Hilarious Mesra Mall

Well, another weekend had just started. I left my workplace at 1600H sharp, get changed from my coverall and paid a visit to Mesra Mall, the only place of entertainment for sleepy Kerteh. I never imagined that PC Fair is coming to Kerteh. Yeah, it does, starting from 9th of December until 11th.

Typical Kerteh, do not expect big PC Fair like in KL Convention Centre. The hall is very small and only very few shops open their booth there. Nothing worth mentioning about the so-called 'PC Fair' (it is not organized by PIKOM, just borrowing the name). But somehow, I managed to make myself amused today when I went to Mesra Mall. Look at this picture below.

Everything seems normal right? Just like other banners that promote an event. But look closer.

You got what I mean? This is totally not a typo, but rather a silly mistake due to ignorance by someone with their half-baked English. It is so shameful that they got this printed and be seen by the people of Kerteh including me. I cannot stop laughing (in my heart, of course).

Then I continued walking aimlessly around the mall and entered TMC supermarket (it is actually Giant Hypermarket in disguise) and I found this.

My best guess is that this complete PC in trolley is for stock checking purpose as you can see an RJ45 jutting out from the trolley to access the database. I found this rather old-school. I remembered during my time working part time in Guardian, I can easily check the stock inventory and other information like latest promotion and price using a handheld device. It is a passive device though as we need to download the data into the device first and get the item details by just scanning the barcode of the item. As easy as that.

I think, maybe the management resorted to this old method to cut cost. And, I'm sure that those Bangladeshi workers they hired won't complain much as they see this PC-in-a-trolley think the latest technology breakthrough. Huhuhu~

Pasar Malam Kerteh

Pasar Malam or night market is nothing unusual here in Malaysia. When I move in to new place, one of the thing that I will be looking for is when and where the local pasar malam is. However, I went to pasar malam in Kerteh for the first time only after 2 months I have stayed here. Nonetheless, it is still serve its purpose like the other pasar malam around Malaysia where you can get variety of foods, fresh vegetables, fruits, seafoods and meats, and other items like kitchen utensils, not-so-cheap pirated shirts and many more.

Pasar malam in Kerteh is held every Tuesday near to the road leading to Kerteh airport near the small stadium. It started from 6 p.m. till 9 p.m. Please take note that some stalls are closing early at 8.30 p.m. so it is best if you can come at around 7.45 p.m. so you have ample time to look around the market. My first impression, the ambience is just like other pasar malam in Malaysia. The site is on a sandy field that is most likely can be like a paddy-field after the rain. Luckily last night the sky was clear and I can browse through the market without trouble.

Pasar Malam Kerteh, pardon my shaky phone camera

Basically, you can find anything that you can expect from the normal pasar malam. So, I bought my 'benchmark' food that I normally buy from pasar malam and compare it with pasar malam in Sri Iskandar, Perak (my favourite pasar malam when I was in UTP) and pasar malam Taman Sri Putra, Banting (home sweet home). The foods are yong tau fu, chicken kebab and mixture of beef and chicken satay. I also bought coconut shake, coconut juice that is blended with ice cream.

Chicken Kebab

I am not really a food critique, so I just comment whether the food is up to my 'edible' standard or not. The kebab tastes good, just like other kebab that I can find in other two places. However, the price is slightly expensive though, RM 3.00 per piece.

Beef & Chicken Satay

I would say that the food is up to my standard but not the best in terms of price and taste. The satay is not as tender as Banting satay and they do not provide the satay with cucumber and onion chunks like in Banting. The kuah kacang is just meeting with my minimum requirement so nothing to shout out about the taste. It is priced at RM 0.40 per piece, cheaper than Banting satay but slightly expensive from Sri Iskandar's.

Yong Tau Fu

Nothing to shout out about the taste, it is just meeting my requirement. It just offer sweet sour sauce only to accompany with as compared to Sri Iskandar where I have option to choose between sweet sour sauce or soup. However, it cannot still beat Banting sweet sour sauce though. The price is slightly expensive here compared to the two places.

Price comparison

Here I summarize the price comparison of each food according to their locations.

