The 100K renovation...

back in m'sia when we were checking out our new d'rimba, there are few units yg tgh buat heavy renovation. we managed to have a look at one of the almost complete unit. the lady kindly enough let me took some photos of their work in progress. total cost of the renovation is 100k. for me,10ok is not that worth it la unless ur money mmg berkepok2 that u dunno what to do with it or maybe ur planning to stay there like forever.


this is the dining plus kitchen. supposedly ada wall partition between the kitchen and dining. tp owner buang and instead the put a sliding door. the feature wall at the dining hall is from wallpaper.

so this is the view from inside the kitchen with the sliding door. mmg cool sgt tp bila u slides open the door, ur taking the space behind the wall yg depan sinki. mean to say kat wall tu mmg tak leh buat built in cabinet and tak leh letak barang. erk...paham ker?? tp mmg smart la concept sliding door ni

the kitchen cabinet, ok gak la. i like the colour tp sbb dah ramai sgt org guna colour cenggini so i'm already thinking of something else. the owner panjangkan lagi dapur dia...so the wet kitchen outside is just enough for him to put his washing machine.


tpt sidai baju dekat wet kitchen....cool giler....kalau tgk picture sebelum ni kat wet kitchen tak nampak bende ni. u can pusing2 this thing bagi dia turun and pusing balik naik atas....wah!! i must buy this thing. but was already thinking of buying a dryer....so to buy or not to buy a dryer?

the master bedroom...just as what as i was thinking except for the colour of the cabinet. i am so planning to change the parkir flooring into laminated flooring so that it can gave a spacious impression of the room.

nyaris i nak jatuh kat sini sbb salah step...chait

the bathroom door. cantik gilerr....sekeping RM650. the original door mmg buruk nak mampus....i am soooo gonna change into this as well.

totally makeover bathroom. tiles semua dia bukak and put a new one. dia guna darker tiles tp bathroom dia nampak even bigger. the lady said the original tiles tu jenis tebal...yg ni jenis nipis...

wahhhhhhhhh...very nice. cuma satu jer la...maintenance susah sket belah atas tuh

100k for all these...i didnt take pictures of the living room sbb tak minat sgt. the built in tv cabinet dia tak lawa sgt...lawa lagi my red apple tv cabinet. anyway, even kat living room, dining and along the corridor nak ke bedroom semua dia tukar tiles baru. something bigger and more glowy. even the other two rooms pun dia buat built in bedframe and cabinet...sbb tu mahal kot.

tgk workmanship derang mmg bagus. worker dia dua org, one chinese and one singh guy. no indonesian. me and mr evil dah discuss...kalau pikir malas mmg nak amik jer derang ni nanti. but of course we're not gonna do this kind of heavy make-over. mana nak cari duit. yg penting dapur, tukar pintu bathroom and cabinets for the main room. derang ni dah berkampung kat d'rimba since end of last year....from one unit to another unit doin renovation.

contact:
Go Seng Enterprise
No 1, Jalan 5, Desa Jaya
Kepong
52100 KL
Tel/Fax: 6276 9023

saja letak contact details, in case i lost their biz card, leh refer kat sini.

from the library....

i'm blogging from the Freehills Law Library. this is actually my fav study area because everything is so brand new. anyway, got another 1 1/2 hrs before my next class. hari ni class habis 9 mlm...DISASTER. before start class tadi i went to the student office at my school to check on some administrative issues

me: hi, this i my last semester so i just wanna check whether i have already met all the course requirements
him: you're doin?
me: MCom in HR 8404 (and i gave him my student id)
him: (gi godek2 kat pc dia) yerp....u will be graduating this semester
me: tq

well, i didnt expect him to gave that kind of answer...ingatkan something like...you've taken all the subjects according to the requirements. to mr evil.....................TOO BAD!!!!!!! hahahahah

my business caps lecture went well, we got some briefing from our client. another DISASTER....my team will be doin some problem-solving issues on IP for our client. IP = Law means BORINGGG!!!! but THANK GOD i got one Business Law team members and she's good....hong kong mari!! i mmg dah mark dia jadi team leader...ahahahha. i am still praying very hard that everything will went well for my team....huwarghhhhh. this project is actually more important to them than to me coz i already got a job back home but for them, kalau dapat that commendation letter, it will be an added advantage to their resume. as for me, of course la leh top up my final grades and most importantly for my very own self-satisfaction.

