THE ROSE GARDEN

Few days ago we had internal meeting membincangkan isu2 pelajar2 yg mendapat kedudukan bersyarat (KS) dan kedudukan gagal (KG) dalam peperiksaan semester yang lepas.

Sebagai seseorang yg baru dalam academic line, I'm amazed to find out how the faculty takes serious measurement in assessing students under KS and KG conditions. Those under KS akan diberi perhatian yang lebih oleh penasihat akademik (PA) dan timbalan dekan akademik. Maknanya kehadirannya ke kelas, assignments dan tests akan dipantau. I can't really remember zaman saya undergrad dulu, adakah pihak pengurusan akademik fakulti saya dulu pun ada sistem sebegini?

Those under KG pulak, isunya di scrutinized utk find out kenapa students ni KG. Sebab kalau ada sbb yang munasabah, ianya akan dipertimbangkan untuk diberi peluang dalam mesyuarat Senat. I'm not going to elaborate on peraturan universiti and whatnots but just nak berkongsi cerita tentang dua kes KG yg menarik perhatian.

KES 1

Pelajar lelaki, tahun akhir. CGPA 3.3. Punya rekod akademik yang baik sebelum ini. Tapi apa yg menyebabkan GPA dia dia 0.00 2 semester berturut2? PAnya kata, student ni frust cinta tak berbalas dengan rakan sebaya satu kursus. Dah lama minat kat awek ni dari tahun 1 tapi akhirnya di tahun 3 confirm awek ni mmg tak nak kat dia. Kecewa punya pasal dan atas alasan tak nak grad sama2, mamat ni sanggup menggagalkan diri!PAnya kata lagi, dari awal dia found out that this student flopped in his study the first time, dia dah korek cerita dan nasihat habis2an. Tapi budak ni tak makan nasihat. 

Hish!!! kitorg staf2 akdemik yg dengar ni rasa gerammmmmmm sangat! Rasa kalau ada budak ni kat depan mata, nak dilempang2 to knock some sense in his head. Hello! Come on la....x berbaloi tau nak gagalkan diri sbb cinta tak dibalas. Kat luar sana ada ramai lagi perempuan2 yg boleh disunting, kenapa la sbb orang tak nak kat ko, ko sanggup merosakkan masa depan sendiri???? Tak fikir ke tentang mak ayah?

Teringat diri sendiri zaman undergrad dulu. Saya and cik HB dulu mula bercinta dr tahun akhir A-Level, lepas tu sambung pulak masa buat degree. Masa 3rd year, kami banyak gayut kat tepon dan bila banyak berckp, banyak la buang masa dan banyak la gaduhnya. So agak mempengaruhi study kami masa tu. CGPA kami mmg dropped dan akhirnya atas persetujuan bersama2, kami putuskan untuk break buat sementara. Maknanya kami tidak akan berhubung, dating2, cemburu2 macam pasangan bercinta. I was free to do what i want to do, and so did he. We would not question each other's activities. "aku hidup aku, ko hidup ko" kaedahnya. Kalau ada jodoh, lepas grad kita sambung, kalau tak, bawa la haluan masing2.

I'm glad we made that decision. Final year saya, 2 semester berturut2 saya dapat Dean's List. Berjaya la juga mendapat CGPA atas 3.00 (barely passed!)  Ada rasa sesal jugak terlibat dalam percintaan sebelum tu. Kalau tak reti meyelam sambil minum air, baik jangan buat! Hahahaha. Macamana pon ianya pengajaran kehidupan buat diri saya.

Dan soal jodoh, kalau dah mmg itu jodohmu, maka itu la yang kamu dapat. Saya dan cik HB kembali berhubungan right after we graduated, sama2 dapat kerja cepat dan kawen 2 tahun lepas tu. Alhamdulilah.

So adik2 generasi Y, Z dan yang akan datang (termasuk anak2ku sendiri), jangan bazirkan diri/masa mu dengan percintaan yg tak pasti zaman tengah belajar. Beri priority apa yang lebih penting untuk masa depan ok!

KES 2

Pelajar perempuan, tahun 3. Semester 1- 5, result generally agak ok. CGPA/GPA sekitar 2.9 nearly 3.00. Malangnya di tahun ke-3 diuji dengan masalah keluarga. Ayah kahwin lain, mengabaikan si ibu dan anak2. Eventually bercerai. Pelajar ni yang merupakan anak sulung, terpaksa ambil-alih urusan keluarga dek kerana ibu mengalami tekanan perasaan. PAnya cerita students ni angkut adik2nya ke rumah sewanya utk dijaga. Pernah tangguh pengajian kerana nak bekerja dan cuba selesaikan masalah keluarga. Tapi masih belum selesai.

