Monday, October 3, 2011

When September Ends....

hi..salam



Few updates of my life. Kerja sekarang alhamdulillah dah getting better and okay. I'm pretty much proud the progress i got so far in my career. Never once i imagined myself doing programming before for a career. I always imagined myself doing IT support rather than programming. I was pretty much a grade A student when it comes to programming language. Tapi bila berdepan dengan projek that i need to develop using the methodologies i have learnt in all the programing subjects, aku jadi kalut.
So in my case, my programming skill was pretty much theoritical rather than practical. That was then. Now, I am getting better. It's true what my friends in IT programming field said. You learn by doing and gain broader understanding by experimenting. I am glad i took
the step of quitting from Scope to proceed into a new field which I love doing!



However, malangnya not all fine and dandy. I think my lovelife is crumbling into pieces once again. I've lost the willpower to even fight an arguement now. I don't know whether that is me adapting with our constant and same argument. Or maybe it's just me losing hope in our relationship. Right now she's ignoring me and i decide to do the same. In fact that was her
last request. Even though I kinda feel stupid posting a love song in her FB page. It was ignored so I took it down. I kinda wish she sees the progress I made in my sms habit (yes, that is what we always fight about). But it was never enough to even called a progress. And
this always make her sad and unhappy. It breaks my heart to see her unhappy. So now only time will heal.Or maybe not ever.
All i know, I've lost hope. And yes. It has been sweet. At least for me.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Eat Before Sleep. Addictive?

I am worried about my weight lately because of these recent occurrences.

- Had a weigh in at my girlfriends house, turns out i'm reaching my all time fat at 80kg. WTF?

-Visited my brother's house in shah alam. My sister who hasn't seen me for two weeks said i now looked like a married man and almost didn't recognize me with my Vios and fat belly. Maybe a cliche for fat married man is to drive a family car like Vios. Hahah.

-Met a friend that was last seen 4 years ago. Said a simple 'Ko dah gemuk sekarang!'

I quickly knew what the problem was. One is since i quit the gym, i have no interest to work out anymore. Even though i bought a new running shoe. Hmm. Also, midnite eating binge. Yes. I do it regularly. In fact, it has become one of my guilty pleasures. One of the worst habit of mine.In another word, it's an addiction.

Let's see the numbers shall we. I have gained 10kgs since Phuket which was 3 months ago. Also, my sugar intake increases lately. This contributes by my current craving for sweet stuff lately. Before, i've maintained my weight pretty good. I only drink plain water. Now,soft drinks ,tea, coffee with extra sugar has become my esophagus lubricant. That is one thing i have to eliminate first. From my previous experience of losing weight, you'll be surprised how eliminating sugar from your diet can drastically reduce your weight. NO more canned drink, sweet soft drinks,candies, cakes and cookies. I have to learn how to take my coffee and tea without any sugar. I've tried it, it wasn't so bad. So need to make it a new habit.

For something obvious, need to work out! I have quit my gym membership so finding a place to burn some calories is quite a challenge. Being a shy guy that i am, joggin at the park kinda embarrassing for me. Especially if i do it alone. But, no choice! I HAVE TO DO IT!

Last but not least, my guilty pleasure. Midnite eating. NO MORE! I realize a lot of malay love to eat late. You see it at mamak stall, roadside stalls. All malay faces eating at above 11 o'clock. Since my gf doesn't really go out after 10pm, i rarely lepak makan at late. But somehow, this bad habit still haunting me. huhu. I think i have to avoid food at all cost if it's after 9.00pm. Another thing, i notice if i eat in front of the television, i would eat more sampai tambah berpinggan2. Now, i think i should start eating at the dinner table, having conversation with family like how a proper dinner should be .

Hopefully with all these steps i should be able to lose weight at least 10kg for the first 3,4 months. I've done it before and i will do it again. We'll see. Just for your entertainment and for future reference, this is what i look like now. FAT aren't I? Hihi

adeh.alo korang perati elok2, leh nampak spare tyre aku tu..hahah


taken @ company dinner.. Perut aku boroi sampai terkeluar dah tu..ahaks.cam dah kawen!



Target aku nak dapat badan camni..although no 6 pax but well-defined and medium built.

Badan 8pax camni mcm impossible nak dapat tapi akan aku usahakan..AHaks

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Keje Baru! Task Baru!

Hello...

Another update, some of you may know i already pindah keje from Scope International to a small company in Taipan USJ.

Work so far has been good. However, projek baru ade dua masuk.

Project #1 : Web application yang guna SOA. Mak aih..agak mencabar gak lah aku nak belaja sambil buat sume bende.

Project #2: Baru dibincang ngan my boss this morning. I am still sketchy about the project. Basically related to sensors and tracking in factory or some shit. Huh!

