Akudia : Life Of A Typical Malay - Oct 2000
Sunday 8/10
> Heh, nak tergelak pulak aku dengan Contractors ni...
Chong saw me having breakfast at one of the stalls near the site this morning, he was a bit surprised (but happy)
I guess. I headed to the site office and spent the first few
minutes reading newspapers, then they started to ask me to do
the inspection. And they thought I was still angry with what
happened yesterday, their bosses were at the office this morning
- the R.E had a fight with one of the sub-contractors,
he slapped him n the face, I nearly peed in my pants when I heard
that from Kamal, my C-o-W. That was terribly funny.
Agreed to have the works inspected, so together with Chong and the electrical contractor we went up to Level 18, Block B. Spent almost an hour up there, it was hot and we were sweating all over. Satisfied with the works, I asked them to proceed with concreting works.
Ah Heng came to see me and we chatted for over an hour, he jokingly thanked me for humiliating him, he was screwed by his boss and the Main Contractor. Hmmm...did I humiliate him? I don't think so....Anyway, he asked me to join him for lunch at one Japanese Restaurant at MegaMall, MidValley City.
Thanks but I'm going for a movie in 20 minutes.
> Left for KL after Zohor,
had lunch at Plaza Putra. The show started exactly at 3 o'clock,
saw Huzir Sulaiman (again?) and Na'a Murad (he played the
other Baroness in Charley's Auntie) among the audience.
The play, inspired by a true story of a Cape Malay South
African woman - about faith, hope and courage.
I need to sit down and take a rest. But I can't because, well, the benches say, "Sleg Blankes/For Whites Only". So I collapse exhausted on the sidewalk instead.
Jo Kukathas received standing ovation for her splendid performance.
> Drove back to the site, did some filing works and logged on to the net about Maghrib. Then together with Kamal we went for dinner at one Kelantanese restaurant at the back of the project site. Concreting was still progressing when I left the site at 10-30 pm.
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Assalamualaikum, glad to see your ICQ panel's working again. So, you'll be going to New York eh? Cool...- Mat Belon
Waalaikumsalam, if I can get a visa, yes, (oh God, please...) I'll be leaving Oct 28th, just in time for Halloween Parade and New York International
Marathon...heh
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zainal, thanks! pasal undi site kroni cik kiah for CARI''s Top 5.
kroni cik kiah dah menang!!! hahaha...
Happiness isn''t "getting what you want" -- ceh!!!
tak betul tu!!!
Marc Jean, hang & Sera
menang satu vote saja kan? Aku dapat email dari Cari.com,
aku tengok dia punya result. Now, what if aku tak mengevote
hangpa berdua, instead aku vote orang lain, hangpa berdua tak menang
kan? Heh...power jugak votes aku tu....heh...
Monday 9/10
> Took the new M&E C-o-W to the site after giving him some briefing, uh God, this guy speaks with a very thick Java accent, he's a Malaysian of Indonesian origin. By the way, he very much reminds me of Abang The, my brother in law, he's
orak eneng punya gang jugak.
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> You know (hmmm...dia buat dah....heh.. it's become
pointless when you sit here,
hating this box that will destroy your hands and
your eyes, but you can't think of anything better
to do. Better yet, you go out of your way to use
it; Why? Because, you can't bear to go out.
Outside, where there is no one to talk to
anymore, where there is nothing you really care
about these days.
Everything that really mattered walked out, and I
know it. But for some stupid reasons I keep
telling myself that something will come along
that I'll give a shit about.
Damn stupid this Zainal guy.
> Hmmm...just a short entry, I'm feeling sleepy and tired after a few rounds climbing both Block A & B today, and now CSCE Coffee is trading sideways I ......
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zainal
i went to farah''s homepage but cannot preview the page (can u plz check again the link?) tq
cheer & plz take care - mazuen
Ohhh....I went there just now, the link worked fine,
anyway try this.
Tuesday 10/10
> Last night was such a
boring night at the office, New York CSCE and London LIFFE
traded within such tight ranges, lots of traders
were taking day off in observation of
Yom Kippur and Columbus Day Holidays I guess.
I spent my hours following this
famous New York Taxi,
on a webcam, to the streets of New York City
and at the same time staring at this
loch (Scottish for lake) hoping to spot Nessie,
Loch Ness Monster. It was cool to be in 2 different places at the same time, in New York, USA
and Drumnadochit, Inverness, Scotland. WebCameras always
fascinate me by the way.
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> Our biweekly Site Meeting
was chaired by Calvin, the Architect, he made it such a very
short one. Too much of talking doesn't do any good, he said.