Sedih kan? Kisah2 macam ni la yang kita patut kesian. She's quite a good student, kalau habiskan study, peluang cerah untuk dapat kerja yang bagus. I don't know what the father is thinking. Tak ke dia rasa bersalah dari kesan tindakan dia tu?

Wahai mak ayah, kalau buat sesuatu keputusan (kahwin lain, bercerai), fikirlah masak2 impak dari keputusan itu. Sebab selalunya yang jadi mangsa adalah anak2.

Student ni pon dah buat keputusan untuk berhenti belajar. Jadi fakulti pon x boleh merayu utk dia diberi peluang lagi....huhuhu.

Bilik kedua

Cantik kan setting dia? Simple tapi kemas.

Daaa..gambar toilet pon nak masuk blog? Saya bukan apa, saya appreciate toilet yg bersih and functional walau kat mana pon saya pegi :)

Sepanjang ptg kami hanya lepak2, golek2 dalam bilik. Malam baru keluar cari makan. Pusing punya pusing, dan google macam2, akhirnya kami makan kat medan selera Taman Kanak2. Tak jauh dari Ipoh Parade. Ok la sini, mcm2 pilihan makanan yg ada. Yg paling meletop popiah dia. Mmg sedap sgt! Laksa pon sedap. Lepas makan kami pusing2 Ipoh Parade dan beli stok makanan utk makan kat hotel. Lepas tu balik tido....

Hari kedua, sambung lawatan industri. 3 company lagi. Hari ni lunch kami cuma tapau makanan dan makan kat hotel. Sebab cuaca panas sgt dan kami pon keletihan. Sepanjang2 saya buat lawatan, cik HB dan anak2 tunggu dalam keta. Tu pon dah penat...hehehe.

Dah petang sikit baru kami keluar jln2. Kami pi try Laksa Sarang Telur kat area Taman Botani. Agak jauh jugak dari city centre. 

Ni la laksanya. Taste wise saya suka aje tp cik HB rasa so-so aje. Dia x puas hati takde telur rebus....hahaha. Dah telur presented in the form of nest (sarang), so xde la telur rebus dah!

Lepas makan laksa, kami dah x tau nak kemana. Kami just pusing2 area bandar Ipoh. Then makan malam kami try makan kat Restoran Nasi Lemak Ayam Kampung. Kami pilih kedai ni berdasarkan carian google tempat makan popular di Ipoh. Namanya mcm kedai jual nasi lemak je kan? Tp sebenarnya ada mcm2 makanan. Saya try makan sup belut. Sedap jugak la. Again cik HB rasa kedai ni biasa2 aje.

Hari ketiga, sambung lawatan lagi 3 companies, juga selesai by noon. Kami decided nak pegi jenguk Taman Rekreasi Gunung Lang pasal dah x tau nak buat apa dah kat Ipoh. Tempat ni agak menarik, nak sampai ke situ kena naik bot. Kena bayar la tapi tapi harga reasonable, kami bayar RM10 utk satu family. Naik botnya sekejapan sgt. 

Ni view dr pulau Taman Rekreasi Gunung Lang mengadap jeti kami bertolak.  Tempat ni cantik by nature tapi sayang tak dapat penjagaan yg sempurna. 



Anak2 dara pon dah nak sama tinggi dengan maknya

Lagi 2 hari genap sebulan saya bekerja dalam bidang akademik.

 

How is it going on?

 

Well, things are moving so fast in this one month time. Tak sempat nak 'honeymoon' or orientasi. Masuk2 aje dah terus gear 5 sbb dah ada kelas untuk di handle. Hari Khamis lapor diri terus masuk meeting jabatan. Friday attended engineering seminar. Isnin terus kena handle first lab! Imagine I only did the pre-lab stuffs with the technician at 10am then class started at 11am!

 

Mmg sangat nervoussss...saya kan tak pernah mengajar sebelum ni, then suddenly there are 20s 2nd year students in front of me waiting for their lecturer to start the lab session.

 

Tapi sebelum memulakan kelas saya saya declare awal2 kat students, that I am new to teaching line and that I had never been teaching before, so I would like to apologize siap2 in case there are flaws in my teaching way.

 

Alhamdulilah, that first lab went on smoothly and at least I knew the students managed to complete their lab session succesfully.

 

So after few classes, I feel more at ease with teaching. I guess I love teaching jugak la. Kadang2 ada la jugak perasaan takut bagi ajaran sesat sbb kita pon tak tau banyak sangat. But I'd be honest with the students....tak tahu ckp tak tahu and bagitau yang kita akan cuba cari jawapannya.

