Oii yooo....Kuatnyer budak ni...tidur kat katil berpaku..Ouch!!!! 

Bakal jadi Kelasi kapal..... 

Golf etiquette 101

Yesterday, Sunday......My usual golf time with my golf buddies, handicap 9, 10,10 and 14., at the Club. At the tee-box of the first hole, ZAB, a golfer that used to be a single handicaper, now a ten, gets ready to hit his first drive. You see, in golf, the lowest handicap player will always gets the honour to hit first and ZAB has always been the lowest handicap player in the group.

"Ehem, ehem...." cleared my throat. Not a very ethical act in golf. Gotta be quiet while the other player gets ready to hit the ball.
" Oiii, diam le sikit, aku nak pukul ni"
" Aisay, bukannyer lowest handicap player ke yang pukul dulu?" Tanya aku.
" Ko sepuluh kan, sama ngan aku, tapi aku dah lama jadi single, so aku pukul dulu lah" Jawab ZAB.
" Aku sembilan la....."
"Chisssst!!!?"

After that ZAB's game became haywired. Menjadi gak "Psyco" gua. he,he

Whoa...got a mail from MGA online

Today;
Dear Golfer Melayu(NHS No: 221916)

We are pleased to inform you that your official NHS index as at
1st September 2005 is: -

Previous NHS index: 8.5
Current NHS index: 7.9

Your calculated handicap for your primary club: PERANGSANG
TEMPLER GOLF CLUB - (SEL) is as follows:-

DEFAULT - BLUE:9
DEFAULT - WHITE:9
DEFAULT - BLACK:9


You can always check your latest NHS scores and your buddies
scores at www.mgaonline.com.my.

Ahh, at last I'm a single handicap playar...ha,ha,ha... Sekarang bila masuk tournament cuma harap bole menang on gross aje la nampaknyer...hmmmmm

A trip to Aquaria, KLCC

Cuti-cuti Merdeka, gua rasa baik bawak family berjalan-jalan . Takkan asyik nak main golf ajer. So, pikir punye pikir, aku pun terasa nak bawak family ke Aquaria, KLCC, the latest and trendiest KL showcase...depa kata la. 31st August is the last day of the promotional admission price. RM20 adults, Rm10- kids above 3....pas tu RM38 adults, kid RM26....Ouch!!!

Since hari tu hari merdeka, gua cakap to the family, "jom pergi cepat, nanti petang ramai orang la, pagi-pagi ni dia orang still tido lepas tengok bunga-api and berpartay malam tadi"
Pukul 10.30am, gua suda bertolak dari rumah. 10.50am dah sampai. Gua park kat tempat biasa ajer. Naik escalator, turn left at "Tower Records", ikut the terowong to KL Convention Centre. Macam ramai je orang. Tiba-tiba the walkway became a queue.

"Ni jauh lagi ni...dah kena queue, cam na ni???"

Aku gi tanya mamat Aquaria yang tengah sibuk mengontrol queue . Dia kata, orang dah start queing dari pukul 7.30am lagi. "Aik, pagi nyer!!!!"

"From here, agak-agak berapa lama nak masuk Aquaria?"
" 2 Jam setengah"
"Hampeh!!!!!!!!"

Argh!!!!! Sudah. Kenala tukar plan...tak kan nak berdiri kat situ selama 2 jam setengah....pergi Petrosains ajer la nampaknyer.

Hmmmmm.....

Came back from Jakarta last Saturday evening. The presentation went OK. Eventhough notebook gua meragam a few minutes before I"m about to deliver the speech, gua sempat reboot the notebook and get it back to normal working condition. And then in the plane, sempat gak aku sound sorang mamat yang tak reti nak meng"off"kan handphone dia bila dah masuk kapalterbang. Dia kata "one last sms, gotta do this, very important". Aku sound balik "then you should not be in this plane". Mencuka muka dia. He reluctantly turn-off the phone. Peduli apa gua. Eventhough, from the REAL study, memang tak dak bahayanyer HP ni tu the operations of the plane. Kalau memang very bahaya dah lama syarikat-syarikat penerbangan ni beli HP jaming device yang harganyer tak seberapa tu, tapi ikut le undang-undang. Macam tak reti bahasa plak.

Sunday aku tak join the alumni golf tournament...Aku dengor 17 orang ajer main kali ni. Aiks, apasal turn-out kali ni very poor?? Niat memula nak spend time ngan family, tapi gian punyer pasal, aku main gak kat my kelab with the usual kakis. Played well, menang game and pool. Kira-kira, aku main free ajer golf minggu ni.

Malam plak, I've got a call from Mr Az, THE PROJECT MANAGER from my largest customer, saying that I could pick up the PO from him monday, ....then I've got news saying that the same customer has paid all the invoices expected from them while I was in Jakarta. Hey, hey, hey not a bad start to the merdeka week. I hope it gets better......

Dinner @ House of Sunda, Balle Air, Jakarta

Garumi goreng tumis - best giler
Udang Mentega - above average
Cumi goreng tepung - biasa aje
Tahu/tempe goreng- lagi biasa
sayur campur best jugak - best
Sup buntut - cukup best
sambal mangga - best
ess kelapa cincau - kureng

Itu la menu makanan dinner aku malam ni kat House of Sunda, Balle Air, Jakarta. Bertambah dua pinggan gua makan....nak buat camner, gua lapar. Tengahari tadi kat Air Asia, gua duduk kat belakang. By the time, the stewardess cum penjaja barangan cum penjual makanan sampai, nasi lemak dah habis. Aku makan le turkey sandwich plus minum soya. Pagi gua breakfast ngan Mrs. makan roti canai ngan teh ais aje. Sampai Cengkareng, take a cab, tapi pasal "macet' yang teramat teruk, kena la duduk taxi selama sejam setengah. Hampeh bebenor.

Sampai ke hotel pas check-in, Indonesian partner gua suda sms kata dia kat lobi. Aku call Mr YKS to join me. Beborak lama gak pasal presentation yang perlu diberikan keesokan harinyer. Aku citer aku nak mandi dulu, so, Mr YKS kena la layan mamat2 ni. Aku saja take my time. Last-last diaorang call ajak gi dinner. Aku pun kata okla. Tempat makan ni cuma 2 Km from the hotel, tapi ambik masa 25 minit gak nak sampai. Tah apa-apa ntah. Anyway, the dinner was good..........Now aku nak tido. Good night

Nak gi Jakarta lagi.....

I'm going to Jakarta again this coming Thursday 25/08 to Saturday 27/08. No golf this time. All work and strictly business. We have been shortlisted to do consulting and system implementation for the 4th largest bank in Indonesia. This presentation will strictly be on the technicalities and functionalities aspect of the system. I'm bringing in Mr YKS with me. Both of us are consultants....that means we know how to talk, write, and propose on operations, project management and business processes. Implementation is definately not one of our strength. My technical team is stuck with the curent workload. Mr YKS is taking the responsibilities to present the system and will talk about the system implementation. Hopefully our Indonesian partner will give valuable inputs before the DAY. This is the 1st time I'm travelling to Jakarta with Mr YKS.
Selalunyer aku bawak si H. Budak aku yang berbudi bahasa, lembut tapi tak bole tengok perempuan lawa, sure nak kacau punyer. Masa memula aku jumpa mamat ni, aku ingat dia tak normal pasal lembut semacam ajer. A good proposal writer. Bole diharap untuk buat account management. Bawak si H ni membuatkan travel aku menjadi senang. Dia gi carik trolley, dia gi check-in and check-out plus getting the cab to the airport, he knows Jakarta and the best thing is that he plays golf. Ada gak kaki kalau aku nak main golf kat sana....

Mr YKS? Dia tak main golf da....

