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Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Pantai Kerachut Part

上个星期六,我跟我的同事们及他们的朋友一起去有'The Best Beach in Penang'之称的Pantai Kerachut。为什么我们这么有雅兴呢?这是因为我长到这么大还未曾去过那儿呀!他们因此还嘲笑我不是槟城人、没有童年等。他们说,他们以前参加童子军时每年都会去的,但是我并不是童子军嘛,哈哈。。。

我五点半就醒了,因为我们七点就要到Taman Negara门口集合了。Shen六点十五分左右就来载我了,可是他却不小心在reverse时擦到他的新车车尾,不好意思哦,或许是他只睡了两个钟头吧。之后我们就去载James,然后去7-eleven买食物。。。。。。

我们7:10a.m.便到达了,可是我们竟然是最早到的。还好大家随后陆续而来,而那儿的登记处也是七点半才开门。就在等待的当儿,我就先来拍几张照片:


我们就是在这里下船的。

Shen也手痒,拿起他新买的相机拍照咯。

我与James。

Shen与我。

登记处和厕所。


人到齐了,登记完毕,我们大概8:15a.m.便出发了。不过,在出发之前,先在入口处来张全体十四人的大合照:

哎呀,歪去了!没关系,再来一张,因为我们有的是memory card,哈哈。。。

这才叫做“漂亮”嘛!

一路上的风景:

Pepsi及伟文。



Jeff的女友和Jack,他们想拍一张跳起来的照片,但是timing不对。没关系,再来一次。

唉,还是不合拍。



以上的照片皆是在Taman Negara里拍的。过了一座桥,就是森林路段了。

我拍他们。


他们拍我们。

好,正式向大自然挑战:










你会发现到起初时我是走在第四位的,怎么现在却走在最后了呢?不是我体弱,而是我要把沿途的美景拍下来嘛。





一路上都有很多这种的告示牌来告诉我们某某动物或植物的品种,它们的功用等。这个就告诉我们一路上不仅是用我们的眼睛观察,同时也要用我们其他的感官去感受及发现这个大自然。

一路上有不同的路。有这种石头做的石阶。

也有这种土与沙混合的。

走不久就会有小溪。

小溪处就有这种的石桥。

第一个小溪处有凉亭供人们休息,可是我们并没有乘凉的念头,因为这样会cool down我们,那我们就会失去继续前进的动力。


在很斜的地方,有这么粗的绳子帮着,好让我们抓住、借力。此时,我因为拍这张照片而掉队,因为拍了这张照片后,我得一手拿手机,一手抓住那绳子,好不容易地跨过那十分倾斜的下坡路。还好Shen叫前面的人停下来等我,真不好意思哦!

我们就是好在这里。任何状况发生,我们都会停下脚步,等大家或者看看什么可以帮忙的。而且,我们一路上还说笑,还会前头与后方沟通联络。也就是说我们虽然一行十四人,但是我们是stay connected的。比方说:“后面okay吗?Over, over...”、“Roger,后面没有问题”、“前面的等一下,放慢脚步”。。。。。。更难能可贵的是,我们还会互相提醒。比如:“后面的小心,前面有“刀””、“前面有洞”、“地滑”。。。。。。总之,这一趟真的是跟大自然融为一体,有被大自然怀抱的感觉。

看,危机四伏、满途荆棘呢。我们得蹲下来穿过这棵长满刺的树干。

Yo,先来自恋一下。

Yeah,看到海了,也就是说我们快到了。因为一路上就只有山和小溪,我们是完全看不到海的。










哇,终于到达目的地了。9:16a.m.,大概一个钟头吧。一路上很惊险,我滑到两次。没错,是滑到,不是滑倒,因为我回来槟城之后有开始规律的运动,动作比较敏捷,所以免予摔跤。








我赶紧拍桥周围的景色,因为这里是介于淡水跟咸水的地带。



很可惜当时涨潮了,不然景色肯定更加美呢!

这是在桥下的告示牌。很显然的,我们并不是幸运的一群。

沙滩美景:







Control House.

