Biological Age

Jo, nampok sangat a'ok takdork kijerr.

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Last Saturday, Maam pergi kursus. She enjoyed it tremendously. (Buat la hapa2 yang patut, asalkan ba-ha-gia. He he. Kebahagian nii bukan boleh dibeli kat pasar malam. Iyer dork ?)


Aku pun enjoyed jugak gii swimming dengan bbudak tuu. Especially kalau Maam tak ikot skali. Boleh ler aku lepass kan Adila on her own. Or Ajim with his pelampong, without much (must-be -near-the kids, don't-let-go kinda) attention.


I was being told, at the course, there's a super-duper-whooper-gallic-gizmo which can roughly calculate one Biological Age. Measuring the weight, height, blood pressure, and lemak-lemak kat love handles tuu (This one, for sure I got a lot).

Toingggg! the machine come up with the magic number. One's Biological Age. The super-duper part of the machine when it calculate Maam's Bio Age. It came up to be 9 years Younger. Lemme tell you a-gain !. 9-holy-mama-years-younger bebeehh. Wuu huuuuu...


Walaupon Maam takder laa melompat terkinja-kinja sambil berjoget-joget gerudi, ker-gum-bi-raan. I can see from her eyes, she's estatic !


And I simply lurve that look. Nyum-nyummm.


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If they have a similar machine, I strongly believe, I would have Aced on Appetitial (ada ka nih ?) Age.

My Appetitial Age would be, hmmm, I bet, not more than 25 years old. Semua mender sedaap aje makan. As I said it before, food to me is either sedap or lebih sedap... Huh.


and with the Appetite like a 25 yo, I would kantoi-ed My Biological Age. I dunno, mebbe it's 47,. kot.


Gonna do some serious laps in the pool this coming weekend.

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day tahun nii lain skit.

Lain Macam sikit laa, to be exact.

We kinda celebrato-go-thru-it, in, hmm, Hospital !

Selepas balik dari Hari Keluarga di Kontan, Afifa mula demam. Ajim pun bengkak di kelenjar bawah rahang. Dua hari laa, diorang tak pergi sekolah. Masuk Hari Rabu lepas, Afifa dah mula me-re-wel. Ingatkan biasa. Afifa Nii memang over expressive sikit.
Sakit.. Sakiiiiiit. Manalah pulak datang gene over-expressive niii ?

Dah masuk tiga hari tak baik demam, plus, dengan rewelan dia, Maam hantar masok spital.

Kemudian Ajim pulak masuk.
Malam Jumaat tuu Dilla pulak naik temperature, dan muntah-muntah.
Arip checked in on Saturday.

Aku bersyukor laa, ada Maam. Everything is taken cared of smoothly.
Aku bersyukor jugak ada bibik, jaga bbudak kecik kat ward. Everything went smoothly.
Takder pulak aku rasa macam terok sangat.

Mebbe, experiences went thru this before taught me well. Alhamdulillah..

Dan aku juga bersyukor ada dua anak dara yang dah besar tuu, jaga rumah. Lipat kain ajer ada kurengg sikit..

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Mebbe, next time I have to be more careful on Public Swimming. Especially, yang macam kat Black Stone Resort kat Kontan tuu. Takdork Filter. Air kekuningan berkelodak halus. Hmmmm.

Spare Tires

Semalam lepas jumpa sedara mara aku, lepas kenduri kawin sepupu aku kat Saujana Impian, sempat laa balik rumah sebelum Maghrib. Lately, 3-4 hari nii memang panas semacam. Berdenguuung !

Daun-daun pokok haperkernama, kat tepi rumah aku tuu banyakklaa bergugoran. Kering bersepah-sepah. Tengokkan daun-daun tuu, aku rasa lemas semacam. Aku sapu, aku bakar daun tuu. Best ! Contributing to the Global Warming according to Afiqa. Haper-haper laa. Rasa lega sikit bila takder sampah sarap daun-daun kering nii.

Bila dah nak Maghrib, entah apa kena Arip, Ajim, dan Dilla, semua nak mandi kat bilik aku. Aku pun takder le nak suwoh diaorang mandi kat bilik diaorang. Aku dengar-mengalah jer. Takda pulak aku nak mandi kat bilik diaorang. Cuma aku ber-lenging, bertuala, tunggu peloh campur asap yang melekit-berlengas tuu reda sikit.

