Life Of A Typical Malay - June 1999

Sunday 13/6/1999

Didn't go anywhere today, kind of patah kaki, kereta aku Nuar pinjam pergi hantar Mak mertua dia ke Pudu, dia nak balik Johor.

Weather was nice, cloudy, I just spent the rest of the morning in bed. Ngah called up, wanted to know more about me and Rohaya I guess. I pretended to be very sleepy and she promised to call me back.

Had my lunch at Section 3, about 3 something. Then took a spin around Shah Alam, to Section 7, 2 and 9, man, what a nice Sunday!

Akak The and the whole family datang petang ni, sajalah jalan-jalan, pulangkan aku punya digital camera. They stayed until dinner, Halimah masak, seronok diaorang makan ramai-ramai ni but I was not hungry, aku tak makan. Kereta Abang The refused to start, something wrong with the battery . Took us about 20 mins to get the car back on the road again.

Monday 14/6/1999

Je ne me suis pas senti bon ce matin. J'ai réveillé se sentir plutôt mal. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, peut-être trop de sommeil.Badan aku rasa sengal-sengal, lama dah tak pergi jogging ni.

Din telephonierte, als ich noch im Bett war, er wollte einige tausend Ringgit investieren, den ich ihm mein Kontonummer froh gab. Jeffrey und Mackay waren im Büro heute. Sie waren dort für einige Minuten. Price went further down, another gap (exhaustion gap) was formed towards closing time. Now it's about time for another rally.

Andrew called tanya bila aku ada masa lapang pasal dia nak belajar how to trade. His intention was to clear all his positions himself (he doesn't want Agnes to be his Broker) and get out from the market. Poor guy.

Tuesday 15/6/1999

It was a bit peaceful this morning, no calls to disturb my sleep. Woke up just before Zohor, then to Section 10 for lunch. Met Fakhrulradzi at Restoran Hayati, wow, jauhnya merayau dia ni. Dari Tanjung Malim sampai ke Shah Alam.

A group of girly guys (nice oxymoron huh?) just moved in next door, one of them asked me to help them fixing their kitchen door. Aku tak reti pasal DIY ni, jadi aku kata aku kind of busy. Well, a gentleman is someone who is never unintentionally rude...hahahaha...

Had my dinner at Estana, Dominic and Kumar were not there at the office. Saw Sara at the lobby but I just ignored her.

Market was very dull, it played sideway until mid-session. Left at about midnight, to Estana again for a cup of tea. What a boring night it was.

Wednesday 16/6/1999

Went for lunch rather late today, nearly 3-30 pm. To PKNS Complex after that, paid the apartment maintenance fee and had my hair cut. The salon was quiet until one Puan Seri, together with her lady friend datang bawak 3 of her 4 Filipino maids.Bising mula-mula pasal those 3 maids yang aku rasa tak pernah "jumpa" benda yang pelik-pelik tu, bising yang aku tak tahan bila that Puan Seri talking to the other lady. Obviously she wanted everyone to know everything about her life, her wealthy husband blah blah blah...she was damn proud. I thought only politicians have big mouths.

Bila rambut aku pendek macam ni baru aku sedar yang aku ni dah banyak uban. Hmmm...

Agnes really drove me crazy tonight. She called on my handphone a few times while I was driving, asking the whereabout of me, reminding me to teach her how to get connected to the internet, asking me to register her for hotmail and stuff. And she was all over me the moment I stepped into the office. Another strange Filipino.

It was another boring session, market played sideway again, it closed higher though. Confusing. Tokyo was down, so was London. But not New York. Damn Yankees.

Andrew was at the office tonight, he wanted to pass some documents to Tony. He asked me to make myself free Friday night, after trading hours. Left at 12-30 am, reached home at 1-am feeling terribly hungry. And there was nothing much in the fridge.T o Seven Eleven to buy some currypuffs.