 

And my initial thought yg ingat this job akan bagi banyak masa free kat saya, tak la benar ye. Yes, working hours to punch-in/out is flexible but u have to make sure you have enough 40 hours clocking in the work. So pandai2 la adjust waktu bekerja tu. Lepas tu besides teaching class, ada banyak lagi kerja lain kena buat. Keje2 pantau students, key-in markah, arrange itu ini. Kena involve with research jugak sbb ada CPD point kena achieve youuuuu. So takde la free sangat teaching job ni (as a lot of people ingat keje mengajar ni banyak masa free!)

 

So that's about it for now. Skrg perasaan nak blogging tu tak berapa ada though saya nak berkongsi cerita JK1M yang dah berakhir. Takde mood nak tulis pasal tu ( saya turun 2kg ja tapi bukan salah program, salah saya sendiri...huhuhu). Insyallah, start November saya sambung Fit For You pulak.

 

Kalau ada mood saya blog pasal Fit For You pulak ye....

 

 

 

 

Assalammualaikum...

Rupanya dah lebih sebulan tak menulis disini. Sbb dah selalu blogging bila dah sebulan x blogging terasa mcm lama pulak.

From September to now, there are changes in life. Paling significant, mulai Oktober saya dah bertukar kerja dan kerjaya. Alhamdulilah, setelah bertahun2 bekerja on contract basis, akhirnya I'm landed on a permanent job. Scope of works juga sudah berbeza, something very new to me tapi sangat disyukuri sbb memberikan saya peluang mendidik anak bangsa.

Bukan kah salah satu utk pahala yang berpanjangan adalah ilmu bermanfaat yang dikongsi bersama2?

So ini adalah minggu ke-2 saya dengan kerjaya dan organisasi baru. Masih awkward dengan banyak perkara but it is a learning process and I hope that prestasi saya bertambah baik selepas ini. Semoga Allah ikhlaskan hati saya dalam menjalankan tanggungjawab saya.

The job opportunity pon came at the right time di saat saya sgt fed-up dengan situasi kerja sebelum ini. Fed-up bukan apa tapi disebabkan my superiors tak buat kerja diaorg tapi dok taichi kat saya manjang. Kita pon takde la berkira sgt bab buat keje ni tapi impaknya bila dah berkali2 the one who supposed to attend the meeting dgn client, tapi tak nak pegi and hantar kita as wakil, and of course la client marah. Kita jugak la yg tadah telinga utk kena marah. Tak kira lagi segala report mak nenek pon taichi kat kita. So masa letak surat resign mmg saya suka la sgt dengan reaksi pihak management. Baru korang tau!

I know mana2 organisasi pon barangkali ada isu yang sama. Jadi pokok pangkalnya kita la yang kena positif. Geram geram jugak bila org taichi keje dia ke kita lepas tu take the credit, tapi lama2 org akan Nampak jugak siapa yang buat keje. Buat je la keje dengan ikhlas, sampai masa nanti akan ada benda baik yang Allah datangkan kat kita. Ni la yang saya katakana kat my colleague yang masih stuck disana dan dibuli dengan keje2 yg buat tanggungjawab dia pon.

I'm sure ditempat baru ini pon mestilah ada isu2nya nanti. Already the system here requires you to work independently. So pandai2 la nak hidup bak kata orang.

Hari tu I resigned much earlier dari tarikh saya masuk keje baru. Kiranya ada 2 minggu la bercuti. Konon2 nak berehat. Tapi takde maknanya. 2 minggu berlalu begitu pantas sampai tak terasa. Banyak yg saya rancang nak buat sepanjang 2 minggu tak kesampaian. Entah apa yang sibuk sangat pon tak tahu la.

That's about it now. I wish to write more especially pasal JK1M yang dah di minggu ke -6 (akhir) tapi saya tugasan yang lebih penting untuk disiapkan.

Till then...

It's Saturday morning.

And I'm at work...huhuhu.

It's been 2 weeks since I started with this new job fulltime. Belum lagi rasa selesa dengan environment kerja baru. Asyik terkenang opis lama dan bos lama....hahahaha.

I miss this car too! Used it for 2 tahun setengah, with no breakdown at all, saya sangat sayangkan Rush ni. Tapi kena la terima hakikat ianya bukan hak milik peribadi, melainkan part and parcel of the previous job. Bila dah habis job tu, kena la pulangkan. Macam ni la jugak kehidupan kita kat dunia ni, semuanya pinjaman belaka, sampai masanya kena pulangkan jugak.

Especially when I didn't usually work on Saturdays. Cuma dtg bila betul2 ada urgent works, itupon sangat2 jarang.

It's so quiet in the office now. Clerk cuti, bos masih warded kat hospital.

Hah, my new boss recently kena heart attack, langsung kena warded. But still, dalam dah sakit2 tu, dia suruh saya and another staff to bring the apa2 documents yg memerlukan perhatian dia dan berpesan update kan dia on daily works.

