New kid on the blog

http://gladstonis.blogspot.com/


:) :) :)

Final day...

Currently at 6pm still in the office. Heavy heart (berat hati) to leave the office..already packing up. House inspection went well. Tonite, there will be farewell party for me at the social club house. Aiseh segan siut. Will catch up flight at 12.20pm at Mt Isa tomorrow.

* They call me tourist because I love floating around in Cloncurry with camera. Hehe

Well.. I am so glad to be dutied in Cloncurry. I will remember forever this precious first year as IT profession experience. After almost 14 months here with many challenges and problems I had encounter. I was tabah and sabar. Alhamdulillah. Thanks for all of you that always support and courage me.

So..dengan rasminya... I will end this blog.
Will see you in another chapter of my life..

*SAYONARA CLONCURRY 25.07.07 - 13.09.08*


Editor
-AZMAN MASHOR-

....THE END

Satu hari...

One more day...

• Thought wanted to stay home je today, but ended up came to the office..bosan dow duk umah...i really really love my office..bagus gak byk mende setel.
  
• Good progressive..mini shipping paperwork almost done. Will send to port on Monday then ship to Brunei on Tuesday..cool..fuh...lege sket. It is exciting and good experience about shipping² ni. Especially when have to deal with many parties. Fun!
• Mini insurance dah cancel, rego dah ready to cancel. We cool now.
  
• Cikechang!! idea came! I will take Royal Brunei Airline from KL-BRISBANE which they will stopby in Brunei with the same price. Yes! I can spend 6 -7 hours with bidadari before catching up next flight BRU-BRIS. Was planning to stay a few days but the price went up above my budget..sori bidadari...nanti ada plane sendiri ( I WILL get one) i will colek u, ok?
  
• Today is really really hot, about 36degree.. but i put a smile on my face as I will not suffer summer in Cloncurry anymore! yeha..
• Cleaning up my desk already. Sad...

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So this is my itinerary:

13Sept Sat
10.00pm: Drive from Cloncurry to Mt Isa Airport
12.30pm: Catch up flight to Brisbane.
3.30pm: Arrive in Brisbane

18Sept Thurs
5am: will drive Bne-Collonggata Airport (GoldCoast)
8am: catch up Airasia Collonggata to Kuala Lumpur
3.3opm : Arrive LCCT.
7.30pm: Buka puasa. Tapi rasenyer cam tanak puase je..tak wajib kan?kan?
9.00pm: Catch flight KL to Kota Bharu
10.30pm: Arrive in KB airport
11.00pm till late: Mesra with famili. heheh

24Sept Wed
9.30am: Depart KB airport to KLIA with MAS
11.am: Arrive KLIA
2.40pm: Depart KL to Brunei with Royal Brunei Airline (RBA)
5.15pm: Arrive Brunei.
5.30pm and onward: Bukak puasa ngan bidadari and famili, meet Jimmy and Kiki too. :) :)

25Sept Thurs
1.45am: Catch flight RBA to Brisbane. :(
10.20am: Arrive in Brisbane Airport.
2.00pm : Catch Qantas from Domestic Airport to Gladstone!
4.30pm: Arrive Gladstone.

26Sept Fri
Find house/unit. Hopefully will find them before I fly there.

29Sept Mon
Commencing with CITEC

1st Oct Wed
Raya!! in Gladstone?? perkkk... camner ah?

*perjalanan bulan september

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*tiada lagi kesengsaraan summer

*kelibat sedeh kemas desk.



*Scott (North QLD IT Manager) and Peter (My supervisor/boss/memberbaik) besoor siot dua² ni.
Could not help my self laugh while we posed like statue waiting 10sec timer from camera feel like 10minutes, until Scott said, "10 second your ass!"..haha very nice of them...definitely will miss working with them. Nice bloke.

Tonite will do cleaning and packing..spot check tomoro. Will come to office halfday and say byebye to all officemates..

Dua hari..

Two more days...makin tertekan..

