Just when I was about to face the fact...:)

Yup…the title says it all yet again…for the past few posts I realized that I have been letting out my frustration that for the first time after 4 years that I may have not be going anywhere at the end of this year caused by some unavoidable reasons and situations…not that I don’t have any plans or anything like that, but more because most of the people that I’m planning for a getaway with are either busy or lack of financial support, that requires them more time in order for plan to materialized…yup, I don’t mind waiting til next year (thinking there’s ample time for me to start saving as well ;P), but somehow I guess this year will end with just another drive along in jam-packed KL watching concerts and fireworks…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…I WAS WRONG ALRIGHT…a few days ago, I received a call from my dad’s secretary asking me for my international passport…that sure is a surprise, and that triggers my curiousity thus made me ask her the reason behind that request…Hmmmm, just like a thought at the back of my head at that time, MY DAD IS TREATING ME ON A HOLIDAY THIS MONTH!!!!...MUAHAHAHAHAHAH…WOOAAHHHHH…Finally! A retreat! And it sure fell into the right places this time around…This is something that I really need at the moment…Our destination?...Alhamdulillah it’s somewhere not that far actually…it’s gonna be BANDUNG & JAKARTA, INDONESIA!!!...2 cities in one go…BONUS!!!!...Indonesia sure is a country that is rich in cultural history, diversity and mythical mysteries…so far, the only place I’ve been to in Indonesia is BALI, and what a place it was J…but I’m not too sure what to expect in Bandung and Jakarts (short form for Jakarta that is widely used in my family :P)…I did some visual research on this two cities and they do have their own signature landmarks…

Monas Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia

Gunung Tangkuban Parahu, Bandung, Indonesia

Owh well, like every good traveler always said, the world is a book, for those who don’t travel, only reads a page…and always have your mindset open anywhere you go in order for you to be more appreciative with all the surprises and wonders that awaits you at your destination…owh well, I guess hopes and dreams do come true when you least expect it…but arrggghhhhhh, this also means packing needs to start soon too and not to mention the hours spend in the flight later L…owh well, what the heck, I’M OFF FOR A HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!!...:D

UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!...Jealousy STRIKESSSS!!!

After viewing most of my posts in this idle blog, I realized that I need to lightened up a little from the way I express my thoughts. I put myself into other people’s shoes (or in short, with an open mind) and read through my postings, it’s rather ridiculously LENGTHY and dramatically DEPRESSING!!!...owh man…well…I guess that is truly the inner feelings that I badly wanna let go…and glad I did it, coz it sure feels wayyyyy better to let it all out, eventhough it’s not through any trusted human being…I guess that’s the beauty of blogging, a medium of expression provided that you’re not dissing anybody for the sake of embarrassment or humiliation…

Anyway, back to what this post is all about, as what you can see on the title, yup, this post right now is to let go of some immense jealousy that strucked me this morning, and I’m still holding on to it until now L…2 things happened this morning in the office that caused me to keep my envious rage inside of me…I’m gonna name them J1 and J2 for easier ‘navigation’ through out the post…J1 was like, well, actually J1 has started about 2 weeks ago, when my officemate came to me and told me that he’ll be away with his family for an annual family trip/get-together to MACAU, BEIJING and HONG KONG!!!...hmmmm…I’ve been to Beijing before, but when I heard he mentioned MACAU and HONG KONG, I was paralyzed with envy and immediately replied to him with my rotten soul that portrays clearly on my sad looking face…Can you imagine how cool was that? Going overseas with the people who are dearest to you and have endless fun for days without having to worry about anything back home…I’ve experienced that once with my family 3 years ago in Brisbane, Australia…and we’ll grab any chance out there possible to go through that again, I can still vividly remembered how everything turned out and took place on a family trip like that…haaaaaaahhhhh, I know that officemate of mine will definitely facing the same joy together with his family, and by tomorrow morning at this very moment, he is already with his family touching down in MACAU…yup, and that sure does filled me up with all the jealousy needed to hold my inner rage up at him…aaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Hahahahaha…little that I know that my ‘aaarrrgggghhh’ is actually far from over…while I’m slowly digesting the fate of everyone’s luck on going on an end of the year holiday, J2 decided to show up…J2 came in a form of another officemate that somehow I realized he’s been wondering around in the office for days…as if he’s kinda Jobless…well, this guy is actually a friend to a cousin of mine back in Australia (not that I’m the one who got the job here or anything, it’s just something that I simply wanna mentioned :P )…It’s kind of a surprise to know that he’s already back here and fully employed while my cousin is still in Australia for another year…hmmmmm…anyway, while he was wondering around closely to my place, I decided to stop him with a HI and we had a small chat…as I asked him about his ‘free timeline’ for the past few days, apparently he has the answer for that…HE IS LEAVING THE COMPANY AND HIS LAST DAY IS 2 DAYS FROM NOW…yup, well, I guess there’s nothing for me to be jealous about, or at least I thought I should…he told me he’s leaving cause he wants to continue his studies in Warwick University (Malaysia Campus) and fly back to Australia to accept this job offer and become a resident there with his GF…OH MY GOD!!!...what a beautiful life that will turn out to be…yeah, for him at least…as for me, I smiled at him while little that he know that I was grinding my teeth with FULL ENVY TO THE EXTREME!!!...Arrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh…DOUBLE AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!....I WANNA GO ON A BREAK TOO BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHO TO GO WITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!...End… J

Another Confession Of A Broken Heart…Severely Broken!!!...

Rome and Paris...Haaahhhh...isn't it nice if we get to be there in one flow?...:(

I don’t know about you (whoever you are out there), somehow I realized that most of my postings here are much more driven towards the negativity of things. Yes I know that surrounding yourself with endless negativities was never healthy in the first place, let alone if you’re trying to think that you are the most unfortunate soul God has ever created…Yup, it was never good to look at yourself in such a way…but what if your life was portraying the bad side of things all this while (well, not all the time), what if you realized that indeed your life is not as flexible or friendly enough like other people do, especially with your family members?...well, I’m not here to let off some ‘under the sheets’ issues, but after what happened to me yesterday evening, I realized the truth behind the statement ‘You Are Alone In This World’…I know that the issue I’m about to lay out here might sound like a pathetic piece of trash, but hey, for me, it says something about my life at the moment…everybody has their own unique ways of finding out what life is, it comes in various treatments whether it’s a sad one or joyful one that deserves some ‘mass exposure’…so here goes…