还真的有海龟来,哈哈。。。

放下背包,休息一下,填饱肚子先:

请留意Pepsi的招牌动作:




经过了这一程,我的书包也破了。

这是本少爷的口香糖,因为那里没有垃圾桶,因此我希望下次我再到那儿时,它还在那儿吧!

我们的休息站。









裸体的Jeff。

之后,我又四处拍照了:

坐船服务的桥。

有人坐船来。


清澈吧,那海水。

看,真是坐山面海。

过后,我们就开始玩了,因此也没有照片了。我们聚集在那桥下避荫、玩水、玩game。可是我们只玩一回合的game,因为大家昨晚“浦”太晚,都精疲力尽了。Pepsi当时先后把我和James推下水,因此我们也不管她的男朋友在场,两人合力把她扛起来,丢下海。哈哈,身体没有湿那里算来海边呢。告诉你们吧,那海水呢,真的很咸,但是冷,并不像我以前去的那样暖。我跟James还去淡水那儿,不过那时潮涨得更高,我们也不敢下太深的水了,毕竟我并不懂水性,而且还怕那儿有水母和水蛇。但是,淡水那儿的水更加的凉,浸下去很舒服。




我,James与Shen在我们要回前一小时去那儿的冲凉房冲凉,可是并没有水源。冇便,只好只是换上新的衣服罢了。我们一伙十四人又聚集在那hall里聊天、讲笑。忽然间,Shen讲起黄小琥的“重来”,我们BICT的人笑了起来。Jeff的女朋友觉得很奇怪,问我们原因但是我们并不愿意透露,因为这是我们BICT的秘密!

1:30p.m.,我们预订的两艘船到了。当时刚好有一群马来小学生来霸占我们的hall了。我想,大概有整百人吧。

要回家咯,一艘船RM80,只能载十个人:






我们来时是爬山来的,用了我们一个小时;回时则坐船回,才区区用了十五分钟左右,真是攀山又涉水啊!上岸check out后,我们就去商务小学附近吃午餐,然后才打道回府。这次的森林之旅真的很开心,谢谢各位的出席。

这些就是我沿海涂上所拍下来的风景。这是第二个clip哦,因为有天然的海龟石和鳄鱼石。可是并没拍完全程,因为下雨的缘故:




Friday, 29 April 2011

BICT Engineering Sdn Bhd 2

Yo,今天是我在 BICT Engineering Sdn Bhd 的最后一天。感觉如何?当然是舍不得啦!毕竟已经三个月半了呀!我的朋友,我的同事。。。唉,舍不得啦!

今天早上,我们公司的 accountant,Ms Tan 来我们公司检查我们的 filing。要知道,这次的 filing 是我做的呢!由于以前的 filing system 很紊乱,所以他们做我们的 account 时很头痛!不要说她啦,就连我刚刚进公司的时候也是很头疼。

很多朋友问我,究竟在这段期间里,我到底干嘛?我也只是淡淡地回答说我做跟你们不同的工,甚至在我们的书上是学不到的。光看我公司的名字就知道啦,BICT Engineering Sdn Bhd,'Engineering' 嘛,当然不同啦!我们公司的 account 又是 outsource 给 external party 做的,那我简直是英雄无用武之地。不过,为何我还要在那里做呢?除了工钱比其他朋友高之外,还有一点我们公司的 ex-staff ,Mr Thomas 猜到。没错,就是 different exposure。我做的东西有关系到 ACCA,CIMA 和 management(Admin)。

起初,我的老板要我做单单只是 Engineering 的 profit 给他。我也是一头雾水的,因此我也只能答应尽力帮他,因为我也是没有读过、做过这样的东西。但是,我老板有告诉我他要的东西,而且我们公司的 CEO(Carry Everything Officer) ,Steffi 姐帮我很多,因为我只能从 Purchase Order, Quotation, Delivery Order 和 Invoice 那里 extract 我所需要的资料,再来算。可是,问题是我不知道那一个资料才是我需要的。幸亏,大家都很乐意帮我。我大概用了一个月半来完成这个挑战。可是我觉得我做得没那么好,也就是说我没有信心说那份报告是100%可靠的,不过90%还是有的。从这份任务中,我才明白 Ms Tai 所教的东西,也知道原来生意的流程是这样的。