Basically dedua project baru ni guna technology baru ( at least to me) yang aku kena belaja and at the same time kena buat jugak..

Work challenges never been this hard for me. I hope Allah give me strength, willpower and intelligence to overcome this.

Inilah cabaran keje kat kompeni yang rely on project basis. Sometimes diaorg carik projects tapi tak pikir scope and boundaries of their resources. hmm. But InshaAllah, i will do my best and strive my best for the company. It's a great exposure.

Maxis Sucks! Maxis Tipu! Don't trust Maxis! ver 2

...continued

April 2011

Tiba-tiba my line kena barred once again. This felt like the 10 millionth time diaorg bar my line. Ask them, they said my bill already shot up to 494. WTF?
What happen? Turns out i exceed 3gb usage of my data plan. So i have to pay max at RM250 plus the current Rm88. Giler. Nightmare aku berulang so aku dah betul2
tawar hati pakai Maxis. Aku nak end this damn Maxis right then and there walaupon aku x berduit time tu. Bayangkan kalo nak get out i have to pay this amount:

outstanding: rm 100

normal billing cycle: rm 144

penalty exceed data usage: rm 250!!!

total: rm 494

tuk end my contract i also have to pay additional RM1000. Aku sanggup bayar this amount daripada sakit hati tiap bulan dengan maxis. It's the amount i have to
pay for my mistakes. huhu. Tapi aku yang x berduit time tu terpaksa charge kat my cc. But my gf bising2. I gave it a 2nd thought. So aku basically just bayar my outstanding
to reactivate my line and cancel tuk port-out. Another big mistake!I also tried to reduce my bill. aku cancel sume optional services and letter billing which charged
at rm5 walaupon truth be told, always sampai lambat or x sampai langsung.Also, aku bought new celcom sim prepaid tuk guna and leave my Maxis line remain unused.


July 2011

My bill already at rm500 outstanding walaupon didnt use once since i last made payment. And also sampai surat dari penghutip utang konon nak ugut panggil lawyer untuk pakse
aku bayar. That was my last straw. Aku port-out my maxis line tuk my own sanity. Walupon still x berduit nak bayar 1.5k tuk close my maxis account, aku cas kat cc. Awek
aku bising but i dont care anymore. I should've done that few months back lagi but a good guy that i was, i gave Maxis the benefit of a doubt. Worst mistake ever! Aku rasa puas
hati dah port out and stop my account under maxis.I paid rm 1600 and the meenachi said i can port-out to another telco immediately.She said since that moment i will be charged on pro-rate basis from my commitment fee. Happy giler! Little that i knew, my nightmare wasn't over.

Aug 2011
Aku g U-Mobile tuk activate the number from maxis under them. They seems to be the finest choice because for rm10, can stay active for 30 days. As you can imagine, i only want to keep
this number and not use it. Hence, i chose U-Mobile. They said in 3 days my line will be converted to U-Mobile. Tapi sampai 3 minggu my line still x convert.Aku kena g U-Mobile sendiri tuk ask
for my status pasal their call centre is useless. Turns out my application still pending. Ade masalah kat Maxis site kot. Bayangkan after around 28 days after my application baru success. Memang
fail. Here are my assumptions:

1- UMobile so suck they need 28 Days until user come down to scold at their office baru nak buat keje
2- Maxis x lepaskan me go to UMobile( hence application by UMobile keep pending) so diaorg can take untung from my pro-rate billing.

Bile i went to Maxis, it was too late. They finally let me go 2 days after my billing date. So they can rob my money for another month. When asked why when they didn't stop my data plan and
still robbing my rm 88 , they said i didn't specifically ask to stop my data plan. Hello? I am bounded by contract ON MY DATA PLAN . If i stop my contract of data plan, it should stop as well. Then why i paid rm1000 for? And this thuggish Malay lady name Suraya @ maxis pyramid made masam muka, rolled eyes and dare to tengking to me like i didn't understand. Fuck it! I marah balik, she kecut. Never once i marah
counter lady like her as i know they're just doing their job. But when she raised her voice, i knew it was personal so memang i tengking balik. Fine if you want to steal my money. Hope you can answer that in front of Allah.



Either way aku rugi. Yang aku geram, UMobile was so unprofessional handling my port-in while Maxis use any 'haram' loopholes to cheat their user.
Aku classify myself as a orang terainaya. So aku doakan Maxis rugi in 2 years and being taken over by Celcom and DIgi.

Eat shit Ananda Krishnan. I guess you are the 2nd richest person in Malaysia for a reason.


Also, aku baru sedar yang aku nyesal beli my galaxy S. Beli galaxy S wat aku rugi almost 3.8k( bill,harga phone) in barely over a year. And i don't even like the phone. Mula2 indah belaka
tapi lelama barulah klua segala penyakit dalam enset ni. Conclusionnya, it was a HUGE mistake i bought the phone in the first place. It's a sucky phone.