The Mac Wannabe

After coming back from Msia..i decided to get a new toy...so last tuesday after coming back from the office...search the eeepc in ebay. I was looking for the 7inch model but then i just realised..7 inch is not enuff to watch my movies...so i i think i can afford the extra 2 inch for couple hundred bucks. So after searching in ebay for couple of minute most f the retailer comes from china or hong kong...its a bit dodgy and expensive delivery...so i googled it in google obviously and found the cheapest offer in www.shoppingsquare.com.au.

So i picked the white one..coz it screams " When i grow up, i wanna be a macbook!" slogan and checked out my shopping cart... Paid it the next day via Bpay...coz i lost my sim card back in msia so i cant get the TAC from the internet banking..it was pretty easy and safe. On thursday morning, i checked the status of my order...it was changed from unpaid to paid..then 1 hr later the status changed again to prep for delivery. On late thursday, the system prompt me a consignment note issued by the courier co. I checked into their online system but it returned an error...the note does not exist..oooppss...not a very good sign....but i stayed calm till friday before i push the panic button. On friday morning...went into their online tracking again..and voila...it's in sydney and on its way to my office... I usually addressed it there coz other half dun want to be disturb during her beauty sleep. Around 3pm, the courier man walked thru the door and i jumped in joy!

So...since friday night till sunday...i've been in front of the new toy..pimping it out like there's no tomorrow...I won't go into details of the innards of the piece of machinery..google it and read their professional review...way easier and better grammar than me..but i would like to say...it's good enough for me....and here's why

1. it has SSD not the spinning HD..less capacity but shock proof
2. SD card reader builtin - i hate to pull out the sd card from the camera and plug it in the external card reader...it's a waste of time and space
3. very light - the thinkpad is 1.2kg but this one is less than 1kg..it's has gone thru serious diet
4. great community - www.eeeuser.com - i've got alot of info to install ubuntu from this site.....
5. wifi enabled...i can't imagine living without a wireless router nearby...dunno why

home videos...

finally, found the videos...taken during maimunah 1st birthday gathering. rasanyer masa ni umi pi bandung



suddenly...somebody started to cry.....



iman..as usual....


me pretending not to capture anything on camera

mama mia

where can u get to watch agent 007 singing ABBA evergreen classics and wearing elvis presley tight costume??


you can see more of his singing in the earliest part of the song but too bad they only have this on youtube.

i couldnt get any youtube vids on the closing act where he's wearing the tight costume...thank god...buruk ok!! anyway, this is a movie to watch. damn freaking hillarious movie. the whole cast sang in that movie and Agent 007 sucks big time....well maybe i exaggerate. tp dlm ramai he's the worst. he's trying too hard to sing and with those facial expression....i couldnt stop laughing. i even laugh at some sad singing scene. but listening only to the ost from youtube without the visual ok lah...not bad. i think the most outstanding performance goes to Amanda Seyfried. Meryl Streep is of course best ever actress, she is so energetic despite being 59 and she sang pretty well. she is so perfect in every role she does. so mean in devil wears prada and here she's doing the singing, dancing and a SPLIT!!!. where can u get an actress like that in m'sia?? and Colin Firth from Bridget Jones Diary...WOW!!! he can really sing!!! i lurve his rendition of our last summer. and they shoot the movie at greece...such a beautiful breathtaking scenery...i just lurve the hilly route to where the wedding took place towards the of the movie.




