Chin Up

After so much hesitation whether to go back to hometown during year end or not, finally I decided to go back. And it’s only for a weekend?!!

We’re blessed with opportunity to have two paid return ticket to hometown annually.  Hence my initial plan was to utilize them during expensive ticket period-which is year end and end of cold season.

Actually I already apply for year end long leave, and my boss don’t approve it, in the sense that there’ll be on-going operation at that time. I have my bitter spot for this operation cos I always been left out/points not taken/people always forget that I’m part of the team. In short, cos i’m a LADY. Sigh. For people who know me very well, they’ll know that I’m someone who will be all out for jobs assigned to me. So what’s the point of me sacrificing my holiday (which I plan to spend with my family in my hometown) when people don’t really value me, right?  Again, I’m not the main engineer for this campaign. Logically the main engineer should be in town through out the operation, but he actually out of town every other week. I’ve had my fair share staying alone in the office while everyone go for holiday, and it’s a national public holiday where all the shops are shutdown and I’ve to survive on my own. Besides, for my previous jobs also there are times that I’ve been working during festivals-practically I’m ok with it. Cos the spirit of owning the job is there.

But for this campaign..I decided that’s enough for me to always be a ‘sacrificial anode’. If other engineers in charge can take long holiday while the operation is on-going what more during critical time (just because they have ‘family’) why should I be very nice all the time then?

Like I told my confidante, the main engineer should Man-Up more for this job as this is his first and main job. The job was supposed to start in October, and got delay, delay and delay till Dec 2016.  Earlier, the job was named as Job Oct 2016. When the first delay happened, the name was change to Job Nov 2016, and delay again..I decide to change it to Job Q4 2016, else it’ll look bad on the team. Ape ni kan, job Oct jadi Dec dan 80% of the jobs will be in Jan 2017. 2017 tuu. Some people will say, “normal la tu operation got delay” “biase laa job postpone”, etc; but to management this just show how bad your planning is. People don’t care what story you have about it. This is undelivered promise.

Back to the main story which at last I’m going back for a weekend to tanah air (see, it’s not even my hometown I’m going back). Based on the outlook, the real job will only start on 28 Dec, 29^th is a public holiday here (and that’s when the critical operation is on-going and u know who know that she has to work during the public holiday anyway) and 30^th will be working day and definitely I’m in the office. So, thinking back, I decided that I need to meet my boss and request back permission to be away from town during the weekend. I’m lucky enough that all of my family will be in Centre during my weekend trip, so I can meet ‘em all.

I met my boss, and I thought since I’m applying for weekend trip only, he’ll approve it easily. But no. He looked back at the people movement table and said “no one in town at that time”. I was like, “it’s weekend anyway and based on the outlook, we already pass the critical stage that time”. “How bout the other engineer? I think he’s away that weekend to meet his family”. Me : “I don’t know about him”. And my boss calls the other engineer and confirms he’ll be away for that weekend. Duhh. I told them then and then, this is only weekend trip and compared to the main engineer, this will be my trip to hometown after aeons months and in fact I don’t even take leave for it. I’ll be in the office on the next working day. Else, I’ve to utlize my ticket in Jan 2017 where we’ll be busier that time and my main job will commence that time. At last, the request was approve. Wadehel sangat. Bukan watak utama tapi macam watak utama.

So ladies out there, jangan biar orang senang ambil kesempatan di atas kebaikan kita :D Lagi-lagi single ladies, orang ingat kita tak de family yokk.

P/S: It’s nearly 2017 and people still associate ‘family’ as wife and children; hence single people don’t have family.  Duhh, family also means parents and siblings.

Will I see u again?

At this age, I don’t have many close friends.

So when a friend repeatedly ask me when will I return and want to meet for coffee sesh, it’s like dejavu.

Scary.

This is like how my brother repeatedly ask when will I return home, and I kept on delaying due to ‘work commitment’ and the next time I return, he’s already in a better place.

And till today, I still regret everything. People said it’s fate, but part of me still can’t accept it.

I hope I’ll be able to meet my friend soon.

Rezeki

"Dalam setiap rezeki kita, ada bahagian orang lain juga".

"Make sure your rezk comes with baraqah".

"Kalau kita mudahkan urusan orang, InshaAllah urusan kita pun dipermudahkan".

"Do more than just exist".

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ACD false alarm

Arghhh..panic semeta.

Y d gap that i thought i already closed, rupernye x close lagi? Cannot be like dis ~~yesterday's feeling.

Harini dh discover, what actually happen.

Aiyohla. The system migrate my 2 years ago punya result to the new system. Patutla. Haih, penat je panic attack.

Now can focus back on remaining gaps.

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ACD

Kenapa bila kena membaca untuk ACD, mengantuk dia macam dah berapa hari tak tido.

Tapi bila baca benda2 yang tak de kaitan macam buku cerita, melancong dan sejarah ..tak mengantuk langsung. Lagi bertambah-tambah pula bahan bacaan.

Note to self : Please, for one more time, buat sehabis baik. If not u, who else?

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Tailor

One of my bucket lists when I move to Myanmar was to seriously learn sewing.

Jahit sembat, jahit butang baju, jahit jelujur x dikira.

Seriously means till I can sew my own clothes..until.. When I arrive here and find out that tailoring here is very cheap (kat Malaysia beli baju siap aje) :D

So, bucket list is still a bucket list, but we got to leverage on the cheap tailoring here, right? . .