  I bet everyone has a target on places that they want to go before they die right? Hahaha, well, I’m no exception to that either. All my life I have selected few countries that I wish to visit (at least) before I passed on. Hmmmm…let me try to list it down again...Mekah (Saudi Arabia), Dubai (UAE), Macau & Beijing (China), New York & Los Angeles (US), Tokyo, Osaka & Hokkaido (Japan), Rome (Italy), Vatican City, Paris (France), London (UK), Cairo (Egypt), Greece, …Sydney, Melbourne & Gold Coast (Australia), Amsterdam (Holland),  New Delhi (India) just to name a few…and Alhamdulillah, I’ve already visited some of the places listed above and experienced all the wonders and magical surroundings it offered…But noticed among all those countries there’s one that I purposely bold it all of a sudden, yeah, it’s ROME…I don’t know why really, but I have a different kind of fascination for ROME…I know other countries offers the same level of visual beauty and historical landmarks but ROME has its own persona in almost everything…Not too long ago I had a post telling about my cousin who’s planning to go to Italy to meet up with her ‘significant other’ and spend the rest of the duration by sight-seeing in Florence and me and another cousin of mine is planning to go there just to spice things up a little…nope, this is not a post that ‘pick up where it left off’ or a sequel or anything in particular to that post…Yesterday morning while I was reading a local newspaper, I stumbled on to this page that’s highlighting a CRAZY holiday offers from our very own Malaysia Airlines…Malaysia Airlines is our local airline system that we Malaysians are VERY PROUD OF…They won numerous awards and recognitions both local and international platform, and their service regardless if you’re a first class, business class or even economy class ticket holders will be pampered and served equally good throughout your journey…with a price of course…but that totally changed with that offer I mentioned just now…can you imagined they’re offering flight tickets to places like New York, Dubai, London, Beijing and other world-renown destinations at a price as low as RM 2400!!! And it’s a 2-way ticket okay…and to my surprise, ROME IS IN THE LIST AS WELL!!!...Driven by sheer excitement, I called up my cousin to tell her about the offer and of course she jumped on it as well…So at that moment we planned on how to pay for the tickets considering that the offer only lasted for 3 DAYS!!! That can only mean the tickets are selling like piping hot cakes for sure…so I tried to use my skill of persuasion at my dad by blessing me with his agreement on paying the tickets up front for me, in which DEFINITELY I’ll pay him back later…so I called him at his office, and knowing my dad, famous for his bad temper combined with his bold choice of words, I was nagged for almost 10 minutes before I stop it all off by asking him again is it OK or NOT OK…with some deep sigh, he agrees, with a dramatic slam of the phone…owh well, he slammed the phone alright, but he AGREED!!!...Yeeaaayyyyy…wow…that was a sheer surprise, I never know my pathetic art of persuasion is working this time…so I called my cousin again to tell her the good news and she too told me she got a green light from her parents and that evening, she planned to come over to my place with my aunt and a friend of hers for some ‘meeting’ with my relatives and we’ll finalized the entire ticket bookings from home…eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk…I guess ROME…HERE WE COME!!!...:D

  Well, at least that’s how I wish…when I reached home, my cousins and few relatives of mine are already there, but then they can’t stay for long because of other appointments that came after that…I went up and change my clothes and then I saw my dad walking towards the kitchen for dinner I suppose…I decided to ‘join’ him as well in order to get the ‘clarification’ that I need for my trip. While he was munching down his dinner, I decided to tell him my gentle reminder about what we discussed earlier…I don’t know what’s got into me at that moment but somehow I knew it’s not really appropriate to ask people anything while they are having their meal…So I got a short, simple reply from my dad telling me to let him finish his meal first of all...Okay, I guess he’s right, I shouldn’t have ask him that…so I went out from the kitchen to my living room where I was anxiously waiting with my cousins for my dad. Whenever there’s me and my cousins flocking around together, of course we happily chi-chatting about this plan of ours on how cool it would be if we really going to do it, and not to mention the amount of pictures we’re going to take…All in the name of family fun overseas…we went talking and laughing our way when I realized that the time is more than enough to let my dad finish off his dinner…so I went back to the kitchen and to my surprise my dad was no longer there…he went up to his bedroom and decided to stay in until he wants to come out again (which only God knows when)…I know my dad really well at this, this is one of the ways of telling me that he’s not on the same path as I am without having to say NO or against me…He somehow knows that I will get his message and whatever I’m planning to do at that time will be put into a complete stop!...so yeah, I guess my dad doesn’t want to help me by the end of the day…you know, in this kind of situation, it makes me realized that you can’t really depend on anybody in trying to get what you want, even your own immediate family members…I know my situation is so silly for some people knowing my dad doesn’t want to pay for my ticket in advance eventhough he knew I’m going to pay him back, and going on a holiday is not a long term investment…yes I’m so aware of that, but nevertheless, it is what I want at the moment, and shouldn’t family members suppose to be there when they are needed the most?...well, it’s not happening here on my side…and as for that cousin of mine, hahahaha, well, I told her we have options about this trip, either we take the Malaysian Airlines offer or we can stick to our initial plan of waiting until December for Kuwait Airlines (call us desparate, but getting there is what matters)…but to my surprise again, she said she’s going to book the local flight offer anyway, and told me she’s okay travelling alone considering that she has contacts once she arrived…I don’t know, I thought I’m in this plan with her, but if that is she wants to do by the end of the day, well, now I know my presence is not anyone’s importance in the first place…so yeah, I BLEW OFF my Paris & Rome plan YET AGAIN!!!...this time, the sadness is unbearable for me…I really felt crushed and I REALLY REALLY want to cry!!!...My other cousin, the one who’s going to Italy for real to meet up with her BF, she can tell that I’m not in a very good state emotionally…so she treated me with McDonald’s flurry ice-cream on our way to her place, watched ANTM season 11 & THS on The Kardashians. All that really cools me down, just to show that solitude comes when you least expect it, but it will never come at all if you don’t learn to except your own fate and destiny. She even told me to just hang in there and maybe I can still try my luck on the Kuwait Airlines ticket…you know what, maybe I should, and that definitely the inner ointment that I need to get rid of this murderous sadness.

  I slept with all that drama in my head that night. The next morning, I decided to call my cousin and let her know about my next step regarding this trip. Hahahaha. This cousin of mine is a surprise in her own right. Jut when I thought that I’ll probably be travelling alone to Paris & Rome, she told me that she had a change of mind if she wants to take the local flight offer. So she too will be sticking to the Kuwait Airlines offer in December…Alhamdulillah, something to make me release the sigh of joy…Now, there’s still hope for the trip, and pumped up about it again…let’s just hope nothing will happened as we approach the trip date and my end of the year bonus is enough to cover me for the trip…Insyaallah…J

FABULOUSITY….ARRRGGGHHHHH I MISSED IT BADLY!!!