> Feeling sleepy, I took a nice slow walk to Block A, went up to Level 12, a bit quiet because most of the activities are
at the top floor. I just walked from one unit to another,
not inspecting anything, just passing my time.
Zainal, you always cut a lone figure, I had that words in
my head. I just smiled,
what's wrong with that? I'm feeling ok, that's all that
matters.
...and I found myself singing the
song (Dust In The Wind - the background music of this
journal) over and over again....and yes, happiness isn't getting what
you want......
I close my eyes
Only for a moment, then the moment's gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind, ohh.....
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> Here are some of the photos I took this afternoon:
View from Level 18, Block B
- working frantically to have the "slab" concreted at 4-00 pm -
- the other side of Pantai Dalam
- Block A -
- another view from Level 18 -
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> 7-20 pm - and I'm still at the site office, concreting works is still in progress and will only finish well after midnight. I don't think I'll be in Subang Jaya tonight, I've just checked London LIFFE, coffee ain't moving. Anyway, I'll be online to monitor both
New York CSCE and London LIFFE.
Ohhh...I'm going to
follow that yellow taxi cab again...heh...oh no, I better
read the Quran, I haven't done so for days now and
I've started listening to the music again while driving. Entahlah, hangat-hangat taik ayam betullah aku ni. Itu pasal hidup aku minggu ni tak aman jer.....
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zainal...again i went to farah''s but only a
blank blue colour page appeared..is that it?coincidently
i tgk u tgh online ..i''m in the office rite now..ok..chow..bai - mazuen
I have no idea what's wrong, because there's nothing wrong with the link, or even the page.
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cakap kat mazuen, aku masuk site farah okay ajerr... aku rasa komputer mazuen yang ada problem... ntah ler...- marc jean
ok, aku cakap kat dia sat lagi....hmmmm....jadi popular pulak si farah sari dua nih...heh..
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mazuen, marc jean kata dia masuk site farah okay ajerr...dia rasa komputer you ada problem....ntah ler...
Wednesday 11/10
> It's funny to know some guys
who work at laundry shops hate to do ironing. I clearly
told them to have (at least) my shirts ironed when
I sent my laundry yesterday. But when I cme for collection
this morning, the girl merely said sorry but we only have one
lady to do the ironing works, the rest (3 guys) are not interested
in doing this kind of task. And I was left with
cleaned but unironed shirts (14) and pants (6). I hate
to do ironing too...
> Was at Block B with
one of the Contractor staff this morning, just some routine
check, lots of black scorpions
here,
almost in every room, under the staircases too...
Black scorpions? Really? Where?, he went into one of the rooms and came out seconds later holding his nose.
Shit! They (the workers) shit in
here!
Yeah, black scorpions,
I said to him with a big smile on my face.
I hate it when the workers (mostly Indonesians and
Bangladeshis) just do their business wherever they like.
Itu pasal Bangladesh selalu banjir
kot? Nak bersihkan taik?
> The GM (Mr Kong) called
me this afternoon, he wanted to know about the Sunday incident.
Apparently, the Contractor called him that night with
their side of the story. I told him mine.
Good, Zainal, you have to teach them
a lesson or two.
> Took a spin around
Pantai Dalam during lunch hour, I ended up at
one kawasan setinggan Sting Gardens near Kampung Abdullah Hukum. What a sight!
> There is this bubbly
personality
big fat "healthy"
girl working as a Secretary at the main Contractor office. She's
such a character, she jokes about almost everything and she
always makes me laugh. Her name is Grace, one of these days
I'll secretly snap her pics and have them posted here.
Just don't be surprised, she's big. This big!
> The QS, Haji
Hanafiah was at the site for site valuation for about an hour.
Lucky he was a bit tired to go climb the 2 blocks,
so we went to the canteen and did the calculations from there.
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hi
hi
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Kalau aku, aku lempang jer contractor tu
...
Then dia lempang aku balik....
> I wanted to leave for
Subang Jaya
at 5-00 pm but Zuraimi was at the office until 6-00 pm.
Logged on to the net to check London LIFFE, then I felt a
bit sleepy, took a nap and woke up just before Maghrib.
Tried to be online to check for some coffee news but
the line was so awfully slow, aku rasa,
tunggu janda lagi cepat I packed my stuff
and headed for Subang Jaya.
After ordering nasi goreng ayam at Mr's RR Cafe, I went
up to the office and set my laptop up. Discussed with Abang
Wan about GCA stocks which to me is showing it's bullish side,
no doubt daily stocks keep increasing (3.68 million bags of
Arabica
coffee in various warehouses in the US) but the amount to
be graded had for the past weeks decreased drastically,
from over 200,000 bags a month ago to only 25,000 bags yesterday.