The other day, just before Aidilfitri, I went to Bogyoke to alter one of my jubah since I don’t have time to shop for new cloth. Ambil yang sunat aja, pakai yang terbaik dan cantik.

There’s plenty of tailor at 2nd floor of Bogyoke. Just pick one to alter the jubah, as simple as that. Only I realized, dekat signage masing2 rupanya ade yang tersurat. Pandang betul2 dan boleh decipher d code. Ala Da Vinci Code. I accidentally know about this cos when I drop by to one of the tailor, she actually shows me to another tailor. Ok, I thought cos she’ s busy and cannot entertain me. So, I go to the tailor that she showed me. Turn out to be that tailor also will be celebrating Aidilfitri too (read between the lines, pls) :).

Long story short, jubah was altered, and I’m one happy girl cos baju raya settle.

Last weekend, I had plenty of time and nowhere to check out. Biasalah, bila takde tempat nk pegi, Bogyoke lah last resort. Ala2 pakej pegi Jakel dan tukang jahit sekali. Dah habis cari kain, pergi lah drop by kt tailor Raya haritu.

Makcik tu punya la excited, “Malaysia! Malaysia! U still remember me?” 

“Of course”. 

“I 1 month in Malaysia. U know KLCC? My sister in Balakong bring me KLCC” sambil flip open handphone and tunjuk gambar. 

“Is it nice Kuala Lumpur? What do u do 1 month in Kuala Lumpur?” 

“Me visit my sister. She tailor like me. RapidKL very good. Where u qurbani?” 

“Here, I did Qurban in Myanmar” 

“Ahh, Malaysia very good. We Qurbani in Malaysia” 

Makcik ni sangat excited cerita pasal Malaysia, and she’s not the first one that tell good things about Malaysia. Dari makanan, perihal Mydin yang menjadi pilihan dia shopping, berbagai kaum (termasuk Bangladesh, Nepal) yang dia cakap, tudung yang gue pakai, semua sangat menjurus kepada happy nya dia dapat datang Malaysia.

And yes, Malaysia memang best.

Memang rezeki makcik ni untuk jahit tepi tudung n 2 blouse. Makcik ni tak pakai tudung tapi dia pun tau tudung bawal Malaysia -_-. Kalau jahitan dia kemas, lepas ni boleh hantar baju lagi :D

Bila nak serious belajar menjahit ni? tsk.

TV

Pathetic plak rasa bila kena call reception untuk tukar channel TV.

Semua sebab x tahan dengan suara bingit channel ala SmartShop Thailand ni -_-

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That day, that moment, when you just wanna watch something from your home country

And you decide to live streaming

And all the live stream channel show like this:

Apekah la sangat.

Mandalay

Unplanned trips are the best.

Since i’m bogged down by Yangon weather-rain all the time (and it’s not attractive to go out during rain)...so I unconsciously bought a ticket to Mandalay.

Unconciously, why? Hehe

I was tired and half-asleep completing my online course, when I pm-ed the bus company FB to buy the ticket. When I woke up in the morning, OMG, I did PM for the ticket! Being smart enough, I deleted the message from my FB. 

Indecisive attack.  

I thought by deleting the messages, the same will happen to the receiver, the messages will be deleted to0..Wrong ><

That morning, I need to attend a workshop. There u go, while having break, I received confirmation on the bus tickets. Taraa~

It’s not nice to cancel it at the very last minute, right? So, then and then I agoda-ed a hotel. The elcheapo me obviously book the cheapest and the closest to the bus station (I think) hotel.

Ape lagi-kita redah je la.

Enjoy the photo. Will continue blogging when I have enough of vitamin R :)

Just another day

Lazy day hit me again -_-

Oil Craze

I don't get this essential oil craze.

And I thought, I'm alone.

But, when I Googled, the same question had been posted 1 year ago in US.

As for "why oils," I think the idea of home-based health care without having to rely on or pay for doctors has huge appeal for naturally-minded families trying to get by on less money in order to have more quality intangibles like intimacy, family time, community, etc. There are a lot of things for which they're great. A little eucalyptus or peppermint diffused in the air can really soothe a cough. Lavender does help you relax. Clove oil will numb mouth irritations. You can do a lot of good simple first aid with oils. That said, a lot of self-styled "wellness consultants" who've just paid for their kit and set themselves up as experts will have you eating and applying large amounts of lots of different oils for every malady real and imagined with little knowledge of or concern for possible contraindications or bad reactions that could occur. Essential oils are potent, and can easily be overdone. 

Essential Oil

Beng kek

So the boss asked, "Are u satisfied with the result?"

I had been tasked to revive this high WC well. Instructions given and result obtained. But the well sluggishly flow without gas yet.

Yes..yet. Cos I'm positive like that :)

Not known to all, there's separate email with instructions subsequent to that, which i don't cc all. I dislike spamming others' mailbox. I'm hoping that the next step will prove success.

Hah, back to boss' question above. Bengkek kot kena tanya cmtu. Actually I overheard him asking another colleague (yg bukan buat keje ni) bout what happen to the well. Why don't he ask me first? Mcm ade trust issue plak kan.