Pipa masuk ajer bilik aku, terus aja dia komen.

'Abaaah ! Oh My God ! You got soo much fat around your stomach. Yuck !' Pipa nii kalau cakap memang dengan penoh expression.

Aku tengok Pipa aku diaam ajer. Tengok gitu ajer. Malas pulak, hari nii nak bercakap2.

' Abah, I know how to reduce the fat around the stomach. Look at this.. Look here.. Look here Abah !"

Tiba-tiba Pipa berjoget.

Say Hi to the Left.
Say Bye to the Right
Say twist, twist,twist ( sambil twist-twist-twist her hip)
and High, high , high (sambil menunjukkan tangan ke langit)

Siap dia ulang dua kali lagi.

"Pipa belajar kat mana nii ?"
" Pipa tengok iklan kat TV.." Hmm,. aku berdoa she turns out fine in the near future.

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Bila Arip, Ajim, dan Dilla dah selesai mandi, aku pun masuk la dalam bilik mandi aku. Tengokkan cermin yang besar dalam bilik mandi tuu , baru ler aku sedar, I got so much Fat around the stomach.

Sensing nobody's around aku pun try pelan-pelan.

Say Hi to the left !
Say Bye to Right !!
Say twist, twist, twist !!!
and High, high, high. !!!!


Hmmm not bad aaa. Aku rasa aku kena buat beribu-ribu kali rasanya, baru laa lemak nii nak hilang..

Basikal 2 Tayar

Kalau tanya aku Ajim nii berapa tahun, sohih aku tak ingat.. 5 tahun ker., empat nak masuk lima ? Hmmm, lemme see information from this notebook under passport info. (Kalau nak main ingat-ingat ajer.., manalah aku ingat).

Hmmm. OK ! Hari ni Ajim is roughly 4 tahun 8 bulan. DOB 22 sep 2004

Dan Hari nii aku rasa happy. Balik ajer pada kerja, Ajim sebok suwoh aku tanggalkan roda kecik dari basikal Dilla. Haperkernama roda kecik tuu ?..Dia suwoh tanggalkan sekarang jugak. Like Right Now !. Bila aku beritahu dia nanti besok laa, siap dia pergi godek2 tool box aku carikkan spanna dan skrudriver, nak cuba tanggalkan roda kecik tuu seniri.. Anak jantan sorang nihh.


"Ajim dah boleh naik basikal 2 tayarr.."

Penat-tak-penat aku masukkan basikal kecik nii dalam but kereta, terus aku ngan Ajim ke kedai basikal yang paling dekat di Seksyen 6. Oursourcing the service.

Balik pada kedai tuu. Ajim terus ajer nak tunjukkan dia dah pandai naik basikal 2 tayar. Tergedik-gedik aku gelak. "Kenapa abah gelak ?" (like, daddy, what's soo funny huh ?. I can ride the 2-wheels bike and you're laughing your a** off)

"Abah happy tengokkan Ajim 4 tahun dah pandai naik basikal, 2 tayar lagii. Abah pun pandai masa kecik dulu naik dua tayar, tapi masa tuu abah 6 tah-hunn."

Lagi happy Ajim dengar explanation aku. When the kids are happy, I'm double happier.. Hee heee.

Beijing - Part One - Eating Orgy

Dalam beberapa hari singkat aku kat Beijing, pada pendapat (sontot) aku, ada dua budaya berlaga. Budaya orang China dari China. Budaya Melayu (or semi Melayu) dari Malaysia.

Kalau orang China China disini, mereka kerap akan menyajikan seberapa banyak dishes seboleh- semungkin kepada pelanggan mereka. Lagi banyak lauk-pauk-mauk yang mereka pesan, lagi bagusla , pada pandangan mereka. Lagi banyak LPM yang tidak habis, lagi gembira la mereka.

Tapi, pada orang Melayu (or semi-melayu) Malaysia macam aku nii, aku rasa laa, lagi licin aku sapu dishes yang mereka hidangkan, lagi bagus. (Bolehkaa ini macam ?) Pada aku, licin tuu bermakna, makanannya enak. Really appreciate the dishes being served. OK dak gitu ?

Masaalah sekarang nii pulak, lagi licin aku sapu, lagi banyak orang China China nii order. . Aiseymann, this is a loose-loose situation.

Hari yang terakhir aku kat sini, aku beritahu Willie, our Beijing-er colleague,

“Yo Willie !