So sesape yang nak beli enset with contract under MAxis pikir dua kali.OR MY ADVICE DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!! All of my friends kena at least once ngan shocking bill. And if you insist not paying, they will act thuggish suruh you bayar. And if you demand an answer, they will piss you off with a rude attitude konon we are so stupid.

So here i am make a promise with myself not to buy anything from Samsung. I also haramkan myself to subscribe any services with Maxis.

Trust me. I heard bad stories about Maxis before and i didn't trust any of them. I was not a naysayer but after this experience, i will stop anyone who even considering joining under Maxis. It's not about my grudge with Maxis. It's about not letting them get any richer from your hard earned money with their act of cheating. Go for Celcom, go for Digi but not Maxis. Make sure your data plan don't have any exceed limit charges because that is how telcos get rich
nowadays.

Go for prepaid as they won't haunt your dream and lurking into your pocket without your knowing.

Maxis Sucks! Maxis Tipu! Don't trust Maxis!


It's been a while since i last blogged. So many things has happened and yet i couldn't find the time to blog.
However my current mood now is mad.


Angry Man : Maxis cheat user. Postpaid plan from hell!
Freely doing daylight robbery! Do not go for Maxis! 3G Broadband so damn slow!
If you sayang your money, forget about any newly launched IPhone or any phone sold by Maxis.
Go for prepaid or another telco. Trust me. I already kena!




Yes. Anger! Anger with myself, with Samsung and with Maxis mostly..Ini gua mau story sikit la cite detailnya.


September 2010
I starting to feel kinda weird seeing most of my friends using smartphone while i'm just using a Cokia. Kinda cool
kalo dapat main game and stuff. Jealous also saw my friends updating the facebook status using IPhone, mobile,etc
while i was still stuck browsing FB using window Xp.hahha. So aku tanam niat nak pakai smartphone. Mula survey2 tenet
brand apa yang best.

October 2010
While i was walking kat One Utama with my friends, jumpa lah roadshow maxis for their postpaid. Ade offer Blackberry and Samsung Galaxy S. Dalam otak
aku sebelom tu just nak carik IPhone 3gs and use my current prepaid sim. But the Galaxy S offer was too good to pass. But i didn't buy it right away.
Tido semalam and survey what's people saying about Galaxy S performance-wise. It was well rated the same as IPhone 4. So aku decide nak sambar gak.
Esok gak aku g roadshow tu balik and beli with my gf. Aku tanpa ragu2 tukar my prepaid to postpaid. Little that i knew that is when my nightmare started.

Phone: Galaxy S
nett price: rm1k
Telco: Maxis Postpaid
Monthly Bill: RM50 commitment, RM88 3gb data plan ,+- RM15 add-onn service with 6% GST.
Contract: 24 MONTHS!!

February 2011
Aku bayar my bill regularly vefore due date. Kira kalo tengok history memang my payment cantek lah. Tibe-tibe, my account got suspended. I couldn't even
call to Maxis hotline to ask what's the problem. So nak xnak kena pinjam phone org lain tuk call Maxis. Turns out my bill dah exceed credit limit which
is Rm150. I asked why, she said my credit currently at 4++. WTF? Turns out days later my bill sampai, bill at normal amaunt balik. So basically it was
system problem lah tu. I accept even susah kena call to reactivate my line.And mind you, my line dekat 10 kali kena barred pasal exceed limit. Bukan ape.
System diaorg carry forward next bill amount ke dalam current bill even before bill sampai rumah. So orang x menyempat bayar bill lagi, line kena barred
and nyusah kita kena call centre tuk reactivate.
Dah la xleh call time no kita kena suspend. Kena pinjam tepon maxis org lain or tepon landline. Lucky for me ofis dulu ade tepon tuk call out. Last-last
aku request my credit limit to be increased to avoid this recurring problem. Tapi udang di sebalik mee. Rupanya this request allowing them to overcharge me
even more.


To be continued.......!

Friday, July 29, 2011

Mengejar Karier Impian!

Hello....!

It's been a while! SO nak masuk bulan Ramadan dah ni. Actually banyak bende had happened over

the past couple of months since i updated my blog. So this is regarding on of it. Kerje baru! Hihi.

Tapi kenalah aku cite from A to Z kan..hahah. BArulah fun. MAybe lah a bit jenuh nak baca but

trust me, lagi jenuh aku nak write it..Hahah. SO korang wajib lah baca sampai abesh!! :P

Old Job

Keje lama kat Scope in PJ. Selama satu tahun aku keje kat situ i have learnt a lot of new stuffs

and pick up several new skills. Dealing with Indian colleagues really was a challenge to climb.