Adehhhhh...so workaholic!

Even the project manager pon dah pesan to him tak payah la fikir pasal kerja while you are sick but I guess ini orang karakternya mmg dah camni. Cakap la apa pon, dia tetap dengan cara dia.

Which makes me uncomfortable....coz I'm not workaholic...hahahaha.

I really miss my free Saturdays. Sebab pagi2 sabtu selalunya ada lah masa saya nak jenguk kebun saya. Trimming here and there, buang apa2 yg patut. Pagi tadi cuma sempat jenguk sekejap saja sambil berfikir bila la boleh nak kemas2 laman. Memang dah sangat serabut laman luar.

Dalam rumah pon sama jugak. Sana sini memerlukan perhatian.  Kadang2 rasa nak drop aje this job and be a full time housewife so that I can do what I love to do. But for the time being kena la pujuk hati bersabar dulu. Bukan senang nak ambil keputusan berhenti kerja gitu aje bila kita dah commit utk bekerja. My job is not a typical job yg senang2 majikan boleh cari pengganti. Bukan la special job jugak, tapi kalau you kerja in construction line and based at site, you'll know what I'm talking about. Tapi kalau keadaan memaksa, the choice is still in your hand la. 

Well, maybe lepas projek ni I would just stop working in this line. Maybe...sbb tak berani nak ckp lebih2. Kadang the technical works are not that hard but dealing with karenah manusia macam2 yg buat kita stress. Lagipon memang penat juggling life between works and home responsibilities. 

Apa2 pon semoga diberi ketabahan utk hadapi apa2 jua situasi yg mendatang.

So it's official. 

Semalam terima surat tawaran dari company baru dan saya sendiri sudah serahkan surat perletakan jawatan dengan company skrg.

Sedihhhhhhhh.

Dah la terms in the new contract tidak begitu menggembirakan. Dan saya terpaksa melepaskan banyak conveniences yg saya dapat dgn kerja skrg.

I don't know how flexible the new office would be. Official working hours will be 8-5pm from Monday to Saturday. Gone sudah my free Saturday. Bergantung atas budi bicara bos opis baru. Kalau dia being flexible maybe I don't have to follow the official working hours.

In that case, I have to go to work early la. There would a lot of changes then. Sikembar sudah bising2 bila tau start Oktober kena naik van balik sekolah pagi dan pergi sekolah agama. I'm going to miss fetching them up from school. Walaupun kadang2 pening kena dgr mcm2 aduan but I consider it as a quality time with them. 

This morning I woke up at 4.30am and trained myself to get everything ready before 7am. I still want to prepare bekal utk anak2 and myself walaupun jadual kerja saya akan berubah. Perubahannya cuma nanti, pagi2 saya akan hantar kembar ke sekolah dan terus ke tempat kerja, manakala cik HB akan ambil alih urusan hantar Insyirah ke babysitter dan brg2 kembar ke tadika sbb dia akan keluar lambat sikit dari saya. Tapi persediaan barang2 masih urusan saya la....ni pon kena train cik HB utk kenal brg2 tadika dan brg2 Insyirah. Satgi kang ada pulak yg tertukar2!

I've already went to the new site office kat Batu Berendam. Kalau time tak jem, it would be about 15 minutes from my house. Jarak is about 10km. Still x jauh mana tapi sbb utk 2 tahun setengah saya sudah terbiasa dengan keadaan yg mana rumah dan opis saya skrg sgt dekat, maka saya kena latih minda saya supaya tidak rasa down. Honestly, I don't like everything about my new job. No vehicle is provided, parking kena bayar, no handphone provided etc. 

Maybe sbb kerja skrg terlampau byk privileges dan conveniences so bila hilang semua tu saya rasa susah sikit. Tapi setelah saya fikir2kan balik, sepatutnya saya kena bersyukur lagi banyak dari merungut. 

Pertama sekali, saya dapat this new job tanpa perlu susah-payah mencari. Cuba fikirkan org lain yg terpaksa bertungkus-lumus mencari kerja. Keduanya, gaji bertambah dari gaji sebelum ini. Tempat kerja pon dikira agak dekat dengan rumah. Kalau jam sekali pon paling lama saya amik masa utk sampai opis mungkin setengah jam aje. Cuba bayangkan kalau dok KL, how early you have to go out in order to reach office on time? 

So yeah! I need to be positive. You can't forever being in a comfort zone. Kena susah sekali-sekala baru kita pandai hargai kehidupan. 

Mmmm...i'm going to start a new job.

By TODAY actually.

But because of funny arrangements, saya cuma akan lapor diri petang ini dan kemudian kena adjust masa antara kerja baru dan kerja skrg sbb saya masih terikat dengan kerja skrg.