You must make a promise not to order as many dishes as before. You're one Great Host !, but I'm gaining few kilos already.. that's baaad man..”

Willie, being a glo-bo-locally travelled salesman he is, agree. Tapi, aku tengokkan dia order untuk dia seniri, still macam pulun habis-habisan. We went to an upscale Iranian Restaurant. He had One huge plate of Palao, One big plate of salad, and a pinggan dara or hummus, with several Arab Breads

Mebbe, he's like me, a decade back. Bila customer datang Malaysia ajer, mula la aku heret diaorang (at that time) to Kelana Seafood. Ordered like there's no tommorow.

This time, no more laa. Kwan Dok ghorkk..

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I hope y'all won't get sick looking at these .jpgs. yaa.


I do.


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Pan-fried pecans (or was it almonds ?) with fresh sprout. Not too crunchy, yet not too lembek. Smoooth

Mixed Salad and nuts, served as an appertizer with sweet kicap. Macam Kicap Habhal cap kipas Udang.

Broasted chicken in mint sweet and sour sauce. Amek ser-cebis ajer buat rasa.

Timun laut in clear soup. The non muslim customers were served with Pumpkin soup with Lentil. Apparently, some on the Hongkie Customers said they'd rather be muslims getting this soup. Kuat btol men-teke-daghah ma-laun tuu..

Litely Boiled & Peeled seawater prawns. Boleh laaa. Kena jaga sket. Gout tuuu.

Halal Lamb version of Peking Duck, in a bun. Not in a paper thin damp tortillas. Best Bang. Yang ini Sedap mendongak ke Langit.

Look at the cute luscious Burger !!

Scallop with watercress and Shandong nuts. Look at the flower motifs. Tengok seketika untuk menikmati carikan bunga ituu.

On the right, is panfried Daun bunga Matahari. Cruncheeeeh.

Look at the Spread. It's meant for 3. Okay laa make it 3 and a half. The other half is my portion.

Haiyoo,. membazir betol.

This is interesting..

From the left, shrimp with Lemon Grass stick. Put inside schnafglas, topped with extra virgin olive oil, & mashed spinach.

In the middle, wasabe jelly.

On the right hand, vacuum-chilled susu tepong. Yes, you heard me rite. SUSU TEPONG !!

Take out the shrimp from the glass, the mashed spinach and olive oil will stick on the shrimp.

Once the wasabi jelly hit the nose, take mouthful of this chilled susu tepong.

Aged mushrooms with udang kering. The udang kering looks like bacon bits. Yuck !

Siakap goreng tepong masam manis. I have no clue what-so-ever, how they made the tepong look like durian ?

Crunchy Lotus flower in coconut milk.. Ni sedap. Simple.

Escargot in cheesy creme. Ubat Gout No 1. !

Baked Baby Lobster with Garlic, peppercorn and kuchai. Ubat Gout No 2 !

Slightly baked scallop with Shrimp paste. Sunggoh kenyal dan yummeeh. Take a-bite and you can feel the scallop melanton balek. Ubat Gout 3 !!!

Sweet aged mushroom with Kicap. Another simple yet satisfying dish.

Salmon Pizza for the first nite appetizer.

Me with Bassam Al-Jub*ri from Saudi.

Look ! Halal Lamb in a cute Bun ala Peking Duck.

Pe-nye-tat

Alaaaa-hai, tak sedap betul bunyi tajuk N3 aku kali ni. Yelah,. bunyi semacam ajer tuu. Anyhow, that is the exact noun describing what I have in my mind now.

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Aku nii dah lama tak exercise.

Lebih tepat lagi, dah lama tak varying my exercise routine. Asyik-asyik naik basikal. Walaupun aku enjoy naik basikal dengan Arip dan Ajim pepetang tuu, aku rasa aku lebih enjoy kalau dapat mem-pel-bagai-kan rutin olah-raga (bibikspeak).
Rabu swimming,
Jumaat basikal.
Sabtu power-walking.
Malam Jumaat..
U-kno-whada-mean.. Next week, mebbe another different set of routines.

Arip pun dah lama dok tanya aku bila nak main Tennis pulak. Atau Basketball. Bila nak beli kasut Bola ?. Budak sorang nii asyik beli-beli-beli-beleeeeeh. ajer tau.