Wooahhhhh…what a week it has been, I certainly just couldn’t imagine that we have been given the opportunity to gather up again and just reminisce about what we have been through to get to where we are today. Not that we’re top notch big shots in our own game or turf (well, not yet :P), but somehow we realized that there is some good in looking back to our past and just fantasizing the fulfilling process in getting the best of what is assigned to us…and what a journey it was…In fact, it is so special, every chance that come our way will be snatched ravishly just for the sake of getting back together and lazying around like the good old days…Brace for urself my LONGEST POST EVERRRRRRRRR SO FAR!!!

And that is exactly what we did last weekend (Deepavali weekend)…like they say, it took months of planning and executing in order for everything to be done within days, or should we say, overnight…But no matter how brief that may sound, WE HAD ONE HELLUVA BLAST!!!!...What more can you ask then a retreat from the city to a nearby seaside getaway for some casual micro reunion with all the special people in your life that you got acquainted during your student days and just stripping down your responsibilities for a while and happily appreciating the company of one another…It sure is an interesting story to tell on how we finally reached the decision in proceeding with this gathering no matter what the situation is…:P

Facebook, yup, the epidemic community website that makes everybody and everything in it looked really cool, well, one day I’m so bored with nothing to do and nothing much to spend on, so there I was at home one fine day in front of my laptop and I decided to spice up my profile a little…not by adding anymore of its crappy applications or sending flowers or drinks or snowglobes and hoping they would be kind enough to return it back to you, I decided to add more personal touches instead…DIGITAL PHOTOS!!!...yesssss, good old digital photos!!!...owh man, imagine all the things that it can bring you back just by looking at it really…it can also be some sort of a memorabilia and even act as a good introduction to people who doesn’t know who I really am and what I’ve been up to back then…and I decided to create some digital photo albums in Facebook that features a lot of what we’ve been through as a group of students having the time of our lives…And photos during our maiden trip to PD is the best choice I had at that moment…So there I was filtering and uploading the pictures all at once and decided to create a photoblog with nice captions to fit in every photos in it…It sure has an emotional toll on me, I was immediately transported back to that situation and boy it was one helluva good feeling…I’m not lying here, but I had some teary-eyed moments to most of the photos considering that we can no longer turn back the time, one of us had even moved on to marriage, and not to mention everybody’s busyness with their professional careers…But that pathetic mindset needs a DEFINITE change…we can still enjoy each other’s company, it’s just a matter of are you up for it, or you’re out from it…

Hehehe…You know what can happened once you upload numbers of nostalgic photos all in one go right? Brace yourself for some serious never ending comments that starts pouring in like madness…they are cynical cursings, emotional outburst, ticklish giggly feedbacks and not to mention simple but sweet ‘missing you’ quotes…in short, it seems I’m not the only one strucked by the priceless experience of those photos, EVERYBODY DID!!!...that was when the brilliant idea starting to take shape…We all decided to take the weekend during Deepavali (since that it falls on a Monday, which means it’s gonna be a long weekend) to set as the official date for our trip…Lucky for us, accommodation wise, I managed to get help from my aunty and she blessed us all by providing us with her own unit at The Legend Water Chalet!!!...yup, so no problem to hotel hunting for us…transportation is provided by myself and a friend of mine…Just was everything was about to fall into place, we were crushed with some bad news, a double whammy actually…2 of our friends can’t make it to the trip for some unavoidable reasons…dayymmmmm…we even tried real hard on trying to come up with solutions on how to slot them in no matter what, but like they say, it was never yours if it was never meant to be…so with some serious heavy hearts, we have to accept the fact that 2 of us will not be there for the trip, I guess it’s just gonna be 5 of us by the end of the day…Then one of our friend strucked out a suggestion stating that he’s thinking of bringing his Swedish friend along to our trip, which coincidentally he is in town on a holiday…hmmmm…there are some doubts at first considering that there might be some uneasiness among us of having an unknown foreigner tagging along in our long planned trip, but we were assured that this guy shares the same wavelength as we all are and we will not have any trouble blending in…and besides, meeting up with new people from another country can be rather interesting…

So the long awaited Sunday noon finally arrived, we gather everybody up at KL Sentral and we head on straight to PD…the journey is rather smooth considering everybody is either relaxing or went back to their hometown for the long weekend…we bought some munchies to accompany our never ending communication throughout our journey…around 1.20pm we finally reached PD in one piece…we went to the water chalet to dump our stuffs but we were told to come back at 3pm since that it is the official check in time, so we’re pretty much bluddy early…darrrrnnnnn…anyway, we decided to kill our time by having lunch at a local eatery that serves PD local seafood favourites…our Swedish friend tried his hand on Siput Sedut…yeah, something that I never fancied in my entire life, but this Swedish guy LOVES IT TO THE MAX!!!...he continues sucking away until it was half done…we all had a lovely lunch and we headed back to the hotel again to check ourselves in…That was when the amazement begin…our room is such a shocker, not only the front door lead you to the bathroom first, but the bathroom and the bedroom floors is furnished with see through glass that enables you to see the ocean below…OMG! OMG! OMG!...that was the most honest reaction ever from all of us …compared to the hotel that we rented out when we first came, this one is a total knock out!!!...Thanks to my aunty for her generosity…we switch on the air condition system, placed our stuffs and just settling down a for a while after a long journey…cam whoring session is a must when it comes to having a room as good as that…after some short nap, we decided to hit the beach right away…so all of us changed to our beach gear (shorts and t-shirts) and headed straight to the beach…

Once we’re there, we realized that some places remain unchanged, which transport us back to our student days feeling…ahhhhhh, it was a once in a lifetime sensation coming back in full blast…then we decided to go to our private mangrove island that we discovered during our first trip…that’s where we’re hit with another shocker…the pier that connects the island to the beach is closed down due to its rigid structure…ooowwwwhhhhhh maaaannnnnn…going to the mangrove is a must!!!...but lady luck is not on our side this time, even the manual route to the island is filled with sea water, so it’s rather deep for us to cross through…but you know what, rather than walking away with disappointments, we decided to give it a go anyway…we really can’t waste anymore time now that we’re here and having this ‘obstacles’ limiting us all…so we just swam our way and we reached our mangrove retreat…owh man, it’s still remains as it is after our last trip there 4 years ago…the natural formations of the mangroves and the sands that is filled with small crabs activities is truly a class on its own…so we just walk around the island appreciating our moments there for about half an hour until we decided it’s time for all of us to take a deep in the ocean…so all of us starts splashing around each other and simply letting it loose and embrace the company of another yet again…for me, it’s complete heaven in every essence of the word…That was when we realized the setting was perfect, we got beautiful sunset and we had our first group portrait for the trip, and we even start to blend in with the Swedish guy really well…it was special…really special…J