第二份挑战是 Engineering's Overhead Schedule。我花了半个月就搞定了!在这份任务里,我认识到了很多公司的规则。对于这个任务,我是信心满满的。我老板完全可以安心使用或参考我准备的 Costing Schedule,因为我已经再三地检查过没问题才交的。也是我相当满意的一个任务。

最后一个挑战便是 filing system。我花了一个月左右才搞定。为了这个工作,我老板派我去 accountant 那儿跟他们联络与请教。回到公司,我再与Steffi 商量,然后才开始改换我们公司原本的 filing system,毕竟我们的前提是不给我们添加麻烦,同时还要满足 accountant 的要求。很高兴今天 Ms Tan 说我们的改革很成功,虽然不是全照她的意思去做。

Ms Tan 回她公司之后,我就拿了我的 Testimonial 给我老板签。记得昨天我问老板是否可以写一封 Testimonial 给我时,当时他是说他以前有写过一封给一位 Trainee,但是很 brief,因此他叫我自己写一封给他签。好笑的是,他说:“你自己写一份,不管你写什么,我都一定会签给你的!”我当时真的是笑了出来。因此我就上网找 format,我 copy and paste 再 modify 了一点,今早也给他签了。幸亏他看了没有笑出来,因为我相信有一些条件我是没有 fulfill 到的。他签了之后,还叫我自己拿 company chop 来 chop。我也顺道问他是否还要请人,因为我可以帮他找员工。他给了我一张 name card。

昨天我们公司开会,我很少出声,因为关于 engineer 的,我不懂;关于 account 的,我不敢胡乱给意见,因为对我来说是完全新的东西,因此今早见了 Ms Tan 之后,我才和 Ms Tan 一起跟老板商量。由于我们公司现在正想“转型”,转换 accounting system 去 UBS,因此老板问我是否可以回公司一趟,如果 UBS 的员工下个星期有来公司问我们的意见。当然,我马上答应了。

其中,昨天的会议还讲到了我和 Ah Ping 的 farewell。其实有没有 farewell 对我来说是无所谓的,因为我只是 temporary staff 而已。但是老板说我们已经很久没有全部员工聚在一起吃饭了,因此我也不好意思地接受了。说到这,我想,上一回我们一起聚餐是“开工饭”的时候了。说到 Ah Ping,我跟他就是有一种难以言喻的缘分,我们只是见过一天的面而已,但是我们并不生疏。他也很 friendly 啦。我们这个星期三还一起去看“鬼也笑”,相信明天的活动,他也会出席。

除了以上所说,我在 BICT 真的学到很多东西。例如:



这是什么?这就是我的 Pendrive。由于里面的金片已经断了,所以我听 Ah Shen 的建议,自己 solder。什么是 solder?马来文就叫做 'patri'。第一次,我成功了,我的 pendrive 复生。之后又断了,但是第二次,导致我的公司的电脑突然 blackout,幸亏事后电脑没事,不过也吓了我好一阵子。第三次手术则是无反应。昨天我给它做最后一次手术,可是还是回天乏术,因此我今天只好向它道别了!当然,我公司的同事也是有叫我帮忙他们 solder wire 的。就让你们看一下我所 solder 和安装的 wire cord:

熟悉吧?

期间,我们公司的水机也换了,记得上次我拍的照片吗?

以前的。

现在的。

当然还有我所舍不得的同事朋友们。其实 BICT 卧虎藏龙!别看他们这样,其实他们各个都有一身的好本领。至于是什么本领呢,就 P&C 了!哈哈哈。。。其中 Jared 是跟我接触最多的,我也在他身上学到很多东西。真是感激他不尽。当然还有 Pepsi, Jeff, Shen, Steffi, James 和 Ah Jin。

今天喝最后一杯我们公司新水机所炮制的 Mocha。味道真的很香。Jared 还打趣说赶快去怀念以下我们公司的“古早味”。我回家前,跟老板道别,还还他公司门的 card,他还祝我一切顺利,有空随时回公司,公司随时都欢迎我。感动。。。

还有很多东西就不多谈了,总之我没有后悔来 BICT 工作,虽然与课业无关,因为我真的学到很多不一样的东西,而这些也是我当初来的目的。再来,我要感谢我的老板及所有同事朋友的照顾。我会想你们的!BICT 万岁!