Anyway, I've been seriously thinking of getting a pair of Rollerblades again. For me, Arip and Pipa. The size-adjustable one. Dalam angan2 ku, petang2 tuu boleh ler aku rollerblading kat rumah. Varying my exercise regime. The decade-old pair yang aku ada dulu tuu pun dah lama aku buang. Yang bbudak tuu punya entah mana dah diorang campakkan.

The problem now is I'm also seriously thinking of getting new set of Digital Camera with HD Video capability. Specifically the Lumix FX 28. Not to bulky, but with enough resolutions to count hair strands. To get me hangat again for Photography and mebbe Video-blogging. Ohh Yes !

Or the small Folding, adjustable, Bike, which can be fitted nicely with the luggage while balik kampong.

Or the fully equipped, proper, 27 speed Mountain Bike, to replace my rusting 14 year old bike. And getting me joining the KD Bikers to FRIM on every second sunday.

Nak buat kan aku start balik my many long-lost-forgotten hobbies.

In other word., Pe-nye-tat.

OK dok ?

Welcome to the 'Hood.

Pre-cautions :

1. The video is 4 minutes + long. If you're using a dialed-up, forget it (Ada lagi dok dial up nii ?)

2. Don't try to do this @ home. The rider is professionally trained, with 9000+ riding-hours.

3. Please disregard the unSafe Code of Conduct by the Rider & passengers. This was done in a close compound, with no Police near its vicinity.

4. Jangan awok gi report kat Abang Samad belakang rumah tuu. Kang tak pasal2 kwan kena lecture pulak.

This is what I'd normally do whenever I'm back home early. Amek angin petang-petang. Dilla and Arip are on the front. Ajim's on the back.

Company Communication

Aku baru ajer aku keluar meeting Keparat Kommunication with Mesian Swiss Co’s. Numero Uno. Uncle Bantut. There were alltogether 6 sessions in total. Aku slotted in the morning session, hoping that UB in a cheeri-er moodlaa.

Biasa-lah-kan, kalau orang2 mesia nii bila ada Q&A session semua takmo tanya. Semua senyap sunyi. Menyepi. Takder pun tanya macamana dengan salary increment ker. Bonus ada masyukk ka. ? Takdork. Aku pun sama jugak dengan puak2 nii,. diam membisu.

Masuk ajer 20-30 saat membisu ,.Uncle Bantut resah. Dia pulak tanya the audience.

“ Anybody in this room scare that you might loose your job within this financial Year ?” Lagi laa semua orang kecot. Seramm. Kecot tel**. Lagi laa semua diamm.

"Lemme show you this.." Terus ajer dia keluar lagi satu sets of slides

We should hope for the best, prepare for the worst. However, these are the actions that can be taken during this trying, crunchy credit, times

Take a Good care of your Health
Do your Very Best
Support Your Colleague
Keep your work place tidy

Hmmm,. I have no comment. These are all Common Sense. It's No Brainer , but during these trying times, common sense sometimes does not prevail.

I think I practice all of the above most of the the times. Cer tengok video bawoh nii..

Mujor tok nampok kopek

Cycling with Arip and Ajim

Minggu Lepas, aku belikan Ajim basikal. Asyik2 bergadoh dengan Dilla ajer dengan basikal lama dia tuu. Dilla claim basikal tuu dia punya. Likewise Ajim...

Punyalah Happy Ajim, dapat basikal baru. Kejap2, dia beritahu aku, dengan lembutnya. "A baaaah, bestlaa basikal baru Ajim.."

Rasa-nya-lah-kan, Ajim dapat basikal baru lagi best dari Boh dia dapat kereta baru..

Weekend Cyling with Ajim @ nearby Taman.

Too Much of Good Things is No Good - Part Jeloh

Minggu lepas nii aku sebok.

Tapi takderla terlalu sebok sampai tokleh nak bae-ghra*..
Takder la sebok sampai takder masa nak minum. Semua tuu maaseh sempat lagi.

Cuma sebok sangat, dudok ber-gher-jam-gher-jam sampai naik kebas bon.... yeww, you~know~what~laa.
Sebok, sampai tak sempat nak update.
Sebok, sampai tak sempat nak baca-bals comment. That-kinda-sebok..

Aku kat Negeri Bawah Bayu for 3 days, for some amusing vendor days. Dudok thru the event for mebbe five hours every day. Dinner for two hours. Lunch 1 hour. Breakfast mebbe 45 minutes.

