Christmas Tree, where are you?

Pagi nih aku datang cun2 kul 9 pagi. Walah! Pagi tadi tayar pancit plak. Aku terkial2 mengisi angin kat Petronas. Nasib baik ada 2 orang mamat Kelate (berdasarkan loghat diaorang) yg baik hati menawarkan bantuan. Kalau dah orang offer nak tolong, kasi jelah. Dah selesai, aku ucapkan tima kaseh n blah. Best aa, jadi pompuan nih ;p

Pas tuh aku pun memecut ke opis (dah lambat mah! 15 minit ke pukul 9 pagi...) Teringat la perbualan aku ngan orang tu masa lepak2 kat KL:

Orang tu: Baik2 bawak motor dah sampai nanti.
Aku: Ok. Tak bawak laju. 100 je.
Orang tu (tersedak) : Erk?
Aku: Hehe. Ok, ok. Malam kita bawak perlahan.
Diam sekejap.
Aku: 90 je.
Orang tu: Perlahannyer...

Jadi pagi tadi aku bawak besa2 je. 100. Tu yg cun2 sampai kat opis. Sesampai je kat opis, bos aku suruh carik Xmas tree. Ah, senang je. Check ngan store-keeper. Store-keeper cakap tak dak. APA? Huh, nak wat lagu mana nih? Panik melanda. Aku call DO, DO cakap supplier amik. Aku call supplier, supplier cakap diaorang tak de amik balik n ada 'management people took the snow flakes n Xmas tree'.

Sumer tak ngaku diaorang amik. Aku dah fening kepala. Camana aa? Aku pun terpaksa jadi Sherlock Holmes. Kita use Cartesan Logic. DO cakap supplier amik. Kalau supplier cakap dia tak amik, that means DO main rembat jawab. Cross out DO. Supplier cakap 'management people'. So management people nih musti orang yg pakai tie supaya dia dikenali sbg 'management'. Siapa management bertugas arituh?

Call Customer Service tanya sapa yg bertugas pada hari diaorang dismantle the Xmas tree:
Aku: F, u nampak tak sapa yg angkut Xmas deco tu?
F: Tak sure la. Sebab hari tu I dah nak balik. Tapi diaorang memang angkut bawak ke stor.
Aku: Sapa yg in-charge?
F: En. R la rasanya. Ha, memang En. R ada kat situ mlm tu.
Bingo.

Seterusnya, aku pun carik En. R n dia pun bawak aku ke satu stor yg aku tak tau pun kewujudannya. Ta-dah! Christmas tree ada di ceruk stor. Aku menarik nafas lega. Fuh. Nasib baik.

(Balik semula ke opis)

Aku: I've found the Xmas tree.
Boss: Good. Can you arrange for the Xmas deco to be transferred...
Aku (bengang) : (tadi tak cakap pun nak kena transfer. Buang karen betul)

Begitulah kisah aku mencari Xmas tree...

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Pindah Skin Baru...

Excited! Walah2x... Setelah berminggu2 membina 'rumah' blog yg baru (hehe.. bukan aku yg buat aaa... Aku amik kontraktor bertauliah nyer wat keje2 hi-tech ni!) dan beberapa sesi soal jawab user-developer ('tak nak sketching! Nak kotak! Nak tu n nak ni...') akhirnya siap jugak la 'rumah' idamanku selalu .

Ahem, ahem. Citer dari awal la. Hari nih aku dipanggil utk menghadiri mesyuarat kat KL utk Project 2 aku yg dah tertangguh beberapa minggu. Sesi mesyuarat tu membuat kesimpulan bahawa perlu ada lagi mesyuarat di Johor minggu depan, dan mesyuarat di KL Jumaat depan. Orang tu mesti suka sebab minggu tu aku cuti hari Sabtu tu, so bley lepak lelama kat KL

Aku tak sedar rupa2nya selama nih aku bekerja bawah sorang dermawan yang cukup dermawan, kaya-raya, mempunyai beberapa buah syarikat yg kukuh dan terkenal, aset yang tak dapat ditandingi nilainya oleh sesapa jutawan kat Mesia nih, dan paling aku kagum, seorang yang cukup merendah diri dan bersederhana. Aku teringin la plak nak jumpa ngan pemilik syarikat nih yang bukan setakat menempah saham dunia, tapi saham akhirat jugak.

