side district created by visionary Mayor..

Late Night Work

I got a phone call from my colleague, asking me to come to the plant at 12.45am. Yes, it was past midnight.

We were supposed to do the testing of the pump around 9pm, and I waited for the phone call as I was put on stand-by. I thought the testing session was gonna be postponed to the following morning, coz the installation work has been delayed. Rupa-rupanya tidak.. :(

So there I was , waking up around 12.45am, getting ready to go to work ASAP. It was raining really heavy at that time. So I drove slowly and carefully. Along the road to the Kerteh, there were 2 things that I bumped into. A couple of wild boars crossing the road, and a big herd of buffalos strolling by the roadside. Interesting...

I reached the office around 1.30am, getting ready for a few minutes with my personal protective equipments(PPE), and then off I go into the plant area. It was no longer raining, and the night (or should I say morning..) was really calm, minus the sound from the high pressure flares. I walked to the work site excitedly.

All of the testing works, including the preparation of the report, finished around 6am. I then drove back home, still wide awake, and managed to see the sunrise along the coast. And as it was drizzling a bit, there is also a rainbow. It really sets the mood, and made me so happy after the early long hours at Kerteh. It was simply wonderful! :)))


Sunrise.... sunrise..


Somewhere over the rainbow....

Come to Bed

Before this, I stayed in the 2nd room, which is in the middle of the house. The room was only ok, as it doesn't have ceiling fan, and a window. The only ventilation for the room is the door and some small windows near the ceiling, which is not that sufficient. So it gets really warm most of the time, which makes me either wearing shorts only (which includes boxers and underwear), or just go naked in the room. Erk!

At that time, I shared the bathroom/toilet together with my other housemate. Pening kepala jugak kadang-kadang, coz it really annoys me that I will always be me the one who gonna clean the bathroom. EVERYTIME.

I already moved to the master bedroom, coz the previous occupant moved to KL. It was such a big transition compared to the old room. There is a ceiling fan, a window looking to the front of the house, much bigger size, and the most important, a connected bathroom! Yeay! No more meracau-racau about how lazy my housemate is to wash the toilet. :)


Nice and cosy...

Cinderella Anyone?

I read a really interesting article in Readers' Digest about "How to live happily ever after?". Basically there are 4 stages that everyone has to experience before they can be considered in a happy long-term relationship. By the way, this is from scientific point of view..

1. Romance - The stage when 2 people starts falling in love, where everything is happy and perfect. There is a high level of oxytocin a.k.a bonding hormone that hides the irritating behavior of each person from one another.

2. Disillusionment - After romance stage, both people will start to think and notice that their partner is not perfect (in other words, full of flaws). They will start to feel anger, irritated, fear and insecure towards their partner. This stage is what the scientist call as a "normal chemical letdown", and it is due to hormonal and barin chemistry change.

3. Power Struggle - This is after still being together after the second stage. At this stage, each partner will try to encounter the chemical letdown by trying to change their partner, so that they will be like the person that they were (or thought they were) at the Romance stage.

4. Awakening - The couple finally realise that they cannot erase each persons individuality. They realise that after being too close, they need to psychologically separate, not physically. At this point, all the feelings (irritated, anger, fear) will be mostly ignored. They try to be not that emotional about the whole imperfection of their partner.

Ayoh pening la pulak kan cerita macam nie.. But the conclusion of the article is that, in order to have a happy long-term relationship, there must be enough independence, and enough togetherness. Both parties must realize that there must be a balance of separation and intimacy.

Heheh... cukup la.. penat.. huhu...

Pon Pon Pon.. Kereta Kecilku Berbunyi...

Kuning bangat sihh..

About a month ago I bought my very first car, the yellow-coloured Proton Satria SE. Memang la cerita nie dah basi sikit, but I still wanna put it on my blog because I am really proud of it! :)) Nothing much to modify or add accessories to the car because for me, it is just perfect.

So far there are no major problems for the car, I guess I am lucky. Coz for most people, buying a Proton car means buying a car full of problems. But there is one little thing about the car window, it tends to stuck halfway. The solution: put some lube oil, or you can do some acrobatic stunt to pull and push the window up while driving.. Huhu...

Kerja Kerja....

So far I have worked in Kerteh for about more than a month. Commuting about 40 minutes daily from my home to the office is still acceptable. But the thing that I'm not really comfortable with my new job is:

1. the fact that I will be on-call at least once in a month (each on-call schedule lasted for 24-hours for 7 consecutive days). The maximum distance from the plant is about 50 km radius. (There goes the weekend trip to kuantan & kl.. Huhu)

2. the job is really critical. Most of the works will be done during weekends or public holidays (when the plant load is lower), and each problem need to be rectified ASAP (kadang-kadang sampai 4 am!)