But yeah, I always tell myself, be professional, don't be sensitive much. Kerja dalam bidang ni, hati kena kental (flex muscle :))

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Guts

Kenapa susah sangat nak buat keputusan ni?

-_-

Sleep

I think I'm experiencing sleep disorder now.

It's either I stay awake till morning, and then it's time to work.

Or

I just feel I wanna sleep in the evening. Lepas Asar. Which is not good.

Too much caffeine? Jet-lagged hence the long overdue body clock adjustment ? Time for another vacay? Hee.

Melayu ka?

Bila duduk di Myanmar ni, jangan terkejut kalau tiba-tiba ada stranger tegur “Melayu ka?”. Dan terus borak sakan macam dah kenal lama.

Yeah, that’s Myanmar-Malaysia Hospitality.  Biasa la tu, jumpa orang Myanmar yang pernah merantau ke Malaysia.  Diorang pun rindu nak cakap Bahasa Melayu.

Tak perlu hangin atau sentap bila orang tanya camtu.  Tapi kalau soalan ni ditanya kat Malaysia, agak-agak memang ada la yang sentap. Hu hu

Tolak tepi berita buruk dan tak elok yang biasa kita dengar, bila orang berbudi kita berbahasa. Prejudis tu kena letak tepi, dok?

There's always a first time

Tak pernah2 one womanshow sediakan makanan raya, today is the day.

Sebab hari esok Hari Raya Aidiladha dekat sini. Maka, takkan la datang tangan kosong kan?

Being a dessert person, I was like, "Uish, takkan pagi raya makan dessert kot". Koman2, kena makan something heavy.

Cita2 nak buat itu ini banyak sangat. Tapi semuanya kena ikut apa yang ada dekat Marketplace dan masa yang ada. Ni lah akibat bila tak pergi pasar di musim hujan.

Jadi dengan apa yang ada di Marketplace dan mampu buat..siaplah jugak Pasta Goreng Tomyam. Semoga sedaplah esok.

P/s : kena masak malam ni sebab esok 6.15am dah kena bertolak pegi Embassy. So,esok reheat aje.

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Newlywed

Met my newlywed friend the other day and asked, "How's wedding life?"

"Great! Except that now I have to do ironing for 2 people"

Lol.

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Ada Apa Dengan Title

Jadi, gue telah melakukan eksperimen sosial dan pemerhatian dengan perkara-perkara berkait dengan 'Title' seperti dibawah:

Cik/Puan
1)Kadang-kadang lebih selamat memanggil Cik
2)Kadang-kadang lebih selamat memanggil Puan
3)Kadang-kadang disalah erti sebagai Cik / Puan, tetapi bila pihak lagi satu tahu silap, tona perbualan terus bertukar
4)Kadang-kadang Cik tidak boleh memberi pendapat mengenai hal Puan-puan
5)Kadang-kadang Puan tidak boleh memberi pendapat mengenai hal Cik-cik
6)Kadang-kadang orang itu rasa selamat jika kamu berlagak seperti Puan dan dia tidak tahu kamu Cik

Senior/Tidak Senior
1)Tidak meletakkan title Senior dipangkal jawatan anda menyebabkan orang  menganggap kamu junior atau mentah atau baru grad
2)Tidak meletakkan title Senior dipangkal jawatan akan memesrakan orang berborak selamba dengan kamu
3)Tidak meletakkan title Senior dipangkal jawatan kadang-kadang menyebabkan kamu dipandang enteng jika mengeluarkan pendapat atau menchallenge pendapat orang itu
4)Tidak meletakkan title Senior dipangkal jawatan kadang-kadang menyebabkan kamu selamat sekiranya kamu tidak tahu mengenai sesuatu benda
5)Meletakkan title Senior akan menyebabkan orang mengeluarkan respon seperti "Wow" "Fuyyo" "Ooo" "Hebat"
6)Meletakkan title Senior akan menyebabkan orang fikir kamu serba tahu dan serba boleh
7)Meletakkan title Senior akan membuka lebih peluang kerjaya didalam sesetengah keadaan

Adik/Kakak
1)Memanggil seseorang wanita itu Adik akan menyebabkan kamu dihadiahkan senyum selebar-lebarnya dan layanan yang baik di kedai atau ketika membeli kuih
2)Memanggil kakak pada gue bermaksud hormat, tetapi kadangkala tidak memanggilnya kakak bermaksud mesra atau rapat

Sekian pemerhatian dari eksperimen sosial gue. Pemerhatian akan ditambah dari masa ke semasa kalau ada.  Kebanyakan pemerhatian diatas dibuat berdasarkan pengalaman gue.

Olympic 2016

Such a great appreciation by Singapore government when they actually invite Joseph Schooling n parents to the parliament.

The appreciation speeches just beyond beautiful.

Lifetime of discipline, courage and support. I salute the parent's support and determination too.

This Olympic certainly is a remarkable one. Inspiring moments, limitless, borderless.

I hope same recognition will be given to our Malaysian athletes too. Azizulhasni, LCW, the duo in badminton and diving. Powerlah korang. Who can devote their whole life to sports huh?