Semalam Kimi Raikonen menang F1 Turkish Grand Prix. Aku teramat la suka, pasai dia di sponsor oleh Tag Heuer. Jam Tangan cam kat atas tu. Hari tu, jam tu naik harga...bila Kimi menang, lagi la harga dia naik...melambung plak tu. He, he, untung la gua...masa gua beli, harga dia tak la semahal sekarang ni. Yesssssss!!!! 

Road-Hoggers.....get off the road, Moron!!!!

Hari ini aku rasa teramat bosan. It's just one of those days. Coming to the office, my car was behind two of the most sickening drivers I've ever seen....road hoggers. The one on the left, memang le slow, kira bole la di maafkan. Worse, the one on the right pun lebih kurang sama aja speed dia. And paling yang aku tak tahan dia bole buat bodo aja. Flashed my headlights, honked him a a few times, tapi dia memang buat selamba. Kereta kat belakang aku pun macam tak sabar gak. Nak cilok no space. Last-last, aku potong ikut emergency lane. Terasa plak macam berlakon "Italian job". Ewah. But I guess today was not my day...a few minutes later, I was again stuck behind another moronic road-hogger. Hampeh!!!!!

Bad Presentation Day....

Sucks....big time. That's how my presentation went today. I looked and sounded like an amateur.

Two days ago, the customer which came from the BANK, wanted me to present to their new owner , a system that we have implemented at the customer's place. The subject is something that I know like the back of my hand. Confident as hell, I cramped on a lot of materials into my slides....why?...coz I'm the expert Bro.... in between , there were a lots of other thing that I've got to do.

The presentation was at 4:30pm. Finished doing the slides at about 2.30pm. Run through it, for about 10 minutes and then off I went. No dry run, no nothing. I've done a lot of presentation before this. Spoken in seminars before. Should be routine.

Once the presentation start, I seem to lost all my presentation skill. I was really struggling. The flow of the presentation was very unfamiliar. It's not as smooth as my previous presentations. It was bad, I was even reading the text on the slides...a real no,no. My messages were distorted, I was going all over the place and was not getting accross to the audience by the looks of their body language. If this was the "American Idol" audition, I would have gotten the boot just 10 minutes into it. The presentation lasted for 2 hours. The next will be a presentation to the Group Resource Director. I was lucky today. I scraped through the presentation...barely.

Next time...don't be over-confident. Give yourself enough time to be familiar with the presentation flow. AND a new Xda beside me while giving the next presentation will probably help to impress the audience.....you think?. he,he

I'm getting bored with the old PDA. I might as well shop for a new one. Choices are as follows;
1) O2 Xda IIs, priced at around RM3,700.00....loaded with features which I"M NOT GOING TO USE....
2) HP iPaq 6515, priced at around RM2,888...also loaded with features which I"M NOT GOING TO USE....

Maybe I'll just get the RM99 Mp3-player....hmmmmm

PTGC Captain's Trophy and PGA Championship

Did quite well in the PTGC Captain's trophy. Shot an 80, for 2-under par of the handicap. Not bad. No 13 out of 136 participants in Gross Score. Dapatla hadiah yang menyukakan wife gua. Set of "Luxury Comforter" with a matching bedsheet...tanda harga kat situ, RM430. Kira Ok la. The flow of the tournament were tremendously slow. In some holes, there were 3 flights waiting to tee-off. Sucks...Big time. My flight mate, Mr Z Misai was having a real-bad day. He was the "joker" of the day by shooting a 10 at the par 3 no.13.

PGA Championship...Tiger Woods...1st day, no 126, 2nd day, no 64, 3rd day no 20, last day tied for 3rd, just before they stop play due to weather delay. Oii Yooo....Dasat!!!

Today....

Hazy...but decided to play golf with two of my golf buddies. PTGC. Started the game quite bad. After only five holes, I was already 11 over, 1 over my handicap of ten. On the next hole, I got a birdie. Then a par. Then a birdie again, followed with an EAGLE... Hey,hey, hey.. I'm back on track. 7 over on the first nine. Not bad considering the lousy start on the first 5 holes.

The second nine was something else. I was really in the zone, man. EIGHT PARS , with a BIRDIE on the finishing hole. 35 on the back nine. 1 under. That was the first time I've ever played a whole nine, scoring 1 under gross. Total of 6 over gross. 9 pars, 3 birdies and 1 eagle. 4 under my HC. 78...Made my day...HAZY MAZY... Oh, and one other thing, won quite a bit today.

YEE HAAA !!!!!!

N, get well soon...banyak kerja ni

I've got a message saying that N collasped at the customer's place during a meeting yesterday. Ambulance were called to take him to the emergency ward. His blood pressure shot up to 170. Hypertension close to a stroke. He was immediately admitted to the G hospital for 3 days thorough observation. The doctor diagnosed that N has a hormon disorder that results in his blood pressure to shoot up. When that happened, his body will just ceised to function .

Visited him yesterday. He looks ok but I know that he's not really okay. N, get well soon, buddy.
Kerja banyak...gotta reshuffle the resource schedules....ARGHHHHHHH!!!! SOMEBODY HELP......

Pening..

Ada salah seorang customer aku yang selalu pening. Aku panggil dia Mr AA. Boss dia aku panggil Mr H ajalah. Both of them comes from a large Malaysian bank, which becomes larger when they bought an Indonesian bank and then become even larger when they were bought over by another Malaysian bank. Masa memula aku masuk as a consultant kat sana, him and his boss were only interested to start the project pasai it effects their KPI . Masa tu kening aku dah berkerut. " cam mana nak make sure project ni jalan, this is not really a technology project, it's about resource improvement ... needs a lot of coordination and buy-in from different divisions, the tecnology is just a tool to get to where you wanna be. To ensure success, I need the customer to be passionate about the project"

After the first meeting...Mr H cakap...
"We can do it ourself, why do you need the other divisions involvement?"
"All I want is for that to be installed in our system!!!!"
"Don't want to do that workshop, waste of time!!! I need to show results to management NOW, got that!!!"


Anyway, after a lot of guiding and consulting plus pushing, dia orang ni ikut jugak cakap aku and my team.... cuma yang teruk buat kerja kat sana bukan la depa, tapi bebudak dia orang especially si J, minah gym. In a way, kira okay gak la, J nampaknyer telah banyak loose weight sejak masuk project ni. Makan hati kot... lagipun Mr AA asyik carik dia aja. Dapat la jadi orang kepercayaan Mr AA.

Mr AA akan call aku bila ada problem. Sometime kecik jer problem tu, tapi when it comes from Mr AA, the problem will become very big. First word; " Golfer Melayu, aku pening la!?" After 3 hours, aku plak yang jadi pening....

Venture Cap....you guys look more like vultures

Let's look into your mid-year company performance review...

1) Invoice amount-Projected : RM X millions
Actual : 85% of RM X millions
Strategy moving forward : gotta think of how to invoice 1.5 times of RM X millions, we are going for IPO , remember...gotta show healthy profit, my man
My answer: Yikes!!!????

2) By 2005, what are the Contracts amount secured?
Target Vs Actual ; x%
My answer : the actual is really the target, ha,ha 100% achievement ....can I have my 25% pay raise now?

3) Target Pipeline
What's the ideal qualified pipeline size?
= 5x 0f RM X million
What are the strategies to get there? What are the resources needed?

My answer: Have to get 2 more quality and good strategy and business consultants and on top of that, can I have more money to spend on branding and marketing???

Venture Cap ; " NO bro, that's a big no, no........ we need to think of the cashflow. OUR business fundamentals and disciplines needs to be adressed. Be prudent. Bla,bla,bla"

Duhhhh......

Jadi bujang???

Minggu ni gua jadi orang bujang. The wife kena gi her alumni gathering in Muar. Budak MRSM. Pergi Sabtu , balik Ahad. Anak-anak plus the maid nak hantar ke in-laws. So, this week , aku nak balun main golf puas-puas. Sabtu with the same flight mates yang main ngan aku since the last three weeks. Ahad, PTGC Captain's Trophy. Wow!!! This is going to be interesting. Khamis ni nak main kat Sri Selangor kot. Relax la kan. Company quota dah achieved. Kita cuma perlu prospects ... GOOOOOD PROSPECTS for next year. So apa lagi nak buat..main golf aja la. What a life?!!

oii yoo, abah tough la!!!! ada muscle.... 