From comprehending their accent which was the greatest obstacles while i was there into their

work ethics. Overall my colleagues in ISIS were great. To the name a few, my mentor Huoy Li

and Ravi. Also to the rest of Tech Services team and to the GT Mafians. Fun level while i was

there was about 6 out of 10. I didn't like the task i was assigned to because of lack in

programming. Develop the packages was great but that didn't consist the major task of mine.

Mostly regarding managerial and supporting the installation. Also dealing with vendor. Overall,

my job in Scope was 70% managerial and support, 30% technical. I realized i was not on the

right path hence i took a step to update my resume and look for jobs. Money was also my factor

to leave Scope.

Job Hunting

Alhamdulillah, immediately after i updated my resume in jobstreet and applied for about 10

position, i got two calls from IT companies. One was Solutio-inc and the other was Mechmar

something. The interview for Solutio-Inc was funny. I came on Friday and turned out, time tu

the staffs all ade Yasin recital so nak xnak, i had to join before going into the interview. Awkward

level was like 10!haha. And interview session we mostlay laughed and afterwards diajak join

makan2 potluck kat dalam office with the rest of the staffs. Another interview was kat

Glenmarie. I didn't hope for this job at all because it was kind of weird how i got the invitation.

Kira suspicious company gak la. Turns out it was a legit company. Chinese company. They were

trying to pay me a low salary( increase about only 10% of my salary in Scope) and mentioned a

room to learn i huge but kena survive sendiri. I was like, forget about it! Then few days later,

alhamdulillah aku dapat offer kat Solutio-Inc. G Phuket, balik2 ade 2 other companies carik aku

gak. Job details much to my preference which was Java Programming but kena refuse la since i

put my words already to SOlutio-Inc to join 'em. Xpe.SLow2..Sekarang .Net, later kalo ade

rezeki masuk JAva lak.

OK lah. Nanti aku sambung lak pasal the update how my job so far kat Solutio-Inc ni. To sum up,

it was mostly a move i took because I have planned out my career goal and i am going towards

it. Insyaallah!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Tuk, Tuk, Tick, Tock

Hello my dear diary >_<

What happen to you?

Lama x update?

HUHU.

Nanti la saya update insyaallah...


I wish blogspot lagi more user interactive like pesbook and easier to manage so i can update it regularly.

Ini nak upload gambor pon jenuh.. Aish.. Am i rite fellow bloggers? :P

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sekembali Dari Phuket, Kembalinya Arwah Nenek ke Rahmatullah...Al- Fatihah




Post ni aku dedicate kepada Arwah nenek aku, Allahyarhamah Norjani.

Nenek aku meninggal time aku kat Phuket. Memang dah lama dia tenat and klua masuk hospital before that. Tapi meninggal time aku kat Phuket tanpa kesempatan aku tuk cium goodbye, baca yasin and tanamkan was heartbreaking. Then tanggal tarikh 29 April, nenek aku kembali ke pangkuanNya.

Time ketiadaan seseorang, mulalah our mind mula teringat kenangan bersama mereka. Mine with her paling sweet was during my childhood. I remember it vaguely but i remember how loving she was with all of her grandkids. Time kecik dulu ade budak mana ntah buli aku time aku tinggal kat umah nenek aku, dia marah budak tu.Kehkeh. And also, her laugh and her generosity. Time raya paling fun beraya kat umah arwah nenek coz duit raya dapat sorang seratus. Kaaching! Hehe.

Like a typical grandmother, my nenek was famed for her cooking. Being a true Minang at heart, dia masak among the best and spiciest minang food to me. Some of the recipe inherited by my mum but unfortunately x sampai kat kami cucu-cucu dia ni. Some of you maybe know that my favorite dishes in the world is Minang. Bila kitaorang balik kampung, asek disuruhnya kami makan jek. Baru pas abes makan pon dia suruh tambah nasik. Hahah. Nak cucu-cucu dia gemok montel kot. Hehe.

Pasal arwah nenek ni true minang, her spoken words were also in Minang. Some of them i understood and few times, i couldn't make up what she said at all. Her funniest word would be kantuik which means kentut. Hahah. She was also the friendly one. Dalam kampung Kuang tu aku rasa sume kenal ngan nenek aku. Even the bench depan umah nenek pon jadi tempat orang kampung melepak. She was also a good businesswoman. Time dia sihat dulu dia jual barang-barang dapur and also kain-kain beli dari Indonesia. And being a generous, harta yang dikumpul tak penah disimpan tuk kegunaan sendiri tapi untuk dikongsi bersama anak-anak and cucu cicit.

Tapi orang yang dikenang tidak akan kembali. Moga nenek selamat di akhirat nanti and Aap (my nickname among my family) doakan roh nenek dicucuri rahmat. Sedih Aap x dapat bersama nenek di hari-hari terakhir nenek tapi hari mendatang, Aap harap Aap tak pernah lupa untuk doakan nenek. Sayang nenek!