Alor Starq semalaman. Drive all the way from KL. Bertolak pukol 8 pagi, sampai pukol 2, site visit pukol 3. Drive back. Thank God ! Swiss Co. allows us to rent one nice neat handling, smooth riding continental speedo.

Tapikan, tulang-berumor-niii, doh dok ghrokk. Sampai ajer Seberang Jaya aku checked in Sunway. Tidor tak hengat donia, esoknya baru balek. Alhamdulillaah.

Kelmarin (Indon~speak for semalam), Maam prescribed me with Proctosedyl Suppositories. (Layman term is Obat Saket Jubo**). Wooops..


Semalam Di Seberang Jaya
This is the main Blardy-Culprit. Sambaii cili padi...






While applying it, I felt I've been intruded, to say the least.. OUCH !!

This's what bring me all the way to Pendang. GLC2 old perkakassuis..

Be Careful on what you wish For.

Weeks ago, I put up a small comment on one Blog, saying that I dun mind getting a swollen jaw ala Brad Pitt's. With it, I think, I may look good.

Dengan Kuat Kuasa Allah Taala, 4 days ago, I contracted mump (sp) from Adila. Maam told me it's highly infectious. And she instructed me, as she always does, to stay home. (ha ha). Knowing this piece of information, I insisted to go to work, as I have a meeting with Ah Yee Kominih, early in the morning. (ha ha haaa, spread the disease).

But I did stay far away from Pregnant Ladies,. as Maam have told me early on.

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Anyway, please tell me I do look with this swollen Jaw.

How to re-sparkle up relationship with old toy.

If you're a Vehicle Enthusiast, like me, it's easy.

First of all, unlike me, you must have some extra dough to spare.

Only then, you can start to refurbish the vehicle. Re-sparking up the relationship.

Tint up the Glass.

Replace the tires. Grab a fresh set of Pirellis.

Get a new set of polished gun metal rims.

Re-upholster the seat. Soft aromatic Nappa Leather's nice.

Get a new dazzling coat of paint. Paintbrush the hood.

Perk up the headlamps, get the blue-ish xenon lights.

Install new sets of extractor. New throaty exhaust pipe. (Abah boh ekzos besar. Kita boleh hmmmmmmmmmoooooooop. According to Arip)

ICE-ed it up(In-Car-Entertainment).

I believe by now,.You kno-whad-da-mean..

That's exactly what I did to my 14-year-old, around-the-taman, speda. My By-cyclicle..

Refurbish it.

Last Saturday, I took the 14 year-old to the last remaining bicycle shop in Section 6. Ask the owner, Auntie Yam, to change the handle-bar to a more upright position. I could no longer stand the Randy Mamola-like, semi crouching, position.

And the hand grip.

And not to forget, the seat. Yes ! the one that has been supporting my precious buns for the last 14 years.

Auntie showed me new seat. She told me that's the last one they have. It's a pre-Zaman Jepun, Hercules-type-bike, with helical-spring support.

I thought that's great !. Looking at the design, I'll be definitely comfortable.

And Boooyyy, was I wrong. Big Time !!.

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Anyway, lemme sidetrack a bit. Hey! I need help here. What is the area, between rectum and scrotum called ? Yes, that Area. That 50-cent-coin size of real estate. That no-man's-land area. Whatizzit called huh ?

Sorry, lets get back to the speda story..

Hmmm,. The *&^% seat keep on hitting that blardy area whenever I'm riding. I tell you,. Sunggoh la tak selesa..

Jo Vain

Nak Berdarah, Berdarah laa
Biarkan luka di hujung jari
Nak Muntah, Muntahlaa
Hanya diguna meriangkan Hati,

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I have a smaller brother. In Sarjan Mat's clan, we call him Pakchu. Pakchu was born, when I was in standard five. I remember that day well. The rugged look of Sarjan Mat's face informing me that I have another small brother. Near the poorly maintaned tennis court beside the Mess, while we're having our PE class.


Pakchu's special. He's special, because when he was small he looked like me. People said, exactly like me.

Or was it , people remembered when I was small, I look like him. Or is it, when he's grown up, he looks like me. Hmm,..


Anyway, one thing for sure, he does look like me. Less handso-mer version of me, Yes !,


Last few Saturdays, like most people in Klang Valley, we went for Open house. We met this guy with his happy family, who gave me this peculiar look, like we've met before. His name is Aris. Only after a good half hour conversation, Aris popped up this question.


