entering adulthood ep. 3 & 4

it's already december now....it's almost time to bid farewell to 2010....was quite busy for the past few weeks...finalizing my masters thesis report....at last, i've completed my masters degree in computer networks....phewwww~....what a relieve....felt like a huge burden has been lifted off my shoulder....

about a couple of weeks ago, me & my wife attended 2 wedding ceremonies....2 days in a row....one on a saturday, one on a sunday.....that particular week, i think there was at least 5 weddings that was held....the 1st one which was on saturday was my bachelors degree coursemate, master degree coursemate & my ex-colleague at HP wedding which was held at his residence at gombak, near the batu caves....knew him for about 6 years already and eventually, i was the one who brought him into HP....me & my wife headed to the wedding ceremony a little bit later coz we wanted to join the rest of the old gangs....reached there around 2~3 o'clock i think....had a photography session first before headed to the dining table.....the dishes were quite okay...quite delicious.....not long after that, the rest of my friends arrived....after a few more photograph shots, it's time to make a move....felt a little bit lazy to head back home as we were going to attend the solemnization of my another friend at nite....so, we headed to ikea instead to kill some time together with the rest of the gang....after maghrib prayers, we made a move to kg sungai penchala, the bride's home where loki & jieja will be pronounced husband & wife.....the solemnization ceremony i can say was the fastest & most express of all other solemnization ceremony that i've ever seen or attended....their solemnization the most i think was only 20 minutes....compared to mine previously, an hour!.....after we had our meal there, it's time call off for the day....

the next day, around lunch time, we went to attend loki & jieja's wedding reception....the crowd was merry....quite many familiar faces could be seen....the dishes were splendid, especially the lempeng....and there was even a lucky draw!....first time seeing a lucky draw on a wedding reception... :P

next post, me & my wife's stay at the Palace of The Golden Horses....stay tuned....

entering adulthood ep. 2 part 2

after johor, it's Kajang's turn....saturday recently was my cousin paan's wedding side at Kajang....it was a 3 days 3 nights festival which started on thursday....around 7.30 pm after work, i headed to Kajang to my cousin's house as there was a bacaan tahlil....almost everyone was there, alang, acu, achik (ofcoz), tok chik and even opah chu....the only ones that were not present were my parents as they were only coming down on the next day....diner dishes were splendid...daging salai masak lemak, udang masak sambal petai and etc....yummy....left my uncle's house at about 11 pm as i'm working the next day....so, can't stay long with the rest of the family members.....the next day after work, shot straight away to kajang to lend a hand for the big day preparation....apart from that, my parents were already there at my uncle's house....besides the preparation, my uncle even set up a karaoke session for those who wanna show off their talent :P .....at about 12 o'clock midnite, me, my parents & my sister head back to my crib....couldn't stay longer as tomorow is the big day....

at about 9.30 in the morning, all of us headed to kajang accept for my wife as she will be accompanying my mother in law later to the wedding....reached there about 10.15 and everyone looked busy already...hence we made ourselves looked busy as well :P .....helped here and there.....later on i volunteered to be the person to welcome the bride's entourage and escorted them to where the bride & groom are located before the procession to the wedding place...around 1.30 pm, we then marched to the wedding place with the bride's entourage escorting the couple accompanied by the seizure of the kompang....and as usual, upon arriving, the ceremony started with menepung tawar by senior family members onto the bride & groom....after that, it's time for the couple to makan (me too :P)....and after makan, it's photograph session for family members and the bride & groom....the ceremony officially ended at about 4 pm but family members are still there.....

later on, some went back to their homes and will be coming back later and some stayed for the nite's cutting cake ceremony....i went back home too for a while to take a bath and to fetch my wife and sis as they did not stayed long after the wedding ceremony....reached kajang back at about 8.30, the ceremony hasn't started yet (luckily...)....about 9.30 i think, the ceremony started with paan wearing a suit and laila wearing a wedding gown....after the cut cake ceremony, the finale was a short firework show....i dunno how but seriously my uncle held a firework show....after that, some went back home while some showed their talent at the karaoke session....for me, my wife, parents & sister, we hanged there for a little while to take a few shots of photos of the bride & groom....at about 11.30 pm, it's time to call the day off.....