Location /Item	Kerteh	Banting	Sri Iskandar
Chicken Kebab	RM 3.00	RM 2.50	RM 2.50
Satay	RM 0.40	RM 0.50	RM 0.35
Yong Tau Fu*	RM 10.40	RM 7.50	RM 7.00

*The amount of yong tau fu is taken based on approximate amount only

I come to think of this, whenever I go, they can never beat Banting Pasar Malam in any aspect, be it the price or the taste. Ok, I admit that I got a little bit homesick right now. Worry not, I'll be returning to Banting tomorrow after work. Yahoo! :P

Introduction to Foxboro DCS Training

My early phase of my career life with Optimal is expected to be filled with a lot of training. Recently, I have attended a 1 week course on Introduction to Foxboro DCS. In layman's term, it is basically an introductory course for control system engineers and plant operators about Foxboro DCS system used in Optimal plant.

It is only an introductory course but look how thick the manual is!

We learnt about the basic architecture of Foxboro DCS network and the related software. This course was attended by 10 operators and engineers from various units in Optimal (namely Olefins, Derivatives, Butanol, Utilities and Maintenance <- that's me!).

The course participants

The trainer for this course was Mr. Tarek Kamal from Foxboro Egypt and he was very knowledgable about the DCS architecture, hardwares and softwares of Foxboro. We gained a lot of information from this introductory course.

"OAJ stands for Operator Action Journal" - Mr. Tarek Kamal of Foxboro

It really opened my mind about DCS (Distributed Control System) and Foxboro system itself. I also got to experience using the Foxboro workstations which is based on Unix operating systems. The hardware is also propriety to Sun (the developer of Unix OS) and the keyboard layout is different from usual Windows keyboard layout and I took some time to get used to it. Overall, the course was good and the goodies bag from Foxboro sweetened the course delivery. Heheheh~

The bag contains a denim Foxboro short sleeve shirt and notepad

p/s: What I love about attending training is that I can save on my lunch money. :P

Reconnected from Kerteh!

Last Tuesday I was just reconnected to the information superhighway (a.k.a The Internet) from my rented house in Kerteh. I am now subscribing TM's Streamyx 1 Mbps broadband package. So far, I am satisfied with the connection speed (according to current Malaysia's snailing slow connection standard). The package bundle is good too, for Blockbuster plan (1 Mbps with unlimited free calls to TM fixed line at RM110/month) a unit of D-Link's DSL-2640B WiFi router is provided as opposed to Riger WiFi router unit that is currently being used at my hometown in Banting. So, I just to wait for the DECT phone to be delivered and I am expecting the same Panasonic unit that is currently used in my hometown.

So, I logged on to Speedtest.net website to check on how Streamyx is performing here in Kerteh. Here are the result, I pinged several servers in nearby cities around Kerteh and I am quite impressed with the result. I hope Streamyx has really improved this time and not relying on clause "...is provided on best effort basis..." anymore. I just hope that TM can improve on the uploading speed (384 Kbps I think) so I can keep on Torrenting more effectively. :)

Server: Cyberjaya, MY

Server: Singapore, SG

Server: Songkhla Province, TH

Server: Phuket Province, TH

Server: Bandar Seri Begawan, BN

p/s: Seeding and leeching all the time!

Aging But Still Rolling Strong

My DAD's indium coloured Waja is now nearly 10 years old and had travelled around 190 000 km now. Currently I'm using this car and yeah, I am driving this car in Kerteh. Despite negative comment received from our fellow Malaysians bashing on the quality of this car, this car however is still in pristine condition (after a major accident) except replacing some aging components which are expected for this car of this age.

Yesterday, I went to our trusted workshops around Banting to replace some of the parts that need replacements. The parts include brake pads, radiator fan motor and front disc brake rotors. Since this car is used under harsh condition like frequent high speed and long haul journey, I have decided to spend a bit on good replacement parts. Instead of using the OEM brake pads, brake pads from Bendix are now sitting in the calipers. The disc rotors are also changed since the the old disc rotors have worn out by about 3 millimeters.

Bendix brake pads

Kim Ban Huat Auto workshop, Banting

Me and my dad were puzzled about the deterioration of cooling performance of the car's air condition since we just serviced it 2 month ago during the last Hari Raya Aidilfitri. We brought the car to the shop we did the servicing last time and upon inspection we found out the radiator fan motor had gone kaput. That was the cause of deteriorating cooling performance of the car and lately I noticed that the engine temperature is a bit higher from 90º C. After changing the motor, the air conditioning system regains its original cooling performance and the engine temperature drops below 90º C. Taking advantage of that, I also changed the radiator coolant at EON Service Center here in Banting.