Dengar cakap abah la...apa senyum-senyum??? 

AJ, mana lu....

Pepagi hari ni , aku dapat a frantic call from my sub. Last week aku suruh dia gi ke Kuala Terenganu, to my customer's subsidiary, to do job scoping. Supposed to go with AJ. Told her to communicate directly with AJ for logistics.

"Golfer Melayu, I dah kat KT airport, batang hidung AJ tak nampak pun, I tengah geram ni!!!!, I nak balik KL the next flight"

"Miss F, relax..bawak bertenang..call le AJ's HP"
"Dah call, tak berjawab!!!"
"Ok, i'll get back to you"

Argghhhh..sudah, ni problem ni. Sudahlah flight ticket company tanggung. Kalau tak da hasil, dah kira membazir ni.

Got another SMS from Miss F
"His mobile is off. If the trip was cancelled last mnt he didnt mention it tis mrng whn i calld him. now im still at the airprt waiting dnt knw 4 wat. sorry kacau u but i tgh geram ni. tak pro lansung siAJ ni"

Gua call AJ, berkali-kali, tak dapat. Last-last aku call office dia. Tanya sub si AJ, kalau-kalau dia tau ke mana mamat ni pergi.

" Aku pun problem ni , Golfer Melayu...Semua call aku...tanya pasal AJ...customer aku call..AZ call.."
"OK, ko suruhlah AZ call Miss F kat airport, suruh dia ambik , and then , go to the meeting...pas tu baru le ko cari AJ"
"Right, I'll do that"

SMS Miss F, said somebody will call and pick her up. Aku tak tau apa yang jadi pas tu.

Last SMS from Miss F

"Ok, meeting dah habis. Thx"

Phuh....lega gua. AJ, lu mana pergi?

Last Friday....

Gila punyer busy...sampai time-management aku pun lari. Pepagi dah kena gi jumpa "the big customer" kat KL Tower. Kena lak borak sikit...."Golfer melayu, lu ingat, next week Tuesday, kena kasi presentation tu our boss"....Ok...
By 11am, aku dah kat office, menghabiskan proposal to an Indonesian Bank. 12.45...Solah Jumaat.....2pm Balik dari solah...Menghabiskan proposal plus chat through Yahoo Messenger with my Indonesian partner plus tengok-tengokkan proposal yang sedang dibuat oleh budak aku. Dapat plak a YM from my alumni sista..."mana dia gambar-gambar yang you cakap nak upload for viewing tu". Opps sorry, very busy...Sunday night gua buat...Aku siap hisap rokok dalam bilek aku....dah tak da masa nak keluar. Everybody's looking at me....Arghh, lantak la. Aku kena balik by pukul 5pm, patutnyer la, pasal rumah in-law aku ada kenduri pas maghrib. 5.40pm baru dapat keluar...aku suruh si N, communicate ngan the Indonesian. Sampai rumah..6.20pm...mandi, solah, pas tu, masuk MPV, with the whole family, went over to my in-laws..A journey that should have taken 45 minutes became 1 hour and 20 minutes...due to jam. Sampai sana majlis dah start. Solah magrib...gi borak-borak...tolong-tolong sikit..12.20am..saturday...balik, left the kids with the in-law, coz I've promised the Indonesian that I'll be on-line at 1 am....7 am, gi pasar...petang lepak...suruh wife ambik bebudak...

Ahad....Main golf la...yahooooooooo!!!!!!!

Lagi gambar "Alumni Birthday-bash" at Eagle's Ranch Resort. 

Credit Card

Everybody uses plastic. Bukan sebab apa, satu senang, satu lagi, senang nak berhutang. he he. Sejak kat US dulu aku dah pakai credit card. Credit limit pun limit student la. Now, I have 4. Credit limit pun kira bole tahan le. I gave one supplementary card to my wife. Credit limit for the supplementary cuma RM1K. Kena control le sikit, betul tak? Wife aku pernah gak ngomel suruh increase the credit limit, aku selalu buat tak dengar aje.

Semalam pas aku balik dari main golf, dia tunjuk aku a brand new "digital camera".
"Wooiiyoo, ni bagus ni... Berapa?"
"RM1,500 , 5.2 megapixel, ada zoom, storage pun ok.."
"Aikkk, banyak plak duit you?"
"Pakai Credit Card le...."

Ooooo... rope-ropenyer dia baru ambik credit card sendiri. Caya la. Nanti bole le bawak aku ke "San Francisco Steak House" KLCC. Candle light dinner ke. Pas tu bole makan "Haagen Dazs" yang 1 scoop RM14.50. he he

Dato'.......

Ramai gak kengkawan aku yang dapat "Dato'ship" baru-baru ni. Salah seorang adalah kawan sebilek gua masa aku belajar di USA. Aku panggil dia ML. Peminat Rod Steward. Masa aku kat sana, sempat le tengok mamat ni joget style Rod Steward. Mat smart jugak. Musti nak pakai jacket kulit warna coklat kemerah-merahan dia. Sesekejap tengok cermin, nak betulkan jambul dia. Bila dia balik ke Malaysia, bergiat cergas dalam politik. Last "election" dia menang di kawasan dia. Jadi YB le. Jadi lak Exco kat negeri tu. Jaga hal ehwal infrasruktur and pembangunan negeri. Baru-baru ni , sempena Hari Keputeraan Sultan Negeri ML, aku nampak le nama dia . Dah dapat Dato dah si ML. Aku cepat-cepat hantor SMS congratulating him.
"Thank you Bro...Bila bole jumpa borak-borak?" Dato jawab.
Allright YB Dato' Ir ML, caya sama lu.

Sorang lagi adalah ex-boss gua. Dato MAS. Orang yang memperkenalkan golf kat gua pada tahun 1996. Masa tu dia dah main Hcp 7. Gua baru terkial-kial nak cuba pukul bola. Sekarang dia kerja as "President Director" of an Indonesian Mining Company. Last sekali aku jumpa dia about five months ago kat Jakarta. Gaya cakap still like dulu. Very "Stylo".

Gua cukup happy kalo kengkawan yang memang "down-to-earth" dapat darjah-darjah kebesaran ni. Manalah tau, bila ada problem, BIGGGG problem, ada gak tempat nak mengadu.
he he

Marketing strategy...brilliant

As I watched "Akademi Fantasia" last night, there was an announcement by the "pengetua" that there will be a double-elimination this coming Saturday. Hmmmm...brilliant. What it means is that ASTRO and the TELCOs will make more mullah this week. The fans will be sending in their votes like crazy, just to ensure that their favourite contestant would not get the boot this week. I'm pretty sure the "SMS gateway" of the TELCOs will be jammed with queues of X thousands of SMSs and text messages.

And I'm also pretty sure that there will be no elimination this week. Why???? Business, Brother, business.....

p.s. let see whether ASTRO will prove me wrong on this.

Management

"I gotta go to Penang tomorrow...." the wife mumbled at me.
"OK, bila balik?"
" Masaalahnyer, company I suruh gi beli "flight ticket" sendiri kat Sentral, pas tu plak, claim tak masuk, En M, refering to her boss, tak sign plak duit untuk beli flight ticket tu, kalau tak gi meeting ni, nanti client complain, tulis surat ke company, I tak da duit ni, so camner?"
"Bior le client tu tulis surat complain ke company you, bior le boss-boss kat company you tau that they are responsible for the running of the company, jangan harap employee aja nak jaga nama baik company".