After that, we headed straight to the public baths to rinse that sand off and from there we proceed to dinner time…we went to our favourite Mutiara Seafood Restaurant for their deadly Sotong Goreng Tepung (or so we thought it was)!!!...the portion is still as big as before, but I realized there is a major difference in the flour that they used…it’s not as spicy as it used to be…and, we’re kinda crushed about it, well, certain things do change huh…but what the heck, like they say, enjoying any kind of meal with your closest buddies surely makes any meal special and unforgettable…and this on is no exception…we were all too bloated to move around anymore, so we decided to go back to our water chalet and just spend the night partying…not any kind of party by the way, it was real simple…simplicity is our concept…we just switched on the TV, played some good chillin music from the laptop, opened some munchies and tit-bits, and just lounging around with each other and had a Great laugh ALL NIGHT LONG!!!...:)…we even had some interesting heart to heart talk with one another, including the Swedish guy, which makes it like a true ice-breaking moment for all of us to bear some necessary things to one another, and we did it at the balcony of the boys room, and the setting and mood at that moment can never anymore flawless, the chilly breeze sails smoothly at the right speed, the moon was surprisingly bright enough and sound of the ocean completes the entire friendly retreat that we’re hoping for…we continued chit chatting for hours until some of us decided to catch some good programme from the TV and interesting videos loaded in YouTube ;P…After chilling for quite some time in that room, me and some friends decided to take an evening walk around the water chalets compound just to laze around since that the place is still active with people walking laughing around at that time (it’s waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy pass midnight really)…so we went out (me and my sarong) and just slowly walk our way through all the passages and pathways around the water chalets and it sure is soothing considering it’s rather private, yet it has that quite neighbourhood atmosphere where other guests would walk around the areas as well, or got cozy and comfy on their chalet’s balcony, having a good laugh in their rooms or even the ones who decided to get an early shut eye…The whole entire moment is more than just relaxing…I guess concentrating to what we want to achieve back home in the city can make you felt draggy and rather unappreciative with what life can really pamper you with, and it doesn’t have to cost you a BOMB to get it…After that, we went back to our chalet, the girls went back to theirs and we finally decided to call it a night…a really good night…or was it morning? ;P…

Owh man…you won’t believe what is the thing that managed to wake me up from my beautiful slumber…while I was slowly moving my eyelids caused by the bright sunlight that morning, I felt something is moving aggressively right beside me, I can really felt the urgency from that movement like piling up bunch of pillows, pulling the blanket from my feet and some movements like uneasy shakings until it slowly dies down…I slowly reached for my phone and it was about 9am…that’s was when I realized it was actually one of my friends WHO JUST WANTS TO GET INTO BED!!!...That Guy WAS ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP!!!...Yeah, the shine of daylight is immensely coming in and this friend of mine finally decided to get some shut eye….whooooaaaahhhhhh…crazy! madness!...well, I don’t really care considering that I know he was out and about the entire night and only now things starts to make him rather sleepy, but considering that we have to check out of there by 12pm because the room is booked by another group of guests right after us, and the management need to some time to make the room up before they come in…well, that can only mean that this friend of mine will only get 1 or 2 hours of sleep…hoho darn…Finaly around 11am, me, the girls, the Swedish guy and one of the boys is up and we all start to take our shower and start packing our stuffs up in order to get out of there before 12pm…and yeah, our 9am guy is the last to do it…once everybody is freshen up and done with their stuffs we decided to have another group portrait in the room itself as our way of ending the blastful session in that room, or in simpler terms, to say goodbye…it was that moment in which I realized that this trip is slowly heading towards the end of its time, and I start to miss it coz the highlight of dumping everyone in one place and had a ball of a time is over, it’s up to us to end it the way it should be…once we checked out, we planned to end it all in a more unconventional manner, we decided to head further south to Melaka!!!...yeah, as if PD is not enough, Melaka is our destination of the day. After abut an hour drive, we reached Melaka, Bandaraya Bersejarah…since that we reached there at lunchtime, we headed straight to this one restaurant which is believed to serve the best Asam Pedas in Melaka…yup, Asam Pedas is a favourite local delicacy here in Melaka…it’s nothing close to a curry or anything, it’s lighter, clearer, more soup like cuisine and it’s spice and tangy at the same time…but just like curry, Asam Pedas is flexible enough to be prepared with fish, chicken or even stingray!!!...And it really fascinates me to see our Swedish guy again enjoying himself with home-made local fares…this guy sure has no boundaries in taste when it come to eating…he had the stingray Asam Pedas…while the rest of us had the fish Asam Pedas and other favourites like Masak Lemak Daging Salai Cili Api, Sambal Sotong, Ulam , Perut and much more…And I guess there is some sort of relevance why the place managed to get it’s famous reputation…everything tasted REALLY GOOD!!!...with really cheap price…all that is a recipe for good long-term business…I’m not really a fan of Asam Pedas, but this place sure makes me slurping for more…:P

After that delightful lunch, we headed straight to the spot in Melaka where it is a must for you to go regardless whether you’re a tourist or you’re a local driving down to Melaka…the A’Famosa and Istana Melaka and everything around them…even the newly built Menara Taming Sari looked pretty amazing…So there we were strolling down the area…Swedish guy just can’t stop snapping away and from there we went into the Istana Melaka…it’s actually a replica made based on the original Istana Melaka, which has been burned down for mystical purpose during the old Malay Sultanate times…the place is actually a museum showcasing exhibits highlighting a lot of traditional items and issues that revolves all around the old Melaka…It was here where me and my friends played tour-guide to Swedish Guy by explaining to him what is what of what we know in the museum…After all that, I realized everybody starting to take a peek and their watches and some even has given me the ‘immense tiredness’ look…Yup, I guess the whole trip must end here!!!...But before we go, hehe, we need to get our last final group portrait again…So there was this security guard nearby who’s friendly enough to snap the photo for us, eventhough he did’t really understand on how we want the picture to be shot…but what the heck, at least we all know where we were and how special this trip has turned out to be…so we all smiled and our final group photo was snapped…