Ready for 'surgery'

With all the servicing done, I'm hoping that this car can perform better and more reliable after this. This car had gone through a lot, from frequent Banting - Tronoh trip, she is now travelling Banting - Kerteh, and she is still rolling strong. :)

Old front disc rotor and brake pads

p/s: Currently bedding in the new brake pads with the new disc rotors

Salam Aidil Adha

I would like to wish to all of my blog readers and followers (if any) an eventful Aidil Adha this year. May all of us is blessed by Allah to understand more about sacrifices (Qurban) that we are always facing in our life. Sometimes, the saying "If you want to gain something, you have to lose something" can be true in order for us to achieve better life in the future. What is more important, we need to be grateful and work hard to improve our life.

Apart from the usual Solat Aidil Adha at the mosque (no 'melapah' session this year), I also did some shopping. I was intending to upgrade my old rig before I can bring it to Kerteh this Saturday. The shopping was done at various shops in Low Yat Plaza and here is the shopping list:

• Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 processor
• Asus P4P43TD/USB3 motherboard
• Corsair Gaming 1333 MHz DDR3 2 GB RAM modules
• Cooler Master USP 100 Casing
• Sapphire HD5770 Vapor-X 1 GB DDR5 graphic card
• Western Digital 500 GB S-ATA hard disk drive
• K-World PCI TV card
• XFX XXX Edition 650W modular power supply unit
• Altec Lansing VS4121 2.1 speaker system
• Koss Ectron E-85 850 VA uninterruptable power supply

I will post my story on assembling the parts and my findings in term of benchmarks of the newly assembled system for information-sharing in the next post. Salam Aidil Adha. :)

All components assembled

Exciting Kenyir!

**PHOTO UPLOADED

I am always looking forward to do something exciting or going to interesting place during my stay in Terengganu. This is what I like about living at new places rather than staying closer to home. Thanks to God that during the phases of my life, I was placed in different new places such as Seremban, Tronoh and now, Kerteh. One day, my colleague at Central Maintenance department asked me to join them to an all-expenses-paid trip to Kenyir during the recent Deepavali break. Without hesitation I accepted his offer right away and on Friday, November 5th, we embarked on our adventure in Kenyir Lake.

Day 1

I parked my car at my colleague’s house, Mr. Fauzi the technologist and we waited at PETRONAS Service Station in Kerteh before we were picked up by bus at around 0900H. Then, the bus make a few stops, namely at PFCe Paka and Dungun to pick up other members. Then we make another stop in Kuala Berang to stock up and we reached Pengkalan Gawi in Kenyir Lake at around 1230H. We were greeted by two boathouses, Belida 1 and Belida 3. Belida 3 is bigger than Belida 1 and team Optimal boarded Belida 1. After we split up our food rations, the engine of both boathouses roared and we started our journey to Taman Negara Pahang for the purposed fishing ‘lubuk’. The journey took about 6 hours, and the boathouses slowly moving across the lake. The view was magnificent and breathtaking. Ok, that was expected from a tourist spot like Kenyir Lake. I would like to talk about the boathouse. The boathouse can accommodate 20 persons and the sleeping quarters is located at the 1st floor (yes, it is a two-storey boat) and is equipped with basic amenities like toilet, kitchen and AV system with karaoke and Astro (I’m serious). While others are busy preparing their arsenals for fishing (I’m the only non-angler), I just filling my time getting to know my colleague better, taking pictures and napping during the journey. At dusk, we arrived at Taman Negara Pahang. We hitched the boat, wire up the electricity, cranking up the 2-stroke-engined mobile generator and we were up for some fishing. However, luck was not on our side as we were managed to catch only few lampams, baungs and small belidas. I on the other side enjoyed watching Tamil movie on Astro. The title is Venghanayagam. I enjoyed the gravity-defying actions very much and the actors too. “Deyyy!!! Venghanayagam means fear, remember that!” – captured from the subtitle. :P As the night went by, I slept in the boathouse. The temperature was just nice (too bad I didn’t have sleeping bag with me) Surprisingly, there was no mosquitoes to disturb me, only at 0400H, my colleague (name undisclosed) came and disturbed me with loud snores.

Belida 1, our boathouse in Pengkalan Gawi

The sleeping deck, luckily no mosquitoes and the temperature at night was just right!