Amazing people

Came across this while browsing thru FB just now:

"There is no such thing as a lazy person". Dia hanya tidak terjumpa minatnya untuk mendorongnya. Salah satu punca kemalasan ialah terlalu mudah atau berada dalam 'comfort zone'. Atau hidup sudah terlalu berulang benda yang sama. -Redhuan D. Oon

Man! I agree with your written status. Exactly what I was thinking about my life the other day. I think I have less challenge nowadays which led me to be lazy or complacent enough. Or shall I say, my life has become routine till the point that I know, if I don't do it today, I still can do it tomorrow. Not good. Not good. I hate myself when I became like this.

While on holiday, I met a guy who fascinate me with his determination. He has a day job. During that time, he's managing/overseeing 3 projects. But,he still have time to handle food truck at night and do some catering during weekend. When asked, "I do this for fun. I need more challenge". And I need to stop complaining and all the unintentional mengeluh.

Awesome

Minggu ni awesome.

Why so?

Rainingrabu – 10/8/2016

It’s been rainingrabu, where in Malaysia it’s rimasrabu due to hot weather there.

Our perf job went well, early indication shows that we have high THP, means high BHP. Yeay! More gas, insyaAllah!

Send out the bean-up procedure and let’s pray more.

Tremendousthursday – 11/8/2016

Start to flow the well. Guys offshore told smaller choke already produce lot of gas, still small drawdown. Gooood~!

Bean-up as per program. Facility can’t hold the gas, bean-down again. Test well.

Alhamdulillah, the well produces beyond our expectation.

New hope, light at the end of tunnel.

Shared the news with my former teammates. Have a long thought about this. To share or not [go figure]. Alas, decide to share the good news with them.

Fabulousfriday -12/8/2016

Obtained official result of the well. Good news to everybody.

Decide to have strong black coffee for celebration.

Another one?

Meanwhile in Thailand..

bombing again?

Malaysians-travelling-to-thailand-told-to-be-cautious

and Hua Hin, that beautiful place.

YVR

Welcome to Vancouver~!!!

Benda pertama beli:



The infamous coffee in Canada. Hashtag pun #socanadian




Immigration check was fast n smooth. Touchdown around 1.10pm, by 1.30pm already settle with immigration. Tunggu bag je lama sikit.

Other than that,everything under control. First impression kt airport, mcm kt Aussie plak sini, Canadian tapi rupa macam2.

Till then.

Hk

Welcome to Hong Kong!

Albeit the flight depart a little bit late,everything went well. Check in was done online and we managed to secure the seat at behind.

The good thing is..it's closer to the galley and toilet.

Now, transitting at HK and will depart soon

Summer Camping

Smile~~~ We are going for a camping.

Weehoo.

Almost there

Alhamdulillah, 3rd well ni senang sikit nak flow.

Tapi my part belum selesai, bean up sampai reach target rate. Then only it's time to celebrate. That's for me. Dah confirm and tested, only then it's the right time to celebrate.

Lepas tu time to take a break :)

At-10-tion

When everyone else try to show their concerns on the issues here, I myself dislike the attention. Such a mess.

In case you don't get it..it's like "Let me finish my work first, solve the problem here and then only there will be something to share".

Everyday and most of my days now are occupied with meetings for the same thing. I pretty much don't have proper time to sit and do my technical stuffs. Analysis analysis, I need time for it.

Before, I like to do those once I'm at home. But now with all of the unnecessary attention given, it get me drained. Too tired to think at home. I rather get my mind into story books- escapism at it's best.


This is when I battle again myself. Tamak nak complete kan semua sand atau risked of getting water issue later. As I mentioned to my colleague, my background in surveillance come with a price and pride. Failure is definitely not an answer and everytime in my 'Study mind' now, everything should be on point, prepared, perfect and success. Sound Gila, but that's the truth.

Sexist

Yesterday was a tough day as I had to deal with 1 sexist guy.

So we had a meeting to discuss on plan to intervene the wells during monsoon. Excuses been given by him not to do the job I can say. Whereas this thing had been agreed and discuss before.

The fed up me..yeah I kind of dislike people who give excuses and don't want to try solve the problem. Ok, continue..The fed up me asked his team to make a plan and capture it somewhere to ensure everyone in the know.

Yeah, some of the parties mentioned during the meeting was not in the meeting. How else ya, capture the points and let them know la right?

What I hate most is I sensed this guy don't give a shit to listen to what I'm telling him. Pandang sebelah mata je kt perempuan. Like my ideas cannot be used at all. He rather want to complicatw things by proposing to do operationally challenge stuffs...and the job will be during monsoon kot.

And yeah, as usual inside the meeting, I'm the only woman and others are guys. And semua membisu like cannot brain the job we plan to do are VERY crucial.

Duhh. I was to the point. Ok la guys, since u guys x nak fikir skrg kan..nanti time job execution in August, kita tengok cmane. Penatla bila nak fikir sorang2 cara nak make things happen easily.

Blessed

Alhamdulillah, I'm blessed with good friends. Sometimes when faced with technical difficulties and beyond my knowledge,I'll always turn back to my friends for quick solution.

Sometimes they are able to answer. Sometimes, if they can't, they go beyond that. Try to find the solution and later make sure I solve the problem.

Thanks for going extra miles with me!

Semua pun perantau

Walaupun xde la perantau sangat kekdahnya tempat tinggal sekarang, tapi kalau terlintas nak makan makanan yang mustahil nak jumpa kat sini, nak tak nak, kena la masak sendiri kan.

Contoh macam nasi air ni.