Friday, May 13, 2011

Phuket Holiday - Part 4

So begins la another day in Phuket. FYI, sini subuh diaorg sejam awal and so was their sunset. A clear and bright day tuk kami g masuk hutan main water rafting. HEheh. For breakfast, we didn't take any from the hotel but i brought lotsa campbell soup from KL. A great food tuk bawak luar negara coz mengenyangkan and simple. No added MSG gik mcm megi. I like!

So kami g lobi hotel seperti yang dijanjikan pickup tuk bawa kami berakit. Dah kat lobi tengok2 driver dah sampai. A great timing. Tepati masa. Naiklah van yang besar that for me, very comfortable for and hour and a half ride. Pickup another group of tourist kat Patong town. They were Singaporean college group about 7 of them.AKu dah berkira-kira dah, kalo satu boat nanti mesti kena kongsi ngan depa. Huhu

Bergerak ler kami dari Patong ke Phang Nga.

So geraklah kami ke tempat yang dituju. First destination in the itinerary, Monkey Cave. Being a guy that scare of monkeys, i was not looking forward for this place. Huhu. NAk xnak kena turun gak. But the place was beautiful. There was an awesome temple right next to it and we took pictures there. Also, singgah dalam cave sekejap. ENtrance 20 bhat. Huhu. Kedekut aku nak masuk. Setakat ade sleeping buddha je. And monkeys!. Lot of monkeys. They were quite grabby and cheeky and that among why i scared of monkeys. Hahah.

Don't monkeys look so damn scary? Huhu


Monkey Cave temple.


Kami mencemar duli Buddha. Huhu

After around half and hour kat situ, kami forward to Ba Ting. Before i forget, this place ade kat mainland. around one hour and a half ride from Patong. Kat Phang Nga. Sampailah kami kat resort tu. Waa. Surrounding dia memang tiptop. Ade small lake, cute little chalets, padang. Sebelah sungai yang jernih gik. Memang cun. Rasa nyaman jek. Aku ni memang suka tempat macam tu daripada pantai coz sejuk mata memandang and sejuk menyamankan some more. Terbaik!
Welcomed by suspended bridge kat Baan Ing Tharn Resort

Cute little freshwater lake at the resort.


NIce little resort's cabin by the forest.
Rilek-rilek dulu la sebelum main water rafting. SHit, i'm so boroi!!

Then we suited up for safety. Pakai life jacket and a helmet. Also being given a paddle. For those yang bawak barang, leh simpan dalam provided locker. Don't worry coz barang anda terjaga ngan the key being kept by yourself. Then kami diberi penerangan before the activity starts by sorang ladyboy bermisai. Ahaks. Along yang cakap dia ladyboy coz ade breast which i didn't see. HUhuh. Then sume dibahagaikan kepada group within2 kami saje. Meaning, if dua org datang sekali, dua orang tu la satu boat. Kalo 7 orang, 7 orang tu lah satu boat. Bagus. Xyah share2 ngan strangers. KAmi dapat guide yang paling rock, crazy and kecoh. Too bad i dont remember his name. Huhu.
Kami sudah ready to rock!

Sungai yang kami nak main tu actually very tame. Ala. Macam sungai-sungai kat Ulu Bendul, Ulu Yam sume tu. Tapi kat atas ade dam kot. SO whenever time tuk main rafting, air dilepaskan so jadilah fenomena 'air pasang'. AIr yang jernih and berbatu tu jadi air warna oren ,dalam and deras. But it still looked pretty tame to me coz sungainya x lebar. Cuba kalo sungai tu besar cam SUngai Perak, leh jadi seriau aku. Hahah. Datang air pasang tu, came a number of boat from a different resorts kat atas sungai lagik. Dalam dekat 30-40 boat jugak ler datang situ. Resort kami paling ujung sekali and there were 3 different boat among ourselves. A group of British travelers, Singaporean college kids and us. To think, kalo kami pilih kompeni kat atas2 sikit mesti lagi best coz dapat main sungai lagi jauh sampai ke endpoint. Heheh.




Sungai yang sungguh cun sebelom air empangan dilepaskan.

Lihatlah perbezaan after air pasang. Ganas gak airnya.


Agak havoc le sungai tu dengan 20-30 boat nak harung sungai yang sama at the same time. Which made it more fun. Ade adegan campak2 katak puru between boats la, main campak2 air lah. Sonok tahap maksima. Our boat was among the last yang berlepas. And paling kecoh. I think our boat paling banyak langgar pokok la, langgar tebing la, terkandas atas batu la. Sampai terjerit2 bikin kecoh. Hehe, Our guide also sporting giler. That experience was among the best of my lifetime. Adrenaline wasn't much there. Just pure good fun. Dalam dekat 3,4 km gak sungai tu kami harung. after 20-30 min sampai ler ke off-point. Sronok. Dalam syok2 tu xtau plak ade paparazzi yang amek gambor kami dari atas. hehe. Rupenye depa amek gambor kami tuk dijual once we went back to our camp. Gambar so-so je. Sekeping 15 hengget. Berpatutan gak la banding kat Genting yg sekeping 35 hengget.Kehkeh.