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Taman Sukun 6

今天,我又去探望我的妈妈。这一趟的探访已是时隔了两个月!很对不起,我原本是打算每个月都探望你一次的,但是我并没有做到!

我九点半出门,大约40分钟就到达了目的地。我很吃惊,因为我第一眼见到妈妈时,她的眼睛周围是黑色的。还好看久了没有我想象中的那么糟糕。而且,妈妈消瘦了不少!妈妈告诉我她的儿子已经失业两个月了,恰恰好跟我的爸爸类似,只是我的爸爸已经找到了暂时的工。

原本他是做晚班的,但是由于一个星期得载我的妈妈去医院三四次,因此铁人也会倒。妈妈还告诉我,她一个星期得洗肾三次,一次RM200,一个月就得花费RM2400。因此,她现在的环境真是不乐观。对于没有收入的她来说,这笔额外的开销简直就是在伤口上撒盐!我真的很担心她。

她告诉我,现在她到处去领援助金咯。她跟福利部申请,跟马华、民政申请,甚至连光明日报和光华日报也不放过。其中,光明日报的记者已到她家拍照,相信不久便会刊登于报章上请求大众乐捐帮忙了。

她还说她的妹妹的女儿现在已在新加坡当医生了,还在那儿买了一栋房子。她有在新加坡那儿买几片贴膝盖的舒缓药贴给我妈妈,妈妈说贴了之后真的是会消肿、止痛,只是这是暂时性的啦!我现在担心的是,即使妈妈拿到捐款又能花多久?以长远来讲,她日后的生活又会怎样?

令我更忧虑的是,她即使坐着也会气喘!这已经是我第二次看见她气喘了!看见她这样,我又帮不到忙,我感到很无助、自责!或许就像大家说的那样,以我当时的成绩,我应该争取报读医科的!倘若我是医生,我就可以在经济上帮补妈妈一点,还可以免费给妈妈看病。我,真是悔不当初!她甚至告诉我她已经几次一个人在家时不省人事了!几次都是得麻烦救护车送往医院接受治疗。

我十一时就回家了,因为妈妈要去Maybank领一年一度,民联创办的RM100回馈金,顺道去不知道是马华还是民政的办公室,因为议员要见她。我到了大道才想到我忘了给妈妈钱。虽然只是区区的RM50,但是这至少是我的一点心意,或多或少能够帮到她一点吧。妈妈,你真的要好好保重啊!

虽然这次也是有经过Alma,但是我并没有一丝怀念,或者是想去走一趟的心理,反而是没有留意到原来我已经过了Alma。或许,我已心无杂念了吧。看见了妈妈这样的情形,我顿时感到很羞耻。比起她,我的困惑根本就是小事一桩!

下午去我公公的家,公公又告诉了我一个蛮有趣的格言:“打工仔有三忌,即导演不做,矿工不做,还有盐场不做”。这是因为不论你做得有多好,一位导演总是会被众人“弹”,不管你多杰出,总有不爽你的人;矿工更惨!生命天注定,工作时间天注定及环境恶劣;盐场工人呢,则皮肤不好,他们的手脚异于常人。

我们还在报纸上看到一句有关稀土厂的句子“人弃我不取”。我当即告诉公公我投资的哲学是“人弃我不取,人取我评估,取人所未取”。

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Time's Up

Last week, I on leave for two days because I needed to settle my things in Kuala Lumpur. However, when I arrived at Bukit Jalil Bus Station, it rained like cats and dogs. What made me so furious was, there were people trying to get customers by approaching the new arrivals. As usual, I said:"Sudah ada!" Then he replied:"Sudah ada? Kalau begitu, terus naik bas la! Sudah ada..." I just wanted to slap him straight away during that time. Nonetheless, I didn't do that but headed to the counter to take my return bus ticket which I had ordered and paid via online transaction. There was a long story to purchase bus ticket online. I tried it for the first time after the website had changed its new look. Somehow I met a lot of problems with my Public Bank TARc Debit MasterCard Card. The transaction couldn't be processed but that was not the case when I purchased with my Public Bank Day-to-Day VISA Debit Card. Hence, I e-mailed Public Bank to complain and clarify whether my Public Bank TARc Debit Mastercard Card was a 3D Authentication Card. I e-mailed on Saturday and the customer service department phoned me on the next Monday. I was taught to set my own PIN number which was different from the ATM PIN number and she asked me to print screen the webpage when the problem's tab popped out. Of course, the problem occurred again and I did what was asked. She called me again and she said that was not Public Bank's problem and they would keep in contact with the merchant.