Usah ditanya kenapa dan macamana sebab saya sendiri pening memikirkannya.

Sebab job baru saya adalah arrangement oleh pihak Client. Saya akan join consultant baru dan projek baru yg clientnya adalah client projek sekarang.

So i'm going tp move to a new office at Batu Berendam with new boss and project team.

I'm reluctant sebenarnya. Walaupun projek sekarang sudah hampir siap dan I would be unemployed soon kalau tak amik job baru, I wish I could work in this job forever!

My current job is a dream job! Only it is not a permanent job...huhuhu.

Imagine opis yg cuma 1km dari rumah, site 4km, waktu keje yg flexible, bos yg sangat baik, environment keje yang selesa...oh, I'm going to miss this very much!

New job:  dengar cerita, bos sangat strict and demanding, team work tak sebulu dan opis agak jauh dari rumahku....huwaaaaaa.

Tapi sebab saya dah buat commitment dengan client utk join projek ni dari awal tahun lagi, maka saya kena la pegang commitment saya tu.

So saya kena berlapang dada dan fikir positif. Moga2 semuanya baik2 saja. 

Berusahalah!!!

Minggu lepas mokcik ditugaskan secara ad-hoc untuk buat technical presentation to Master students dari Institut Teknologi Bandung. Bayangkan la event tu 2.30pm dan mokcik ditugaskan oleh bos pada pukul 9.30am hari yg sama!. Asalnya presentation sepatutnya dibuat oleh pihak Client kami tapi entah apa sebabnya disuruhnya consultant ambil alih.

Mujur la slide presentations memang dah sedia ada, mokcik cuma perlu amend sikit2 aje. Tapi nervousnya toksah cerita la. Ye lah, secara tiba2 nak bagi presentation kat 20 org Master students dan wakil dari Kementerian Tenaga dan Air Indonesia, mmg panick attack jawabnya.

Mujur la mokcik the 2nd presenter, so dapat la memujuk hati supaya tak nervous. Dalam hati berkali2 membaca "Allahuma Yasir Wala Tuassir" (Ya Allah, permudahakan la, jangan lah Engkau susahkan).

Alhamdulilah, berjaya la jugak membuat presentation dengan agak jayanya. Dan since memang terlibat secara langsung dengan projek ini, maka isu2 teknikal tidak ada masalah untuk diterangkan. Mokcik juga led the group untuk site visit dan rupanya takde la horror mana nak entertain Master students ni. They were very friendly dan juga sangat kagum dengan sistem loji air kita. I guess mungkin di Indonesia sistemnya belum lagi secanggih dengan sistem yg telah kami siapkan.

Melawat Aerator

Di Filter Gallery

Gambar Kenang-kenangan....heheh. Can u spot me? Mokcik pon dah  like of the students eh?

Lepas dah selesai, balik opis baru la mokcik google tentang Institut Teknologi Bandung ni dan x sangka pulak it's one of the top university kat Indonesia. Sebab diorg guna term institut kan, not university. Then baru teringat MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) pon tak guna term University but is a top-class university.

From Wiki:

The Bandung Institute of Technology or Institute of Technology, Bandung (Indonesian: Institut Teknologi Bandung, abbreviated as ITB) is a state, coeducational research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Established in 1920, ITB is the oldesttechnology-oriented university in Indonesia.

ITB was considered the top choice among Indonesia's high school students in 2006 and has been credited as one of the most "prestigious" universities in Indonesia, together with University of Indonesia, and Gadjah Mada University.^[5][6]

Sukarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia, earned his engineering degree in civil engineering from ITB. B. J. Habibie, the third president of Indonesia also graduated from ITB.

Tapi lepas tu mokcik panik balik "abis lah kalau apa aku ckp tadi tak betul" hahahaha

In my working line, we kind of having some sort of "hierarchy". 

On top is client, then consultant, then the contractors. I am belong to the consultant's side.

There's this one colleague belongs to the client's side. A young lady from Gen Y (nanti la citer pasal Gen Y). I have long ago can't get along with her because I find her is so annoying and brags a lot. She likes to interfere works here and there without studying the issue first, makes sarcastic remarks and refuses to tolerate the situation. 

So ramai la in our team members tak suka dia. Everyone says she is so bossy. Selalu sgt dia marah kat contractors tak bertempat and with us the consultants, demand mcm2 benda.

Awal2 dulu masa mula2 kenal, saya layan la jugak dia, thinking she might needs some guidance because she just started working last year but whenever I tried to teach her, she would behave as if she already knew everything. For me, whenever she asks questions, it is more creating an issue rather than wanting to understand it.