Day 2

I woke up at 0600H, and had breakfast made by one of my colleague. It was simple but filling ‘cucur’ with coffee, nice! We had decided to change place due to our bad luck of failing to catch big fish there and we moved to Sauk waterfall hoping to get big catch there. We left Taman Negara Pahang at around 0900H to Sauk waterfall. Again, the journey was boring as the boathouse sailed slowly across the lake. I took this opportunity to take a nap. I woke up for lunch on the boat and then suddenly we heard loud cracking noise form the bottom of the boat and suddenly the boat lost its speed. Upon further inspection, the propeller and the shaft had broken and need to be replaced. Belida 3 came to the rescue and towed our poor Belida 1 while the boat driver unhitched his small speedboat and sped to the shore to find the replacement part. At around 1400H, heavy downpour with storm suddenly hit the lake. For safety measure, the towing cable is disconnected and we stopped in the middle of the lake waiting for the storm to stop. During the storm, the boatman came with the replacement part, and the repair job was done in-situ with technical help from us (remember we are the Maintenance guys).

Torrential rain and stormy weather, Belida 3 was in front of us

As the rain stopped, the repair job was done and Belida 1’s naturally-aspirated V8 Hino diesel engine (detuned from turbodiesel as the boatman find it hard to control) finally roared back to life. We arrived at Sauk waterfall late in the afternoon. We tried our luck there using casting and trolling technique apart from the normal fishing using bait. I on the other hand went on the shore and dipped myself in refreshing Sauk waterfall. That night I just filled my night eating whatever left on the boat while watching Tamil movie on Astro, again. Then, I went to sleep with damp clothes (the storm ripped off the roof and soaked my backpack). Luckily, that night was not bone-chilling and I can sleep comfortably.

Beautiful Sauk waterfall

Day 3

Sunday, my last day in Kenyir. I started my day by taking bath with my colleagues at Sauk waterfall. The icy cold water was so refreshing but unfortunately it was started to drizzled so we only had short time enjoying the bath at the waterfall. After had our breakfast (on the boat, of course), we headed back to Pengkalan Gawi. It was a short journey as Sauk waterfall is located only 8 kilometers from Pengkalan Gawi. That marked the end of our adventure in Kenyir Lake.We boarded the bus and I arrived in Kerteh at 1730H. Although we were not managed to get big catch there, but I personally really enjoy the trip as I had chance to explore the beauty and splendour of Kenyir Lake. Definitely I would come again and have a trip on boathouse but not for fishing, but to spend night there at the waterfalls. :) My personal thanks to Mr. Fauzi for inviting me to this trip and for lending me the fishing equipments of his and thanks to my Maintenance department friends for your hospitality during the trip.

The Maintenance team

p/s: Blogger finally allows me to upload the pictures

Phase Shift

Greetings to all my fellow readers!

For those who are not aware, currently I am working in Terengganu with a petrochemical plant in Kerteh. I have been staying here for more than a month (baru lagi) and still struggling to settle down and adapting myself with new environment.

To most of people, being in a new place is unfavourable but for me, I see it as an opportunity to expand my horizon and enjoy new experiences. I’ve never been in East Coast before, only few trips during holiday in my lifetime. And now, I am residing here for work.

The people are not as hostile as some of us might think, so stop stereotyping! Of course there are differences in terms of culture and the language, but if we stay humble and are ready to learn their culture, we will be accepted.

I love Terengganu for mainly for its food. I love squid and I can find it easily here. Since I am living near to the coastline, there are a lot of beautiful beaches to visit. Personally, I would come to Pantai Kemasik since it is near to my house and have beautiful scenery.

For town dwellers, you might find this place inhabitable since it is not as developed as big city like KL, but I am ok with that. Kerteh has shopping mall called Mesra Mall, near to Rantau PETRONAS. The mall is quite ‘well-equipped’, with TGV cinema if you want to watch movies, bowling alleys and shops like The Body Shops, Popular bookstores, Starbucks, Burger King and many more.

Another interesting thing that I found here is that I have not seen dogs wandering around but instead, I found hogs crossing the road at night. Mind you, the main road in Kerteh is quite busy, connecting Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu and yet you can find hogs here. So, be careful when you are driving. 

After all, I am enjoying my stay here in Terengganu and I am looking forward to explore this state and gain as much as experience for my career here. 

Tronoh Tales

Year 2005, the year I first stepped my foot on this land. Together with a number of school-leavers who aspired to pursue our dreams, we started to acclimatize ourselves with this foreign territory and get to know the people who came from different corners of world.

Seeking knowledge in this alma mater is one thing, and for sure, it had never been easy. But the real challenge is how we survived to overcome the obstacles that were laid ahead of us. The language barrier, cultural differences and many more had somehow moulded us to be resilient and not to give up easily. But yet, these shortcomings colour our life in here and opened up new perspective on how we see the world now.

The time flies, and enter year 2010. After years of hardships, failures, heart-breaks, we finally came to the end. I wish to congratulate all of us who have been able to surpass our own limit, and here we are the graduates of UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS. Happy Convocation!

p/s: Engineering futures, are we ready now?

