Huuuuuummmmmmeerrrrr..

I am writing this blog while Scott (IT manager from Townville) and Pete scratching each other head on the next desk discussing their achievement plan. I am leaving soon so I dont bother to know, hehee. A very nice blokes they are, and Scott saw my games for sale and he bought couple of them. Neway, I did some surfing and look what I've found, Hummer for AUD40 grand with your own design! http://www.rhinobuggies.com.au they are base in Gold Coast!
They aren't 100% genuine Hummer as the chasis taken from Nissan Patrol and chuck in the Hummer body into it. Process are here and here. Brilliant!







Jom beli!:) Going back to Brissie for the weekends. Kalo kaki mengizinkan mungkin join Merdeka Cup futsal too..

Hav a nice nice nice weekend!

Ebay vs Creativity

Heeeee...hari² update blog. Yela saat² tinggal dua minggu je lagi blog ni to 'Sayonara Cloncurry' asyik teringat nak balik je. Hurm..cam biasek saat saat keboringan di office, did surf ebay, nak beli ape yg patut utk blk msia ni, tak tau nak borong ape but I ended up spent 40bux on Psp 18000mAh external battery and 4gb psp memory stick. Takpe gaji masuk harini ;) .

Ebay:
Normal psp slim battery is 1200mAh will last about 5.5hrs, so 18000mAh external battery ni bley tahan 15 times more than 1200mAh which total up 82.5 hrs!!! Uiyooo puas hati so might be reasonable to get one. 4gb memory stick nowadays pon murah, so why not buy one too so that i can fit about 6-10 movies on them bley layan movies dlm on the plane back to Msia. Kalau layan movie kat laptop pon tak tentu battery bley sampai 4hrs. Hehe. So you with me now? Reasonable kan?kan?

*4gb MemoryStick & 18K mAh External Battery

Creativity:
Another gadget for psp I almost buy was psp stand which cost about 15-20bux on ebay. Why I need them is because I can sit and relax while watching the movies on the flight without cramping my hand by holding them.

*psp stand on ebay

Having a deep thought of buying them while staring at the slide paper calendar on my desk, suddenly my creativity pop up on my active brain. Jengjengjeng...how to make psp stand from slide paper calendar. Very light and flexible!

*paper slide calendar sumber ilham

Step 1:
Disassemble or togelkan the calendar into pieces. Dont be hesitated to chuck the useless calendar and the plastic holder into the bin, because what we need here are only the clips. Make sure do not ask for your boss permission , cause by doing it so probably you will get sack because of the bloody calendar. Pretty lame reason to get fired.

*bin off you go

Step 2:
As seen in the picture below, I managed to stick 2 dots of blue-tack or your officemate's used chewing gum too if you want to. Hehe. The purpose of blue-tack so that the psp will get steady in case of flight turbulence. Everyone panic but you still can enjoy your psp.

*clips and blue-tack as a base.

Final step:
Now nice and easy attach psp to the base. Taraaa!! Now you have your own zero cent psp stand and save up your penny on ebay. ;) ;) :) Enjoy!

*piece of art in the office.

*p/s: i'll miss ebay terribly once i'm back in Msia.

Another thought...Hmmm...

Hmmm..im not really on form in office today. mood ingat nak balik raye je. Mlm² nak tido pon payah. Maklum laa excite gile ni nak raya 1 day kat Msia/kelantan since the last time in 2002. Somebody has bought me kain and sampin already. Light blue with dark lampin look ok kot for me. Thanks you indeed.

Already advertised my stuff yang nak jual on Mainroads staff website. Weekend was really really bored..do a bit packing and sleeping and eating and gaming. Pelik, last time i had 3 big boxes with me when first came to Cloncurry. But now 2 small boxes only. Hmm...neway less stuff is better.

Ouh I had phone interview with Accenture in Brunei on Saturday. It went really really well. Made me thinking why I need Australian PR if I can develop my career and having stay close with my family with a good salary in Brunei? I know IT in Brunei maybe not well develop but this is the chances for me to develop them. Brunei is high potential for IT too as they have big oil company and business there, eg: Shell, Exxon mobil. Kalau dapat develop kan SAP kat dierang ni mmg masyuk aar. Then, one of the question the panel asked me on the interview was 'Why dont u choose to work in KL?'. And I honestly said I'm scared to live there as KL is too huge and have lots of sky scraper building. The panel laughed at me...cet..betul per aku cakap. Ni plak response rakan emel pejabat aku kat melbourne, "Hahaha..mmg kelate sejati lah mu nih.. tak sangka ada org camni, ingatkan dlm drama2 melayu je ade.. haha.." hamekk...dapat sepam gelak lagi kat aku...cet..