Kadang-kadang aku pun pelik kat company-company yang management dia should not be there as management... Aku ni in the management team jugak, but I know, I'm always concern about the employees well-beings....as long as tak lebih-lebih sangat le. Maybe those "so-called" managers should read, or learn and be trained about management. Kalau malas buat yang tu, just "emphatize".

Got this article in the mail today,

Management Lessons from Star Wars By Maureen Ryan
Tribune staff reporter May 23, 2005 1:49 PM CDT: Bad 'Star Wars' bosses

I took a break from TV obssession this weekend to see "Star Wars: Episode
III -- Revenge of the Sith." And despite all the whizzing lightsabers, dazzling space battles and political drama, it was clear what "Star Wars 3" really is. It's case study of bad management. Why does Anakin Skywalker turn bad? It sure seems like it's because he didn't get a promotion. He really wanted that title, Jedi Master (and the company car would have been
nice).

But, you say, maybe Anakin wasn't ready for that promotion. Maybe he was still too immature, too easily angered, too likely to furrow his brow at the slightest provocation. So why didn't his managers give him a clearly defined path to promotion? Not a bunch of Jedi mumbo-jumbo about using the Force and examining his feelings, but a concrete list of job skills he needed to improve (Using time more wisely? Prioritizing better? Keeping the Jedi break room leaner? Thinking up better dialogue?)

The worst Jedi manager had to be Mace Windu, who, when things got hairy, essentially told Anakin to just stay put,don't worry, and by the way, we don't need your help right now. That's not the way help an employee feel empowered and invested in the task at hand. And it was disastrous for Yoda to tell a troubled Anakin to give up that which was most important to him. That sounded suspicously like "Don't expect a raise any time soon."

Obi Wan Kenobi wasn't much better. A boss should know enough about an employee's life to know what they're worried about. Obi Wan didn't realize his apprentice was having a child (well, twins, actually) with Padme until it was too late. Those sorts of personal issues worried Anakin to the point of obsession, yet Obi Wan was mostly oblivious. And sure, Palpatine
appealed to Anakin's ego. But what smart boss doesn't, from time to time? It's not enough to tell an employee that he's the chosen one, yada yada. Obi Wan should have realized that the constant "you've got more to learn, young apprentice" stuff gets old after a while.

If Obi Wan and the council had chosen Anakin for a few crucial solo missions, maybe he would have been too focused on Jedi business to be tempted by Palpatine's Sith pitch. Still, Anakin must bear the responsibility for his eventual decision to join the staff of Dark Side, Inc. He was seduced by a boss who promised much, but actually withheld vital information that would have affected Anakin's most important decisions. Those kinds of bosses -- the ones to hold on to information and use it like a weapon, all in an effort to manipulate employees into doing their bidding -- are usually very articulate and seem like your buddy at
first. They seem like they're looking out for you. Then, one day, you're cut off at the knees. Dependent on them for everything. And have nowhere to turn, especially if your old bosses kind of want you dead. So the lessons for bosses and employees everywhere? Give your employees a stake in the enterprise, and if they want to move up, use constructive feedback to tell them how they can do so. Motivate their best qualities by giving incentives
for good behavior, but be willing to accept criticism when it's warranted. And don't become the kind of boss who rules through fear, intimidation, secrecy and appeals to greed and arrogance. Unless you're really good with a lightsaber.

Bila orang nak pinjam ....

Last Friday, masa aku tengah lepak-lepak kat Chillies KLCC, aku dapat phone call from my ex-schoolmate, ZK. Dia kata nak jumpa. Important katanyer.
"Let's meet at 4:30pm, Chinoz?"
"Ok, I'll be there."

Around 4.40pm , aku pun gi ke ke Chinoz. After borak-borak , ZK pun citerle tentang masalahnyer. Masalah kewangan le. Dia kalau boleh nak pinjam duit aku sikit, masalahnyer, kewangan gua pun tak berapa bagus, aku baru ajer beli "life-membership" of a golf club, ni tinggai cukup-cukup ajer with some spare, cuma aku tak sanggup nak citer time-time tu jugak yang aku tak bole nak meminjamkannyer duit tu.
"ZK, gimme time to check out my financial, I'll get back to you"

Aku bayar bill and left the place with a burden on how to break the news to him. Aku pernah takda duit. Memang perit. Nak pinjam memember memang malu. Nak mintak duit kat family, lagi malu. Maybe , I'll just break the news through SMS. Sorry my friend, not this time, maybe next time around.

How to become a successful politician...aku rasa la

Minggu ni ada perjumpaan parti politik terbesar di dunia, (terbesar ni mengikut kata depa la). Serba serbi besar. Dewan besar, orang besar,rambut besar,isu yang diperbincangkan pun besar. Jolok sana, jolok sini. Cucuk sana, cucuk sini. Ada sorang budak muda yang powerful, handsome gak, penolong kepada ketua tapi maybe more powerful than the chip la, pun kena cucuk dan jolok dari belakang. Dia cerita pasai agenda DEB, 30% musti hak bangsa KITA!!!! Tak payah malu , tak payah selindung. Kita musti tuntut hak kita 30% hak bangsa kita , 80% of the 30% plak mustilah hak (D+1,E-2,M) _(Scorpio-1 bulan). he,he..
Ada plak Makcik yang jadi tak keruan bila ditegur oleh Bapak dia, pas tu PEMUDA plak tekan and then kena plak suruh buat public apology ke ayahanda kerana dikatakan bersikap "kurang ajar". Seronak gak tengok, dengar and baca pasal benda benda ni. So, aku rasala, pasal aku ni golfer bukan politician, to become a succesful politician, kita kena
1) Pandai bercakap, buat lawak and mengutuk , kalo tak, ramai delegates yang akan tido, and you will not be featured in any of the media.
2) Citer pasal memperjuangkan hak melayu.....every year hak melayu...hak melayu....muka musti toye, pasal dalam hati, hak aku.
3)When you're in trouble, relax, and do a diversion by talking about something else.
4) kalo ni tak jadi jugak, and you're still in BIG Trouble...... cry..cry and cry somemore...get some sympathy, just make sure the tears looks real ...and bersumpah with the Quran as a witness (pls, pls and double pls....jangan le buat cam ni). Anyhow, the MENTOR did the same thing before.

Morale of the story: Kalo dah tua, memang tak lawa menangis, apa lagi kalo gambar full face shot letak kat front page. Mengerikan.

Gua sedih.........

Hari ni gua rasa nak tulis pasal leadership plak. Bila jadi leader, lu ada kuasa, tapi janganle menyalahguna kuasa. Gua terbaca suratkhabar hari ni, citer pasal ex-CM Sabah yang terasa teramat sedih pasal hutang judi dia telah diketahui public. La, buat apa nak sedih, lu memang kaki judi, cam tu la jadinyer. Pas tu pinjam duit tak nak bayor, kena sue le. Nak sedih buat pe nyer. Gua rasa lu tak sedih tapi malu kan? Padan muka ko. Dulu lu kepala Agama Islam kat Sabah. Masa pilihanraya, gi ke masjid sana-sini, pakai songkok, ada komen pasal Islam Hadhari. Ni sekarang lu sudah kantoi. Nak buat-buat sedih plak. Lu ingat ada orang nak simpati ke?

Hari tu plak, aku terbaca pasal bekas PM sudah tak puas hati pasal ketelusan pembahagian AP. Yang dia tak puas hati tu, pembahagian AP masa last year ajer. Maybe dia patut tanya apa jadi on tahun-tahun sebelum tu jugak. Baru ada telus. Ni sumer berlakon aje. Bila dah tak de power baru nak melalak ke sana sini.

Semalam gua pergi driving range, mamat single handicap ni tanya sama gua, "Lu masuk Peransang Masters tak?" Gua tanya dia balik " Lu dulu main 5, sekarang main berapa?"
Dia jawab "gua sekarang main 10"

Ha, pasai tu le aku tak nak main peransang masters. Banyak sangat orang cam ko yang merepair handicap. Apa kena-mengena perbualan kat driving range ni ngan benda kat atas tu? Tak dak kena mengena langsung. Saje aku nak melalut pagi-pagi ni. Otak aku tengah "jam" nak menyelesaikan masaalah payment from the customers.