my all time fav song Chiquitta




and the winner takes it all



i read somewhere that she didnt do any lip-sync for this song in the movie..she actually sang it right there and there


rasa mcm nak tgk lagik jerk....tp cinema tickets here are expensive...$12. i hope they will release the dvd soon enough before i'm goin back for good end of the year. i always lurve musical movies....grease, grease 2, across the universe and oh...enchanted...i really really do enjoy watching enchanted even when mr evil dok rasa mcm nak hentak2 paler dalam cinema. i watched High school musical 1 and looking fwd to their third installation. watch the trailers at the cinema mcm best jerk. 2nd one sucks.



now shud i put that one video where kakak, bunches and angel doin the HSM dance...i think i still have it somewhere....

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11 more weeks.....

this is my last semester.....wohooooo......another 11 more weeks to go before the semester ends. supposedly i only have one subject this sem, business caps. but because i drop one subject last semester because the lecturer sucks big time...so jadi la dua subject this sem. takper lah...as if like i got lot of things to do pun. anyway, best thing is....both subjects are on monday. one is from 2 to 5 while the otherone is 6 to 9. infact, business cap yg 2 to 5 tu pun bukan every week ada lecture because it is 100% project so more on discussion from time to time. so for the rest of the week...i'll be most of the time at home (hopefully) unless i got discussion for my project. mr evil cakap semester ni boleh la prepare lunch tetiap hari...we'll see....

sambal udang dgn telur. sedap giler. i hope in future i'm able to maintain the quality of the taste

Nasi Lemak Ikan Ketol...

this is my fav nasi lemak anak bukit....so simple yet so delicious. just sambal ikan ketol ngan telor rebus sikit. no ikan bilis, kacang or even timun. in fact nasi dia pun takdak lah sedap mana...typical nasi lemak yg jual kat KL....but the sambal ikan ketol is to die for....always ask for extra sambal. ni sebungkus singgit.....sapa2 g kat alor setar tuh...especially yg kerje kat Anak Bukit tu....must try this nasi lemak...


Direction: after masjid intan safinaz, keep left utk masuk ke taman aman, then terus sikit, rasanyer masuk kanan kat 2nd simpang. kat simpang nak masuk kanan tuh ada india jual nasik lemak jugak. then terusss sampai ujung jalan...makcik tuh jual kat tingkap umah dia jer...

update: kalau time cuti sekolah ker cuti raya ker...pi la beli awal2...sbb cepat abis

australian idol 2008

this is the teaser for top 100 australian idol 2008

Al Fatihah

remember the pumpong entry where i wrote abt uncle azizudin and frens came to visit my father. exactly a week after that visit, one of of the friend, the uncle in the blue t-shirt passed away in an accident near kepala batas. the wife survived but with few injuries. its was shocking especially for my father. he called me...sobbing and telling me the bad news. he reminded me to print a few copies of their group photos before comin back to sydney. i would say the month of july is a sad month for him. first is the brother then his friend.

Al - Fatihah to ami mad and uncle

the controversial ginger tea....

last sunday before goin onboard the klia aerotrain to the satellite terminal, we had our quick early dinner at one of the restaurant at the main terminal....no...it is actually the one and only restaurant after the immigration counter at the main terminal. so had no choice, belasah jer la. so we ordered nasi lemak, fried rice, ice lemon tea and ginger tea.

mcm biasa air sampai dulu, one looks like the usual teh o ais...while the other one ntah la...not the typical ice lemon tea. so i ask the waitress which is which. masa i tanyer ginger tea dia dah confuse so dia tunjuk air yg kolor pelik tu. so we tried our drinks. one taste like teh o ais...while the other one...strange ice lemon tea taste...but ok lah. so i called the girl and said to her this one (the teh o ais) doesnt taste like ginger tea...dia dah confuse (she didnt even bother coming over to my table, dia dok tercegat kat counter so we had quite a loud conversation actually)...dia tanyer the guy yg took our order air apa kitorang order...mamat tuh pun kata la ginger tea bla bla bla....laaa bukan teh o ais ke...pehtu dia tanyer dah minum ker? of course i said yes sbb nak tau which is which. so dia dah sengih gedik2 masuk dapor. so i thot dia nak buat air baru la kan...lama tunggu takdak pe....i dah tgk2 kat pompuan gedik tu lg...mr evil dah warning jgn nak hangin2 kat sini. ok fine so i dok senyap sambil jeling2. then i cannot tahan anymore....cakap mr evil it seems like they are doin nothing....and suddenly...

