Wednesday, May 14, 2008

STAR CRUISE ANYONE?

2 3 minggu yang lepas, aku ada sembang2 dengan one of my bos dan member2 sepejabat mengenai cadangan untuk pergi ber group ke starcruise. Maybe jalan2 ke phuket ke, koh samui ke. So aku diminta untuk survey2 pakej dan juga harga..









Then aku pun bukak la internet website starcruise, takde pakej lengkap dan harga yang detail pun, kena call in juga. Tapi aku notice ada ‘hot deal’ starcruise for RM70 only untuk satu malam, bertolak 8.30 mlm balik 7.30 pagi. Ibarat macam tumpang tido je la kan, tapi murah la tu. So aku pun browse lagi that pakej, naik kat port klang pusing2 selat Melaka then balik port klang balik. Nama kapal tu Wasa Queen, kapal tak besar sangat compared yang lain-lain tu. So for that small price, ntah apa ntah angin aku masa tu, aku pun terus booking online untuk pi jumaat malam. Tapi bila dah dekat tarikh tu, aku call starcruise for details about the pakej, rupanya pakej tu takde accommodation atau Standing Pax je, ibarat macam pi berhibur dari malam sampai ke pagi tanpa tidur laa.. Giler..





Then sampai the day itself, aku 50-50 je nak pi pasal tau takde tempat tido. Then aku fikir, aku tgh bosan dan takde program that weekend, try je la. So after attending one kursus that evening, aku terus pi port klang. Sampai kat terminal starcruise about 7.45pm. seram-seram gak takut aku sorang je melayu kn. Sebelum naik Wasa Queen, aku sms sorang officemate aku, maklumkan aku nak belayar to nowhere, so misalnya kalau kapal tu karam ke malam tu, ada la juga saksi kn. Heheh.

So lepas check in dan naik atas Wasa Queen, aku pun round2 pusing atas kapal. Jumpa tempat makan awam, Food Ekspres. Oohh rupanya food included in the pakej, so aku pun bedal je la. Ramai juga orang makan, dinner time kan, just past 8.30pm. menu ok, yang best nye ada buttered prawn, besar2 plak tu. So while eating, kapal tu start belayar… huiyoo nice feeling. Tapi tak nampak pemandangan sangat because dah malam, lampu je la kan. Lepas kenyang makan, pi round kat anjung luar, sedap juga merasa angin bertiup.. then about 9.30am, aku naik tingkat atas sekali for ‘entertainment zone’ dan ‘amusement zone’. Mati-mati aku ingatkan arcade games ke, kids games ke, but I’m wrong. Rupa-rupanya it’s 100% gambling. Perggghh, ingatkan kat genting je. So aku pun masuk la, no restrictions, ramai orang kat dalam. Yg aku nampak melayu main tu aku ok lagi, tapi yg tak tahan tu ada beberapa orang tu siap pakai tudung lagi elok je duduk kat betting table. Dan diorang2 ni sume bukannya dok sekejap, average mmg duduk berjam-jam, berapa byk duit yg abis tu, aku tak tau la kan.




Then, after dah boring tgk diorang main, aku turun bawah balik for supper plak. Huuiii kenyang.. then, aku pi kat anjung luar nak tengok pemandangan, eh kapal ni tak bergerak dah, kira macam dah berlabuh la. Lampu-lampu kat daratan pun boleh nampak lagi dari sini, rupanya pi tak jauh dari darat pun. Check handphone, siap ada line lagi tu. Mmm memang taktik kotor la cruise ni. Hampehhh… around 12 midnight, mata aku tak tahan, penat sangat keja seharian rini. So dah cari tempat tido. Try tanya reception, ingat nak tempah bilik, mahal pun takpe la, kepala dah nak pecah ni. Tapi rupanya bilik fullhouse. Damn. So aku pun cari la pot tido. Mula2 tido duduk atas kerusi, tak best langsung. Tak lama lepas tu aku nampak beberapa orang keluar kapal. Aku pun ikut la, betul la as I expected, diorang tido kat luar. So aku pun membaringkan diri atas salah satu kerusi panjang kat bhgn luar kapal menghadap laut. Lantaklaa, dah ngantuk tahap gaban dah ni. Dan terus aku berlayar..



Around 5.00 in the morning, I terjaga dari tidur kerana tiba2 terasa macam berenang-renang je.. rupa-rupanya ujan baru turun dan terkena kat tempat aku tido tu. Pergghhh terus aku bangun dan masuk ke dalam.. cari la port lain. Tengok tempat karaoke nye dah tutup dan mmg ada beberapa org tido atas sofa2 situ (termasuk la minah bertudung dalam gaming tadi). So aku pun pilih satu sofa dan join tido beramai-ramai.. berlayar laa lagi.



