Sofian Osman

This is Sofian Osman, or Abang Pyan, fondly known to most of us here. Abang Pyan is our Maintenance Manager. This photo of Abang Pyan was taken when he came to my office to discuss about a letter. But I bukan nak cerita pasal letter tu, tapi nak cerita pasal Abang Pyan. I kenal Abang Pyan melalui isteri dia Ita, yang sekampung dengan I. Abang Pyan ni nampak macam garang (kadang2 garang jugak  haha) tapi BEST sebenarnya!

Setiap perkataan yang keluar dari mulut Abang Pyan selalunya buat I ketawa besar. Mukanya selamba je!!! Pengalaman bekerja dengan Abang Pyan yang pertama bagi saya ialah menyiasat water treatment disebelah resort kami yang mengeluarkan aroma yang sungguh dahsyat! Saya seperti biasa tukang tulis surat, jadi hantar lah surat kepada GMnya. Tolak sana, tolak sini.. bau yang tak menyenangkan masih lagi di udara! Saya pun duduk dengan Abang Pyan tanya dia apa nak buat?

"Bolehhh, Nora sanggup ke tak sanggup nak buat je.." Abang punya style, cabar saya.

"Buat apa Bang?," saya tanya Abang Pyan balik. Suspen pun ye jugak. Buatnya Abang kata kena masuk treatment pond tu, huh masak dibuatnya!

"Alah, mudah je. Pukul 7 pagi esok, make sure Nora ada kat depan treatment pond," air muka Abang antara serius dan sengeh2. Susah nak agak apa dalam fikiran dia. Saya pun excited.

SO the next day, saya dan Abang Pyan dah tercangak depan treatment pond tu. Abang explain step by step prosesnya. From the waste dari potty orang2 yang duduk hotel tu, sampai lah dia flush out ke monsoon drain, TREATED..! ok.. Lepas selesai, memang bau HAMPEH sungguh!

Bila saya tulis surat kali kedua, baru saya faham kenapa Abang nak saya pergi tengok proses dari mula sampai akhir. so i whipped them good sampai directors mereka turun dari KL minta maaf dan admit that tiga dari enam pump mereka rosak! The reason why mereka sampai turun berjumpa kami sendiri, ialah sebab Abang Pyan dah ajar saya step by step proses, dan saya dah tau apa yang PATUT saya tulis/cakap dengan mereka..(Mr Paul sampai tanya saya, "Nora, are very sure you should say this?")

So.. thats how detailed Abang Pyan is. He will teach, AND he will make sure that you know what the hell he has taught you (more like, the 5 hours of his time made it through your frozen brain..ok, ok.. MY frozen  brain  :P  )  Abang Pyan always has things to share with you.  

When he was here last, which was very recently, he was telling me about his years with the Japanese. What managed to stay buried in my head (that time) was of course budaya kerja orang2 jepun..Abang Pyan cerita, orang2 Jepun memang punctual, generous etc.. tapi yang I paling suka ialah, Abang kata orang2 Jepun, bangun pagi2, pegi keja. Dah duduk depan komputer, mula-mula dorang buat ialah...

MAIN GAME!!!!  hahahahahahhaha! And rationale dorang sangat chanteque..(ikut spelling Nur) pagi2 BADAN saja dah bangun.. tapi OTAK masih "tidor"  so dorang BANGUNkan otak dorang dengan main game yang memberangsangkan! LOL LOL no, no n\bukan macam tu punya memberangsangkan naaaa...

So kalau rasa2 otak masih tido lagi bila dah duduk depan komputer, bawak2lah main Tomb Rider: The Legend hahahah (itu nasihat Afezul  ;-)   )  Ghost Recon, jangan main-main!

Selamat Bangun Tidur!

And to Abang Sofian, THANK YOU for everything  :-)

the grass looks greener..

almost emerald-like on the other side. I read with joy (and envy) johanna groves blog about the cruises and ships shes been on. I have to read  more to know who is james cusick, and how many ships and cruises johanna and james have been on. i itched to write something, but my mind just wasnt functioning. fiddling with the tabs, i thought i should just hit  "Next Blog" and stumbled upon the blog.

first thing that came to mind was, god, id really love to be there, before i die

and why wasnt this made known..to our part of the world? im sure a lot of malaysians would love to go on these cruises.

GO HERE: http://www.jamescusick.co.uk/?expref=next-blog
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im not sure whats this about cruise and ships etc thats got me spellbound (uh huh) recently. probably its the waters.

you really ought to check this out http://www.cunard.com/ 

Well, I thought the grass looks greener on the other side..while I went through murky waters on a seasoned boat that fits maximum 12, depending on the size, Johanna boasts about probably 8-storey high oceanliner. an encounter with an iceberg. geyser and all. I guess its just normal that I feel lesser..

Is it? 

When I lost my way..