PIPE 65

Last month I attended a 16-days induction course for new staff of this NOC I am working now. Well, as the name implies, it involves of indoctrinations and briefings about the business and operation of this NOC. It opened a new perspective on me who is just started working after completing my studies in UTP.

There was a lot of activities that promotes team-spirit, soft skills and also talks on HR matters. I am very grateful to be employed with this NOC as this company really emphasize on the development of the employees. Despite the fact that the pay is the lowest in the industry, there a lot of opportunities for the employees so that they can carve their own career development path. Furthermore, I see this as an opportunity to serve for the nation although this NOC operates like other business entity, to make profit.

I am looking forward to develop my career with this NOC while constantly eyes for new opportunities in the future.

Wake Me Up When September Starts

Anticipating eagerly for the month of September 2010 to come. Happy, relieved, thankful to the Almighty, nervous and excited are all combined. The feeling is indescribable.

So many forms need to be filled up.

So many documents need to be photocopied and verified.

Lots of places need to be visited.

What a hectic life I am enduring right now, I hope I can just sleep until somebody wakes me up when September starts.

I will prepare myself to face up new challenges ahead. :)

My PC is finally online!

Benda-benda Yang Tak Wujud di Guardian

Bermula dari hujung bulan lepas, bermulalah kerjaya aku sebagai pencacai pekerja separuh masa di Guardian Banting (kod cawangan: BTWB). Gaji yang ditawarkan taklah lumayan mana, kadar piawai untuk kerja sambilan, RM 3.50/jam. Bidang tugas aku termasuklah jadi juruwang, sapu sampah, mop lantai, layan pelanggan dan membantu dalam apa-apa hal di kedai jika diperlukan. Secara keseluruhannya, kerja di situ memang agak 'enjoy' dan santai dengan rakan sekerja serta bos yang sempoi. Kira bolehlah bekerja untuk mengisi masa lapang daripada menanam anggur di Farm Ville yang tak mendatangkan hasil tu. Kalau betul-betul jadi petani moden menanam anggur tu ada juga faedah dan pulangannya kan.

 Muka seorang pekerja yang berdedikasi

Walaupun ramai orang tahu fungsi Guardian sebagai sebuah kedai yang menjual barangan berkaitan kesihatan, kecantikan dan penjagaan diri, ada juga orang yang sengal otaknya dengan bertanya jika barang-barang yang pelik ada dijual di Guardian. Apa-apa hal pun, pelanggan sentiasa betul kan... Antara barang-barang pelik yang penah ditanya ketika aku bertugas adalah:

1. Rokok (Benson 20 batang - gile veteran hisap Benson & Hedges lagi, orang sekarang hisap Saat lah, hahaha~)
2. Pelembut fabrik (Softlan)
3. Sirih (wtf?!!)
4. Sabun basuh baju (makcik, Econsave dekat, Megah pon dekat je, kat situ ada jual)

Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa

Hari ini aku ke farmasi Hospital Daerah Banting untuk mengambil ubat ayah yang demam. Setelah mengambil nombor giliran, aku pun duduk menunggu di kerusi yang disediakan. Aku tertarik dengan 'banner' yang dipamerkan di ruang menunggu farmasi tersebut.

Kelakar sampai rasa nak pengsan~

Mungkin pihak Kementerian Kesihatan cuba menterjemahkan frasa "Integrated Drugs Dispensing System" ke Bahasa Melayu. Tetapi bunyinya kedengaran agak janggal bagi aku. Aku bukannya seorang pakar bahasa tetapi aku pasti masih ada perkataan dalam Bahasa Melayu yang boleh digunakan untuk menterjemahkan perkataan "Dispensing" itu. Menurut laman web Wordnetweb, maksud "Dispense" adalah:

• distribute: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
• grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
• administer: give or apply (medications)
  

Jadi, ternyata masih ada perkataan yang sesuai untuk menterjemahkan perkataan "Dispense" seperti perkataan pemberian atau pengedaraan. Aku tak tahu kalau perkataan "Dispense" telah dipinjam dari Bahasa Inggeris dan wujud dalam kamus dewan tetapi aku berasa selagi wujudnya istilah dalam Bahasa Melayu, kenapa kita mesti menggunakan perkataan yang dipinjam dari bahasa asing? Kalau hendak menyampaikan maklumat dalam Bahasa Inggeris, gunakan Bahasa Inggeris sepenuhnya dan begitulah sebaliknya. Jika dalam perbualan seharian mungkin tidak mengapa menggunakan bahasa rojak, tetapi untuk urusan rasmi dan penyampaian maklumat kepada orang awam, gunakanlah bahasa dan istilah yang betul. Bunyinya memang kedengaran agak janggal dan kelakar, rasa nak pengsan sahaja membacanya. Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa.