The next day, my cousin and I moved all my things out from my hostel. Nevertheless, I noticed that my stainless-steel bowl, toothpaste and tripod socket were gone missing. It took us two rounds to move my things with one journey. After set up everything at my new room, we were getting tired already.

On Saturday, I hanged out with my uncle, aunty and my cousin at Pudu, then we went to Times Square. My uncle purposely brought me to 13th floor to visit the Toto headquarter. He asked me to buy a number for him as well. Maybe he still thinks that I bring luck to him, I'm his lucky star.

Sunday was my cousin's marriage registration day. We went to 天后宫 and took a lot of pictures. Once again, I was the video camera man. My filming skills had improved a lot after gaining some experience from last year's first attempt. After that, we went to Giant. At 2:45p.m., my cousin fetched me to Puduraya new bus station which was just commenced in used since Saturday. She asked me to take pictures for her reference.

This is the outlook of the bus station.



This is the third floor, which is also known as the 'counter floor'.

This is the directory at every escalator.

This is the 'bus status TV' at each floor. However, don't rely heavily on the information provided because as for my case here, the bus number was wrongly stated on the TV.

The is the top floor, which is also the car park.




Second floor.



This is the first floor, which is also known as waiting area. As you can see here, there are 22 platforms altogether. This floor is very hot since the flyover is connected at the main entrance and there is no automatic door built and hence the hot air from the outside can enter haphazardly! Imagine, I was sweating when I waited for the time to board the bus.

This is the platform, which is also the ground floor. See, the height just can fit the normal bus but not the double-decker. I wonder where the passengers should board double-decker.

Even though this was just my first time been there, I was not nervous but wandering around with curiosity. The interior design and facilities were good and nice but I thought, the air-conditioner system still needed some improvements.

Last night, I passed my hostel's keys and parking lot's card to Anthony. I was late a bit because I was having dinner with my 'mother-in-law' before that. Of course, I told Anthony about my lost things and he promised that he would find out for me, thanks.






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Saturday, 9 April 2011

'Friend's Day'

Yo, I would call today as 'Friend's Day'. Why? This is because I met some of my friends today. Initially, I was planning to buy bus ticket at KOMTAR, then visiting aL who was working at Dewan Sri Pinang. This was what I promised aL yesterday.

After purchasing the bus ticket, I headed to Prangin Mall because Ah Shen told me that there was a shop selling magic tools at third floor. Ergo, I couldn't find it and decided to go to Dewan Sri Pinang. When I reached the ground floor, my instinct asked me to go 1st Avenue.

This was my first time been there. The air-conditioner system was quite good. Fresh air was flowing in the mall. I could feel that the design was quite similar to K.L.C.C.'s concept. Then I went up floor by floor. When I reached second floor, it was an I.T. and electrical appliances' floor. I entered into a shop called 'Best Denki'. I noticed a familiar face in the shop when I was at the front door.

I entered to find the answer. Nonetheless, I couldn't locate the person. When I wanted to give in and went out of the shop, he greeted me. He was Willy, who was Anthony's student leader. Why I couldn't find him just now? This was due to a high wall of the staff's counter. We chatted quite a lot and he introduced me some new technology. After a while, he invited me for lunch even though it was about 2:30p.m.. We had our lunch at the fifth floor of Prangin Mall together with two of his Indian friends. I'm sorry that I forgot what they are called already.

Thereafter, we went back to the shop, Willy continued to introduce me the new technology. Let's stop talking now. Here are the photos which I took in the shop:


Do you know what is this? This machine is called Dyson Air Multiplier. You may call this 'fan without blades'. It is a new design that generate the wind and exert the wind via the focal sphere so that the wind is compacted and focused. It can spin and generate cold wind. It has a remote controller too, the remote controller can be attached or attracted to the head of the fan as they are magnetic.