Kadang2 ade benda yang boleh masak based on recall apa rasa makanan tu or recall cara orang masak. Tapi biasanya ade part yg x bape sure kan. So kena la Google or youtube kn resepi.

Kata carian yang selalu gune plak mesti resepi (nama makanan) perantau. Hehe

Logiknya ade kata perantau tu sebab biasanya resepi yang ade kata kunci perantau ni, for sure akan guna bahan2 yang mudah nak cari dan guna ape yang ada je. Ala2 cooking survival skills gitu.

Dan biasanya mmg akan jumpe resepi2 perantau ni. Bagus org2 yg selalu share resepi ni. Macam2 benda boleh masak.

Nasi air ni plak dapat resepi dr blog kak azie. Sedap! Cuma part sambal mangga x jadi,sbb derhaka resepi. Tah cmane dalam memori,sambal ni kena pakai kelapa dessicated coconut tu n ikan bakar. Dah la sebab xde ikan yang sesuai,dipakainya salmon steak punya ikan.

Lepas makan dan fikir,tu kalau nak buat sambal nasi kerabu. Duhh. Tapi sambal nasi kerabu pun x pakai mangga kot.



Nasi air ni banyak perkara kena buat,tapi yang mampu buat ni je lah. Cukuplah utk diri sendiri yang nak makan nasi air ni..hehe

Jaki.Daki.

Kenapa kalau tak tau, x nak tanya?

Geram plak dengan sorg ni kan. Dah la x tau, x nak tanya, pastu kasi salah info. Sudahnya menyusahkan semua orang.

Sometimes, rasa macam ni jenis yang suka pandang rendah kat perempuan.

Whateva la bro. jangan menyusahkan orang sudah.

50 shades of brown

This is my first world problem everyday before going to work.
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To find the similar shades of brown (similar pair) for my skin socks.

Kadang

Kadang-kadang tak boleh expect people will deliver as what u want.

Macam selalu nampak, ur page 300 might be page 1 for other people, same goes to page 300 for other people might be page 9 for me.

Holiday

I need a holiday but don't have the guts to request for it.

Or I just can't afford to lose control of the things I work on.

Ada Apa

Daripada nak tengok Redha, jadi tengok AADC2 plak.  Rupanya Redha dh x banyak cinema tayang. So sad.

It was supposed to be a movie marathon day since I wanna watch Captain America too.  Tapi apakan daya, tengah tengok movie, mcm2 Whatsapp and calls masuk.  So sempat tengok AADC2 je la, cos lepas tu kena balik hantar work related thingy.

Back to the movie..for me, kinda ok, the cinematography is very nice.  The actors and actresses bonding also best. Also, some witty dialogue.

Somehow, some elements of the movie mcm close to my heart plak.

Fujifilm camera, taking random pictures, books,travel, COFFEE!

What else..art galleries, eventho sometimes I’m like Milly too, cannot understand the arts being exhibited., tapi pergi tengok jugak.  O yeah, Petronas Art Galleries and galleries yg banyak2 kat Yangon ni dh jadi tmpt lepak plak.

So yeah, eventho the producer rely much on the previous AADC and the fan base, it’s an OK movie.  Cos I was looking for movie yg relaxing and x payah fikir banyak. So, got it. Heh.

Oh did I mention, they're like Hazel Grace and Augustus?

Whats'up love?

What if skills

What skills do I have to survive this world?

What skills do I have that can help me make money/save money?

I can bake, I can take photo, I can do gardening- but all these skills are amateur level.

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The truth is, I need to sharpen the skills above, or learn new skills.

Hence, it’s decided that I should learn something.

Berguru.dengan.orang.bukan.youtube.

Dugaan di hari Isnin

Hari ni betul-betul menguji kesabaran.

Pagi-pagi takde pakcik drebar datang ambil.

Telefon pondok pemandu.

Talian tak dapat ditembusi.

Takpe takpe.

Tapi kena pergi pejabat secepat mungkin, banyak nak buat ni.

Talian hayat, telefon je mana-mana nombor pemandu yang ada.

Cun, dapat telefon. Pakcik pemandu akan datang.

Sampai pejabat-buka komputer-buat kerja.

Phiuuuw.

Ya Allah, letrik xde. UPS lak macam tak berfungsi je

Bukak balik komputer. Ulang semula kerja sebab tadi tak sempat tekan butang disket.

Baru beberapa minit, kejadian xde letrik berulang 3 4 5 6 kali.

Dah nak pukul 12 ni. Target kena siap 2 model.

Buka balik komputer dan komputer hidup mati berulang kali. Dah berpeluh peluh badan (40degree btw), dan berjaya tau masalah berpunca dari UPS.

Fuhh, orang lapar cepat marah kan. Jadi balik rumah makan nasi dulu, kasi sejuk sikit hati.

Balik pejabat, terserempak dengan orang yang nampak terkejut gue ada dekat pejabat. [isi tempat kosong]

Buka komputer-sambung kerja dalam berpeluh-peluh sambil peringat diri sendiri pakcik pemandu cakap dia nak balik pukul 4.

Sebab dah berhempas pulas dan berpeluh-peluh buat kerja hari ni, haruslah tepuk belakang sendiri dan beri hadiah.

Jadi, kopi dan kek jawapan nya.



Semoga malam ni tak bermimpi model lagi. Dan esok akan lebih jaya.