p/s: Hari ini ambil ubat dan kerja di farmasi juga~

Walaupun Menganggur Tapi Kena Pandai Cari Kerja

Berikut merupakan tentatif aktiviti harian saya di era pengangguran ini:

0600H - 0630H : Solat subuh
0630H - 1100H : Bangun tidur, kemas katil kalau mak rajin (Masa sebenar bergantung kepada keadaan)
1000H - 1200H : Rampaian aktiviti bermula dari berkebun (membajak dan menanam semula tanam-tanaman), sarapan pagi (jika ada), aktiviti bebas
1200H - 1300H : Bersiram dan bersiap-siap untuk sebarang tugasan (Masa sebenar bergantung kepada keadaan)
1300H - 1330H : Menjemput adik pulang dari sekolah (Masa sebenar loceng berbunyi mengikut hari)
1330H - 1430H : Solat zuhur, makan tengah hari dan menghantar adik ke sekolah agama
1430H - 1730H : Menonton tv, menuai hasil pertanian, menyelesaikan tugasan, aktiviti bebas, solat asar
1730H - 1800H : Menjemput adik pulang dari sekolah agama
1800H - 1900H : Menonton tv, menyambut kepulangan mak ayah dari sekolah
1900H - 2000H : Solat maghrib, bersiram (tengok mood)
2000H - 0000H : Menonton tv, aktiviti bebas, makan malam, masak kalau lapar lagi
0000H - 0200H : Mula masuk tidur (bergantung kepada tahap kebosanan)

From Level 40 Tower 1

Imagine yourself is a plant manager in the future. Your manufacturing plant is producing components for hi-fi stereo system and your plant is the only factory in the town. To produce these components, the plant is using hazardous chemical as the raw material. The plant operation is smooth sailing until an environment officer from the State Bureau pays you a visit.

He said that he received complaints from the town folks that your plant had been releasing untreated waste to the local stream and some of the children had been infected by skin disease due to the contaminated stream. The officer demanded to conduct investigation at your plant and that requires your plant to shut down for a week. Of course, you cannot afford to shut down as this situation will give effect to your production, reducing profit and thus make your boss unhappy. You asked the officer to let you conduct an internal investigation at your plant facilities like waste treatment plant, storage area and factory area to isolate the cause of the toxic waste leakage.

The officer granted you the permission and he will be contacting you again after a week. A week passed and he came and told you that the contamination still occur. The number of children infected by the skin disease is also increases. You presented him with the lab report of the sample taken from waste treatment plant and from the stream. You denied the allegation because the sample of two places is completely different in terms of chemical content and your facilities are operating at good condition without any leakage detected.

Then the environmentalists came in pressuring you to cease the plant operation or they will publish your plant 'misconduct' to the newspaper. You had explained to them that the contamination of the stream is clearly not your fault by presenting them the lab report result of the samples taken in those two places. You also warned them that you will take legal action if the newspaper continues to write unscrupulous report about the incident and tarnishing the image of your company with false accusation.

*Looking at the situation, clearly that the plant manager is in dilemma between profit and social responsibility. This is just a sneak peek of one out of many challenges that are faced by today's engineers. So, the future engineer might ponder on this and learn to be ethical whilst not compromising their main task as an engineer.

World Through My Window

Ku sangkakan panas sampai ke petang rupa-rupanya petang hujan juga. Mari tido!!!!

 Pagi - perfect untuk membasuh baju (tapi aku gunekan Daia untuk pengeringan di dalam rumah)

 Petang - hujan lebat beserta ribut petir di satu dua tempat di Tronoh [ayat laporan kajicuaca]

Penguatkuasaan Bermusim

TRONOH - Kesesakan berlaku di Kompleks Imigresen sebuah universiti di sini hari ini telah menyebabkan kenderaan beratur panjang untuk keluar dari kawasan berkenaan. Kesesakan itu dipercayai akibat penguatkuasaan bermusim agensi keselamatan universiti berkenaan yang mengeluarkan arahan untuk memeriksa ruang 'boot' setiap kenderaan yang ingin keluar dari kawasan universiti berkenaan.