This is a vacuum cleaner which consists two filters. One is in the filter tank and the other one is inside the ball. This vacuum cleaner uses 'ball technique' which allows the users to switch left or right at 90 degree sharp oven 360 degree without moving a step. The designer got this concept from the hasty wheel-barrow.

This is Willy and this is the another model of the vacuum cleaner which is without the 'ball technique'. However, this machine looks cool after its extension. It may look like a machine gun and it's depending on your own imagination. I purposely asked Willy to post a cool gesture so that I could take a photogenic photo in my blog. Don't be fooled by their outlook. This is because there are a lot of extensions in these 2 machines. Even though they are small but they are compact. What so impressive was these machines didn't discharge hot air but cold air.

This is a portable air-conditioner. According to Willy, the 苏师父 Restaurant bought quite a number of this portable air-conditioners from them.

I was just like a person who has just come out from jungle. I was so surprised and impressed by these technologies. The technology is getting more advanced days after days. Luckily my instinct leaded me to be there, otherwise I might still be an outdated city-man. Oh ya, before I forgot and as requested, anyone who is interested on the above machines and technologies, kindly contact Willy Teh at 016-5580214 or you may meet him personally at 'Best Dekin' of the second floor in 1st Avenue.

Then I went to meet aL at Dewan Sri Pinang. He was selling digital camera and video camera over there. He introduced me quite a lot of models and their functions. He even brought me to meet some pretty girls, haha. aL, you know what I mean, right? There was a stage in front of the Dewan Sri Pinang and we found the female singer was quite adorable. aL asked me to ask her for handphone number, haha. aL, you are so naughty!

Anyway, today is my 'Friend's Day' and I enjoyed it so much.

Saturday, 2 April 2011

Magic Series 5

Yo,今天我去拜我的婆婆。由于那边很靠近天公檀,因此就在那儿拍了最新一期的魔术短片。相信大家都很惊奇吧,怎么我失踪了那么久呢?这是因为我很忙嘛,况且好东西是要慢慢等的啊!哈哈哈。。。废话少说,马上为大家呈现以下的短片:


相信大家都有看到缆车吧!没错,这就是升旗山最新的缆车,由于现在暂未开放载客,因此大家便先在此先睹为快吧!

接下来就是我个人认为蛮有趣的手技,也就是英文的sleight of hand:

World Invasion - Battle Los Angeles

Yo, I watched this movie with aL and my colleagues this Wednesday. Since last Wednesday, Wednesday has been our company's culture for movie. Last Wednesday, we watched 'Big Mommas'. Frankly speaking, this was a nice movie and this Wednesday, it's 'World Invasion's turn.

Initially, I felt this movie disgusting as I didn't know why the cameraman or perhaps the director loved to zoom in or too focus on the facial expression. This was very annoying as it might make me short-sightedness! However, the screen shot was getting better as the movie went on. It's about the US marine fighting against the world intruders- aliens who are desperate for the Earth's water which is their main power source. I enjoyed the combat especially the cool look and M-16 from the US marines which drove me crazy.

Apart from these, what made me so excited was the bond existed among our colleagues. Even though we are just a small company regardless of the business revenues, I mean in respect of staff's number, the real bond does really exist among ourselves. We will treat each other lunch, introduce new things and food, hang out and make jokes among ourselves. I can guarantee that there is no naiveness and selfishness among ourselves. All these make me feeling so warm to be with them. I love them.

Last night, I leaded my colleague, Pepsi to visit 大伯爷. This was because she wanted to find out something from him as there were a number of disasters happened in her family. What made me so surprise was, 大伯爷 was really very powerful. She just gave him some clues and he managed to tell her everything that she needed. Awesome, I had never thought of this before! I'm not superstitious but this really happen in my naked eyes. I thought, she was satisfied from her facial expression and she thanked me so much. Haha, actually just take it easy, girl. Hopefully 大伯爷does really help you out and everything can run smoothly sooner or later.

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