~bila seteress, jom buat kek blender

Nasi Lemak Thingyan

Thanks for reminding!

Ahah,yeah i want to, BUT...

That's always the case.



Anyhow, it was a great day today.
My boss&wife invited us,the remaining few in Yangon to come over for brunch.

As usual,Malaysian Hospitality at its best. And what matter most is Nasi Lemak !



Alhamdulillah. Rezeki di hari yang panas.
Hari ni 14 of us, but tomorrow onwards will be less than 5 ;)

Meriah, dah macam makan besar Thingyan plak!

Tremor on Thingyan

I just experienced a short tremor just now.



I only realized it was a tremor after being informed thru whatsapp.

Tengah tengok movie and pelik, apsal sofa ni bergegar and barang atas meja nampak swaying. Googled but no earthquake alert.

Continue watching movie till someone alert us in the Whatsapp group. Quite high tremor kott.

Ok, trus fikir n set mindset that in case of anything, i need to go down flights of stair and need to charge handphone to the max.

Hope all is well. InsyaAllah.

My Thingyan Dinner

Looks healthy huh?



Kalau la dinner makan ni aje, cpt je la kurus.

Panas2 ni teringin plak nak makan Ayam Masak Tomato Pedas.

Dah masak, dah makan, br sedar, "apsal x pedas eh?"



Sesuap
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Dua suap
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Tiga suap
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Off course la, tomato mana ade pedas doo!
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Yang pedas tu ayam masak merah cili lebih.

Nampaknye esok lusa la plak masak version pedas.

A day before Thingyan

Traffic is super smooth !

It's public holiday here and most of the people actually return to Msia.

Only the lucky ones-including me, have to standby in Yangon.

No worries as I've mentally prepared myself for this.

Shops will be close. Restaurants too. Public attractions too. Office too. But, I chose to standby at office.

Like I told my boss..as long as there's Internet,electricity,water; I can stay in the office. At least to do my work.

Water festival here has yet to become tourist attraction, at least if we compare to neighbouring Thailand. Tourists actually flock the country just to participate in the festival.

So why not huh. People actually pay to come over and enjoy the water festival. While we are readily here, just enjoy it !

Be cautious

Bila org bagi program, review.

Dah RIH br ckp nk additional data.

Messy messy.

Public Holiday-Well Spent

Happy holiday!

Btw, it’s a full moon holiday today in Myanmar.  As my friends in Malaysia implied, “asyik cuti full moon je korang ni”.

Yeah, we are blessed with lotsa public holiday here in Myanmar :D

That’s the best part of working here. Hehe

The only not so good thing is, most of the shops and attractions will be closed during the public holiday.  Kinda weird knowing in Malaysia, public holidays are the time where people will flock all malls and tourist attractions (read : getting things done).

I discovered about this the hard way though. When I ‘m yet to get a house here, the thought of having a public holiday enticed me to plan a head of what I’m going to do during the hols. Cos, I dislike the fact that I have to just stay in the hotel room.  So, that day, after eating breakfast that can last till lunch, I decided to walk to Bogyoke market.

The shortcut way is to cross a bridge behind Bogyoke and voila! –arrive at Bogyoke.  Somehow that day, there’s wired fence at the bridge entrance.  The smart me thought I’m early to Bogyoke, and the bridge is yet to open.  So, I turned back and walk to another road that’s parallel to Bogyoke market, and head to Bogyoke market.  Somehow when I arrived there, all the entrance to Bogyoke was close.  After asking some locals there, turn out to be Bogyoke and all of the other attractions are closed during public holidays.  There you go-walk back to the hotel room and just kill the time.

Today-a public holiday in middle of the week.  

Of course, going back to Malaysia or planning for a short vacay is not in the picture.  Plus, drilling and logging operations are on-going, and we need to standby for those.  Important things always happen during holiday, middle of the nite, when you are asleep, or when you don’t have internet connection, kan.  Not complaining, but sometimes I just like to vent things out. Haha.

So, my car-mates already started to make plans yesterday on how should we spend our holiday.  Sound gigih,but when you stay in place like this, planning ahead is a must.  Morning will be eating Mohinga at Foodfare followed by picking up clothes at tailor and sight-seeing to any place that open. OK! Dont have to cook for lunch. Ngee

Hence, we had our bowl of Mohinga. Since the tailor asked us to come at 11am, we had 1 hour time to kill.  The driver suggested to go to Yuzana Plaza, which none of us has been there, due to traffic on normal days.  And we go. First impression, not bad, looks like they have everything in this plaza. The plaza looks like plaza version of Chatuchak, and we realized that most of the items look familiar-Bangkok stuffs. Mental note-should go Bangkok again. Padehal 3 weeks ago was in Bangkok. Hehh.

After circling around, which lasted only for 30mins I guess, my friend decided that we should call the driver. 

Boring lettew.  Haha.

Ok la, we had our sightseeing moment.  But to buy stuffs, I think it will be better to get it elsewhere (depending on what you want to buy).  I shall blogged about my tailor-experience here later.  Btw, the guy tailor successfully sew the skirt just like the sample given. Yeah, to few more new clothes!

Blessed

Just have to post this picture bcos of the pink spectacles worn by Adelia:



Jangok!

"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."-Paulo Coelho

You gave me a forever

Pama have great sense of humor :



I love you-present tense! :)

Fashion evolved

When you always bought guy's tshirt, and you only realized that now guy's shirt are slim fit..you r like, Arggggh!