Kesesakan yang berlaku di pintu utama mengundang rasa kurang senang sesetengah pihak

Operation Management

From Wikipedia:

Operations management is an area of business concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient  in terms of using as little resource as needed, and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. It is concerned with managing the process that converts inputs (in the forms of materials, labour and energy) into outputs (in the form of goods and services).

My 'date' with OM is due tomorrow at 1430H~

Hell's Weeks, The Finale

I hope this will be my last time I crack my head, amin...

18 May 2010, 0900H~1200H @ Main Hall

ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY

20 May 2010, 1430H~1730H @ Multi Purpose Hall

ELECTRICAL MACHINES II

22 May 2010, 1430H~1730H @ Main Hall

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

31 May 2010, 1430H~1730H @ Main Hall

MODERN CONTROL ENGINEERING

Take a look how three (3) exams are cramped in only one week and notice the 1 week gap between 3rd and 4th paper. Anyway, this is the war I have to face. Brave the wave! To all my fellow readers who will be sitting for final exam, good luck and let's do our best! :)

p/s: Pareto Law states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Does this mean if we put 20% of effort will yield 80% of success? I wish this law is true for all events, but not for event of final exams! '-_-

Selamat Hari Guru

Hari Guru disambut pada setiap hari yang ke-16 dalam bulan Mei sebagai tanda untuk memperingati jasa dan pengorbanan guru yang telah bersusah payah memerah keringat dalam menjalankan tugas mulia mereka mendidik anak bangsa menjadi insan yang cemerlang. Peranan mereka dalam membentuk masyarakat yang berilmu dan beradab sememangnya amat penting dalam membina sebuah tamadun. Lantas tidak hairanlah lazimnya dalam pembentangan bajet untuk setiap Rancangan Malaysia bajet untuk sektor pendidikan mendapat jumlah yang tertinggi berbanding sektor lain seperti pertahanan.

Saya secara peribadi tidak memandang guru sebagai insan yang hanya memberi tunjuk ajar sahaja, tetapi saya suka memandang mereka sebagai jurutera, jurutera masyarakat. Jika kita melihat tugas lazim seorang jurutera, jurutera bertanggungjawab dalam mereka bentuk, merancang dan menyelenggara sesebuah mesin, bangunan, jambatan dan sebagainya. Begitu jugalah dengan tugas guru. Malah ruang lingkup tugas mereka sebenarnya lebih besar dari seorang jurutera kerana subjek sasaran mereka bukanlah sebuah mesin tetapi manusia. Membentuk manusia adalah lebih sukar daripada mereka bentuk mesin kerana manusia mempunyai ragam dan emosi yang pelbagai. Maka, memang sewajarnyalah hasil titik peluh dan cetusan idea mereka mendapat penghargaan dari masyarakat.

Mengimbau kenangan Hari Guru, saya teringat tentang sambutan Hari Guru di SDAR semasa saya di Tingkatan 5. Saya telah diberi tanggungjawab di bahagian permainan sempena sambutan Hari Guru 2004. Jadi, saya dan pasukan saya (AJK Permainan, siapa-siapa yang berkenaan sila mengaku) telah merancang permainan berdasarkan kepada rancangan Explorace yang popular di TV3 itu. Permainan tersebut terdiri daripada pasukan guru dan pelajar. Antara cabaran-cabaran yang terdapat dalam permainan tersebut adalah makan sepinggan mee goreng (yeke sepinggan?) selepas berlari dari 'checkpoint' yang sebelumnya kemudian berlari (dengan perut yang penuh selepas makan mee goreng) ke kolam ikan di blok pentadbiran. Cabarannya ialah menangkap ikan tilapia merah dengan menggunakan tangan. Maka berbondong-bondonglah para peserta terjun ke dalam kolam yang airnya hijau berlumut itu. Kepada pasukan guru yang terlibat, kalau ada salah dan silap dari pihak saya dan AJK yang terbabit, saya memohon maaf. Saya harap acara itu menjadi kenangan yang indah buat semua yang terlibat. Lagipun saya tahu, cikgu-cikgu SDAR semuanya cool. Heheh~