auld lang syne HP

last 2 week was my last day at HP....now that i've experience working in shift basis, it's time for a new challenge....after 2 years of service for Agilent by HP under Xcellink, it's time for a new job, a new environment....lots of sweet & sour memories during in the IMT team.....many people come in and out....a few generations of IMT i've been gone thru....at the time of my last day, i was the 3rd most senior member in the team.....recalling back the day i joined HP, the 1st day i entered the shift was to standby for OT....the 1st week of shift i've missed TTO....hahaha~....after 9 months, was promoted to shift lead due to my shift lead at that time had a better offer & better job....throughout my tenure at HP, i've worked with 9 different person in my shift....the crowd was quite merry....it was happy working with the Agilent IMT team and it was a privilege working under my 2 bosses....thanks for the great times guys.....it was a fun ride....hopefully we will work together again in the future....

entering adulthood ep. 2 part 1

last friday, me & my wife together with my parents went to sg. rengit, johor to convoy my cousin, paan's solemnization & the bride's side wedding....it was one of the longest driving journey i've endured in my life....from kl to the Tanjung Kapal Resort at Sg. Rengit Johor was 8~9 hours total journey time including breaks at R&R....paan will have a hard time going back to johor for raya :P.....we first stopped at the Air Keroh, Malacca R&R to have our breakfast and then continued the journey and we exited at the Kulai exit...and continued to Kota Tinggi to settle a few thigs there by my mom and to take a look at the hotel that we're gonna put a nite on the next day...b4 we continued the journey to Sg. Rengit, we stopped by the famous Pak Din Putu Bambu....u must try it if you are at Kota Tinggi....believe me, u won't regret it....continued the journey again and we arrived at last at the Tanjung Kapal Resort at Sg. Rengit at about 3 o'clock...it felt like it was a never ending journey...phewww~....upon arriving we relaxed and enjoyed the not so very interesting sea view while waiting for the rest of the family members to arrive....then at approximately 7.15 pm, we head to the one of the mosque at Sg. Rengit to convoy paan for his engagement and the later solemnization after Isya' prayers....the hantaran that paan get from the girl's side was quite marvelous, a Blackberry phone and a nintendo wii console (i bet paan who's the one that asked for it :P)....the ceremony ended at about 11 pm and it's time to head back to the resort and have a good nite sleep....

then on the next day, saturday morning, had breakfast while gazing at the sea...and at about 12.30 pm, it's time to make a move to the wedding ceremony venue.....the convoy begins and about 30 minutes we were there....the food wasn't too bad (that's becoz we had dishes of the bride & grooms table :P)....after about 2 hours, it's time to hit the road to Kota Tinggi back to put a nite at the Rest Inn Hotel Kota Tinggi....stopped by at Desaru for a while to see the beaches but didn't really had the opportunity as it was gonna rain....we reached the Rest Inn Hotel Kota Tinggi at about 5.30 pm and checked in straight away....the hotel room was really not bad at all....the condition was tip top (probably due to it is a new hotel)....and with the cheap rate, it was really worth it....and on top of that, there's free wi-fi.....after maghrib prayers, we went out to had diner at Restoran Seafood Hassan Ong recommended by someone to my mum....similar to the Restoran Haji Shahrin Low....chinese muslim....the food was really delicious, splendid and most important, chinese style....86 ringgit for 4 person with 5 dishes, 4 drinks and 4 deserts, it was quite worth it....before 9 pm we were already at the hotel room and it's time to call off for the day...

sunday, it was time to head back to kl....what a long journey it was....phewww~....

Putu Bambu Pa' Din

Rest Inn Hotel Kota Tinggi

Training with the expert

hola2....it's been a while haven't updated here....was quite bz every weekend the raya month....the last post was on early syawal and now syawal is already over....missed the raya cuisines (lemang especially...) & the open houses....well, see u around again next year syawal.....