" Awok ni adek Pakchu ker ?"

(not familiar hearing this kinda question before, my heart beat went one microsecond faster). I look to Maam and emphasize the question again. Clearly.


"Awok dengar tuu dak ? Aris tanya saya, Awok nii ADEK pakchu ker ?"


Mr and maam laughed. Aris face went even peculiar.



All I can say is this. Either this guy a seasoned salesman. He gave his bussiness card earlier showing that he's from a Unit Trust co. Selling unit trust. Or, he's really honest.


And I truly hope, it's the latter.. Ha haaaaa.

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I'm also a sales-meng. I need to practice more doing the-Aris.

27th Day - Aku tidak Berjaya, tetapi aku tidal gagal Jua.

Everything's ready. Bags packed. All parapernalias neatly stowed in Montrosity. Kids are all ever-ready. Ajim and Arif sport a new hair cut. I'm not spared either. Montrosity got a fresh paint on her butt, menacing left shoulder, and sexy chin. woo-hoo..BTW, in this case, I'm a chin-man.. I'll get excited just by looking at chins. Be careful Jo.

But there's one thing I still don't achieve during this ramadhan. Kgs. Planned to loose 10 bloody-hard-to-loose kg.

The plan was simple. Simply said laa. Break fast once. No meals at night. Just hose down pure plain water during sahor. 5 liters each day. 2.5 liters around 1 am. 2.5 around 5 am.

I call this kidney-scrubbing, the old fashion way.

By the end of the month, 10 kg would just melted away. First few days was hard, but as it goes along, it's peanut. Easy peasy.

Today's the last weekend. I weighed myself a moment ago. And lemme tell you this, the damn scale just indicated 5 kg lost. I didn't move any further. Grrr. Mebbe I should get another scale.

Anyway, if Loosing Weight is a paper during my-time in SPM. I'd get C6.

Aku Tidak Berjaya, tetapi aku tidak Gagal juaaa. (Puasa 'nam ada lagi maa..)

We'll see.

18th Day - ESP Part One

Ek eleeh. Laa...,

After I went thru series of physical and bodily tests before puasa dulu, I forgot the follow-up appointment with Dr. Nik Sohok. Hmm,. God Help me, I'm getting ancient..

Sometime last week, I re-set. Surprisingly, it's very easy to set appointment @ SJMC. Call the central no,. and mention which doctor one would like to set an appointment with, and voila!! you're set..

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"Jo, most of the things look fine. Bone marrow function is OK." Alhamdulillah..

"Liver function is good. Lung capacity is good. Heart is ok. Ujian darah is normal. Air kencing indicates good kidney function,. bla bla bla...."

Alhamdulillaaaaaah. Manalaa aku nak dapat tangkap semua informasi yang Nik Sohok bagi tuu.. Aku iyekan ajer.. Wa Manyaaaaak Mengantuk maa..

"The only thing is, Uric acid still relatively high. And Bad Cholestrol High." "Good Cholestrol is high though, which's good."

"BP's still on the high-er side Jo. Taking Any medications ?"

"Aaa, Aaaa, Ada Doc, tapi kwan dok beraper ingat sangat laa. Allupurinol 300 mg. Haperkernama,.Diovan ntah 20 mg. Zocor pun tak ingat, tapi amek sebijik laa doc.."

"Aaa Diovan?.. Nii kompeni bagus nii Jo kerja nii. Kalau kompeni kokak2, yang nak save duit nii. dia dok beghi ubat ma-hal nii Jo.."

(Aisey Doc, Bukan kompeni yang ok tuu doc, it's other doktor yang rekemeng tuu yang ok..Ehem, my Own Personal Physician tuu. He he..)

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Anyway, Nih Sohok recommended to double-up the current medication dosage and see him again in 6 months time.

Hmm, double-the-dosage, double-the-fun-laaaa.

ESP - Part Jeloh.

I've been pestering Madam Marriot, our HRD for months, for my free ESP (Executive Screening Plan) allocation.


"Aaah, there you are. Hi Madam !.
How're you ?
Whoaa, that's a nice brooch you have there..


Hmm,. Do you remember still the ESP ?

I believe Co. should provide for their esteemed Front End Sales employee with Executive Screening Plan, fully reimbursed ? Do you think so ?."