There was one e-mail from my journal reader,asking me to write in English, instead of in Malay. "It's confusing" she said. Nope, this is MY diary, and I don't want people to know too details.

Thursday 17/6/1999

My day started a bit early today, woke up at 10-00 am. To Section 15 for my breakfast, lama dah aku tak makan pagi, sejak aku kerja malam ni memang jarang aku ambik breakfast. Went to SIRIM to see Azizan but he was out. En. Zul was there at the office but he seemed busy, aku tak tegur dia pun, susah jugak pasal dia ni dah naik pangkat, kalau nak jumpa dah tentu kena buat appointment. Bukan macam dulu, pakai redah saja.

Tanya kerani pembayaran pasal status aku punya final account. Projek dah bertahun siap tapi final account pun belum settle. Spent nearly an hour there checking all the documents and stuff.

Abang Ngah talipun, we didn't talk long. Then to Section 8, to Meda's office..They were busy preparing for a few projects. Meda tanya aku, apa yang aku boleh tolong. Aku kata, tengok dululah, aku pun tak berapa faham sangat apa sebenarnya projek diaorang ni, ada a few. Spent the afternoon updating my charts and checking weather forecasts (for the next few days). There were 2 reasons why price went up yesterday. First because of the lower than expected coffe stock, second because there were rumours about cool air mass hovering Argentina, moving towards coffee growing areas in Southern Brazil. There are far too many weather-related websites on the net I don't know which one to refer to.

Didn't go to the office tonight, aku rasa market macam semalam jugak. Tak apalah, aku boleh ask for quote thru' my mobile.

Spent the night watching a movie titled Jefferson In Paris, what a brilliant film. Watched news on telly after that, UMNO General Assembly started this morning rupanya, tak perasan pulak aku. Nak tergelak jer aku bila tengok perwakilan dari seluruh negara buat ucapan. What a bag full of shit.

Opening price was lower (than yesterday's closing) when I first checked with Hamli, lebih kurang sejam lepas tu masa aku tengok binews.com terkejut aku dibuatnya, harga naik pasal weather forecast kata cool air mass which has been hovering over Argentina for the last few hours sekarang ni dah sampai Brazil, jadi drop in temperature menyebabkan orang jadi panik, harga terus naik. Tapi, macam minggu lepas jugak, kes sejuk tapi tak betul-betul sejuk, price went down again towards the end, it closed higher than yesterday though.

Friday 18/6/1999

this photo was taken by Mat this morning

Harini aku bangun pagi sikit, lepas Subuh tadi terus tak tidur infact.Biasanya lepas Subuh baru aku tidur. Downloaded one new cool program called Gooey, which was launched a few days ago, spent nearly an hour trying it out. It's kind of "surfing companion", it follows me to wherever site I visit and I can have a live chat with other visitors to the site. Does this mean I cannot go visit xxx sites anymore?...*LOL*..

Mat talipun, ajak aku pergi breakfast. Had a nice nasi dagang at Section 2. Taught him some internet basic, actually that was the reason why he phoned me this morning, to know more details about cyber world. He seemed interested,er lächte über das ganze Gesicht when I registered him for hotmail. My system suddenly went haywire, I could not even start the pc, let alone log on to the net. Spent the rest of the morning trying to figure out what went wrong. Frantically, of course. Mat left before Sembahyang Jumaat. Met Ji (a cousin,my mum's side) at ITM Islamic Centre.

Nani (my favourite cousin, my dad's side) was having a meeting when I called her, she returned my call at about 4-30 pm. She sounded very cheerful indeed and gave me lots and lots of motivating thoughts.

There was a film shooting right at the back of our office, I could not park my car at my regular spot. It was like a fiesta, with so many curious onlookers.And I was one of them...hahaha...

Market was active compared to days before, price went up, coffee consumption in USA was up by 6 %, so said one report. Andrew called to let me know that he could not make it before 1-00 am. Good. Market was dull after mid-session we left early again.

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