Somebody is trying to be smart

The other day, i rant about the well issue.

Since every problem must have a solution, findings and lesson learnt, I expect the same for this.

And it should be quick, as we need to incorporate those for the next wells.

However, I fail to realize that what I think urgent might not be treated urgent as other people.

When I thought that we should learn something from this, the other fella doesn’t have concern at all. We are dealing with million dollars operation, and your sense of ownership just nil?

So I test the water, and know the issues that we faced were not being communicated and conveyed to that fella supervisor.  

Reading the funny response from the supervisor just showed that somebody is trying to be smart here. 

Not good not good.

Sometimes, we can be good to people, but for this, i think we have to be very firm.

Semoga diberi pencerahan dan dipermudahkan urusan gue.

Single Working Ladies Dilemma

Bila Madam cakap “Kau bukan masak pun”.

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Nak sentap pun x guna.

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Eventhough diri sendiri memang tau hari-hari penat balik kerja, lapar. So memang akan masak jugak.

Busuk-busuk pun reheat balik lauk yang dah masak siap2 masa weekend.

Kalau xde lauk, biasanya pagi tu dah thaw siap2 bahan mentah kt chiller, so bila balik tinggal masak je.  Sedap ke x sedap ke, asalkan edible and tekak sendiri boleh terima, Alhamdulillah.

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Well, ini antara dugaan pada working ladies. Or single working ladies. Memang akan ada yang being judgemental like that, whereas being single and working pun, we still have to get things done for ourselves and on our own.  Memang x perlu skill memasak 'kenduri style', tapi kalau diri sendiri x masak, bukannya ada Domino delivery kt sini -_-

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I rest my case.

I Try

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage”-Paulo Coelho

What a day today.

The well got issue and the best thing is the diagnostic tool to understand the well condition is onboard, but MAN why it’s so hard to convince the people to just run the tool, while it’s still there.

I always keep myself cool, till just now, I just have to raise my voice.

"The pressure is on us"

"Yeah, you're right.  Later we'll have to clear the mess.  Make sure it's written somewhere about this issue"

SE-TE-RESS weyh when we have differences and can’t reach the agreement.

I’ve learnt the hard way before.  You don’t solve the problem now, you will not solve the problem later.  Other person has to clean the mess for you.  And I have become that other person before.

Not complaining but don’t just work for KPI, deliver it.  Deliver it nicely, just like what you want it to be.

“But darling, I'd still catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya
I'd jump in front of a train for ya
You know I'd do anything for ya”

Sunday, and it’s wedding day.

I think I’ve found my cheerleaders!

Auntyna! Auntyna! Auntyna!

These kids are handful, seriously.

But I really enjoy their company.

Dang! Looks like it was aeon since the last time I visit/meet them, cos these chatterbox can’t stop talking.

Haha.  Somehow they helped to make me feel better.  The previous Friday, we were having difficulty to flow the well.  To be exact, we already passed our 1^st gas date target. 

Chill-lah, like I told my colleague.  But in the inside, only Allah knows how I feel.

Before that, I’ve already made promises to update the well result to my boss and partners.  It just doesn’t feel right when I cannot deliver the promises due to operational reason.

Life must go on.  Ticket already been purchased since 1 year ago.  ‘Nasi minyak’ calls have to be answered.

So, let’s go home bebeh.

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It was my cousin, Ariff’s wedding.  Since weddings always be the right place to meet relatives, I booked the ticket immediately after my uncle notify everyone about the wedding.  Gigih kot kira hari kat calendar whether I can make it for the wedding or not, since when the announcement made, we were about to start our drilling campaign.

Fate has it, our drilling campaign delayed.  And so happen the wedding weekend pulak la the well has issues.  Hadeih sangat.  Can’t imagine if this happen during my wedding ><

Anyhow, the wedding was very beautiful.  Oklah since I got to catch up with my relatives.  Food was awesome too, just like Bobo’s wedding.  Hawker style food-but in the hotel.  Aysyah was constantly nagging at me asking when she can start eating as the emcee mentioned that we have to wait for the bride and groom’s arrival before we can go to the buffet table.  The funny thing was when the emcee requested everyone to stand up, she asked me, “Auntyna, nak nyanyi lagu negaraku ke?”.  Lol.

(Always) a damage control agent

Kadang-kadang geram juga bila you are not included in email conversations regarding things that you should know.

May be it's just an emotional swing.

Nk fikir baik, bagus juga not in the know. Less burden. But if something happen, bersedia je la nk jadi damage control agent.

Husband

Neighbour :  I see you are Malaysian?
Me : Yeah
Neighbour : Your husband too?  Is he Malaysian?
Me : Yeah

Only after I step out the lift that I realized what had I answer.  Too late to retract back -_-

Keropok

I decided to send some food to my neighbour cos I think I looked a lil bit unfriendly (i was locked outside my house, thanks to the new door system). So, i send over some keropok.

More like keropok minta maaf and welcome to Yangon thingy for the wife ;)



Sedap plak keropok ni. It's been awhile for me to fry keropok in my house. All for road to healthy eating.

Actually the taste is not bad at all if we bake or boil the keropok. Tapi mcm pelik plak nak introduce baked or boiled keropok to the neighbours, since keropok goreng lah sedap kan!