3. it requires strong technical knowledge! so i guess there will be a lot of stresses coming down the line.

Bile la nak boleh totally comfortable with this new job.....

Anyways, I still have some pictures from the Kerteh area, which i think are really nice and unique.. Enjoy!


Inside the huge plant complex.


Taken last wednesday before the storm.


Night picture of the "City of Lights" :P

Penang Reloaded

Here are some of the pictures that I took during the trip to Penang..


The suspension bridge at Penang Hill.


The funicular train going up Penang Hill.


The indigo coloured Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.


A beautiful tree at botanical gardens.


The leisurely ferry ride from Penang Island to Butterworth.>

Island Glades

KOMTAR - The landmark of Penang

Last weekend I went to Penang with a bunch of friends back from my boarding school and university years. We stayed in a 2-bedroom apartment at Batu Feringghi, which was really nice and cosy, at a bargain cost of RM 50! Yeay!

The thing that should never be missed when in Penang is of course the food! We had the pasembor, sotong bakar and laksa penang at Gurney Drive. It wasn't the best food but I guess the whole idea of eating under the stars at Gurney was really exciting. We also had some jeruk and cendol from Chowrasta Market, which was really cheap and tasty. For Nasi Kandar, we went to Kayu Nasi Kandar in the town centre, after close to one hour looking for Pelita Nasi Kandar, which is considered as one of the best in Penang. Tapi takpe la, lain kali makan kat Pelita Nasi Kandar kat Jln Ampang or Bangsar aje la...

We also went to Bukit Bendera a.k.a Penang Hill. The trip to the top of the hill was really scenic, and kinda thrilling coz the funicular train climb up the hill at 45 degress slope, and sometimes a lot steeper! I can't stop from thinking how would it be if the cable of the train snaps halfway on the way up, maybe it would feel like going down the steep hill into a water pit like in the log flume ride in Sunway Lagoon, except that there is no water pit, but a station crowded with tourists. Scary...

At the top of Penang Hill, we tried walking on the canopy walkway, which is actually a pedestrian suspension bridge from one tree to another tree, about 50 metres high above ground and about 100 metres in length. Definitely not for someone who is afraid of height, but it was such a feat and we were so proud to walk the whole length!

But the highlight of the Penang trip has to be the visit to Choong Fatt Tze Mansion. It's a really big and old mansion, with the trademark indigo exterior, and has won the best conservation project in Asia Pacific from UNESCO. The mansion used to be owned by one of the richest man in Asia, and was declared perfect by 116 Fengshui masters! Selalunya nak dapat perfect from only one fengshui master pun dah susah, ini 116. Hebat giler! Hmmm I love everything from the history, architecture, color and decorations of the mansion.

The Specialist

Ahhhhh... lamanya tak post kat blog nie...

Just a week ago, I was transferred from my previous job at Kemaman to my current job in Kerteh. For people that is not familiar with Kerteh, it is located in Terengganu. It is the capital of oil and gas industries in Malaysia, with several process plants smack next to each other. So I guess working in this industrial area that scale must be really challenging, and it is SO true.

The beginning of the first day was fine, and my new colleagues were really helpful. Then as the hour goes by, after talking to some senior staffs, I realized that the job position that I'm holding is a Senior Engineer position! Erk, I just started working January last year, with no experience, tetiba kena jadik specialist.. Damn.

Huhu... So I guess there will be a LOT of confused and "tunggu kejap, saya check" situation when they ask for my "technical expertise"... Hmmm... Banyak la kena buat crash course to learn the technical things... :(

Oh My God!

Last nite I formatted my PC. Like always, I will backup all the important and most importantly my 'treasure'.

After eating the KFC that I bought and completed the formatting, I tried to open the folder of my treasure.

"Erk............ Apsal takleh nak bukak folder ni?"

I was in shock! All the hard work to collect, save and download the treasure cannot be open, at all! It's right in front of your eye, but nothing can be done. Damn.

I really don't know what to do.........

huhu.........

Boogie Wonderland

I realized most people are scared with this one particular thing, and no matter what you do, you still have to face it... It's not the annoying kid from Juon (though one of my bestfriends can make himself look like the kid), and it's not a Pontianak. It is what people call as loneliness. Even when you are smacked in the middle of the crowds in KLCC, loneliness seems to follow you like your shadows. Being far from your friends and families, without anything to do after work except watching astro and play SimCity4, life can be boring and sometimes so lonely. And having housemates but still feels like living alone is not helping at all.

And sometimes it's so puzzling coz you can still feel lonely eventhough you have someone special in your life. But I guess it's not that bad coz at least you have someone to talk & express your feelings.

I wonder, is there a point when you won't feel lonely at all?

Hide and Seek

Hello~~~

Is there anybody here?