Right after that, we all looked at each other and we all knew that everything has come to an end…so we hugged each other  and wished everybody the best in whatever they do and we sure have to make this a yearly event (while we still can) and efinitely looking forward on what our next trio should be like…so everyone hopped back into their rides and we headed back straight to KL…While my friend and Swedish Guy were fast asleep, me and another friend had a small talk on how lucky we were to have these people around us and shares the same level of joy and cheerfulness of one another while we’re there…yup, trying to come up with a gang nowadays is something that is totally uncertain, coz we realized that youngsters nowadays are more keen to grow up fast without realizing the importance of friendship that does play an important role in carrying you further to your dreams…Time sure flys by so fast when you’re heading home, before we send Swedish Guy back to his backpackers lodge, we stop by KLCC to get something for him to remember us back in Sweden…I chipped in some cash and my friend bought him a nice Royal Selangor fire pendant as a best wishes gift, we gave it to him when we reached his backpackers lodge…after some emotional last words and good luck hugs, we left him there as he is boarding a flight to Vietnam the very next morning…Then I sent another friend back home and send my last friend back home as well…

And when I finally reached my place, I just unload my stuffs and head straight to my room…I just lay down on my bed and just can’t stop wondering the special moments we had during the trip…it was just what I need…a meaningful trip to a beautiful retreat…haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…until the next trip Insyaallah…J

Confessions Of A Broken Heart...

     I’m starting to gather up what has been bugging me lately that leads to all the emotional distress that I’ve been having…I don’t know whether I’ve let it out to you before but seriously for the past couple of weeks I’ve been going through a serious life evaluation, meaning I’m actually reflecting about what I’ve done, accompalishments and my future plans…and apparently, nothing bizarre or bombastic has been happening, in fact, so far I have nothing worth shouting about…all my life I’ve been living in the safe zone where I’ve never actually been out there and start something from the very scratch, I’ve always been dependable on others and being lucky most of the time…I wonder how does it feel to get your hands dirty while having that passion and the will to survive and declaring yourself a self-made entrepreneur or anything in particular…I know, I can only wonder, but we have to be physically and mentally prepared with the obstacles and challenges that’s heading our way when it comes to starting something on your own…but before that, let me clarify an issue in which it’s not that I’m not greatful or thankful with what I have and the people around me, but somehow, as a person, they say you never truly know yourself in terms of personality and capability until you throw yourself all alone into the endlessly competitive phenomenon called LIFE out there…and because of that lack of Life experience, you tend to be mono, meaning that you do grew up, you do develop your personality, interest and dreams, but somehow, it’s rather ordinary and not groundbreaking…and only God knows what will your next course of action be once the law of nature starts to hit you big time!!!...And if you realised it, these kind of people will suffer a personality disorder that will take a dramatic emotional turn to the people around them, I mean, at first you tend to have fun in your life like getting your first job, your first car and all the joys of that first steps on being independent…but what happens when you start to move on with that job of yours and starting to realise that you’re actually doing the same thing day in day out 24/7 every single year???...You starting to wonder, is this what I REALLY want???...and when you have these endless questions lingering in your head, it starts to consume a part of you that caused some insecurity and unrelevant discomfort in your personality and how you carry yourself…and when people starts realising that, they tend to build a wider gap from you in the name of respecting your issue and pretty much giving you the favor to reflect on your actions (what%@*#ingever)... But hey, it does happened, in fact, it’s happening to me now…

I’m a 26 year-old guy, turning 27 in May next year, and it won’t be long until the day when I come to realise where tomorrow I’ll be turning 30!!!...and yet STILL I have nothing concrete that I can truly declare mine, while I know a normal guy must have at least something by the time they are 30…and yet, this morning my wake up call is a loud bang at my door caused by my dad’s intensed anger at me for not waking up for Subuh prayer…I know, there are millions of others out there missed their Subuh and it happens on a daily basis, but how I look at it, these tiny mishaps is actually a reflection of what you are as a kid when your parents indeed wake you up for your Subuh prayers, I mean there’s nothing wrong or weird about it really…but I’m wondering when will this ‘ritual’ has to end where I can actually wake up for Subuh all on my own???...not only will it increased my dad’s calmness and patience, but I’ll be developing a higher level of discipline in myself…I don’t know, these are some of the things that makes me want to have a complete makeover of what I want to be in the long run…yeah, it starts with the prayer time misses, what about everything else??? Before things starts making an ugly turn, I better shake my test-tube real hard…I should drop all unnecessary things and even people out of my life, coz they surely dropped you a long time ago…I should start with the basics…start learning, analyzing, understanding and proceed with action to achieve results…but will I really make it in the end???…I don’t know, perhaps those questions should be dumped somewhere and just fill yourself up with all the encouragement and positive motivations just for the sake of moving on and trying to make it…it sure gives me one helluva goosebumps just thinking about it, but really, I think that is sooooo normal, but never take that for granted…spend on what you truly need, not what you desire…have a good financial management skills, always set a line on how much you’re spending…try to adapt to a much simpler lifestyle (eventhough you grew up the easy way) by having affordable stuffs instead of branded items…never get intimidated with what people around you are doing, but rather have fun with it and aim to do the same thing at your own expense one day…and most importantly, NEVER BE AFRAID TO ACCEPT AND DEVOUR WHO YOU REALLY ARE REGARDLESS OF YOUR FLAWS, DISADVANTAGES & WEAKNESSES!!!...that is one BIG quality you need to embrace…all your accompalishments or good deeds will be pointless if you are FAKE…and, for the sake of pleasing your soul once in a while, HAVE FUN WITH LIFE…LIFE has beautiful surprises, opportunities, and even tempting gold mines…so always be on your toes to happily jump on to any chances you get, with deep thought and consideration of course…and Insyaallah, something remarkable will be heading your way soon…just have to remind myself, “When You Have Nothing, Allah Is Up To Something”…J

Bawalah Daku Pergi...Dari Derita Ini...

Yes...the title and the picture used for this post sure sums up what's going on in my head in full totality...haiihhhh tak paham aku...or should i say, what have i done to deserve all this...i don't know...sometimes i wonder, why can't my life be much more flexible and rather 'easy' like some people do?...it's not that i'm not greatful or felt blessed with what i have today, but sometimes, as human beings, we always have a desire to do what we want to do or go whenever we dreamt of going, you know, like your wildest ravaries...eventhough they might be too demanding or it might cost a bomb, some people can still depend on somebody provided that it must be returned/paid back when the time's right...simple...yeah, people might be wondering everybody does that, but seriously, it's not happening here on my side...let's straightened out all this twisted mental glitches shall we?...