Then around 7.00am, aku terjaga. Tengok kat luar tingkap, dah terberenti kapal ni, Oh dah sampai rupanya. So aku pun singgah pi kedai souvenier dalam kapal tu dan beli a few (quite affordable) sebelum turun dari kapal.. around 8.00am, aku dah berapa di daratan semula.

My advice:
Kalau nak masuk neraka, pi la naik kapal tu.. heheheheh

ACCIDENT BALIK IKWAS

rafting kat Kak Esah mee goreng kerang dengan geng2 fasi+urusetia+boss unit PTD yang sudi membelanja..heheh


First of all, I want to start this posting with a question..

Apa yang kita akan buat bila kereta kita dilanggar dari belakang?
Mungkin 90% orang akan marah.
Apa yang kita akan buat bila kereta kita dilanggar dari belakang oleh budak2 kecik yg mmg takde lesen memandu?
Mungkin 99% orang akan marah..


Ok. Actually minggu lepas (2-4Mei08), ramai juga batch kita yg pi PAC kat IKWAS. So lepas abis PAC, on the way balik kl, kitorang konvoi singgah makan briyani kat batu pahat, lebihkurang 4 5 biji kereta juga la (include Midy, Effi, Barbara, Sara Leoni, Fazrin, Adila, Ayuni, Mira and me). Then, after dah kenyang mkn, kitorang pun cadang nak bertolak balik. Kereta wira WDH telah diminta lead the pack menghala ke highway dengan pesanan dari member Gen2 `singgah la kat petronas mana2 dulu nanti, nak isi minyak'. So baru je 2km gerak dari briyani batu pahat, WDH spotted a petronas 500 meter ahead dan jauh lagi dah bagi signal ke kiri, Gen2 di belakang pun follow bagi signal. Then WDH terus masuk petronas, tapi pelik knapa Gen2 tberenti kat luar je. `Mmm.. buruk sangat ke petronas yang aku pilih ni sampai taknak masuk?' toleh-toleh balik, eh rupanya ada motor kapcai tergolek laa kat tengah jalan. Accident rupanya, motor tu betul2 dpan Getz putih (Getz beratur belakang Gen2). First impression, ingatkan ni Getz putih la punya angkara.. (ditambah pula psl yg ni woman driver =) so WDH pun pusing balik dan turun tengok.

scene just after the accident

Rupanya motor tu tergesel dan langgar belakang Gen2 semasa nak masuk kiri tu, berangan la tu kot, dan mungkin xsempat brek. Getz putih takde kena mengena, nasibaik laa dia tak langgar motor tu. Bila turun tengok, yang bawa motor tu adalah dua budak kecik, anggaran umur mungkin darjah 6 dengan form 3 (agak2 je ni). Ikut teori, mmg budak2 ni salah, takde lesen, langgar belakang pulak tu. Ayah budak2 ni pun datang, dia marah lagi budak2 tu. Kitorang yang menonton ni plak, dah berkira2, budak2 ni salah, so bapanya kena la bayar gantirugi kerosakan kereta (takde kemek, cuma banyak calar kat blakang, tp senang2 kena RM200 nak repair ni). Dan dari pengamatan mata kasar, kecederaan budak2 ni jatuh motor cuma calar2, so aku tak le kesian sangat (tapi berdarah la juga). Rasanya, ringan je, so aku decide nak balik je terus dengan bbrapa kereta lain (perjalanan jauh lagi), while tuan punya Gen2 dan another kereta pengiring nak hantar budak2 tu pergi klinik. Dengan pesanan kepada Gen2, lepas hntr pi klinik, balik la, xpayah la tunggu (dah la budak2 tu yg langgar kn).
calar sikit-sikit di beberapa tempat

So we headed home... some time after that, kami dapat info, bapa budak tu tak bagi gantirugi, tapi tuanpunye Gen2 yang sangat baikhati itu bg lg duit saguhati kepada budak2 tu.. dan 'nurse' pengiring dari batch kite pula bersungguh2 cuba merawat luka budak2 tu sepanjang jalan ke klinik...


2 kanak-kanak tersebut baru nak pi klinik dengan menaiki kereta 'mangsa'.