*mailbox si polan, rakan emel di pejabat. Inilah keje kami bile bosan. Cun kan?Emel pon dah jadi cam chating.

Ok move on. Ni yang aku naik seram sket ni. Last 2 weeks I stuffed my knee when was playing futsal. Then I thought sikit je ni bley baik sehari dua. But it surprised me when I cant even jog/bend pon skarang ni! waduhh takkan kong gak kot. Baru je nak planing blk msia nak operate ankle. Now knee plak...so ade tiga mende nak kene operate: knee, ankle and eye lasik. Taktau aa camne nak convince kat mak aku. Last time die cancel last minute ankle operation dgn alasan "tak baik operate mende semula jadi kat badan kite"...????..cam x relevant je bunyinyer..bukannye plastic surgery nak jadi cam david beckham pon. Hmm will try again propose all those three operations nanti balik and see how she will response.

Meantime, ni haa kalo² sape nak beli sound aku:

Three Em (3M) Plan

Tgh bosan² kat opis ni, teringat gak time zaman uni dulu, borak² ngan budak², tupak, remi, amar, haris, bijan, fariq sume ade skali kot taun 2004. Ade satu plan ni angan² nak buat trip makan² di setiap negeri di Msia. Especially makanan traditional each state. Hurmm memandangkan aku nak blk cuti for a few months ni tak buat ape² bagus gak kalo buat trip ni.

So idea/proposal:

TAJUK : Makan makan makan. (3M...fuuhh bunyi dah bes)
MASA : Bulan October/November. (lepas raya pon cun gak)
OBJEKTIF :

• Mengiratkan lagi silaturahim sesama kawan² baru dan lama.
• Mengenal makanan tradisi di setiap negeri di Malaysia sambil membesarkan perut.
• Sempena aidilfitri, bley la buat open² house di negeri masing².
• Pelajari lorat di setiap negeri.
• Membeli belah
  
• Menziarahi kawan² yang tidak dpt sertai trip di negeri mereka berada.
  
• Belajar memandu bagi sesiapa yg baru dpt lesen.
• Kepada yg masih single, bley la usha² bakal mata air di negeri yang berkenan.

TAJAAN:

• Sendirian berhad.
• Tong tong/chip in
• From majikan masing².
• FAMA. Bagi yg student
  

SYARAT PENYERTAAN:

• Umur 18 tahun ke atas, bawah 18 mesti ada surat pelepasan dari ibubapa dan pengesahan guru besar sekolah masing².
• Matang tidak dijadikan syarat utama.
• Mempunyai lesen kenderaan. Yang takde lesen bley kautem.
• Tidak liar. (risau kang ade je tibe² cabot ke negeri lain / culik anak org kampong)
• Siapa² pon boleh join.
  

PLAN:
Kerana Msia ni luas dan maybe time constraint for those bekerja, maybe kite buat trip mengikut zone je dulu or a few negeri dulu.

ZON:
1. Zon timur : Start KL-Kuantan-Ganu-Kelate-(Golok??)
2. Zon barat : Start KL-Ipoh-Penang-Kedah-Perlis-Langkawi
3. Zon selatan : Start KL-Seremban-Melaka-Johor-(Spore?)
4. Zon Borneo : Start Kuching-Kota Kinabalu-(Brunei?)

NEGERI:
1. Langkawi-Penang
2. Ganu-Kelate
3. Melaka-JB
4. KL-Selangor..( hurmm??? )

TENAGA/TUGASAN DIPERLUKAN:

1. Project Manager
2. Assistant Project Manager
3. Ketua Negeri
4. Pegawai Maklumat/perhubungan
5. Juru kamera
6. Translator (penting utk tanya org kampung kalo sesat)
7. Security officer (menjaga keselamatan rombongan)
8. First aid officer
9. Pegawai ugama (termasuk menjadi imam dan cek waktu solat)
10. Pegawai mekanic (tahu bab² kereta)
11. Treasurer (tukang collect/kira duet)

Ingin ditekan di sini, bahawa ini adalah deraf sahaja. Segala idea/cadangan/perbincangan boleh kautem. Rajin² post la di 'comment'.