..I get really weird and all that. (Freddy G would  say, "everything and all." haha youre funny G)

And I, ..I just need to ramble. When your heart beats a very un-rhythmic tempo. And you feel restless @ RENGSA (my dear Myera Fizzouk once was so fond of using the word Rengsa..) to describe the chaos in your heart, to be specific. The Chaotic-Theory, if it's just a made-up thing, strangely, has some truth in it.

Colbie Callait should start writing hate song..well ONLY if she writes really good hate songs..as good as her love songs, to say the least. It does get to me, haha, love songs, people getting engaged, people getting MARRIED!
(LOL they say it's HEALTHIER when you let it out)....and so i'm letting it out  ;-)

Chelsea's here...

NOW how could I have mistaken John (why are most "Johns" not keeping  up to the virtue of the name? :P)  Terry, with..


Andre Villas-Boas?

(Anyway, what about the Matthews?)
I was at the Sports page (YESSSS! I do read the Sports section dammit!) And for days now, The Star's been talking about The Blues friendly match against Malaysia, today. The truth is, I was thinking with John Terry around...And OHHH, Ashley Cole!!! Which one (or two) of the many gorgeous looking girls here in good old Kuala Lumpur would be lucky enough (can I say pun intended?) to announce nine months down the road,
"We had sex while Chelsea was here for the friendly match.."

;-)

KENDURI KHAWIN SANA SINI.. WEDDING BELLS..

Aaah.. one of my favourite times of the year! How can it not be? Good food! Beautiful people! Saya suka kenduri kawin. Ayam masak merah (Thats chicken in thick red gravy, sweet and a little spicy and sourish Goddd help me). Pajeri Nenas - sort of a Pineapple Chutney..and yes it is yummy in the first degree! Real Beef Rendang, lol not that there are unreal ones.. it's just that they just taste BETTER at the wedding! :P

My nieces are getting married. My cousins daughters. One, just did today and I missed it. I actually forgot! Totally my bad!

Here in Malaysia, when you're invited to a wedding, a Malay wedding, and especially if  you're a close relative it's compulsory that you go! Well sort of. Malaysians love people coming to their wedding. Especially us Malays! My wedding was attended by.. what.. more than 500, close to a thousand! And really its nothing. We believe that, the more we invite, the more Rezeki (rezeki is good fortune, in many forms. children. good health. financial aspect..) comes along with it..and it's definitely NOT BRAGGING!

The word is gotong-royong. Its a Malay word, loosely translated, community team work..people in the neighborhood, close relatives, very close friends..will all come to lend a helping hand! Those days, people like my parents (Al-Fatihah untuk Chik and Ayah) had their childrens wedding at home. Hotel weddings or wedding at community halls were something "ridiculous" those days. Because we want to have the special day at our home.

These days however, everyone wishes to have their weddings, (parents and brides/grooms alike) at a hotel or, at least..the community hall. Mostly because, it's easier. Convenient is more like it. Imagine hundreds of guests. The raw materials. The leftovers. Its a mess, trust me. But its the most treasured.

OK guess what.. you know the "oops, waitaminute.." look, or in the movie, it even has a sound effect..like youre applying an emergency brake..because they need to to do that flash back thingy..or tell the real deal!

OK, haha, Im feeling guilty, thats the cue. Now you know. I have put this on hold way too long. So I kinda lost my way..

But to both nieces and nephews, Congratulations! I pray for your happiness.

Pheww ThankGod..I forgot what i wanted to write about, but I remember thinking about uploading my own wedding photos!!!! (just what were you thinking norrie?)

maybe another time, another place..
another man?

matter of the heart..

i listen to this song everyday..actually ive been listening to it for the past few months..

"Slow Dancing In A Burning Room"

It's not a silly little moment,
It's not the storm before the calm.
This is the deep and dying breath of
This love that we've been working on.

Can't seem to hold you like I want to
So I can feel you in my arms.
Nobody's gonna come and save you,
We pulled too many false alarms.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

I was the one you always dreamed of,
You were the one I tried to draw.
How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.

I'll make the most of all the sadness,
You'll be a bitch because you can.
You try to hit me just to hurt me
So you leave me feeling dirty
Because you can't understand.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?

My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room,
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?

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WOMEN CAUSE MOST ACCIDENTS!

can you believe that?

sebenarnya, saya boleh kot.. kononnya universiti michigan, usa (usa ye, bukan jepun  :P ) ada buat kajian bahawa dalam kajiselidik sebanyak 6.5 juta kes kemalangan kereta, disebabkan oleh pemandu-pemandu wanita.

kata mereka, yang bestnya, kedua-dua pemandu memang perempuan..bukan yang perempuan pi langgar lelaki! kisah-kisah yang dibincangkan, apa lagi kalau bukan kisah rumahtangga..drama2 di TV.. apa lagi agaknya?

tp saya rasa, orang perempuan ni dia agak 'cemerkap' sikit kot bila tetiba berdesing mat rempit zoooooooom sebelah dia, ahahaha!

apapun..sapa punya salah, yang kurang baik skill pemanduannya..hati-hatilah.. bukan anda seorang pengguna jalan raya..