mr e: excuse me, am i getting a replacement or do i have to drink this?? (mr. E yg order ginger tea)

hamikkk ko....sekali kuat dia sound....hahahahah. terus mamat yg amik order tu dtg amik teh o ais tuh and said that he's goin to replace it. minutes later the gedik girl dtg bawak the 'controversial' ginger tea...i said TERIMA KASIH....no reply.....then she came again bringing our foods....again i said TERIMA KASIH YERR...no reply. wah!! told mr evil that the gedik girl is actually quite rude....dua kali i cakap TQ dia buat tak tau jerrr. hellooo!! duit i makan situ bayar gaji u tau.

the controversial ginger tea....kat kedai mamak lagi sedap

i dunno why but i can easily naik angin with the customer service in m'sia. not all of course. paling terok many years ago kat kedai gambar alamanda...perang besar gak la...buduh budak tuh tak mo potong gambar lesen i...dia kata org JPJ boleh buat....bende kecik jer pun...but because he is being rude and pehtu dia pi potong senget benget...so apa lagi.

so anyway, somebody drop his precious toy on our way out from the rest. it is not due to carelessness but suddenly the camera strap decided to go loose and gedegushhhh!!! i was not there to witness the incident sbb i dah jalan cepat keluar rest. but THANKKKK GODDD it was not me who is holding the camera....kalau tak...mampus la kena marah seumur hidup. the camera still in good condition though....can still take beautiful pictures of me. cuma ada one spot bila nak view utk snap.......erk..paham ke...forget it

Hsdpa for everyone

Once awhile u'll be amazed on things u take for granted...always lower ur expectation and hope for the best...it happened to me 2 days ago while surfing the net with my trusty ol dopod...yes hunn...it's old...1 yr old in handphone year is a lifetime....back to my story...I noticed the network icon changed back and forth between 3G and H...I know usj are covered under 3G before I left msia but the new icon did piqued my curiosity a bit..I mean I think I know what H stands for..but for a local company...in msia? I dun think so....so I tap the H icon and lo and behold..the hsdpa network pop out..it's like the greek gods have ascended from the high heaven and blessed the network...while writing this entry I just finished the game god of war on psp..sorry for the lame metaphor and influence...there was tears of joy running thru my cheek...words just can't describe the joyous feeling..

Celcom..u pulled it thru....u stepped up and delivered..to the malaysians already knew abt this...sorry for the late news highlight...yawn...i'm just so impressed!
Hopefully they will cover my hometown in within the next 6 months...I hate using dial up to breath the air of world wide web....dear zeus...am not asking much..just a 3G would be ok....

To celcom - Always under commit and over deliver....

the return.....

we arrived yesterday morning around 7 plus plus. the immigration didnt even check my luggage. cuma scan thru jerk. tak sesia i beli kiub maggie and knorr berlambak2. should have bought even moreeee!!!! owh and suddenly there is this one big black dog buat tour kat tpt q...eiiiiiiii. thank god i tak kena sniff. mr evil dah warning awal2 jgn nak over react bile anjing datang dekat. terus i pandang tepi just to make sure that i tak notice 'his' arrival.

hmmm....tak byk la plak bila tgk gambar....tp cukup kot utk stock sampai december. bukan nak guna hari2 pun. yg penting just kiub bunjut and tomyam. yg lain tuh saja suka2 beli.