4wd Trip

Awesome, fantastic, unreal, beautiful, exceeded spectacular; cant stop saying those words for the whole 4wd trip. 8 cars with 20ppl of our groups went into the bush last Saturday. Mmg asyik geleng kepala dan terharu jeer dgn pemandangan indah, cantik dan anggun..mmg indescribable aar. Even camera pon takley challenge sbb mmg cantik gileer..bukan nak exaggerate tapi betul. We head south Cloncurry like 30km dirtroad until we stopby at the 100years old rail embankment place. Asal sejarahnye railway ni tak digunakan lagi since 1915, penah digunakan sebagai pengangkutan hasil galian. So we hang around, ade yang jumpa botol², besi² buruk yang hampir 100taun lamanya. Agak cool jugak la. Aku mmg malas nak amek mende² ni buat semak je. hehehe..

*Cun??

*kelibat YMCA

*me and Dale. & *Fountain Springs

Then we head out to ghost town call Ballara. Town ni kat atas bukit, so boleh nampak view bukit bukau yang caaaanttiikk gileeerrr...mmg tertelan air liur punye aa. Apparently, those bukit penah digunakan untuk penggambaran cerita "Crocodile Dungee" mengikut Gary Baker who are expert bab² travel in Cloncurry, and he is a professional photographer and own gallery. Lepas dah agak² bosan dan lapar, we traveled lagi about 40km to Fountain Springs. Yes, aiirrrrrr!!!air terjun tapi takde pon air yg terjun sbb bukan wet season. Seronok gile dpt jumpe air, dan air ni diantara dua bukit, tu laaa yg menambahkan kecunan alam tu. Geram seh tade camera yg canggih...chill gile lepak² makan sandwich tepi kolam tu.


*unique hanging rock & *indah view


*Pete's car & *menikmati pemandangan

*tunnel



*double&triple crossing rock

Sepanjang weekend mmg sejuuukk gile, matahari panas tapi angin mak ai sejuk...nasib baik la ade bawak jaket tebal, cam gaya nak pi main snow pon ade gak. Then head north to rail tunnel and had splendid view from the top of the mountain. Bekas tapak mining lagi. Mmg cuun...on the way there we came accross a few graves tepi² jalan. Saiko siot kalo sesat malam² tibe ade kubur bersepah. hehe..And also we stopby the spot where we can find unique rock that can only be found in here and africa. They called it double crossed rock and triple crossed rock. Susah gak nak carik yang perfect. Serta ade batu yang glittering bling bling sinar sinar cunnn...sempat gak aku tapau sepam dua untuk buah tangan.


*abandon grave under the rock


*ghost town


Perjalanan 4wd takde aa mencabar sgt cam dlm TV, tapi setiap spot mmg unique dan cantik superb. Ade gak jumpe red kangaroo, wallabies, unta, lembu, kuda dan tak lupe jugak kat rakan kite, iaitu si babi. heheh.


*unta!! & *emu and the kid



*Ozi³, oink!oink!oint! & *black phyton

Malam tu we all camp at the dam, tepi sungai with red rock mountain...mmg tak puas tgk bukit tu. Cam biasek malam we did campfire, fullmoon cerah menampakkan lagi shape awan² cantik.. uiyoo sangat cantik. Mmg baring layan awan dan jiwa je aaa malam tu. Sambil² dengar lawak² aussie which I recently picked up their joke. Kalo tak derang ketawa, aku pon ketawe. We ended up on the bed at 3am. Hehehe

Sunday morning, seko² bangun muke soggy je. Buat breakfast pon slow² mamai, trip untuk ke Mary Kathleen park (ghost town yg penah pegi dulu) yg rancang utk pegi that morning pon terus cancel. We decided to go home which was a good idea because sume penat.
Kesimpulannya, Outback ni mmg lawaaa gileee...silap jangkaan sape² kate boring. Mmg besssssttt gileer cantik gileerr. Cumanya my trip ni wasnt complete because of missing somthing, and you know what it is. :)

Si Kamis dan Jumat yg membencikan...