Nak masuk site pon, nak ajak org sana sini teman, kereta dia tak nak guna, nak gak naik kereta org sbb tak nak kereta dia kotor. Padahal kereta tu diberi for site purposes, petrol card semua provided tau! Sy sekali dua dulu layan la, tapi asal tumpang keta kita je dok komen ala2 "pukul anak sindir menantu". 

"Mak saya bising kata keta sy kotor kak".....

Sudah la ngko, keta ko punya berkilat lagi ko nak perli keta aku kotor ek!!!!

Because I ignore her most of the time and tak bape layan dia sgt, slowly she got the message kot!

Yesterday, paling tak tahan la. I had lunch together with her and some ladies from surveyor team which came down here from KL.

She was buzy telling the ladies about how stressful it is working on this project. How she has to be some sort of superwoman in order to control the contractors.

Saya diam jeeeeeeeee.....walaupun dalam hati "amboi2 budak ni...". Sebab kita tau la role cemana sebenarnya.

Bila dia ckp "sbb tu saya kena mulut tajam, marah contractor ni semua, kalau x diorg tak dengar semua"

Time tu sy mmg tak tahan dah, terus keluar remark dr mulut saya:

"Awak kena ingat, jgn simply marah2 org, hidup kita mcm roda, kejap atas kejap kat bawah, u would never knew if one day u'll be on the down side".

Selamba je saya ckp. Dan dia terus diam...mujur diam, kalau x ada je benda dia nak jawab balik.

Adoi la minah, tolong la jgn berlagak sangat just because now you are working as a client. Contractor ke consultant ke, hatta Bangla yg keje buruh kasar tu pon kita kena ada rasa hormat pada semua.

I learned this years ago thru my mentor, Mr. M masa keje with my first company. He is an Indian elderly man whose working experience as an engineer is decades of years. Sangat la cool dan well mannered tapi tegas.

I remember that time I was to assist senior engineers, and they were rude to the contractors. Without realize it, I kind of adopting the same manners. Until Mr. M talked me out and advised me about respecting other people no matter who they are. 

Dia cakap, kita jangan fikir hanya dengan sikap kasar dan angkuh kita, kita boleh pastikan org ikut ckp kita. Mungkin skrg diaorg ikut tapi dalam hati diorg benci kita. Depan kita baik2 la, belakang kita?

Mr. M ckp lembut aje dgn contractors and engineers bawah dia. Tapi tak bermakna dia lembik. People listen to him. Kalau x betul, dia akan bgtau dgn tegas. Tapi takde nak jerit ke, nak maki ke, nak sarcastic ke. Straight to the point!

I hope this lady remember what I said as I always remember what Mr. M said.

Please have some respect!

Everybody in our team vowed we would never even wanted to cross his path again....

And yet, out of the blue suddenly I received his email after 5 years! Tanya khabar pulak tu. Terkejut hokeh!

I am contemplating whether to reply or not. 

Ikut hati x nak balas tapi itu adalah sifat yg tidak baik kan? Looking back, working with him no doubt is really scary, mind-taxing, crazy, you name it...but when I think about it, the experience actually makes me stronger and tougher. Imagine kena marah, maki, buli hampir setiap hari and I'm a lady, rata2 akan cabut lari. But I survived it and I resigned not because of him but because I was going abroad.

So, he misses me or what? Hahahaha...

Nanti2 la balas ye....

Things at work kadang2 mmg menyesakkan dada dan minda.

But if you have a teamwork especially the bosses yg pandai menunjukkan penghargaan, ianya sgt2 bermakna.

My immediate boss would never forget to reply my sms/email with a note of "Thank You" on whatever things he asked for. Even send sms "Well Done" when I completed a task successfully.

Our top management on client side is a CEO, a Datuk. 

Pon he would send me a "TQ" email reply even it is just a notification on a meeting to be held.

I really admire this kind of attitude, maybe because I had had a boss who hardly recognized your work, yg dia tau nak bertempik aje! Yang dia tau "aku bos, ko org bawahan, jadi suka aku la nk layan ko cemana".

Padahal, ko pon sama2 kuli jugak!

Kesimpulannya tak kira la tahap apa sekali kerja org tu, kita kena belajar hargai siapa dan apa diorg buat. Walaupun dengan org yang keje kutip sampah, senyum la pada mereka sebagai tanda penghargaan bukan dgn muka yg jijik sbb kalau takde org nak keje kutip sampah,  boleh bayangkan tak kotor x kotor kawasan perumahan kita?

Betul la kata Prof. Dr. Muhaya, hargai la org disekeliling kita supaya kita pon turut sama dihargai.

Labu,

Bila dah pegang jawatan tu, commit la ngan tanggungjawab tu....