(Haiyoo makcik, you punya mata ada shifting, melayang-layang again.
You tarak cukop tidor semalam kaaa?.
Aaa.. wa ingat aaa, ini kompeni mesti bayarlaa untuk kuli-kuli (batak) jurujual depan belakang.
Kalau wa padam besok aaa, ini kompeni aaa, wa ingat, manyak susah mau cari li-ples-men, mau ganti sama waa)

"Ohh, Hi Jo !. I'm OK.

Oooh.. thanks. I bought it at Chatuchak market last Bussiness Review meeting. You like it ?

Hmm, is that a new pair of glasses you're wearing ?
You look like you're having a haircut. Hmm,. Cheery as usual.
Anyway, I believe that program've been shelved for a short while, while waiting for the fundamental$ to improve again..."


(haiyaaaaa,
Not this salesmeng again laaa.
Kompeni punya luiii itu kwai-loh sudah bawak balek Swiss maa.
Lu punya hutang pun tarak kolek sama GLC, macam-mana boleh bayar ini..
Haiyooo,. ini olang aaa, suma mau free aaaa.)



Chit !
and that was roughly 6 months ago. And two weeks ago, there's a virtual circular that some selected employees could go for ESP again, FOC !


And I'm the second one, registered with SJMC for the Plan.

Biasa-lah-kan bab-bab cam nii Ceramics sokmo serloak. Dia register dulu.


*****


Here I'm, sweating profusely (like a pig) after completing Stage 4 on the treadmill. It's great that I've been lapping the pool for somedays. Semput, ada. Alhamdulillah, cuma sikit ajer.

While jogging on the treadmill, My murky mind went astray..

(Camaner pulak misi ni dok menempek kat sebelah Treadmill nii ajer. Tak bergerak-gerak pun. Hmm, I think, mebbe her eyes've been feasting on my thumping kopek, all this while...)

Dark Knight

Not knowing what to present Anne on her 13th birthday on last 25th July, we decided on a movie.


Dengarkan members' rant cerita "The Dark Knight" macam bagus ajer. Baca Review pun OK. Bila Afiqa hinting that her friends told her it's a good movie,. aku pun tak tunggu lagi. Straight to GSC @ OU.


Entah berapa kali dah, bila aku tengok movie, Just-In-Time, tiket yang ada tuu, yang belah depaan ajer. First or second row from the Screen. Melangok-melentok, terangkat-leher-kepala. Sakit tengkok tau.


No more this time. Kali nii, we're gonna have great time ! It's gonna be Special.


So, aku beli laa ticket Gold Class. Semi-D leather love chair with sleeperette function. And, Blanket, is a 5 bucks option. Siap boleh baring lagii. They should've taken the middle arm rests away.. Hmmm.


160 friggin' bucks for four tickets !!. Wuu huuu.. Me, maam, Afiqa, and Anne. Hok yang ker-chek2 tuu tak ikot laa. Kang half way thru the movie, ada yang nak kencing laa,. ada saket puyotlaa, ada yang nak bergadoh laa, rebut pop corn laa..

Verdict..

1. Once in a while, this special Gold Class is really nice., albeit mengantok. Manalah aku boleh bertahan, at this age, dari midnite sampai pukol 3 pagi.
2. Kalu tiap2 bulan diamalkan sebegini, kopak laa aku.
3. Heath Ledger is outstanding.

***

Oh My God,

Oh My God,

Oh My God ! Today I'm 42.

Sssuboh sp'iee lagi Afiqa, Anne, Pipa dah wish me birthday. It's really touching, to see the girls racing to wish their daddy happy birthday. Hok yang jantan tuu dok tanya aku pepagi buta "Abah bila boleh beli Ajim mei-nan..?"

Alhamdulillah.

FortySeconders Bowler

Seperti tahun2 lepas, persatuan alumni skoloh ada pertandingan bowling.

Seperti juga tahun2 lepas, batch kitaorang laa yang paling ramai dalam acara tahunan skoloh nii.

Tapi, tidak seperti tahun2 lepas, tahun ni semer dok menjadi..Pbrrt.

• Presiden lengoh bahu. Stiff Shoulder. I dunno. Jatuh dari katil ?
• KakJi N, our Bowler Tambatan kira boleh dimaafkan la. BT got a valid reason. Dia baru nikoh.
• Bulat, got distracted by Cik Bedah. Tokleh nak concentrate langsung pakcik.
• Amer pon got distracted, big time, by Cik Bedah. Hmmm,. Fortyseconders.
• Shuq Beriman mungkin terlebih warmup malam sebelomnya. Ntah, aku pun tak tahuu.