Those two days have not been really pleasant. It was quiet as tikus on monday and tuesday, so i thought ponteng on wednesday would be fine. But ended up kedebummm all of the sudden baaanyaaakk gileee tasks piled up and they keep coming, phone was ringing, email kedussh kedushh, and ppl keep coming to my desk with high hope on me! amekkkk!dpt laa obat bekeja keras kamis dan jumat.

Honestly, I dont mind with hundreds of task but yang aku benci the distraction from them la bile tgh nak setelkan one problem...i've been using 3 pcs with 2monitors each at office with multitasks work pon x cukup rasenyer..cam kene split myself into three kot baru bley...tu blum termasuk yg call tibe ade problem from the site, aduhh kene plak travel for hours yg bosan..

Thursday morning had interview for this job to swap me from contract to permanent job...Alhamdulillah interview was fine, but susah sket nak kelentong as one of the panel tu was Peter..hahahah..I dunno somehow the end of that session they kinna sensed that i'm not interested on continue working with them. They promised me macam2 training and IT cert (Novell, CCNA, ITIL) for me that definitely will build up my career dgn laju.I think they likes me. kot.....Skarang macam termakan plak dgn janji2 manis derang tu, and now having second thought of leaving Cloncurry. Aduhh, hari² aku doa mintak petunjuk memudahkan aku buat decision..Amin..

Haa ni part buat aku sengih bile tibe² received email from somebody from exxonmobil bunyi begini:

"Salam.

Saya ni suami Cik Nab.
Kalau nok hantar resume, gunokan email address ni deh.
Berminak ko nok kejo kat offshore."

MS Mamat Sebu
EMEPMI Drilling Group Malaysia

Soo tak syak lagi sure mak aku ni yg rajin contact member die utk carikan keje aku kat Msia..but offshore???perkkkk jauh ngan segala manusia dan bangunan lagih? Isk somehow tibe² mak aku ni cam tak kasik aku duk kelantan jeer...nak gak campak aku jauh² lagi. Kelakar gak bunyi email tu, aku pon tatau camne nak reply. Nak reply in english nampak berlagak plak, dlm bahasa baku kang nampak cam skema and nerd plak..Last² aku blasah reply dlm bahasa kelantan gak. Nasib baik resume tak tulis dlm bahasa kelantan gak. Hahaha..exxonmobil pon not bad sebenarnyer kot.

PR? tu pon satu lagi..supposedly i will getting the answer this month. Been trying to catch up with my lawyer, cam biasek aa busy meeting laa..not in the office aa..emel mmg tak reply plak tu...spending thousands of bux on them pon rase hopeless je derang ni. Aziz yg dah tunggu setaun lebeh pon x dpt lagi PR...really really weird..mmg aus govt ni pon kekadang sengal gak. All the PR applications the whole states are process by Federal Govt satu je kat Adelaide. Mane tak lembab kababooonyee...it would really really great if they process it by State Govt...so each state process themselves...ni yg aku rase nak involve in Aus politic ni..hahah berangan aa ckp omputeh pon tak reti...

Neway this monday confirm kene dtg awal opis setelkan all those jobs before office hour. In the meantime, weekend ape bikin? haahaa 4wd Adventure! 8 cars are going this time..and overnite at somewhere then back on Sunday arvo. Lupekan segala tekanan, and I know I will get over it on Monday...and next week tooo the decisions has to be made whether stay or sayonara cloncurry....
have a nice weekend and enjoy a country music from Kid Rock Featuring Sheryl Crow:

Wild Donkey Race

Saje² bosan kat opis tadi skali terjumper video² from the social club. So one of the activities they went last year was Quamby Rodeo. An hour from Cloncurry metropolitan. Here are some actions from that night. Competitors have to ride wild donkey to the finishing line after had two shot of tequila in Mexican fit. Gelak sorang² aku kat opis tadi layan part derang naik donkey.

Next Destination???

Hurmm..CITEC (IT firm handle QLD States Govt) rang me this morning, told me my application unsuccessful..but tak tau aa dierang nak jage hati aku ke or true, he said they will be 2 jobs available next week or two at Rockhampton/Gladstone. Since there are top 4 applicants yg derang suka for the last time interview (which I'm one of them), they might just choose two of them...so big chance too for me...yeah feel like another harapan palsu..sobsob..dont want to put any high hope nemore...but the pay is superb thou..