Jangan la tolak keje yg patutnya keje ko, ko harap org lain yg uruskan. Kalau yg uruskan tu boleh buat keputusan, xpe, tak susahkan keje org lain. Tapi balik2 kang kena tunggu jawapan ko jugak.

Pastu bila kitaorg  kena jwb  ngan org atasan ko sbb x leh nak proceed ngan keje kitorg , ko boleh plak nak merajuk2 ye....shoot e-mail ala2 kitorg ni anggap ko x berkepentingan?

Siap bos aku nak jumpa ko ajak minum2, ko x nak layan? Eleh....

Jadinya kitorg ni kena je la layan kerenah biroksi ko ni? Bape kali daaa kitorg nak dok arrange discussion, tapi tetap matlamat keje x tercapai2?

Bila projek ni lambat siap boleh ke kitorg ckp ko punya hal?

Tolong la labu ye....kurangkan la kerenah biroksi mu itu!

Hokeh!

Selalu org kata when it's Monday, it will be Monday blues....

Oh, not for me today...Monday today is a productive Monday. Dr pagi duduk dgn tekun siapkan minit meeting, yg meetingnya ari Jumaat, by tengahari sudah siap draft, hantar kat boss. Berhenti lunch break pastu  gi BOMBA collect drawings, then gi Majlis hantar surat then kembali ke opis.

Tengok boss sudah review minit with msg - get the minute signed then scan and email to him - CHECKED!

Sudah review drawings dari BOMBA, scan apa2 yg patut dan email pada HQ.

So now sudah free...hihihi. 

Skrg dah boleh fikir apa mau masak utk dinner :)

Finally, after two months waiting, and after have been working for 6 years 15 days, the day has finally arrived.

The project team had arranged a farewell lunch for me yesterday. They even bought a Secret Recipe cake. I know it's a norm to have a farewell party when a colleague leaves, but I didn't expect these construction guys would take effort to arrange for a farewell party. How sweet.....



This could be the end of my engineering career. Yes, I've said I hate my job but at certain points, I love my job too especially when I was a designer in the HQ. I feel proud to see some of the projects that I have involved with have been in operation. I've learned a lot for the past six years ever since I started working with SMHB. I'm thinking to pay a visit to my HQ, to meet my ex-colleagues (oh, they have become ex now!) especially Mr. Meyappan, my mentor.

Anyway, though working at site has made me so miserable (I call it the dark time of my working career), with evil boss (I think you have heard enough about him, huh?), long distant daily drive, problems with works, I'm so grateful that Allah s.w.t gave me the strength to go through all these obstacles. At one time, I have thought of going back to HQ, but then I thought again, all these are just small challenges in life, I can avoid this time, but there's no guarantee that I would not face these kind of challenges in the future, would there? So just deal with it.

And I did it. Did it. Yes I did it (nyanyi mcm Dora the Explorer...hehehe).

The past 15 months I have survived driving 240km a day, 1 road accident (read here), several car break-downs and lots more. It was hard but now I feel stronger.


I would not be blogging for a while after this. There is no Internet at home. Besides I'd be busy with lots of things to do. Anyway since I have to return the sim card of the telephone number I'm currently using to the company, and I need to get a new telephone number, I would probably looking for prepaid type that offers broadband. Ada tak, ha? And to friends and acquittance that read my blog and keep my current number, please take note that the number is no more mine after 31/7/08. Nanti kang you all call, takut org lain yg jawab, ok!

Tomorrow is a new beginning of new career: Full time housewife!!!! How exciting!!

Uh!Oh! It's time to prepare the handover notes....

But handover to whom?

Had a small talk (very short one!) with that evil boss just now. I think he's in denial stage that I'm leaving....hahaha. Bukan perasan dia suka saya tau.....I think he knows I hate him. But he needs me!!!

And why do I said he's in denial stage? Because he refuse to discuss on the works that I have and suppose to pass to somebody. I tried to discuss about it earlier in the late morning, but he shut me up by saying 'until the day you leave'. Hello!!!!! That day is in 2 days and I hate last minute things, ok! And not that he was busy...he was playing solitaire, mind you!

I know without me around, he would be helpless (not only me saying this, but the whole project team). He's the remote controller. And what is there to remote control when the human device is not available?

Client needs report? Info?

"Ros, prepare bla,bla, bla, I want it tomorrow"

Client visits site early in the morning?

"Ros, this En. A is coming tomorrow. You entertain him"

And all minutes of meeting, progress report, bla and bla....I wonder who's going to do it.

As far as I'm concerned, the HQ has not said anything about sending somebody to replace me. And looking at the condition now, I don't think they would because the works is not so much now. Resident Engineer should be able to do these works without his ARE.