So dari offpoint kami balik ke resort tadi balik for lunch. Waa. Nampak sedap tapi agak ralat sekejap coz we ordered vegetarian/muslim lunch but what was there were chicken and all. we raised our concern to the manager and he assured us the chicken were halal because around the area, chicken were taken from muslim slaughterhouse. And he said himself that he were a muslim. Good enough for me. Either trust him 100% or go hungry for half an hour waiting for them to cook vegetarian meal. Lunch memang sedap. No tomyam but still good. Agak licin sume kami perabih. Haha
Kebasahan dan kelaparan. Tapi maintain camera ready :P

Sedapnya thai food.


After lunch, lepak2 sat sambil depa meniaga gambar2 yang taken time kami main rafting tadi. Gambor agak biasa jek but still, cool enuff tuk wat kenangan. After that, main ngan sugar glider boat guide tadi. Cute little animal. Dia main lari-lari atas tangan. Jinak also. Then onto our next itinerary, naik gajah that will i story in my next post. Later!

Sugar-glider making an epic face kat kamera. Heheh

Sungguh best kat sini. Gambar kenang-kenangan sebelom menuju lokasi naik gajah.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Phuket Holiday - Part 3

Sesudah sampai ke hotel ( Deevana Resort and Spa) after a hell of a cab ride, we were welcomed by the bellboys and cold towels. We truly appreciate it because after a tiring flight, the long immigration queue and a hot cab ride, a dab of cold face towel was kind of nice. Then check in to our rooms. The girls got the room just next to ours. We got the room in the garden wing. The room was kinda old looking but at least it's within a garden. It is much to my preference rather than having a room in a condo or something like that. The room was pretty much basic and quite near to the garden wing's pool. The hotel had two pool with the other being in the spa wing.


@ lobby Deevana Patong. Muka aku paling keletihan.

Reception Deevana. First impression of this hotel, macam 5 stars. Kena tunggu tengok bilik dulu. Huhu


That's our room. In front got a lot of trees and nice garden surrounding.

Our room. Basic hotel jek. Ok la tuk sleep.

The nearby pool. Quite huge for a secondary pool!

Begambo kat hotel nyer garden.

Bagambor ngan tiang pon aku nak. Haha

Rupa dalam bilik standard. Biasa jek. Old looking. Tapi TV okay coz banyak channel walaupon TV kecik and buroks.

After freshen up a little , baring-baring sikit and solat, thought it's nice to take a walk around town. Maybe grab dinner as well and carik stok maggi or something kat Patong town. Also, sunset. Yes, i'm a corny guy. Like to see sunset and sunset. Hahah. The streets sungguh happening. Sungguh berbeza daripada what my friend told me. Banyak massage parlor and they seemed clean. Offer Thai Massage for 200 bhat. Ok ler tu. Restoran seafood pon banyak. Singgah sat kat 7 eleven beli air. Yerp. This is one thing i like about Thailand. They have very tasty and fragrant teh ais. Aku beli air melon. Sedap and wangi. Heheh.

Memang ade roper pelancong asing ngan map and beg bagai

Pastu g jejalan kedai2 ole2. Alamak. Agak mahal le kalo nak beli ole2 kat Phuket ni. Tshirt biasa pon paling murah 150bhat. And design pon boring-boring. Size pon cam x standard. Size M macam size S. Size L macam size Xl. Kejadah? Ntahler. Pelik sikit ngan Thailand ni. Banyaknya jual tshirt bodo like knockoff Billabong, Nike, Adidas etc. Dahler buroks. Sape ntah yang nak beli. Huhu. It's official. Thailand is not a great place to buy ole2. Huhu. Ade gak tawar menawar and the girls bought few things. Most penjual orang bangla. Hmm. Even in Thailand yar.

Tshirt size L yang gedabak besornya. Size M lak size cam S. Xde kualitas! Dahler mahal.

Nice artwork on the street. I believe the materials are from spare parts motor.

Another nice tribute artwork of my favorite movie, Alien! Rowr!!

Dah tu kami carik booth yang jual tour lak. This is for the following day. Tanya first booth for elephant & white water rafting cost about 2000 bhat. Mahai. Mintak kurang pon dapat 1700 bhat jek. Tanya a different booth yang also sell the same tour, cost only 1300bhat. The booth was manned by this one hot chick which turned out to be a ladyboy, so my friend told. Hahah. Aku dah syok baru tau. Hikshiks.