• Has been confirmed start in Gladstone on 29th Sept..which is 2 days before raya...sux..dah berangan² beraya kat Kelantan. Skali amekkk beraya aa ko seko² kat Gladstone. Can't negotiate to start later than that as the trainer will only be on that week to train me.
  
• Need to take blue card test, medical cert, uniforms and induction in Brissy this Monday/Tuesday. Will ask them about the accommodation too.
  
• Need to confirm with shipping company sending bidadari's mini and stuff to Brunei on Monday/Tuesday. Paperwork almost done. Hopefully takde problem nak amek from her sis and hantar mini to port.
  
• Take tomorrow off for packing stuff, might send all the stuff straight to Gladsy instead of Brissy. Cleaning out the house.
  
• Still think of going back holidays on 18th Sept to Kelantan/KL/Brunei and coming back Brissy on 23th Sept (5 days pon jadi la)..so need to choose ONLY one among those place. Mase singkat tak mungkin bley singgah semua tempat tu. Mmg hati nak visit Brunei. Bidadari plak tak nak kasik opinion. Orang nak beli ticket dah ni kang mahal plak. Merajuk lagi ler tu. Payah nak discuss di saat² last minute ni and with emotional.
  
• Takutnyee nak start keje baru ni...takut not fit for the positions, yelaa position tinggi so more responsible and challenge. rase cam tak sedap hati jer...otak pon tgh bercelaru dgn mcm² mende. Absolutely not easy for me. Plus takde kate² semangat pon dari org tersayang.
  

Neway, played futsal for the last time in Cloncurry last nite. Kalah 10-7 this time against mining team yang sememangnya besor badak . But kids always had fun, but they sedeh after I said im leaving them. Siap merajuk tanak amek gambar same².

*My team... local Cloncurry kids.


Yang beso² tu team jahat...

Hmm...will see how it goes...tomorrow and other days...

R or U?

R or U? adakah ini Rezeki atau Ujian pada bulan Ramadan?

Di saat² tiga hari nak cabot dari Cloncurry. Tibe² dapat panggilan dari CITEC petang smalam offered me the job. The job is better pay with 3 levels up from my current level, which in government job, 1 year each level. Meaning I've skip 3 level (or 3 years) within a year experience. Alhamdulillah and so happy of it. I did well I guess. Now I have moved 1 step ahead to my career plan as posted in my blog last time. If I go on with CITEC with another year or two, I will get Senior title and be the boss to mat saleh, yeeha!

CITEC:
Is a govenment agency who take cares of ICT not only Queensland State Govenment but the Australia Govenment(Federal Govt) too. It is a huuuuge company which absolutely will shine on my resume too. And plus, CITEC look after SAP as well. SAP ni! Maybe there's a chance to break into SAP. Who knows if ada rezeki, ye tak?

*New itee stuff for me with CITEC

Location:
So where they gonna send me? To Gladstone! Where are they? along the coast about 514km from Brisbane (8-9hrs drive). Surrounded by many islands along Great Barrier Reef!

*Whereis Gladstone?



*nice...

Tapi tu aaa nampak mmg best..tapi flight ticket blk Msia dah beli, baju raya dah antar tempah, plan 3M dah launched, waduh....tak tau aaa camne...they cant hold the offer too long. They have some projects that need to 'go-live' soon. Have to decide whether my stuff need to send to Brissy or Gladstone. Waduh...macam² laa pulak.

G and A? or M and A? or B and A? (*G = Gladstone, M = Msia, B = Brunei, A = Azman):
Tu laa dia bile byk sgt choices pening kapla. Sume nye ade cons & pro nye, cume I have to choose the best not only for me , but for my career and for my future with her too.. I am bad bad bad at making decision, last nite dah start solat istikharah. Harapan dlm bulan mulia ni dpt aa petunjuk dan semua decision mesti ada hikmahnya.