anyway, i was 2 hrs late for my first class...mmg sengaja pun. got my business caps team...hmmm....all girls which is cool...but i got none from local or even 'the sallehs'. dunno what to expect but i hope we wont be having any big issues....this is one big final project (why ever did i rejected the transfer credit for this course...care to answer mr evil???). i got two class yesterday so only came back at quarter past 8. i was expecting my fried hokkien mee from thai singha. masuk umah bau dah sedap.......nope...its not my fried hokkien me....mr evil have to cook dinner yesterday. sian dia....anyway he cooked very delicious stir fry glass noodle....with lots of veges. thats our first decent meal in sydney yesterday. thai singha tak angkat2 tepon so maybe they didnt open yesterday and taste of thai closed for two days until today. mintak2 hari ni thai singha bukak coz seriously i'm not planning to cook coz today is the spring cleaning day!!!

p/s: most of my entries for the month of july even while i am in kl were auto publish...so there's a lot of typo error and some meaningless sentence. so sorry also coz it took me quite some times to reply most of the comments....ada yg tak reply lg ni. sekian

The case with car wash....

2 hrs before my check-in for my flight..watching them wash the cars...I wonder how much they earn...is it per car or per hr...I wonder whether these dudes happy with wat they earn...any job satisfaction ? I dun see any boss yelling or screaming...that's a good sign...not stuck behind a desk...another plus...playing with water every minute...everybody loves a good shower..running around nekkid in the rain while ur 6yrs old..and ur dad gave a chase around the house...being irresponsible ...the person mentioned requested to be anonymous.

Ok I'm rambling coz I want to write an entry abt me joining the rat race...wrote quite a abit on that matter 2 days ago...saved it in draft...totally forgot to back it up when I sent the dopod to be upgraded to WM6....arghhhhhh...my thumbs hurt whenever i'm reminded by it.....that's basic IT 101

Anyways...to org perth..this is proof we washed the car...snow wash some more...polish? Yeah rite!!

new and old

When the other half conquers the laptop...I'm not getting any TLC from her or the laptop...that's huge problem I usually have since it's her laptop..so that's when I decided to get a wii..it has a browser for internet surfing..I was contented for a while..but to write an entry with it is a pain in the butt...also typing with dopod...such a small keyboard i'm getting thumb cramps....

So yesterday wifey gave an ok to get laptop....woohooo..my 1st choice is a macbook....yes morgan..I didn't get a macbook yet...the pic I showed u previously just me buying it for my officemate...I dun print money here...and after setting it up for arlene...I fell in love with the small details they had in the laptop..its an engineering marvel..when I compared the screen side by side with the thinkpad...it has more umpphh...more lively and vibrant colours...now I understand why graphic designers and photographers prefer apple than windows...or maybe the thinkpad had too much smudges..finger prints...food leftover...bacteria under the keyboard...I can grow a bacteria farm on it...anyway I decided its just too pricey and overrated...I still prefer the thinkpad over anything else...the best analogy is to describe a thinkpad like a volvo and macbook like porsche....volvo exudes prestige and safety and the latter just to show off...nuff said

So now my 2nd choice and only choice I guess is to get an eeepc...the ultra cheap and portable laptop..its been in the market for almost a year and making dell and hp looks like an idiot...they are hammering the market and the major manufacturer are trying to play catch up....they just announced the 8.9 inch screen version for aud550..and the 7inch older sibling popping up in ebay for half the price...heck i'm cheap...just to surf and do some blogging would be enuff with the small screen..not like i'm gonna write a freakin novel or do programming on it....also would be great for a travel companion and dump all my pics in there...