Here's the situation...a cousin of mine recently told me that she already booked a flight ticket to Italy next year in March to be with her boyfriend, who's there as we speak for some training programme (she'll only be there for 2 weeks before heading back home to Malaysia together)...after hearing that, somehow it strucked my head and wonder how much does it cost her for the flight ticket at that period of time...as for her case, since that she'll be flying with our home grown, world-class Malaysian Airlines, it cost her around 5k...owh well, it's Italy we're talking about, or any European country in that matter, not only the flight ticket cost a bomb, even the currency exchange is unpredictably crazy...so i was like okay, but then she told me that another cousin of mine is planning for a trip to Europe as well to see her friend, and since this second of mine is aware that my first cousin is going to Italy, she decides to tag along...how cool's that right?...and considering that the trip will be in March, i pretty much got plenty of time to stock up my insufficient account balance :P...so yeah, that sure sparked my hopes a little...

So the next morning i called up my second cousin in the office and had a small chat with her about this newly discussed agenda...and of course she's excited about it as well...and as a bonus, she also decide to go to Paris from Italy to meet up with her friend there, while trying to remain in a one country trip budget, for me, that's like the coolest plan ever, imagine going to Italy and Paris all in one travelling period...so without further a due she quickly surfed the net to find the best and cheapest airline ticket price out there for our destination...being a reliable person she is, she found one...Kuwait Airlines...hahaha...and she even surveyed the low-cost carriers in Europe for her trip to Paris from Italy...and she found that one too...it's around RM145...that is like serious bargain...and the best part of it all, she told me if we're going to Italy, we'll be touching down in ROME...ROME...owh hell ROME!!!...i ALWAYS wanted to go to ROME!!!...and of course that sparks a higher level of hope to me...

After all that, let's reveal the ticket pricing...after my second cousin done with her convergence calculation like adding up the ticket price together with the low cost carrier flights from Europe, food and drinks, airport tax and potential public transportation fees (accomodation is not included considering that we have contacts in those 2 countries)...altogether is RM4200...yup...it's INSANELY CHEAP considering that we'll be going off to 2 different countries!!!...owwwhhhhh this sure is the trip for me...and since that we did all this online, we need to book the ticket fast.......here's where the twist of events happened......i asked her like how fast when she meant by 'fast', she said it's better to book the tickets like THAT INSTANT and prepare the money latest a month from now...WHAT???...scooping out RM4k+ in a months time???...whhooahhhh...that's just impossible for me...that trip will be in March for God's sake...can it be slightly later than that?, than my cousin told me that it's best to book now in order to avoid any flight price increment...yup, she has a point...and at that moment...i realised...i don't wanna be the pain in other people's ass...so i decided...i have to pull out from this trip...getting that kind of money so soon it's just not happening for me...i wa shoping maybe i can do the payment by end of December (considering that most probably i'll be getting some bonuses by that time)...but flight tickets are hot stuffs and very unpredictable in terms of price...i guess by December there will be an increase in that flight ticket...as i took a sigh at myself, i told my cousin that i'm not going...after all that hopes and wildest imagination, the final verdict is that...it sure is frustrating...i feel like getting out of here backpacking and just go somewhere unclear and just stayed and wept for myself...hmmmmmm, now i know this late bloomer has never been so lucky either when it comes to things like this...it's painful but i think it's the best step for me to realise it now rather than knowing it later or closer to the trip date right?...so here i am, one again, lefted out from a trip that i truly looking forward to...:((

p/s: Somehow, being a noble lil soul she is, my first cousin (the one who's off to Italy to see her BF) told me that maybe it's not too late just yet, she told me to tell my second cousin to book her tickets soon if she has to, as for me, i just need to find out the ticket pricing again in December...yup there will be some increased pricing, but she told me it won't be so severe, considering that December is still months ahead of the actual trip date...hmmmmm...i don't know, i had enough of installing false hopes to myself...but i guess you'll never know until you try right?...we'll see...:)

Haaahhhh...My Retreat is Coming!!!...

Huhuuuhu...before u knew it, we are already approaching the end of the year VERY SOON...yerlah, as i'm typing this post pon dah masok 20 haribulan Oktober 2008 dah...rase mcm minggu lepas je i got back from Seoul, Korea and had a simple but memorable New Year outing with my sis and my nieces...and in 2 months time i might be planning the same thing again :P...huuuhhh time sure flies swiftly, and it's rather scary too, tp nak buat camner kan, dah zahirnya waktu tu berlalu begitu, kita sebagai hamba Allah ni make full use of the time given je lah kan...

And yes, not forgetting, blom pon habis lagi menunaikan undangan open house rakan2 skrg ni almost everywhere in KL (including my aunty pon akan buat this coming saturday), Deepavali pulak bakal menjelma lagi...Yes, the festival of lights is coming and it sure is a very joyous occasion for our homeland Hindus...kebiasaannya lah kan when it comes to Deepavali, my and my family mmg WITHOUT FAIL akan pergi melawat out Indian neighbours, especially this one Indian family yg dok belakang rumah kitorang...we have been close neighbours for AGES, more that 40 year dah rasenyer, dah jadi mcm family friend dah...we even know each other's immediate and extended families, so that sums up our closeness lah kan...Setiap kali Deepavali, kitorang sekeluarga akan pergi rumah dia (dier mmg akan jemput the night before) and dier akan prepare dier nyer specialty dishes which coincidentally MMG OUR FAVOURITE pon kalau ke rumah dier...antaranya ialah dier nyer Beriyani, Chicken Curry dier, sayur campur dier and MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE...Bihun Putih!!!...OMG, bende ni mmg is a must kalau aku bertandang rumah neighbour aku ni...simple je rupenyer...it's actually Putu Mayam yg digoreng dgn bawang merah, garlic, cili kering dan sprinkle with carojan seeds...tp rasenyer, ouukkkhhhhh (tone Kak Pah), mmg terangkat...camnerlah neighbour aku tu buat pon aku tak tau...and the best part, neighbour aku ni hati dier punyerlah noble, if one of us can't make it to his place on that day, he'll make sure yg dier akan bungkuskan all the food yg dier dah prepared for us soh bawak balik, so that anyone of us yg tak dpt dtg tu dptlah merasa ape dier masak...and yes, mmg kitorang dah terbiasa buat camtuh...harmoni sgt...:)