"Hello Mr Customer, bole tak cepatkan payment tu sket?????? and one other thing, hari ni Birthday gua la!!!!!"

Mr ASH call aku last week. Dia cakap si Mr K nak gi Qatar. Aku tanya berapa lama. Dia jawab 2 tahun. Mak oii, lama tu. Aku gi call Mr K. Borak-borak sikit and tanya hal-hal berkenaan hal Qatar. Katanye kena gi dalam belas-belas haribulan July ni.

"Aiik, sebelum ko gi , kita kena main golf le dulu, nak harap aku gi Qatar main golf kat sana buat apa, ada satu je padang golf kat situ, baik gi Jakarta"
"Ok, bila dan di mana, pasal aku nak beduk ko sebelum aku gi Qatar ni, baru le aku puas hati"

So nampaknyer aku akan kehilangan sorang member golf yang bole di SMS dan di "ayam" kan kalo aku nak main golf. Be cool Brother and have fun in Qatar. But for now, Jumaat ni aku nak belasah ko jugak. 

The Open 2005.....

This week will be interesting. British Open. Tiger Woods and the gang will once again go into battle with each other at the home of golf, St Andrews-Old Course. Gua dah selalu main course ni, siap bole hafal lagi, kat computer le, Tiger-Woods PGA tour 2005.
My pick will be on Tiger, Sergio, Phil Michelson and Retief Goosen. Tiger and Sergio, two players with a lot of emotions,fun to watch. Phil, gooffy smile, genius on short game, except maybe on putting. Retief, no emotion, boring player with a very nice swing.

Emmmm, tapi ada ke tournament ni tunjuk kat ASTRO? Yesssss, gua suda check...memang ada kat ESPN. Best nyer.

Wau!!!! Ini awek mana lak bergambor ngan aku ni???? Aisay, itu le wife aku yang tersayang... dasat gak aku main ngan effect ni. Effect ni diberi nama "soft focus" 

Tournament of the "BUAYAS"

Inter-alumni Challenge 2005. I was there at Kota Permai as early as 7:05 am. As usual ,in any golf tournament, there were a few familiar faces. Met my alumni brothers for breakfast and during this time that I read through the official booklet of the tourney that list the names and handicaps of the players.

"Aik, cam lain macam je handicap bebudak yang aku kenal ni? " citer aku ke alumni brothers. " Si MG, yang badan besar, pernah plak jadi goalkeeper malaysia ni, cam mana bole main handicap 10...Kat PTGC dia main 4... and sometimes jadi "coach" to ZAB yang jugak single handicapper"

Arghh, Lantak ko la nak main ngan handicap apa, I will still play with my official handicap. TEAM A of the alumni consist of the "so-called" top golf playars. There's FIB @ Mr Yezza, the top-ranked golfer in the 2005 alumni golf tour, our ayam tambatan, handicap 18, tapi selalu main cam 12...FR, memang bagus mamat ni, gua and Bro AJ, the most serious golfer I've ever played with.... concentrate on his golf game the whole 18 holes.

The VIPS came in on time. The golf started on the dot. I played quite well. Came back to the club house at 2 under. Met Bro AJ, dia kata main 1 over. No prob, FR will cover, and he did. Came back with 4 under. Takpa Mr Yezza ada, dia musti bole cover punyer. Pas tu nampak Mr Yezza, lambai-lambai tangan ngan senyuman manis sambil geleng-geleng kepala.

"Hello Mr Yezza, camner? ada OK?
"Ayoyo, sorry aa Brother, gua main 15 over ari ni!!!!! Hancus, gua tak bole main la, mamat yang main ngan gua kasi gua tension, dia main par-birdie, par-birdie, came back with 38-38, 4 over gross"
"Aiks, teruk nyer ko main, jang oii.... habis le harapan kita nak ambik hadiah.. Siapa mamat yang main 4 over gross tu?"
" Tu budak badan besar tu, orang panggil dia MG"
"Cheists, ....."

In the end, satu benda pun tak dapat. 2 under aku tu cuma layak dapat no. 21 dari 106 players. Hadiah plak sampai no. 15 ajer. Si MG? Dia dapat jadi Champ la. Kureng Asam betul.

X, an award winning ebiz company...used to be

I used to have some percentage of ownership in my previous company. Let's call the company, "X". X was an award winning "ebiz" company and has been raking in monay from various large corporations in Malaysia and a few internationals. Now, it's just a distant memory. Came up with the idea of selling it to a buyer in a meeting after seeing that we, the directors/owners, do not gel well in running the business. Ada puak-puak dalam tu. Ada orang cucuk MD, ada sebahagian sokong gua. Last-last gua fed-up, gua cakap "okay, I"ll find a buyer, at least we can make some monay". Pasal apa aku yang kena carik? sebab yang lain tu, kerja diorang cuma duduk kat opis, pandang siling and surf internet. Tak kenal sesiapa and tak nak ambik effort to kenal sesiapa pun. Di pendekkan citer, kita orang jual kat my mentor. Sampai sekarang dia asyik kata aku con dia on the sale.kah,kah. I've left the organization since. I sent in my resignation letter , 20 minutes after a cynical remark by the MD. My mentor was not in Malaysia that week. Sent him an SMS and he called me immediately asking me on what had happened and why the sudden decision. I just said, "takda apa, saja nak cuba something else kat luar". That was a year and three moths ago.

Last three weeks, Mr ASH, my golf buddy, now working in a Venture Capital organization, called me saying that he's now doing a pre-due-d on X. He's interested to get X for the track records and the current customer.

"sapa ada lagi kat sana?" tanya gua.
"L and S"
"Apa dia orang buat?" tanya gua lagi.
"L cakap yang mentor ko still owe the original directors yang still remain in the company RM X million, masa memula dulu dia cuma bayar kat korang part of the amount"
" kah,kah, kah, la pasai tu ka dia orang still stay kat sana? ASH, to get that, there are clauses le, ko gi check la ngan the mentor"

Morale of the story: kalo ko jual your ownership in a company, understand the agreement clauses inside and out..... I stop here....

Besok kena pakai batik!!!

Got an sms from our alumnni golf manager, Mr RS, " Pls wear batik during prize giving ceremony". Aiks, sejak bila plak kena pakai batik for golf luncheon. Gua balas balik "r u serious, tak pernah plak gua kena pakai batik for any golf event", dia balas " Dgn Agong tu"

Ahhh, the golf tournament that I've been training for the last two weeks. Inter-Alumni golf championship 2005, organized by Sohaka, will be held at Kota Permai GCC. I was selected to represent the alumni. We were the champ last year. I think I'm ready for it. Been playing quite well lately. But in golf, anything can happen. Hopefully, besok either the team or gua adalah placing. Kalau tidak, sia-sia aje aku pakai batik besok. he he...

To be an end-user or a vendor; the choice is yours...Choose wisely

Last week was extremely hectic. Was involved in a few brainstorming sessions that lasted up to the wee hours. Primary KPIs, secondary KPIs, objectives, standards, targets. I was seconding a person to do a PM's job at a customer's place. The guy is smart about B2C marketing , but know nuts about Project Management. One thing positive, he's willing to learn and willing to take-up the challenge. Hey, that's good enough for me. I've sent a guy before him that gave up just two weeks after staying at the customer's place. One thing I learned, "Managing expectation of a customer takes a lot of patience".......... Thinking about it more deeply, I felt sorry for the vendors that has to deal with my temper and expectation during my end-user era. Masa dulu-dulu teruk aku kerjakan vendor-vendor yang tak memuaskan hati aku. Tapi tu dulu, sekarang aku plak jadi vendor. Hampeh.