I love to hear if he is in the mess later on (mmg ku tidak punya hati yg baik). It serves him right! But I know if he's miserable, he will mess up other people too. Like, probably asking the supervisor to do stuff he's not supposed to do. And this project is like my baby. I should take a good care of it though I'm not staying to see the plant commissioning.

So, handover notes is a must!

Only this week and next week.....yeeha!!!!

But I have to limit my time on the Net in order to finish all my outstanding works before my last working day on 31th July. Furthermore, my PC is cranky now, apparently it has some problems related to Window memory low and if I'm online, my PC keeps shutting down on error. So if I were having some works with Excel or Words, they are just gone missing. Well, Words not that bad cause the recovery system is good but Excel....huh!

So friends, if you don't see me on YM or blog has not been updated, you know why. I have to work hard, ok....

See you soon......

I am contemplating between taking a decent way of leave application (i.e fill up the form and see whether the boss will approve it) OR just take emergency leave. Tomorrow I'm off to Perlis. And I only have 1 more day annual leave to spend. Coming Saturday is my working Saturday and I have no more leave to spend. But I can substitute that Saturday with another 2 Saturdays to come before I finally leave my job. Even if he still doesn't agree to this arrangement, I'm willing to treat that half day as unpaid leave.

The thing is, I'm not sure whether that evil boss would agree, knowing how much he likes to make my life miserable.If I go and see him and konon-konon nak discuss, he would shout at me first, thus will make me feel bad the whole day and night.

So, I'm thinking the best way is just to go on emergency and then SMS him. If he wants to be angry, at least I already did it. So the hell with him!!! Besides, I'm leaving soon, so what the heck?

Today is one peaceful day. The shitty boss is not around. And it doesn't mean that I don't do my works. It's just feel so nice not being summoned by him constantly (sometimes it is just to help him downloading something into his PC). Or if he's in his shitty moods, I'll get a good slash for something I don't think I'm deserved for. His absence makes me feel so good.

Actually I'm traveling to work today by using his Kembara (company's car, ok!). Call me being ungrateful to him, but I would prefer to be getting less salary this month (because it is unpaid leave) rather than feeling in debt to him. He made a lot of noises when I said I'd be on unpaid leave until my car's issues settled, saying that I wouldn't be able to finish my work before I leave. Despite my explanation that I've finished whatever works I had, and waiting for the resubmission from the Contractors, he still couldn't accept it. I know what is the main reason, he needs somebody for him to boss around, like preparing all sorts of documents or paper works he wants to send to the Client. He doesn't even know how to use the fax machine, mind you!

Yesterday, since he urged that I should come to work even by taking bus, I took up his challenge. I had no idea what kind of bus system would there be to travel from Melaka to Yong Peng. But I always consider myself an adventurous type, so why not give it a try. As I have expected, there is no direct express bus from Melaka to Yong Peng but I can travel from Melaka to Muar and see whether there is any bus from Muar to Yong Peng. But as I had missed the 8 am bus, I had to take the 9.30 am bus. I didn't really care what time will I arrive to my office as long as I've tried and let my boss see that I've made some effort.

As the bus reaching Muar town, I received a call from my boss asking my whereabout. When he knew that I'm reaching Muar, he asked me to wait for him at the bus station ( he lives in Muar). I told him I wanted to try to get a bus from Muar to Yong Peng but he insisted that there's no bus travelling in that route. I know that was not true, I travel everyday on the same route and I've seen the bus. But arguing with him is just a waste of time. By the time I reached the bus station, he was already there. I had no choice but to ride with him.

At 4pm, he asked me how would I go back home. I indeed was thinking about taking bus all the way from Yong Peng, knowing that he always gets home late. If I were to get a ride with him, I didn't know what time would I reach Muar and then get a bus to Melaka. Before I could speak out, he said this 'Ok la, let me be nice to you. You ride with me, then you take my car home. Tomorrow I'll be on leave and you use the car. I think you better travel to work with me until you get your car back', with a smirk on his face which I hate so much! No, I don't recognize that as a good deed from him, he'll use that back to stab me. But, again I had no choice.

We finally left the office at 6.30 pm, which meant I'd reach Melaka at 8.30 pm. In between, he kept saying that I should be grateful enough that he's willing to share his car with me, or else I'm in trouble. I purposely said that I would be resorted to take unpaid leave. It made him angry then...hehehe. Saja je aku kan....But I was so satisfied I talked back....hehehe

And tomorrow I'm supposed to pick him up at his house. And if my car repair works is still not done, or if the owner delay the payment, looks like I have to travel with him everyday. I hate traveling in the car with him. I hate to listen to his dirty ramblings, his driving skill and everything about him.

How I wish that I can really avoid this man....how I wish that 1st August comes in so fast. Or better, I wish that I don't feel this unpleasant feeling.

Help me!!!!