Then jalan-jalan lagi sampai ler kat area Bangla Road. The area seems to be quite normal and x seteruk what my friend had told. Kami terus ke pantai Patong tuk tengok sunset. Sonok amek gambor jek. Lompat sana, posing sini. Adeh.

Satu, dua, lompat! Yang badan paling ringan tu tinggi giler lompat. Ahaks.

Sunset @ Patong Beach. Nice izzit..Tapi area x seromantik kat Bali coz belakang ade Bangla Road. Lubuk maksiat!

Then lalu balik kat Bangla Road. Makin meriah kalo malam ni. Bar sume dah start pasang lagu kuat2 and awek2 seksi start streetwalking. Haha. But it was still normal to me. Strip club pon melambak kat area sini. Aku ditarik but promoter for strip clubs. HAha. Still normal for me. Kalo kat Bukit Bintang aku ditarik by massage parlor nyer promoter, kat sini kena tarik by strip club laks. Muka skematik and cam ustad like this pon kena tarik. HAhah

Salah satu strip joint kat Bangla Road. Husband Day Care gamaknya. Hahah. Ade bran?

Begambor kat Bangla Road. Bar and strip joints keliling. Huhu. Sape yang datang holiday sini elokler jangan bawak anak2 lalu sini. Strip pole pon open. Kejadah?

Sesudah cuci mata, kami sambung bejalan ke Jungceylon Mall lak which is just across the street og Bangla. Quite like a normal mall. Macam The Curve. JUmpa lak kedai jual ole2 yang murah. Who knew kedai kat soping complex yang standard jual lagi murah daripada kedai2 bodoh tepi jalan. Ape lagi. Soping ler sikit2. Pastu dah terlanjur kat situ, jalan2 le window soping. And singgah Carrefour situ beli maggi. Hmm..Agak susah nak carik makanan halal kat sini. Tapi dapat ler stock up for 5 days kat sini. Beli biskut, megi n roti. Letih kaki weyh cari makanan halal. Sampai Carrefour tu nak tutup kami soping situ.

But lupa lak nak cite. Before soping kat Carrefour tu, kami g pasar malam kat sebelah Jungceylon belah belakang. Dekat depan tempat Muay Thai tu. Hmm.. Sama gak tadak makanan halal sangat. Ade 2 je penjual muslim. Satu jual ayam goeng yang dah nak katup, satu lagi jual pancake. Kami pekena pancake ajela. Tapi truth is kat Krabi nyer pancake lagi best. Huhuh. Tapi tuk alas perut ok la. Aku x beli but my friends did. Aku tumpang makan diaorg punya jek. Hahah. Aku not much hungry sgt time tu for sweet pancake.

Sesi poyo sesorang depan Jungceylon Mall..

Pasar malam next to Jungceylon. Banyak babi goreng, satay babi, babi lenyek, sushi babi and kepala babi rebus pon ade. Ergkk!

And letih gak aku g sana sini carik wifi tuk update status kat my girlfriend and family. Ngan enset wat hal. LAst-last curik wifi kat kedai aiskrim kat Jungceylon tu gak . Heheh. Dapat le aku update status slamat sampai and all. Then a long walk balik hotel balik ngan stok2 megi. Sesampai, depan hotel ade gerai jual pancake gak. Aku beli pancake choc banana. 50 bhat. Mahai na..HUhuhu. Same thing could get 35bhat kat krabi. HUhu. Memang meletihkan hari tu. Flight, airport, long walk..Memang nyenyak ler tido malam tu. ZZZzz.. More in my next post.

Phuket Holiday - Part 2




So the day finally came. I was dreading for the trip as I was having a not so good time at work. I just resigned my post in my current company so it was the perfect timing for a getaway. Call it ironic. Last year around the same time I had a vacation to Krabi Thailand before joining the bank and this year, a few days after resigning, I was heading again to Thailand. Hahah. I’ll be explaining more on that in my later post.

So rendezvous kat KL Sentral. Senang. Aku, Along and Dila met up there while Wazir lak g LCCT terus. So kami bungkuihler our lunch, Burger King kat Sentral to avoid expensive meal kat LCCT. Then hopped to one of the bus to LCCT. Oh my God. Worst bus trip ever I took. Sakit leher and belakang. Dunno why but maybe I got used to taking ERL already. Selesa, cepat and x himpit2. X kisahler kena bayar a couple of ringgit more but yang penting, selesa.


Inilah aje beg aku. Barang x banyak mana pon. Sebelom g LCCT, tapau Burger King. Nyum2.


Wrap bag kalo nak selamatkan luggage anda. Aku lak x heran pon nak balut. Xde barang berharga pon. Hehe

The girls took time tuk wrap their bags. Cost only RM10. The check-in was smooth. And that was only because we queued on the regular check-in lane. Turns out, those who did web-checkin need to queue in a different counter and may I add, took longer time because the queue were long. I don’t know. I don’t think web check in is efficient. But be warned guys. In LCCT, they already implement the hand luggage weighing. So if your carry on above 7kg, need to pay RM45. Huhu. Good thing mine was only 6 kg.