Morale of the story; "What goes around, comes around"

Month of June 2005

88T 83 87 83@ 83 84 81 78 88@ 78 83 83 90 88 84 91 85@ 87 91T 87

USGA HANDICAP Index : 8.5

Club Handicap : 10

Wow!!!!!! Kira dasat jugak gua

Family day of the alumnus at Eagle Ranch resort. Ni masa telematch, after the 1st game, gua sudah tercungap-cungap. Date tu silap. it should be 2/7/05.... 

Datukship??

I was reading the "STARBiz" when I stumbled upon the new management team of the largest TELCO in Malaysia. YAY's face was there, but one thing that's different, he got the title "Datuk" in front of his name. Aiks, bila plak mamat ni dapat datukship? Lantakla. ... SMS YAY to congratulate him on his "datukship". Within less than ten seconds, dia jawab " Mana ada. Datuk given by the STAR not by the Sultan!!!"
Answered his SMS "Ye ke? aku ingat aku miss. Shud not be long la"
Dia jawab balik " Not something that I find xciting. Thank u anyway"

Datukship memangla tak berapa xciting YAY. Susah la nak mengurat "celebrities".Betul tak? Nanti masuk lak ruang gossip " Penyampai dari stesen TV no 1 menjalinkan hubungan ngan Datuk Y". He He

Malaysia's topblogs, rank no 1 goes to....

http://sultanmuzaffar.blogspot.com/

Wow, not bad, rank no 1 in Malaysia.. What it means is that a lot of Malaysian likes to visit,read and participate in this blog. Better check it out. Does it talk about Politics? Economy? Religion? Nahhh,it talks about........ AKADEMI FANTASIA!!!!!

I wonder if a friend of mine, Miss JJ visit this blog often????? Hmmmmmm

Employee's Market is making a come back...

"Golfer Melayu, gua cuba releasekan payment lu before khamis ni, ok? check tu boss gua dah sign" K, from an IT outsourcing company yang gua pun pernah kerja kat situ.
"Thank you K, about time pun, betul tak?"
" Last day gua pun Khamis ni, pas tu gua masuk an MSC company kat Cyberjaya"

He is the 3rd person I know that's leaving his current organization to another this month. 1st, En F, from a large training organization, joining a Telco , than Mr R, a young smart chap from the largest IT outsourcing Co, joining a Financial Govenment Co. Office baru dia kat tower sebelah aja.

Gua pun was approached by two other company this month. Both companies offered a good package + incentive + share options. I hope this is a good sign for employee's market. Ramai sangat bebudak IT/Management Consultant yang gua kenal tak da kerja sekarang ni.

As for me, I haven't gave the offers any serious thought. I like the team in my current company. All of us are working hard to ensure the success of the business.
Tapi kalau offer nyer terlampau bagus, gua akan cabut gak..he he

Kereta ....

I was driving to the office from a customer's place when all of a sudden I was caught in a jam. Jam giler, wa cakap lu. Memula tu gua sudah geram, tapi bila tengok penyebab jam, gua rasa nak gelak. In the middle of the road, ada satu kereta tengah mogok, a small local-made car, with 2 orang tengah kelam kabut. Yang pakai tie, tengah menggunakan mobile. Muka cam sedih. The other one, pakai t-shirt ajer, muka cam bengkek gila. Yang kelakar tu, kereta tu still pakai temporary plate. Baru tengah "test-drive" le gamaknyer. Apalah nasib malang salesman kereta tu. I bet he would not be able to close the deal lah. KESIAN...

We gotta meet....

Today, while giving a speech to one of my "Financial industry" customer, I've got an SMS from the CEO. "Golfer Melayu, we gotta meet, Mr N, referring to the boss of our largest customer, wants to see us today at 5 pm"
Yikes, What's up, DL? Any issues?
"I think we better talk about it, face-to-face. When are you coming back to the office?"
"gimme half and hour"

"What's the story?DL"
"I believe there are some mis-alignment of expectation between Mr N and his people......bla,bla,bla"
"bla,bla,bla, bla....."

Aisay, what it usually means is that I'm gonna have to work my brains out tonite.... but on the bright side, malam ni ada USGA Open Golf Championship. Bole buat kerja sambil tengok Tiger and the gang main golf. What it also meant is that I will probably take more time to finish the work. Ye lah mana nak "memikir" , mana nak tengok TV.

Morale of the story: The golfers in the tournament would probably be having a better time than me tonite!!!! ARGHHHHH

Your mission Golfer Melayu, should you accept it.....jeng,jeng,jeng... (Mission Impossible music)

To track down: Zalimah bt Abdul Wahab aka Kak Za
IC no: 580506-04-5374
HP No: 0176723626 (prepaid card- been inactive for over a month- did a check with my TELCO friends)
Money in one of the bank: Zul "the hubby" :RM 21.38, Kak Za : RM10.07 and RM32.05 (Inactive accounts jugak)
Loan: Hire-purchase

Kak Za, a non-registered indonesian maid agent, a con-artist. Hubby; Zulkifli Abd Aziz,IC:580220-10-5917, employed at Residence hotel.

My CFO ajak aku serang rumah Kak Za kat Nilai. Gua cakap "Let's go!!! Dia kerja tak habis , gua nak at least 1/2 of the money that I've paid to her. BTW I've paid RM2,800. My CFO lagi teruk, orang gaji tak dak, duit yang dah diberi, RM6,000. I know another friend, an ex-customer, RM 4,000. So, aku, ngan CFO and another buddy of his, that looks like a "Yakuza" , went over to her house in Nilai. Sesampai aja ke rumah Kak Za, tengok gelap aje. Letters were not picked up. "aik, brother, minah ni dah cabut le, cilanat punyer orang" gua suda naik geram. Stop a neighbor of hers. An Indian. Ngan muka aku cam nak pukul orang, gua tanya dia " alooo adik, itu tuan rumah suda pindah ka? " ai yo yo, apa pasal ni datang ramai-ramai? ya, dia suda pindah, suda libih satu bulan"
Cheist, sungguh kurang sopan. Jaga lu Kak Za, I will track you , mam. Lu mana mau lari , hah???? Malaysia ini kecik sajer

Izam "The Man", dulu kecik-kecik kalau gua terbuli lu kat sekolah, kita kira halal aaa...Lu punya "judges" kat Malaysian Idol tu bila nak tukar...boring aaa 

bebudak macho 

Cute lah bebudak ni, macam bapak dia 

Cutenyer budak ni!!!! 

5 Minutes of Fame.... Demonstrating a delicate missile launch simulation to the DPM. "Datuk Seri, ni bukan game playstation tau, so, just tekan butang yang tu ajer, jangan nak memandai-mandai main dengan joystick tu, nanti tak kena target, gua jugak yang susah"

Happy Father's day to Abah; Al-Fatihah

Teringat pasal "Father's day" terkenang pasal arwah Abah. Firm, stern , humble and always worried about how his "kids" are doing, eventhough most of us are old enough. He's always concern about how other people look at him. Most of the time I just said
" Buat apa peduli pasal orang lain bah, bila kita susah bukan nya orang-orang tu nak tolong".
I still remember that he would pay my "cukai pintu" or "cukai tanah" first, and he would tell me later. He was really concern when I took a seven-months break from college. He would be really worried whenever I decide to quit my job, which happened quit a few times. And he's really proud about me and my achievements. "Ada duit tak? Be prudent in your spending, you would never know when you need the xtra money" "Jangan tinggal solah" " "I"m worried about your sister" referring to my elder sister, in which the husband has 3 wifes and neglect most of his responsibilities as a husband and dad.
All the while, arwah Abah really cares about arwah "Datuk" and "Ochik Ipah". Arwah Datuk Said memang the only "abah" yang abah kenal, sebab his dad meninggal masa dia berusia 2 tahun. "Ochik Ipah", sister to mum yang "kureng daya akal" memang abah la yang selalu jengok kat rumah orang-orang tua. Adik beradik lelaki omak yang lain hapah tak tengok.
Teringat masa nak ambik my "mum's" orang gaji, 2 weeks before abah gi mekah, dia risau pasal omak, bila dia tak da, sapa nak jaga, remind me to look after omak and along. Make sure everything is okay. Dia kata in term of "financial" insyaallah semua dia dah cover. Rupa-rupa nyer memang abah dah terasa.
Masa hantar abah ke terminal haji, muka dia sayu. I asked bila dia balik, what time,etc...nanti senang nak ambik, abah jawab, tak yah tau la. After some persuasion baru abah citer, rupa-rupa dia dah tau dia tak kan balik. Tapi on the bright side memang itulah yang abah hajati, dia pun pernah citer.