And yes..talking abt pictures...my dslr pic counter have rolled over to 00001 while i'm in kedah...meaning we've shot over 10,000 pictures when I got the camera back in dec. That's quite a feat but saddening coz I still think the pic I took really sucks...and I hate photoshopping pictures..its not my thing....but I truly hold wht the guy who invented light bulb commented on his failure..."I have found 1000 way not to invent a light bulb"..was it thomas edison? Too lazy to look up on wikipedia.....till then..

victoria station...

last wednesday before we had our dinner at vistoria station, usj. tell u the truth, this is our first time dining in VS. not bad....they have a long list of menu and the serving is not as large as in chillis or tgif. treat by cs...big thank you.....

the four of us (CS, SA, Evil and Cheeky) have been frens since 95 during a-levels, but at that time it was just like "aku kenal kau, kau kenal aku". then we continue our 1st year degree at BCHEM and become close. 1998 didnt do justice to any of us....we're stuck in malaysia. we had a serious discussion on which local uni to go and it is decided that the uni must have english as their medium of language......MMU......frust giler

but now....we thought.....nasib baik tak pegi UK...giler mencanak nak kena bayar!!!

War driving in Putrajaya

While waiting for the missus for her so called appointment in the parking lot...i booted up the thinkpad and surprisingly there was 2 unsecured access point....tried the 1st one which has 70% strength..failed and then tried the 2nd one only 4% signal strength..and voila..i'm in heaven...that's why i loved the thinkpad....my dopod can't even find any of the access point...i usually don't agree of unsecured APs..but my cases...kudos to Bhg Sistem Maklumat...i'm bored and needed to be online....

can i quit my govt job....

and get a new one somewhere near the pavillion...

hehehhehehe

1st time dtg pavillion so i jakun la sket.....seriously we dunno what to eat where to eat...so i consult cik puan sabrina and cik puan menteri kewangan....

something korean for him

korean style sushi....makan ni together with kimchi and spicy anchivies....sedap yg amat itu kimchi

miso soup

my udon set....this is even better than kiku zakura!!!

The jaws

Yes I know..the pic doesn't do justice..but the dslr getting heavier by the day..or I am...the dentist already asked me to slow down on meatstuff...I complained to her abt my jaw..sorta a stinging feeling when I chew meat or rubber...she said I ate too much chewy food and have traumatised the jaw muscle...soft food for the next 2 weeks...

and yesterday I had rack of lamb in victoria station and today had kambing kuzi...sorry doc, I dun have much time here..and time is not on my side..i've been on see food diet since I touched down in kl and have never stopped eating since..and this is my first time ever hurting my jaw muscle like this...never came thru my mind i'd be in this predicament...to eat or not to eat...oh well.. 2 weeks on soft foods starts next week...I can swallow the pain and soldier on till sunday....

manic tuesday....

last tuesday, i went meronggeng the whole day from morning till 1 am to be exact. from sirpunk we straight to maybank cyberjaya again to collect my flex card. done with that balik usj for awhile to put away our luggage. dalam kol 12 lebih kuar gi OU coz we got appointment with our dentist. maimunah decided to follow us...ahhahaha. so first we had our lunch at tgif...

maimunah and her ice cream brownies wuteva the name is. makan sendrik lg...but just the ice cream. and she also had uncle g's fries and roti

while both of us takes turn to see our dentist, maimunah sibok berdrawing and playing around the clinics. setahun tak jumpa dentist nak dekat 700 dia ketok i...hampeh!!!

that nite, gi collect cebol kat umah mewah dia. cebol dgn baek hati telah bersetuju mensupirkan diri dia pd malam tu. so 1st stop is uptown..arrived there around 8pm.....

we had all these kat uptown: blackpepper lambchop for cebol, mine is sotong kangkung and the rest is balitong, lala and siput buluh (pepahat) makan ramai2. mr evil had rice with all those seafoods.

nak lepak lama lagi tp uptown tp panas plak so we make a move to oldtown kopitiam kat hartamas plak....lepak situ sampai la pukul 11.30 mlm.....dah abih uptown terus balik jalan duta....and we continue gossiping up until almost 1am tepi tennis court tu....haiyorkkk.....banyak input i mlm tu. the thing is....our circle of frens...me cebol and mr evils pi mai pi mai tang tu jugak...small world

me and cik puan menteri kewangan