Di kesempatan ini, saya ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Guru kepada guru-guru saya, terutamanya dua guru terhebat saya, En. Mohd. Sadli bin Abd. Hamid dan Pn. Siti Banun bt Ayob (ibu bapa saya juga seorang guru, huhuhu~), guru-guru di SK Sri Langat, Banting (terutamanya guru-guru yang mengajar di kelas 1 Orkid, 2 Orkid, 3 Orkid, 4 Cempaka, 5 Cempaka dan 6 Cempaka), guru-guru di Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak (terutamanya guru-guru yang mengajar di Sikamat: 1 Ungku Omar, 2 Ungku Omar; Sungai Gadut: 3 Ungku Omar, 4 Al-Razi, dan 5 Al-Razi) dan pensyarah-pensyarah di Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (Kejuruteraan Elektrikal & Elektronik). To all teachers, you are the best engineer in the world nonetheless, designing and maintaining good civilization throughout the world. :)

p/s: Belajar Terus Belajar, Berilmu Untuk Berjasa, Engineering Futures

Designing Destiny

I am alone in my room overlooking the damp soil of Tronoh that I am about to leave very soon. Yeah, it is drizzling right now but it is enough to give the moist and cool breeze through my window. It really gives off soothing feeling to me. Being alone like this always make me ponder about many things. Accompanied by lovely Liyana Fizi latest release, "Light Writing" and few dose of Sitti Navarro's jazz tunes, my mind start working and pondering about my destiny.

Being an engineering student, the word "design" is no stranger to me. Designing something is not as easy as it seems. Various factors need to be taken into consideration and the final design decision must be feasible and logical for implementation. I am always structure my mind to work like this and this is how I decide things although people always see me as a laid back person.

I just completed my poster evaluation as one of the requirement for my FYP (Final Year Project) completion. Alhamdulillah, everything turned out well without any glitches. And Mr. Z reassured his students with some convincing words about the evaluation result although we can easily sensed he was being sarcastic at that time or he was showing off to other students that he is the best supervisor in the world. Hehehe... Anyway, he is a good lecturer indeed and any weaknesses is acceptable as nobody is perfect, right? Alhamdulillah again, I passed the ability test as one of the requirement for securing job at PETRONAS and qualified for Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ). I hope that I have proven to them that I am the suitable future employee from the OPQ process and move on to Structured Interview (SI) afterward.

These two occurrences had actually made me ponder about my future. About how should I design my destiny. I know there is no time to waste. I should start thinking about the path that I am about to take. I have devised few feasible options to start my move. Taking all factors into account, I know this is isn't an easy task to do. There will be many variables that could hinder me from achieving my objectives. Nothing will be smooth sailing during the process. I started contacting my friends, and I had a long chat with my friend in SDAR, Mr. Kuch. We talked about the need of friends for networking and expanding our career. With prayers and encouragement from my parent and family, I hope things will be as smooth-sailing as possible. It will be not much of time left for me to start my endeavour in real world, I feel excited and anxious at the same time. Designing destiny must be achievable but it is not wrong to aim big, in fact everyone of us should aim big for our future. :)

hoh.. ko pon has been sucked into the formspring craze.. LOL. bagus2.. (takde soalan sebenarnya... saje nak congratulate ko.. uhuhuhu~)

akibat kebosanan melampau (xsuro jawab pon nk jawab gak).... hahaha~

Ask me anything

adakah anda bosan?

sangat bosan~ ade cadangan nk ilangkan bosan ke?

Ask me anything

Morning Train

Hi all, today I will be coming back to Banting by train to attend Hazmi's wedding at his house in Taman Sri Putra (dekat je dengan rumah aku tu). Before I leave, I just want to share with you my recent indulgence in jazz tunes. Here is my favourite song from Sitti Navarro. She is a Filipino singer that offers jazz and bossa nova tunes in her performance. Enjoy!

Sitti Navarro
I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love

I was alone thinking I was just fine
I wasn’t looking for anyone to be mine
I thought love was just a fabrication
A train that wouldn’t stop at my station
Home, alone, that was my consignment
Solitary confinement
So when we met I was skirting around you
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you

I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, honey
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, baby
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Didn’t know I was looking for love

Cause there you stood and I would
Oh I wonder could I say how I felt
And not be misunderstood
A thousand stars came into my system
I never knew how much I had missed them
Slap on the map of my heart you landed
I was coy but you made me candid
And now the planets circle around you
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you

I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, baby
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, baby
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Didn’t know I was looking for love

So we built from here with love the foundation
In a world of tears, one consolation
Now you’re here, there’s a full brass band
Playing in me like a wonderland
And if you left I would be two-foot small
And every tear would be a waterfall
Soundless, boundless, I surround you
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you

I just didn’t know

I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you
I didn’t know I was looking for love (I just didn’t know)
Until I found you
I didn’t know I was looking for love (Oh, I just didn’t know)
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, baby
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, baby
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you, baby

I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you
I didn’t know I was looking for love
Until I found you…