And nampak gayanyer this year nyer Deepavali kenelah aku mintak kakak2 ku bungkuskan untuk i...waana know why???...beacuse on Deepavali itself tu aku dan my close MMU mates akan makan2 angin ke PORT DICKSON...yeayyyyy...well, some might say 'apalah ade kat PD tu? Pantai x cantik sgt..."...owh no no, this has nothing to do with finding the most breathtaking beaches for our eyes to savour, this trip is about being together again in PD since our student days...yup, kitorang pernah dtg PD ni buat one of our final projects back during our MMU days...Ingat lagi waktu tu i bawak my van and al 6 or 7 of us stuffed ourselves into the van and nk budget nyer pasal, kitorang sewa bilik kat the well-known HOTEL SELAT...yessss...this hotel is so well known not because the 5 star ke ape, tp sbb dier adelah budget hotel yg nampak VERY RUNDOWN and DODGY Habisssss...ade yg cakap mlm2 boleh dpt byk 'value added services' kat hotel tu...hahahaha...tak kesahlah, by the end of the day, dier still provide the essentials like big katil, sabun, TV and even air-cond...anyway, back to PD, and u know what, i'm not sure whether it is sheer luck, but we did managed to find some unique and breathtaking spots in PD...Teluk Kemang tu for instance, if we walk sket dari dier nyer main beach tu, kita boleh jumpa an island of mangroves naturally positioned and patterned...mmg cantik...and other parts of the beach where kita boleh tgk nice rock formations and at certain times of the day where the sea water is just nice (time air mcm dah nk surut sket tu) boleh feeling mcm oasis tau sebenarnyer...well, of course lah dier x secantik Redang or Tioman or Kapas and all, tp for those nk lepak tepi laut without having to pergi jauh2, PD is the place to go...besides, we like to add some extras of course, since that kitorang planning nak semalaman kat sana, kitorang decide nk masok Seremban sekali, round2 situ tgk Seri Menanti ke, Kota Lukut ke, Makam Raja Melewar ke ape kan???....Bila lagi nk jadi tourist di negara sendiri with your closest mates kan???...that's why i'm really looking forward for this trip Insyaallah...

Okaylah, nk confirmed kan certain things about this trip, and also nk wish HAPPY DEEPAVALI to all my Hindu mates!!!...:)

UURRGGGHHHHHHH…I REALLY HATE THIS!!!...LOTS OF IT!!!...:(

     Yup…it’s that time again…it really happens again…I wonder what have I done wrong this time around…and this time, I think it’s entirely not fair for me to feel this way during the festive month of Aidil Fitri…C’mon, it’s the time of togetherness, forgiveness, and constant happiness that should be taking place in my life right now…but NOOOO…here I am again, with my inner uncertainty, uneasiness, and lastly, unhappy…the tormented soul in me is consuming from the inside yet again, and this time, it is rather in full force…YA ALLAH…why do I have to face this soooooo unrelevant inner battle yet again, why can’t I just accept the true nature that has been intended to stay as it is rather than being pissed or dramatically traumatized just because things doesn’t go my way?…I’m telling you, I HATE IT…It’s just not right for me to feel this way about the things and people around me just because things doesn’t go my way…when will that day come where I can totally absorb all the intended destiny that has been laid out before all of us knowing it and be cool about it?...I mean, why do I need to constantly reminding myself about this when other people took it as common sense?...It seems to become like a never ending affair for me…and the worst part is, this thing is so private with a very high level of exclusivity, I can’t simply letting it go to anyone, not even to my family or my soulmates…yeahhh, it is that sad…and yes, this feeling has been so long fermented that it has transformed beyond than just an emotional poison…I’m starting to somehow developed a dual personality that is sooooo obvious, I realized that even outsiders (like my cousin’s friends or long distant relatives) can sense that unstable nature that is starting to reveal itself on me…

Well, at least Jean Grey's inner Phoenix comes with cool firey blasts

     Yeahhhh, you know those gestures they tend to speak less to you, or trying to lessened the time to hang out by coming out with excuses that you can’t top it up with, or even they would give a heads on reaction like giving you the ‘look’ when things starting to get a bit curious and so on…I’m getting that a LOT nowadays thanks to this disorder of mine…now this is the real TISSUES & ISSUES in its purest form…and the side effects of all this? I’m deteriorating my own confidence, I’ll be timid as hell, and instead of going through it like a champ, I decided to lock myself anywhere possible and shutting up any kind of contacts or events that would usually be my sole option for solitude…owh boy, and I am doing just that even as I’m typing this entry, I’m in the office right now by the way, and yeah I’m ignoring EVERYONE, even my BOSSES received the same treatment from me today!...I’m starting to have this visual images in my head that emphasis a lot on the negativity on things, and sometimes, even picturing the downfall of other people just so that I can act as if I’m the only the shoulder to cry on so that I CAN BE THE ATTENTION INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR ONE…ooowwwhhhhhh I feel like crying right now…why can’t I just be cool about my own destiny???...WHY CAN”T I JUST BE COOL ABOUT MY OWN DESTINY!!!??? (Screaming)…I know I’m a late bloomer by nature, but I can’t stay that way forever right? You know what, I think know what needs to be done…and that is a huge inner make over…yeah, that’s it! (as if I never felt this way before)…but I guess maybe this is a sign for me to proceed with what I have intended in my head all this while…hmmmmm, maybe this isolation that I have created can be the starting point that I need to go through with what I need to do to kick-off this one plan of mine…yup, I guess I should start somewhere…I already have all the essentials that I need to run through…maybe I should start today! :)

WOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I JUST HAD THE BEST AIDIL FITRI EVAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

AAARRGGGHHH!!!...MALAS NAK KEJE SEBAB NEXT WEEK DAH RAYA!!!

Yup…itulah sebenar2 nya keadaan aku sekarang ni…not that I’m not appreciating the Holy month of Ramadhan, cuma ntahlah, this year kan, bahang Aidil Fitri tu macam kuat giler no matter where I go…not to mention yg lagu raya this year memang rancak diputarkan kat radio regardles whether the new ones or the classic ones…kat shopping complex pon this year deco raya diorang mmg ambitious giler…terasa kemeriahannya…and I really like it a lot!!!...somehow the level of appreciation among our people in celebrating festivities as one dah menampakkan perkembangan yang semakin sihat…even kat ofis aku yg 98% Cina ni pon dah nampak progress in terms of deco and also the anticipation of the raya holidays…

As for preparation this year, well, I must say aku agak simple dan bersederhana aje…berapa pasang baju raya aku this year…DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!....dum dum pishhhhhhhhhh….satu pasang je…yup, what matters to me now is making sure the essentials aku kene ade, and that is Baju Melayu siap ngan Sampin dan Songkok dan Selipar/Capal/Kasut

Warna apelah Baju Melayu aku this year ekk???...hehehehe

Tu nntlah aku decide…coz this year I’m thinking of giving more to my family…I’m gonna make sure yang my parents, baby siblings, nephews and nieces, kazen aku sorang dan selected relatives akan dpt lebih sket this year (Insyaallah I’ll make that happen)...Itu je aim aku this year…about what I want, well, I have ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD to get it…besides, byk plan mega aku yg Insyaallah akan aku  proceed soon enough…untuk masa depan aku gak kan…kita tgklah camner, harap2 dptlah di kick-off kan soon…

When was the last time aku dpt duit raya ekk???...:P

Okaylah…I guess I have to start occupying myself with something to do so the time will travel faster that the pace it is right now…til then, kalau x sempat update after this, juz wanna wish SELAMAT HARI RAYA, MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN (kalau ade :P)… 

HAAAAAAA...kan aku dah cakap!!!!...diorang ni mmg tak SERIK2!!!!...