"Happy Father's day" Abah. I love you, and hopefully I can measure up to you as a dad and a husband. Insyaallah, selagi I'm alive, I would not forget about my responsibilties. I'll make sure that omak and along, fina and the kids will be ok. Al Fatihah

Mr K, sapa suruh ko ajak aku main with Incentive?

"K, Aku hari ni nak main golf for fun ajer, amacam?"
"Ala golfer melayu, jom la ada incentive sikit, kita main "match-play" 18-holes,RM50, ko kasi aku 1-1 aja instead of the usual 2-2, lagi pun aku still ada hutang kat buku tiga lima"
"OK...la"

At the end of the day, as usual, I won the incentive game. After getting my incentive monay and during our chit-chatting at the club-house, a buddy of mine, congratulate me on my success in reducing my handicap from 14 to 12...

"Golfer Melayu, lu suda main 12 ke? Ni yang aku tak puas hati ni, memang le patut ko kasi aku 2-2, Arghh, aku tak kire, pas ni ko kena kasi 3-3, and ko punya duit yang aku still hutang kira DQ!!!! Aku tak nak BAYAR!!!"

"La Mr K, kan ke aku cakap tadi aku nak main golf for fun ajer, ko yang ajak aku main incentive, pas tu ko tak puas hati plak, apa hal?

He,he Sebenarnya kira menjadi gak tactic aku yang cakap tak nak main incentive ni...at least tak yah sesusah nak mintak reduce stroke kat memember yang hantu incentive. Kalo ko nak main jugak, aku kasi ko maksimum 2-2 ajer le Mr K..Ko nak 3-3 ko gi main ngan orang lain la....

YAY

Met an old friend at my usual watering hole at KLCC yesterday. My ex-classmate, big-gun in the corporate world, very smart, sharp, with a killer eye for business and currently driving a Brabus, he,he. Executive director of a large company, director of a larger Telco company and also one of the director of a company that's "finger lickin good"...
"YAY, how's everythin' Bro?"
"I'm ok"
"Have R got in contact with you, my friend?"
"Nope, but one of our junior did, and as usual asking for donation la"

"I am resignin from the company la" YAY said. " Gotta do this "national service" for two years at the International division of the MOTHER of the TELCO company"
" Hey dude, congratulations man !!!"

Well, I guess YAY will probably be the most eligable "Duda" with a title "Datuk" in town very soon. Way to go, man.... "Bila lu mau belanja gua main golf kat club mahal ko tu lagi???"

Alamak, apa nak buat ni!!???

Hari ni gua kena kasi presentation to the largest Telco company in Malaysia. So, instead of the usual Dockers khaki, gua pakai seluar smart hari ni. Baju pun smart,tie jenis smart, kira everything smart le. Presentation to start at 9:30 am, by 9 am I was already there. Smoke a cigarette, and then went into the restroom. Did my small business, and while zipping-up the pants, I heard a small cracking noise. ALAMAK!!!! Zip seluar gua sudah tercerai, dan tak boleh nak repair. Gua sudah pucat. Nak beli yang lain, tak da kedai bukak lagi. Left the restroom slowly, with my notebook as a shield to hide the accident. On the way out, jumpa plak somebody yang gua kenal, kena lak stop jap, salam2, borak2, dengan muka yang very uncomfortable.

"N, I got a problem man. I might not be able to give the presentation, my zipper gave way". " Aiyoyo, golfer melayu, apa mau buat...tak pa, lu tunggu sini, gua pigi cari safety pins, mo man tai, maaa". N came back with the safety pins, and then, I tried my best to use the pins to secure the sensitive area. Gotta do it slowly la, kalo tersilap, mau gua menjerit kat dalam restroom tu, kes naya nanti...

Anyway, I still did the presentation with the most uncomfortable feeling in the world.

Morale of the story: lain kali bawak jacket, kalo jadi cam ni, just put on the jacket , buttons down and nobody will notice....you hope

Getting closer to my target

On friday, played at Sri Selangor, scored 84, with an eagle on a par 5, 2 under (hc 12). Saturday, played at PTGC, scored 78, 8 under (hc 6), and today played at PTGC again, scored 81, 5 under (hc 9)... 3 day total of 15 under, with an average handicap of 9!!!, Wow!! what an achievement.

On top of that, solved the TV problem by purchasing a new one. he he

I'm gooood

Hey,hey,hey...It has been a very productive week. Got back the maid, got a few LOIs and POs. Finished writing 2 proposals. Did two very effective presentation to customers. Sort out some payment issues from 2 customers. Selected to represent my alumni to a prestige golf tournament happening in July. AND weekend is coming...
Now to solve some minor issues at home. The 10 year old TV doesn't look like a tv no more, green smudges all around, the fridge is on a crazy timer circle, sometime ok, sometime not, bla, bla,bla. Aisay small problems la, gotta concentrate on my weekend golf game. Yee Haa!!!!!

I can see light at the end of the tunnel

I hope to settle the maid's problem by this week. After going through "hell" with the old agent, I've done most of the application for the permit of the maid, myself. She's now in Dumai, awaiting for the Visa to come back to Malaysia. Hopefully she'll be in Malaysia within this week. Now, I can go off and enjoy my golf game without feeling guilty of leaving my wife with all the house chores.
My golf is also getting better everytime I teed-off. Last week, I was 1 under after 7 holes. Par,Par,Par, Birdie, Par, Par,Par....I shot 80. Not at Perangsang but at Kelab Golf Sri Selangor. That itself is an accomplishment. So, my golf buddies, bring it oooonnn, and.....MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET TO STOP AT THE ATM AND BRING THE MONEY. he,he,he

I'm short of.....

MONAYYYYY!!!!!!!! The flow of the mullah, going out is a bit too much, compared to the flow coming in. I really need a plan to rectify this problem....either ask for more from the company, or maybe I should look around??? Purchasing power is shrinking everyday. The wife is getting pay-cut from her company. Me? OK but not enough la. NEVER IS and NEVER WILL!!!!!

Alumni Golf Tournament

Aku ni selalu gak masuk pertandingan golf. Salah satu yang gua jarang miss is the golf tournament organized by the School Alumni. This year dah 3 kali gua masuk, first, kat Peransang, 41 points, 2nd placing, medal a, 2nd kat Tasik Puteri, 37 points, medal a, top 5 gak la, and last sekali, last Sunday, kat Bangi Golf resort.....

I was in the same flight with an 18-handicapper, but that day he was playing more like a 12-handicapper. At the end of the round, he scored 43 points, and I got 37 point... Cheh, tak dapat gak jadi champion. Tapi tah macam mana, organizer change the format, and the guy goes into medal B, and became the medal B champ.
As for me, jeng jeng jeng, .... dapat gak jadi medal A CHAMPION for that tournament. What a feeling!!!
Looking forward to the Malaysian Venture Capital Assocciation golf tournament, sometime in July. Why? I'm the defending Champion la...

Banyaknyer kerja....