On the other hand, still thinking which weekend should I take for my free trip to Brissy. Ansar is superduper busy with CA. Abu budok segamat dah cabot m'sia, hurmmm sure bosan nak mati kali ni...my contract will end 12Sept, not sure if I wanna stay here if got permenent job...might pack all my stuff now and say sayonara to Cloncurry...alaahai berat sungguh hati...but where to now? Brissy?Rocky(Rockhampton)?Gladsty?Perth?Brunei?Malaysia?..much appreciate it for any of your opinion...pls...

080808

Might wanna post something since it is nice date today..ain't nothing special today...normal except woke up in the morning and for the first time in Cloncurry I felt really fresh...

"In my hands, I have prepared 8 copies of ur resume attached with 8 passport photos, nicely sealed in 8 neat envelopes addressed to 8 different offices which im going to send tommorow on the 8th of the 8 of 2008 at 8.08am, and later that evening i intend to watch the beijing olympics opening at 8.08pm, hoping to watch it with you because im so 888888 in love with you that makes me feel really gr8!"

-Quote from the lover-

C dan A Anniversary

Tuuuuooooinnng~~~Kepam Kepam kepam! Kebuuushhhh...clap clap clap! (fireworks & applause) hehehe Hari ni lengkap lah setahun aku di Cloncurry...ceeepat giler raseenyer....survive gak aku...fuih!

Meh laa dengar cerite sket sejarah camner bley aku tercampak di bumi Curry ni...
Teringat lagi the first time I was offered the job after the phone interview. I was at Oxley house (byk siot kenangan rumah bes tu) that time. Biasek laa after grad ni susah sket nak dpt keje terus, so very excited kalo dpt interview...My first preference job wasnt to work in IT, I was graduated in IT and Sport Studies (part of sport science). My final thesis on Sport Studies was biomechanical in golf, so cam konon² ade chance aa nak keje in arena golf, moreover I've 4months experience working with Qld Baseball before...so baanyak giler sport job yg aku applied tapi satu pon tak sangkut...so as a backup aku apply laa IT (this current job ler)..takder aa semangat sgt pon nak apply cuz i was really sure ape itu IT...so satu ni jer apply but alhamdulillah terus sangkut...dan aku tak check plak job location di Cloncurry ni.

Lepas interview, pastu die kate aa i was accepted for the job...melonjak gak sukeee...but then bile part dia tanyer "So you familiar whereabout Cloncurry?", aku gamam aa kejap tak penah dgr pon tempat tu...tapi aku dgn slamber, "Yup yup...wouldnt be any problem sir"..confident jer....lepas tu dlm hepi aku google aa cari kat mane sbenarnyer...bile dah tahu....maakk aiiii kat maneee ni siot...tried search google image pon takde pon gamba2 Cloncurry ni...tak dapat aa nak bayangkan camner tempat die kan...dlm hati, berlasaahhh jer aaar...so begitu laa detiknyer...

So baru jer laa setaun aku ni keje dlm IT ni...rase cam lameeee jer...camner laa bapak aku bley tahan keje puluhan tahun...handalan betul...

Anyways, my job has been advertised for permenent, and 18th Aug ni interview...so berserah jer laa...kalo dapat ok jer la, then kalo tak dapat pon cun gak...bleh retire, beli kapaltebang 4 seats dgn rumah sebjik tepi laut layan cucu and chillout isap cerut...hahaha anyone nak join, joooom! ahah berangan cam dah jadi Bill Gates...


With the new tech nowadays, google has introduced googlemap streetview...ade 360 degrees image real cool stuf...eg. here is the main street in Cloncurry...



So maybe lepas ni pi Woolies, beli cake anniversary kecik sbijik..potong buat dinner..

:)

The best thing about the weekend:
Celik mate tengahari...pekene milo ais + cekodok pisang + layan Ezora = menggeletar leher!

Cloncurry Merry Muster!!

Jom Muster this weekend??
Anyone??

Make A Weekend Of It:
MARDI GRA - FRIDAY EVENING
RODEO - SATURDAY MORNING
RACES - SATURDAY ARVO
RODEO - SATURDAY EVENING
RODEO - SUNDAY