last thursday me & a few of my colleagues had a training with one of the experts in the Agilent account who is also the 4th & 5th level, Daniel Lankford.....this guy has been with Agilent & HP for about 8 years, so he knows inside & out of the architecture.....Dan was in KL for a 2 weeks on business trip and is here to assist the IMT(Incident Management Team) & WWPMT(World Wide Problem Management Team).....the 1st week was more of meetings with the bosses & having a better picture of how our operation is here.....and the 2nd week was reserved for training both IMT & WWPMT.....our group's training was on thursday.....it was the best training that we ever had compared with the other trainers....Dan's explanation was the best & the details were the most detailed....very lucky for the new guys (teck ve & terence) to be able to train with the best.....it was a 1 whole day training & basically everything about Agilent has been covered from WAN to LAN to Wireless to Firewall to Proxies to VPN (phewww...) and are mostly from the technical perspective....so, no more excuses not to troubleshoot anymore....probably we could even be the level 3 guys now :P ....thanks for the solid training Dan....hope u had a safe journey back to Colorado....

Dan & the gang

Raya 2010

it's already the 10th day of raya and only now i posted about the raya :P...raya is here again....this year's raya was a totally whole new raya for me....this year's raya was my first time as a husband and my first raya without my grandma....it's a mixed of feelings....happy celebrating 1st year raya with my wife but at the same time feeling sad that my grandma wasn't around any more to celebrate raya together....her absence was really felt as i've celebrated raya with my grandma for 24 years!!....we really missed her....may Allah bless her....so this year's raya was still celebrated at tapah, my father's hometown....me & my wife pushed off from kl to Tapah at 5.30 in the morning, the 1st raya day itself as the rest of the family members also pushed off the morning raya to Tapah...before we started to push off it was already raining heavily and it was going to be a slow ride due to the slippery road, and it was....many cars had to drove slow as the rain was quite heavy...and we reached tapah b4 8....we thought we were already late but guess what, we were the 1st to arrive....several minutes later my parents arrived and not too long after that several more of the family members arrived....went for the solat raya and after that had breakfast of nasi lemak & pulut after the majlis makan raya & bacaan doa....the majlis makan raya & bacaan doa is a tradition in our family....every year raya, after the solat raya prayers, jemaah of the surau will come for raya to my grandparents house which is situated right behind the surau....due to it's location, my grandparents house will be the first house to be visited....back in the old days, me & my cousins need to help in the kitchen and carrying out the dishes to the living room....after the majlis is over, we would then need to wash up all the dishes....really missed those days....so after the majlis raya, we would sit around and have chat among the big family members....after that we went to the grave to visit the grave of my grandparents...before heading to cameron, we went for raya to several houses....and even after we reached cameron before going back to my parent's home, we went for raya to another house, auntie angeline's house...whewww...what a 1st day raya....

not much of pics this time due to i forgot to snap :P...

pug's minor surgery

i had to dig further to find out what was the petrol smell from my pug b4 raya and fortunately came across to bug206.blogspot.com & my206xr.blogspot.com and found the root cause of my pug's problem...there was a problem with my pug's fuel pump and it seems to be a common problem for 206s...my206xr.blogspot.com was like a wikipedia for 206...any 206 owners out there can refer to this blog if u come accross any problem with ur pug 206....back to my problem, after work at about 8.30 am, i head directly to Geotauto to check out my fuel pump problem...arriving there, the SA went to check my pug and verified that it was the fuel pump problem and the fuel is already like a puddle underneath the back seat!!....unfortunately & as expected, Geotauto did not have the fuel pump stock and without having any other choice, had to head to the Naza service center at Batu 3 as Bluebox Glenmarie no longer service or do warranty claims for 206...headed first to the Bluebox Glenmarie to get the map on how to get to the Naza Service Center coz i know i wouldn't be able to solely search the service center based only on address :P ....reached Naza Service Center around 10 o'clock and waited for my turn...explained to the SA that i need to make a warranty claim for the fuel pump....the service center wasn't that bad at all....there were couches, tv with astro (managed to watch CSI), PCs with internet connection and there's also wifi....oh, not to forget drinks dispenser machine but no point as it was ramadhan....there were a few other pug owners over there who sent their pugs for servicing....so, waiting for a while is expected....and at 2.30 pm, my pug was as good as new and redy to be driven off....4 hours of waiting, pheeeww....

Naza Corporation Sdn Bhd

Jalan U1/30, No. 43,

Hicom Industrial Park,

Shah Alam, Selangor

Tel: 03-55690886

GPS coordinate : N 03 4.796' E 101 33.441'

Fuel pump good as new