In short, semer dok menjadi laa. Aku, memang seperti dulu. Sokmo dok kat bahagian bawah. Tergolong dalam Golongan2 Score tak sampai seratus.

But, tahun nii, our Penghulu, His Truly, pulak yang menjadi. Pakcik nii score 150 plus, on the first game, and another 140 plus on the second game. Whoa.

Hmmm, nii tak bleh jadi nii. Then, adalah seorang Hamba Allah, who I could'nt remember, in our team suggested to put some dough on the table for the third game. Confident looking, HT Penghulu, with his wicked smirk dengan tenang-nya mengambil cabaran itu. Amer boh ajer duit terlebih bayor, pagi tuu.

And guess what.. When money's on table, surprisingly I won, by the an OK margin. Aku takdork la terror, tapi bila ada duit ajer, dua2 pakcik tuu,. gabraa. Terkedu. He he.

It was a wonderful Sunday Morning Gathering. Dan bertambah la lagi keceriaan, especially bila aku menanggggg. Yeeee haaa !!

Fortyseconders. Tutop perot, tutooop..

Happy

To All Mothers out there.

Happy Mother's Day.

***


There's this wonderful place where everybody would like to be in. To Ajim, this place is soo nice, that if one wish for "meinan", one would get the "meinan" right away.
"Nak motor rae-ching, tuaaaaaaang ! Terus dapat motor rae-ching."


And Lemme tell you this, the place is called Syurga.
Dan Ianya berada di Bawah Tapak Kaki Ibu..

Hati mau baik, walaubagaimanapun disiplin mau ada.

Dalam 3-4 minggu nii, aku asyik teringatkan ker-Beryani Kambeeng kat Restaurant Hadramawt @ Chulan Square, Jalan Raja Chulan. The co-owner is my friend, Shiekh Beriman. Dia beritahu aku Beriyani kat situ special sebab diaorang pilih anak2 kambing ajer. Yang tidak lebih dari 15 kg sahaja.

Entah Marketing ploy ker, entah pure sales talk ker, BS ker aku tak tau. Tapi Beryani Kambing kat situ memang sedap. Kalau nak makan 3-4 orang pun okay. 1 kg Beriyani with Kambing for RM25.

Minggu lepas, aku pergi ke Bawah Selatan. Seberang Tambak. SG laa. Ada anak sedara kawen. Guess what ? Hati mau baik. Diaorang (of the notorious kitaorang tak makan orang saying) served Beriyani Kambing.

Just like the one I've been dreaming of, all these weeks. Selak-selak nasik dalam pinggan besar ada kambing 3 ketol. Whoa ha ha.. Elok ajer aku nak menjamah, Ajim dengan perlahannya,. 'Abaaaah,. Ajim nak kencing.." Biasalaaa,. Aku pandang Maam, Maam dah way ahead started already. Bawak laa Ajim pergi carik tandas.. Hmmmm.



Elok ajer kali kedua aku nak start menjamah, si Arip pulak "Abaaah, Arip nak kencing.." Jeling kat Maam lagi,.Maam tengah pulun lagi. Sabar.

Masuk kali ketiga, baru laa dapat aku merasa Beriyani Kambing yang aku impikan selama 3-4 minggu nii. Dalam hati ada jugak terdetik. Beringat-ingat sikit Jo. Karang tak boleh jalan karang baru tau.

Aiseymann, sekali-sekala rasanya tak pa kot. Lagi pun dalam bag aku,. segala macam mak bapak painkillers ada. Aspirin ada. Ibuprofen ada. Colchicine pun tak lupa. Maam pun sentiasa ada bersebelahan akuu. He he.

Keesokan hari nya, Alhamdulillah,. sikit pun kaki aku tak ketat. Takda kejutan. Alhamdulillah, semuanya macam biasa. Aku ingatkan ketidaksakitan nii berpanjangankan. Masuk hari Rabu, udah rasa sengal sengal.

Hari Khamis udah nak lipat lutut, terasa ketat.

Hari Jumaat MC.

Hari nii, Senin aku message Ceramics kaki aku still takboleh lipat dan aku buat kerja dari rumah. I think I'm enjoying this-not-so-routine kinda work. And if he needs anything, he can wait tommorowlaa.

Uhuks...