Pengajarannya: itu lu pikir la sendiri (bak kata Nabil Raja Lawak...heheh)

Sekalung penghargaan terutamanya kepada tuanpunye Gen2:TAZRIL, batch junior sikit dr kita dan BARBARA yg mmg cita2 nya dulu nak jadi nurse kot... hehhehe

"Sometimes we can be so obsessed on materialistic until we forget the value of humanity"

Monday, April 28, 2008

NICE PIC'S OF TAIPEI

Since i maybe will be a little slow in postings, I would like to share in advance few of the nice pictures that i shot in taipei. I had two cameras with me, one is a sony cybershot 7.0MP (borrow from office), and the other from my nokia 6500slide with 3.2MP Carll Zeiss. both had great quality pictures in daylight, but in the dark.....no further comments.

Sunday Flower Market (along with the Jade Market)
GUNDAM BASE STATION

CKS Memorial Hall.. nice view.
Kebab at Shilin area (the only halal food i found)

queueing at the MRT..

How high is high, how far is far? (view from Taipei101)
Taipei 101
Taipei 101
A Vaio anyone?? =)

Monday, April 21, 2008

In Flight

Just after launch from KLIA, i noticed a mushroom shaped building. can you notify it, located in putrajaya. nice isnt it from the sky view.. well, i've worked in putrajaya before. so then, the flight was about 4 hours, luckily i have plenty of entertainment in this MAS Boeing 747, but then i was a little frustrated bcause not much intereseting movies or show is offered.. then, i even fell asleep for about an hour maybe bcause lack of sleep the night before and boring of course.
then, i was about to land at Taipei international airport (Taoyuan airport), the views are quite moderate with mostly rice fields near the airport area. still cant see any sign of highrise buildings (especially the Taipei101).
so then, i landed, quite a smooth ride actually. though there were times like riding a roller coater in the sky when going through the heavy clouds. after landed, i filled the disembarkation card before going through the immigration. damn, i wondered it was supposed to be given to me or filled during the flight, but then, would you expect a malay guy to transit to taipei where the probability would maybe only be around 0.1%. goshh. what the hell.. so after filling em, i proceed to the immigration. quite long queue. FYI, no visa needed for my entry to taipei for this short visit.
after the immigration process, i went to through the baggage claim (though i didnt check in any, hand luggage only). just a walkthrough.

ok. finally i arrived at the open air of taipei. Now what??....

mmmm there's no train yet from the airport, while the taxi is told quite expensive.
so my first and most prefered choice would be.. BUS. hahahah
=) ok. so i've read in the net, that the most reliable bus transit to town is Kuo Kuang Bus. yup, this bus. so i went to the bus area in the airport and searched for kuo kuang. very easy to find actually, because it's the bus with the longest and the only queue. yeeaaaahh.. so i bought a ticket for TWD125 about RM12.50. quite cheap actually and boarded the bus after about 30minutes queuing. the ride was quite moderate, the bus condition so-so. the bus is much longer than the usual bus in malaysia. i expected a short ride, however, it took about an hour over to reach the town. damn. i even fell asleep in the bus.. A smooth ride it is.

CONTINUED..

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Launch to Taipei


So i departed to taipei from klia on 22/3/08. I was quite rushing, at the beginning i tried to plan well, but coming near to the date, i was so so busy with my work.. so the preparation was not 100% well. However, i did bring on with me quite an amount of money and of course, my creditcards. So, i dont worry much, bcause money can buy almost everything. Right? =)



So i carried with me a hiking bag (borrowed) so that i can be like a real traveller (with sore shoulders).
The plan at taipei is like this:

transportation = bus or MRT
accomodation = adhoc
food = adhoc

Such a vey nice plan isnt it?
(like no plan)

hahahah adventure laaa..

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Plan Trip oversea


during early january 2008, i've noticed i've collected quite some points for my MAS Enrich loyalty membership points. most of the points i collected during my previous placement that involved me to quite a number of overseas trips. Nice. so i guess i should use those point before they expire. so i looked into the enrich newsletter and saw promotion to afew countries such as Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei. I've been to tokyo before, so maybe seoul or taipei. so i did a little bit of research and some thinking... seoul is maybe better if i go on a honeymoon, but this is a just a lonely fun trip. so maybe i'll try taipei. by the way, i was quite alarmed that a lot of the cheap-cheap products in the market had a "made in taipe" marked on it. ok so maybe taipei..


so then, i checked my dates, Mac or April 2008 maybe suitable dates. so finally i booked my flight tickets through MAS with RM348 taxes that i have to pay. so taipei, here i come..

=)

Friday, March 28, 2008

my first blog


today, i write my first blog. i dont know why,
i dont think it's for fun for the time being.

maybe more bcause to reduce my boredness.


OK. Welcome.
Hope this will be a new beginning of an exciting story..

=)