That we have to watch out.
Told him about my intention
of going long (buy a contract), he agreed, but when
the market gapped up I just sat there hoping for the price
to retrace. It did not retrace but instead climbed to
one-month high. About 11-24 pm, there were 2 slightly
bulish news being posted on bridge.com, back to back.
The 4 of us, me, Bob, Haji Hashim and
Kak Siti decided to enter positions. They went long when
the price started to climb but I waited a bit longer,
about 20 minutes later I decided to get in, I got better price,
0.05 point
lower then what they got, then the prices started to
play sideways and dipped by 0.50 point.
Towards the end the markets became choppy and we
decided to close our positions, with profits of 0.60 point each.
Mine was 0.65 point. Everybody was happy and we stayed even
after trading hours to check on weather patterns across South America.
Thursday 12/10
> Why did I fart online
until 4-30 am last night/this morning I don't know.
I should have just gone home but instead I surfed
a few websites checking for any major
events sometimes between 29th Oct to 4th Nov 2000
in New York/ Boston/ Washington DC/ Atlantic City
and a few other surrounding cities. Thank God there are no major
concerts within these dates, Bon Jovi are playing on Nov 8th,
Paul Simon, Limp Bizkit & Eminem are touring northeastern states
until end of the year, none of them is my cup of tea
so I can now safely say that I won't be going for any concerts.
> My morning inspection lasted less than an hour,
spent the rest of the morning in the cabin checking some plans/drawings,
the Main Contractor to start building the Club House soon so I better study the
details before it's too late.
> Took a nap during lunch hour (12 noon) and when
I woke up I thought it was 12-45 pm (but it was 1-45 pm)
no wonder I felt so fresh even after having a few minutes sleep.
> Went for lunch at that stall that plays Malay
music of the bygone era, heh....itu pasal stall
ni ramai orang tua datang makan kot?...
> me,myself & I emailed me
this afternoon (she's back...heh...) asking me why didn't I go
to the wedding khenduri in Raub (my hometown, and her hubby's too) instead.
I checked the card again, I was not invited to the khenduri
in Raub (well, she did not write my name on the dotted line),
I was only invited to the khenduri in Cheras...opppsss...KL.
She also asked me to please, please, please
have her hubby's name deleted from my past journal entry....hmmm....now,
what do I do? Well, I don't edit past entries, tengoklah, kalau
aku ingat aku padamkan nama tu, mintak-mintak aku lupalah...heh..
> I also received another
mail from someone I don't know, she/he suggested I put my
latest entry at the top of the page, just to make it
easier for us readers, he/she said. Buat
masa ni, cadangan tu
ditolak bulat-bulat, akan datang tu tak tahulah. Aku "suka tengok"
kalau orang tu masuk my journal thru' the main page,
lepas tu klik "next" dua tiga kali, scroll, scroll, scroll....
tengok-tengok,
aku belum update lagi. *Beep*, dia tak update lagilah, tapi
dia online sekarang nih...Kejap lagi kot? So she/he has to do it all over
again a few minutes later. But I know some of the readers who
visit this journal thru' the back door, that's perfectly ok
with me. Baca aku punya sick joke
pasal "back door" dalam entry lama, heh...
Sometimes I don't really understand it, why do you guys have to come
here every day? I mean, you can come here once a week, or even once a month,
but why every day? Every single day? I just write what's in my head, that's all.
And I'm writing this for myself.
I don't even care to check my spelling, and my grandma even.....
There are lots of other journals out there
on the internet worth reading.
> Aku beli 3 ekor ayam panggang kat Pantai Dalam tadi, bawak office, syok jugak makan ramai-ramai masa trading, yang tak syoknya kitaorang tak masuk positions pun,
coffee tumbled by more that 4 points, yesterday's rally was not real.
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assalamualaikum,
hie there..!! i''m back to ''haunt'' you.. hehe..- me,myself & I
makkkkk!!!!.....heh....hek eleh, macamlah I takut....heh..
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ala bro .. tak yah buat lawak la .. u kan suka jugak
kite orang dtg hari2 kan .. kan ... :) ... kite org pun
suka jugak nak kasi u happy .. moral support bro. ... :) - naeila
...lah, masa bila pulak aku buat lawak nih?....lantaklah.....
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e''eh kau online. aku pun online jugak.- mat jan
aku memang online masa ni (1-10 am), dari petang tadi, pukul 6-30 pm sampai 3 -00 am, weekdays. hang buat apa? exams dah dekat hang dok melepak cc lagi, apa ni?
Friday 13th
>
when i was small
i wanted to be a bird
and now i feel like one
i can fly.....
>
Thanks for visiting/reading.......heh.....
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