A slightly young aunt

2 weeks ago:

Neighbour : Hi, I just move here.
Me : Nice to meet you. Welcome to Yangon.
Neighbour : Actually, I've been travelling back and forth Yangon and Japan. Now, I'm settling here for good.
Me : So, how do you find Yangon?
Neighbour : So far so good. I like it here. I'm bringing my wife soon.
Me : That's great. (In my mind, I was thinking this will be great. My neighbour will be an aunt from Japan! Coolio!)

Today, I met the neighbour's wife. Cun kot. Macam sebaya je. Omg, I have to ask forgiveness from my neighbour.tsk

Chicken and Duck

Small things that matter:

When people that speak different language than you try to make conversation despite the language barrier.

Effort. Effort.

Hati Malaysia

Bila duduk oversea ni (walaupun sepelaung je dari Malaysia), anything yang related to Malaysia mesti dekat di hati.  Be it food, languange, orang jual kain cakap Melayu dengan kita, jumpa Malaysian yg kerja or visiting as tourist and dapat tengok cerita dari Malaysia.

Kebetulan, my current humble abode dapat TV3.  Walaupun gambar x berapa nak clear n kadang2 x nampak pun muke pelakon etc, tapi bolehlah.  Cuma SE-TE-RESS plak bile tengah syok2 layan drama, tiba-tiba.."Khap kun kapp...bla bla"

Spoil kan.. Biasanya mcm tu la,tiba2 keluar channel Smart Shop Thai, yang jual barang2 tu.  Paling SE-TE-RESS sebab pengacara channel ni style jerit2 yang bingit punya.  Lagila SE-TE-RESS mendengarnye.  Cepat2 tukar channel, sbb rasa serabut.

Biasanya bila dh mcm tu, tunggu je la, sbb sure adenye colleagues(merangkap jiran) yang akan call reception untuk tukar balik ke 'Malaysia channel'.  Haha.

Setakat ni, ok la.  Kadang2 dapat la tengok Majalah 3 ke, AJL ke, NONA etc.  Sometimes bukannye melekat depan TV pun, tapi on je nak kasi ada suara2 Malaysia kedengaran.

Tapi, what if kan, x dapat Malaysian channel?

No worries, ade few good people yang host and uploadkan series or drama2 Melayu.  Kudos to them, sebab jasa diorang ni la Malaysian yg duduk overseas dapat follow series2 smua ni.  May be nampak salah kat pengarah2 or stesen TV, but looking at the positive sides, diorang ni somehow tolong promote or kasi free marketing to the drama and actor/actress.

Yela, some of the series mcm TV3 or TV9 boleh tengok dekat tonton.  Tapi yang ASTRO punya, I don't think ada onlineportal cmtu.

So, memang gigih dan berjasa lah those few good people yang tolong upload the series.  Terima kasih ye!

S.O.P.

One of my tasks is to create a procedure.

Though sometimes we have the options to copy paste any existing procedures, my passed experience just prove that it doesn’t work all the time.

I learned the hard way when involved in contracts preparation.  I don’t spoke lawyers’ words, but I had to explain those words (that I myself don’t prepare and don’t understand, heh).

I learned the hard way also when what I want it to happen as my procedure turned to be otherwise.

So, there must be something wrong somewhere, right?

May be, people don’t understand what I ‘m trying to say or they get different idea from what I’m thinking.

So, I put a test, for people to review one of my procedure.

Bingo! It comes back with a lot of comments.

I've already reminded myself not to be angry or snap on any comments given.  Chill-lah kan.

So, I read and reread my procedures.  May be the procedures were written in not so simple English.  Then come revision 2, revision 3 of my procedures.  Put it at test again.

What I found out was, when writing procedures, just use simple English. Simple means simple. It will be great if we can explain the procedure verbally as well.

Bad feeling

I feel bad. Really bad. After I complained about the late arrival of my driver yesterday.

Today, a different driver fetch me.
He drove me few times before.
From the small talk, he told me the supervisor instruct him to come at 8am sharp to fetch me.

I'm not a complainer. However after few occurences that I have to wait for the driver to pick up and worst was yesterday when I waited for 45minutes.

It's not easy to write a complaint here as I know somebody might be losing his job. And they don't want to lose the job which means everything to them and their family. Thus, in my complaint, I wrote as if I'm making suggestions to improve the pick up service.

I know making complaint also will somehow affect your relationship with the person. Chill to better service!

2016

Hello 2016~

Albeit I’m a little late in wishing everyone a Happy New Year, it is still January. So, HAPPY NEW YEAR :D

Speaking of New Year, people will always ask what is your New Year resolution?

For me, New Year is just another day in my life.  I was at my home town during New Year, thinking of what to plant at my parents’ backyard.  Being a self-proclaim greenhand, I miss the fact that I cannot plant anything at my ‘rumah burung’. Frequent web browsing at Kebun Bandar just make me eager to plant something. 

So back to the New Year resolution, i don’t have one. Just to continue from where I stop last time.

But, I just hope that I can be a better person, in term of my deeds, prayer, healthy lifestyle, working and investment.

The above are quite challenging to me as I seem to be a roller-coaster kind of person lately.  Not sure why.  Perhaps lack of push factor on my own.

Footnote: Just resume my gym-routine today after weeks of binge eating.