Arghhhh, so many things to do, with so short of a time to do it. This is making me sick. I"m supposed to do all the stuff during the long weekend last week. Took my notebook home. The intention was there, but I guess not much time to do it. Yelah, mana nak gi selesaikan masalah maid gua kat imigresen, bawak family jalan-jalan cari makan, gi kenduri kahwin and tak lupa jugak main golf. 2 kali plak tu!!!! So? where got time la??? Ohhh, by the way, that last golf game was not with the "buaya". I guess he became a "cicak" knowing that he's supossed to play with MUA....AHAK

I"ll be playing with a real "buaya" today

Alamak, just gotta message from a "kaki" of mine that I'll be playing with a "playar" today. His name is YLF. Current champ of KRP. Small, very skillful and most probably will "sembelih" all of us today. Playing to a handicap of 12...but I know he should be playing to a handicap of 6. Will try to get as many strokes as possible from him today.

Possible scenario " Yo YLF! six-six bole ka?"
"WHAT?!!! no lah golfer melayu, cannot la, I'll play scratch with you and I'll buy you "shark fin soup" later,.... Anyway, I've already ordered the dish, coz I know I'll collect a lot from all of you la, my "chicken2", he,he,he....

Arghhh... to be continued. I'll update the conclusion of today's game tomorrow

Solving my maid's problem

Frustrated with Kak Za, I've decided to do the maid permit myself. Apparently, it's not that difficult. Just go to the imigration dept, get the form and fill in all the necessary. Of course, with me, always lazy to work through the normal channel, I went through a channel which allow me to bypass the queue system to get my application form in. After going through the application form, I missed a part where I need to "matikan" this stamp from LHDN. "Golfer Melayu, you got to do this either at the LHDN Jalan Duta, or Jalan Kg Attap, aisay, RM10 only".
"OK, no prob, I'll do it tomorrow". After my morning meeting with a customer, went directly to LHDN, Jalan Kg Attap, fill in another form, and since I do not have a channel to allow me to bypass the queue system at this place, pick up a number, and YIKES!!!!!!!, no. 1245, and currently no:1990. After 20 minutes, the number moved to 1993. Disgusted, I left the place, with all the four letter words I could mutter. Will try again tomorrow, real early in the morning......or, maybe I'll just get my wife to do it..he,he,he

Morale of the Story: "It SUCKS to follow the system" I should have been a politician....

From George Contanza..... 

Yahoo, lepas dah lama main golf, akhirnye dapat gak aku hole in one,kat Peransang Templer, hole no.13, pakai wilson smartcore punyer bola, 6-iron Cleveland TA-7 tour, 153 meter, 30/3/04. YESSSSSS....My hole-in-one cert from my club. Won quite a bit from Mr ASH that day. WHAT A FEEELING!!!!!! 

GOLF, a game I can't understand

All of a sudden, in the middle of a game, I don't seem to be able to swing correctly. Just a few hours ago, I shot 39 on the first nine, and yet I"m struggling to even get a par on the second nine. My stance seems OK, weight distribution, OK, Back swing, OK, follow through,OK, ball strike....SUCKS. In the end, I shot 45 on the second nine. That's twelve over. Yup, still below my handicap of 14, but I could easily shot 6 over 18 if I could be more consistent..NEXT TIME

Jakarta

I've been visiting Jakarta almost every other week since January of this year. My view of Jakarta... " the city has a lot of soul, Bro". If you happen to be there, one of the best place to have dinner would be in Balle Air. Tempat dia a bit like Mont Kiara le. One time, I ordered a lamb-chop. The guy said "Kosong Pak", I said, "No, with mint sauce pls" ..."Kosong Pak, Kosonggggg!!!!" "Kosong" means sudah habis la.

KL Jam, Jakarta 10 kali ganda lagi "macet". There was a time that it took me two and a half hour to reach a place that is only 14KM....ARGHHHHH

Everything's cheap there, especially DVDs. Head over to Kuningan, go to Ambasador. Local DVDs goes for Rp6000/each ,about RM2.70, buy 10 DVDs, get one free. The imported DVDs cost Rp 12,000. " Import dari mana ni, Pak?" I asked. "Malaysia"...
"Tak da Polisi untuk tangkap penjual pirate DVD".."Tidak, disini amannnn, Pak"

A few golf courses that should not be missed while you're there....Bogor raya ( Caddie dia makeup cam nak gi Disco, rambut semua re-bonding, club house ala KLGCC), Gunung Guilis (very scenic, a bit like Datai Bay, Langkawi) and Cengkareng (near airport, kalu balik petang, pagi mainle kat sini, cadie pun pakai mini-skirt, ahak). One golf course that you should not play, Senayan , smack in the middle of the city, fairway cam rough, green macam fairway, walking course plak tu, cadie dia jantan le...he, he

The danger of wearing low cut pants

As soon as I arrived at the Langkawi airport, I anxiously waited for my golf-bag at the baggage carousel. "Golfer Melayu, look at that lady"...my wife whispered slowly at me. As I turned my head slowly, I saw this lady, wearing a low cut jeans, ...so low...that "YIKES, PUBIC HAIR were sticking out from the upper part of the LOW CUT JEANS!@!!??? UGGGLYYY...

Morale of the story; Please, please and double pleazeeee!!! SHAVE IT IF YOU WANNA FLAUNT IT!!!!

Remember Dato Y? The Kingmaker of Sarawak

I was on the flight to Langkawi last Thursday to compete in the 5th Langkawi Masters 2005. While shifting through the STAR newspaper, an article on Nation section, page 10, caught my eye.

"A businessman from Sarawak told a Session Court here that a company director beat him up and accused him of cheating" "Earlier, he pleaded not guilty for duping the company director into believing that he could get several projects offered by the Sarawak Government this year" "..hand over a sum of RM34,375 to him at the Planet Hollywood.."
"....if found guilty, can be jailed up to 10 years as well as whipped..."

Aik, cam very familiar aje kes ni.... Baca punyer baca, sah le mamat yang kena pukui ni si Dato Y... Takda Dato pun, tu pun kelentong jugak. Dato Y, Padan Muka lu...

The Melaleuca suite...tempat gua duduk...kalo no money gi main jauh-jauh US490++ a night...Gua ok, house guest , pasai ada contact bagus punyer 

Vanity, kat luar tu, outdoor bathtub and shower 

lepaking 

In front of the beach villa....overlooking the andaman sea 

Rhu Bar, tengah nak relax.... 

Greeting Pavilion at Four-Season, Tanjung Rhu, Langkawi 

Sunset at Four-Seasons  

That's me at the New Four-Seasons Tanjung Rhu in Langkawi.... very romantic, very the "vast" resort 

Pengalaman Aku ngan maid agent part 2

Setelah lama menunggu, dari hari ke hari , masuk ke bulan, call2 Kak Za tak dapat, gua suda mula nak mengamuk. Satu hari on 17th February, Kak Za angkat call gua.... Oii Yoo, ajaib.. " Golfer Melayu, lu punya maid dah sampai le, ada kat rumah Kakak Kak Za, besok gua hantar" ... "Betul ke ni Kak Za, lu bukan sekali dua cakap cam ni, masuk ni dah 11 kali, lu cakap gua punya maid suda sampai"... " La Golfer Melayu, kalu tak da gak Kak Za berdosa, gua cakap lu"...

OK, gua tunggu. Besok nyer sehari suntuk tunggu, muka Kak Za tak ada. Call-call tak dapat gak. Daripada aku yang cool jadi teramat hot. All the four letter words, english and malay, sumer dah keluar,... ARGHHHH. Tetiba dapat SMS, thAt she'll be coming the next day plak. 1 PM. She did sent in the maid the next day allright. At 8 PM. I was so pissed-off. Let my wife settled everythin.

Once Kak Za left, I asked for her passport..... No permit, only VISITATION PASS FOR A MONTH. KAK ZA, JAGA LU, SAMPAI LUBANG CACING GUA AKAN CARI LU!!!!!!!