AMERIKA PERGUNA ANWAR

" PUTRAJAYA 19 Sept. – Wisma Putra memperoleh maklumat bahawa ada pihak tertentu dari Amerika Syarikat (AS) mempergunakan Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk memperkotak-katikkan dan menghuru-harakan Malaysia.

Menteri Luar, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim berkata, pihaknya dimaklumkan ada rancangan daripada pihak tertentu di AS untuk memastikan Anwar menjadi pemimpin hadapan bagi memudahkan kepentingan negara itu ‘masuk’ ke Malaysia.

Dalam satu strategi penjelasan untuk menangkis tohmahan pihak asing yang menyokong Anwar, Rais berkata, Wisma Putra akan menganjurkan satu seminar yang disertai duta-duta Malaysia yang bertugas di AS, Eropah dan Amerika Selatan di Washington pada 23 September ini.

“Apa sebabnya pihak tertentu di AS begitu taksub nak masuk ke negara ini, bukan kerana sayangkan Anwar, tetapi hendak melihat Malaysia gagal dalam banyak hal.

“Mereka (AS) tak sentuh Thailand, (politik) negara itu lagi teruk (berbanding Malaysia), tapi mereka lebih cenderung kepada Anwar supaya menjadi orang suruhan ketuanya (AS). Dari sudut itu, kita (duta-duta Malaysia) kena tangkis,” kata beliau kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Rais akan berlepas ke New York esok untuk mengiringi Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang akan berada di sana dari 27 September hingga 1 Oktober untuk menghadiri Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNGA).

Rais berkata, seminar yang akan dipengerusinya itu nanti akan menyediakan duta-duta berkenaan fakta lengkap mengenai sistem perundangan dan kedudukan ekonomi Malaysia termasuk penjelasan tentang Bajet 2009.

“Pihak tertentu di AS ‘kenakan’ kita dan kita harus berkebolehan mengetahui fakta-fakta terbaru tentang perundangan, ekonomi serta soal-soal politik tanah air,” ujar beliau.

Rais menambah: “Fakta-fakta itu kita sediakan kerana kita tidak mahu duta-duta Malaysia membuat penjelasan melulu.”

Beliau juga berkata, keyakinan tinggi Anwar menguar-uarkan pembentukan ‘kerajaan baru’ sejak beberapa bulan lalu mencetuskan keraguan di kalangan banyak pihak tentang siapa di belakang Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh itu.

Walaupun akhirnya terbukti apa yang dirancang tidak menjadi kenyataan pada 16 September lalu, namun Anwar masih terus mencanangkan impiannya itu dengan menuntut satu sidang khas Parlimen diadakan pada 23 September ini.

Alasan yang diberikan oleh Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) untuk meminta sidang khas itu diadakan adalah bagi membolehkan usul undi tidak percaya dikemukakan terhadap Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Bagaimanapun Abdullah tidak melayan permintaan itu. " - Utusan Malaysia, Sabtu, 20 September 2008.

Owh WAIT WAIT!!!...Blom habis lagi...akibat perbuatan our saviour ni...kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia ni bakal menghadapi masalah rangkaian kehiduoan seperti di bawah pula...

RAKYAT TANGGUNG BEBAN PERBUATAN ANWAR

" KUALA LUMPUR 19 Sept. – Ketaksuban Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri membawa kesan negatif kepada ekonomi negara dan boleh mengakibatkan rakyat menderita.

Bendahari UMNO, Datuk Abdul Azim Mohamed Zabidi (gambar) berkata, kesannya sudah dirasai apabila pasaran saham Bursa Malaysia jatuh melebihi jangkaan setelah tidak lagi mampu menarik pelaburan portfolio asing (FPI).

Katanya, impak negatif itu akan menjadi lebih ketara dalam tempoh dua atau tiga bulan lagi apabila FPI semakin berkurangan dan tiada pelaburan baru.

Syarikat multinasional pula, jelas beliau, bersikap berhati-hati dalam memutuskan untuk mengembangkan perniagaan mereka di negara ini atau di Vietnam dan Indonesia.

Beliau yang juga Pengerusi Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) berkata, paling menyedihkan ialah penarafan negara ini direndahkan menjadi setara dengan keadaan di negara jiran, Thailand.

‘‘Penarafan negara kita telah diturunkan kerana syarikat penarafan antarabangsa melihat keadaan politik negara kita tidak stabil.

‘‘Apabila penarafan ini diturunkan, jika negara mahu membuat pinjaman luar maka kadar faedah yang akan dikenakan adalah lebih tinggi,’’ katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Abdul Azim berkata, apabila negara dikenakan kadar faedah lebih tinggi maka kos tambahan perlu dibayar oleh rakyat.

Beliau memberi contoh, jika negara meminjam untuk membina lebuh raya dan dikenakan faedah tinggi, maka bayaran tol yang ditanggung oleh pengguna lebuh raya itu adalah lebih mahal.

‘‘Begitu juga dengan penurunan pasaran saham. Syarikat tidak akan mempunyai wang lebih untuk diberikan kepada pekerja sebagai bonus.

‘‘Jika pekerja tidak menerima bonus, kuranglah perbelanjaan mereka. Apabila perbelanjaan kurang, perniagaan tidak berkembang. Ini menimbulkan reaksi berangkai yang negatif,’’ ujarnya.

Katanya, namun, isu tol naik dan ekonomi lembap itu akan menjadi alasan kepada Anwar untuk menyalahkan kerajaan sedangkan punca sebenar ialah diri beliau sendiri.

Abdul Azim tidak menafikan ada faktor lain yang menyebabkan pasaran saham negara jatuh tetapi katanya, ia diburukkan oleh tindakan Anwar.

Katanya, apabila tindakan Anwar dilaporkan pula oleh media asing, ia menggambarkan seolah-olah suasana negara ini sudah kucar-kacir." - Utusan Malaysia, Sabtu, 20 September 2008.

Kesimpulannya sekarang ni...hmmmmm...i think i don't need any elaboration on this one...masing2 ade otak...pikirlah sendiri...:)