Berposing time beratoq time nunggu turn check in bags. Better queue at regular queue dari queue for thos whom did web checkin already.


Lunch ngan Burger King pon jadilah. Meal gue, DoubleCheese Burger. McD's better!


The flight was almost full. Lots of local travelers than usual. Mat Saleh still made up most of the passengers. The flight attendant all were sexy Malay girls. Aiyo. Hmm.. Not an interaction from them because, well, we didn’t order any food. The flight took about one hour and 20 minutes. There was only a 10 minutes delay in the plane. Not so troubling because the plane was comfortable and had a better legroom that the one I took going to Bali. Aku yang katik ni pon komplen psl legroom, apelah nasib mat-mat saleh. Haha.

Sampailah kami di Phuket. Airport was bigger than LCCT. The immigration process took about 20-30 minutes because so many people lorh. After collected our baggage, kami klua dipanggil ulat2. Hiks. Kami nak carik taxi jek.

Sampailah kami di Phuket International Airport. Immigration process took a lot out of us. Letih. Huhu


Taxi Honda Civic that took us to our hotel. Bawak kami macam nak g racing. Berapa kali ntah nak dekat collide ngan other car. Gilos. Bawak gilos2 camtu pon aku nyenyak tido dalam keta coz letih bangat. Huhu.

Here’s a tip. Avoid taking minivan coz diaorg akan bawak korang ke travel2 agency before drop u to ur hotel. Bukanlah murah sgt pon. 150 bhat sekepala. We took taxi for 650 bht which about the same amount if divide by four. By all means, avoid using hotel’s airport transfer as well coz they charge usually at least 200bht more. Good thing i did my study before going to Phuket. Couldn't hurt to learn about the place you'll be going coz the ulat can be really persuasive. If you don't know anything, you might ended up paying more than what you really have to pay. Ok lah. To be continue to my next post..Later!

Phuket Holiday - Part 1


As promised, aku nak cite a fun thing that recently happened. Phuket trip! Yeah, yeah. Sronok habeh. Lagi best dari Krabi tapi still xleh challenge trip Bali. Hihi. Aku decide nak break down the post about the trip into two posts for a single day. Bukan apa. Semenjak dah ade kamera ni, maka banyak ler gambor tuk dipost skali. This is to avoid a single post jadi panjang and messy.

I guess I start with the preparation we did leading up to the date we boarded the plane on the 28th April.

The date:

I thought the date was perfect. It’s during mid of the year and after 4 month of non vacation period for me because my teammate was on her maternity leave. I had to be her backup for the entire period of time. Also, the month of Mar and Apr were without any holiday so it’s nice to take some time off. And all of my friends were on board. And we stretched the vacation even more. Before this, I g holiday dalam 3 malam je tapi for Phuket, we decided to go all the way to 5 nights. Biar puas!

The destination:

It was either Bali or Phuket. We also considered about China which was a bit of a stretch for our wallet. In the end chose Phuket pasal airfare cheaper, cuaca dah leh predict coz been there around the same time last year. Hotel pon seems to be much cheaper coz during May it’s a low season unlike Bali.

The flight:

Obviously, we first thought of AirAsia. Beli around 3,4 months earlier. Tetibe MAS pon wat offer. Pe lagi. Kami grab la. G naik AirAsia, balik naik MAS. Harga ticket like below:

KUL-HKT : AIRASIA – RM 175 including all tax, without luggage and food.


HKT-KUL : MAS – RM 250 all included


Very cheap gak ler! Nak merasa naik MAS gak. Haha. Worth my money la I thought.

The accommodation:

This was the second thing we thought of. And the most expensive. Before that tanya several hotel yang located kat NaiHarn Beach, Karon Beach, Kata Beach and Surin Beach. Really took my friend’s advice tuk stay away from Patong Beach but in the end, we booked kat situ gak. Finally, we booked thru booking.com and asiahotels.com for the rooms. Easier and cheaper. Just need to give them your credit card details. Trust me, it’s even a better bargain daripada bersempit2 kat Matta fair yang xdelah murah pon.

Deevana Patong Resort and Spa (4 stars) - 3 nights – RM 130 per standard room/night

Thavorn Beach Village and Spa (4 stars) – 2 nights - RM 150 per deluxe room/night

Tapi I kinda regret we spend so much for hotel coz frankly, you can easily find cheap and decent room that cost about RM50 per nite kat Phuket. But still, kami puas. Hotel ade pool and garden yang lawa, why not spend more.

OK la..Nanti aku sambung pasal the actual holiday plak along with pictures. Later!