Anyway, lepas abis meeting, aku call orang tu n kitaorang pun gi makan. Lepas tu, kitaorang gi lepak2 kat opis dia sambil memindahkan kandungan blog ke rumah baru. Akhirnya... tadah! beginilah hasilnya...

OKlah. Meh habaq awal2 no... aku nak pindah address plak, minggu depan kot, ke address nih:
http://carneyz.blogspot.com Tukaq, jgn tak tukaq! Hehe. Ok la. Ciao!

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Terkadang tersentuh hati
Bila coretannya
Penuh dalam maknanya
Hingga terpegun memikirkan
Emosi apa yang menguasainya
Sahabatku
Aku keliru menafsirkan bait-bait katamu.

Childhood best friend.

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Fury Unrepresented

There's so much fury in the air nowadays as tempers fly and little things gets on people's nerve. I'm kinda tired of giving explanation. I don't really want to care, so I shall leave at that.

My boss is in a foul mood of late and though he didn't scold in front of us, he did say some uncomfortable things behind us. For example, on Monday when we came back from Singapore nearly midnight, I was so tired to ride back home that I asked the company's driver -- a nice old man -- to drop me off at my place instead.

'Pakcik tlg hantar saya balik ke Skudai, boleh tak?' was basically a simple request I made, of which I thanked him afterwards. My friend, Jen also requested to be dropped off at her place.

Such a simple request offended my boss who felt that we are being imprudent, given the fact that we are still under training program. He mentioned that we sounded like we were giving orders when we simply felt like we were requesting for his help as it was already near midnight. Luckily, the kind pak cik didn't see it the way my boss did.

Unless I put it this way -- 'Pakcik, hantarkan saya balik ke Skudai.' Then you can count that as an order.

There was also a misunderstanding of which my friend and another colleague who went to Singapore in our places, had asked permission to go window-shopping. They had mistakenly thought that they were supposed to wait at Point A, when the instruction was to wait at Point B. The whole misunderstanding resulted in an extra hour waiting, and two hours caught in the traffic jam at the immigration checkpoint. Once again, tempers flew and accusations of 'bad working attitude' and 'shopping matters more than work' were thrown at both of them.

It upset my friend that she spent the whole night crying, feeling victimized and under-appreciated. We're talking about us, the bunch of people who sacrificed extra hours in the office to finish never-ending tasks because the company didn't feel like taking extra pair of hands -- bad working attitude. Us who were roped in to do projects nobody wants to take, nevertheless would work hard to get it done, then at the last minute, project was cancelled / postponed after all the efforts that were thrown in. Or us to do whatever work that nobody felt like doing. Us with bad working attitude.

If it was 8 p.m., we wouldn't mind going back on our own. However it was nearly midnight. Ever since Jen had had her accident, I had taken precaution to just crash at Survivor's house and spend the night rather than risk riding back home. As for making unsound accusations, why choose to condemn guilty until proven otherwise? We should be given the chance to explain ourselves, yet we don't feel like it because we're still seen as guilty of all things accused of us. Enough said, when fury goes, unrepresented.

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Monday & Tuesday

Wham! Bam! I ran smack into Monday. The impact left me spinning towards Tuesday. I'm still stunned.

Spent the whole day yesterday in Singapore, attending an exhibition on aviation & tourism industry. Jen & I were in-charge of manning the exhibition booth and we were bored to death knowing that we have heaps of things to do at the office. I should've packed the fax machine, my PC, telephone & brought them over to Suntec City so I could clear my urgent task. The Gala Dinner at Fullerton cheered us up and we came back almost 12 midnight.

Today started off in a hectic manner as well. The urgent task was urgent because it was time-sensitive. My boss had conveniently added more things to do in my to-do list. I nearly wept when I read the list. Welcome to my life...

As of this afternoon, I've managed to clear almost half of the tasks given. Getting media contacts are the toughest so far. It became such a hassling job to me. Sigh. Going to Singapore again tomorrow. Not looking forward to that. So not looking forward to that.

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