M vs G vs B:
Malaysia - Will dig until get into SAP. Can get experience and qualification. Money not really good with my 1 year experince. Hati = my hati maybe struggling with kehidupan KL, hati famili mungkin hepi hampir ngan anak. but will have to come to Oz updating PR every 3 months.

Brunei - Good resume with Accenture. But they not sure what position will fit with me. Money is so-so with tax-free. Hati = my hati yes hepi dengan ngan kekasih dan byk padang golf dan duit sara yg murah, hati famili absolutely will not hepi, hati kekasih sure hepi. Again..will have to come to Oz updating PR every 3 months.

Gladstone- Good resume too with CITEC. Chances to break into SAP. Good money. Hati = hepi cuz tepi pantai with new work environment and new challenging life, hati famili hepi/proud their son doing well, hati kekasih tak hepi akan berjauhan lagi. No need to update PR, and I think I am extremely lucky got a job without having PR. Seriously after seeing my mates yang dah/tunggu PR pon susah nak dpt keje. I am just consider lucky.

Hurmm I didnt meant to be tamak or greedy but what i need is the best decision. Question is how how how? Mmg susah nak satisfiedkan semua pihak dan kehendak hati, antara cinta dan career. Pastinya ada yang muram/murka dgn pilihan yang akan dibuat.
Mungkin ini adalah suatu Rezeki dan mungkin juga Ujian dariNya.


I am scared..

tick tock tick tock...3 days to go...

Sentimental Values..

Esok..terakhir kan ku temuimu,
Teringat memori indah empat tahun kita bersama,
Beredah hujan diberlimpangan bersama di tepi jalan,
Lukaku dan juga lukamu,
Kaulah punca ku mencari rezeki siang dan malam.
Kini...kau akan dimiliki orang,
Terimaku dengan hati yang berat,
Jolie...ouh Jolie..selamat tinggal kuucapkan...

*lambang kemegahan. Jolie..2004-2008

Dah...abis chapter idup ngan Jolie...dah kene jual...takde aa mahal..tapi tak semahal sentimental value die...gagah megah sampai ke Cloncurry...sedeh..

Weekend was ok..didnt end up to the office as the contractor canceled last minute their flight. Duk umah layan Ezora sampai abis, 52Episodes all together..ending cerita yang banyak teladan.
Then petang Lawn Bowl..like always never good at it, but we won eventually cuz one of our teammate mmg handal gile..hahaha..tepat je waktu berbuka, pekene Ice Lemonade and prawn garlic pizaa..umpphhhh! bess gilee! so here are some of the actions:

*taken by nokia 6120 panorama..not bad

*Dah berbuka baru bley posing ngan awek mat saleh.........

Weekend!!!

Yes! laju sungguh dah Friday dah harini. Then weekend!! aku berjaya kene pancing oleh rakan opis for Lawn Bowl comp between department esok. Hopefully bley tahan aaa game start at 4pm, buke pose jam 5.30pm...
Pagi esok plak probably kene turun opis, tukar UPS yang berharga almost 30grand & Switch Catalyst 3560! Extra money for me too working on weekend..rezeki ramadhan kot..
Well, tak dapek aa layan Ezora cam biasek on Saturday. And cokodek + milo too..hmm..
Okies..you guys too, have a nice weekend, take it ezy!

Belajar pasang Catalyst 3560.

Teka Teki Teka Tekok..

Brapakah umur jejaka berbaju biru dan gadis berbaju hitam ini?
Tahukah anda kisah di sebalik gambar tersebut?

Classic..

*Jawapannya:
Gadis baju hitam waktu itu 16 tahun, lagi 3 bulan lepas tu masuk 17...
Jejaka baju biru pulak waktu tu 18, sbulan nak masuk 19....perkkk ngurat budak under age siot..
Inilah gambar pertama kami! Were at Rotnest Island, Perth...
Gile muke sombong aaa budak baju itam tu..jual mahal abis..haaa rambut biru tu idea die laa tuh...ingatkan cool...
luv this pic, nak tunjuk kat anak cucu betapa coolnye datuk die ni..heheheh

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. :)