Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts

my first time : chow kit road

>> Sunday, March 29, 2009

We woke up as early as 6am for Subuh prayers and had heavy breakfast. My friend Michelle came over to see me for the last time before her wedding next week. As usual, we had our hoo-haa jokes and the usual berterabur laughs.. and then, i watched her as she drove off with her fiance's Gen2. There goes my friend, dah nak kahwin dah kau ye..

I quickly had my shower and we picked up my cousin Mimi and headed to KL. Specifically, Chot Kit. "Ooooooo.. sini la Chow Kit Road eh?" ... I said while watching out the window macam tourist dari German. Hehehe..
"Dora!! tak penah gi Chow Kit ke? " my cousin asked.
"Dia mane penah pergi area2 nih.. " Mama replied.

Yup. I know. I've never been to Chow Kit Road. For (COUGH) 2* years of my life, that was my first time. To be honest, it didn't look that scary at 10am. We got a nice parking and headed to our destination. Mencari barang - barang perhiasan dan keperluan.

But, things got really freaky when we walked at Pasar Chow Kit. Fuiyoo.. I've been to a lot of markets.. But this pasar, the way the penjual mempromosikan barang - barang dia, mcm nak cari gadoh.. And my cousin brought us to places yang macam ghetto jugak lah.. hehehe but it was one experience la for me.. hehehe

Later on, we headed to Jalan TAR. I felt a lot safer there.. We reached home at 3..

Suddenly, even at this time, its still sunday, i am already having my Monday blues..

The weekend went by just like that. I got what i wished for. I wanted time to move fast. And it is moving very fast.

Can I wish for happiness, success and Allah's protection and blessings for me and my family?

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my hands in the cookie jar

>> Friday, February 27, 2009

it's friday. i love fridays. not just because it's the end of the week day and a start of the weekend but it also means that i can sleep late or early or do whatever i want on friday nights.

today is friday. we had vetting this morning and will continue in the afternoon. but by 1130 i already had headache and rase nak muntah (uwek).. i had anticipated this, so I prepared my famous KEK BATIK for all the Statistics lecturers to makan - makan while vetting (takde la lapar sangat jadinya). And I had my first KEK BATIK order too today! So now, I have decided to start a KEK BATIK business. hehe.

For 300g of Marie Biscuits

RM 25.00


Moga - moga business lebih berkembang dan maju, insyaAllah.

Plans for tonight : Drive Subang Parade after work (if larat).

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my pay day.. and other days..

>> Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tanpa disedari, today is already pay day.. Woohoo! dat would mean, pay bills, reload touch and go card, give $ to mom and dad, do minor shoppings, do major shoppings, save some for rainy day, save some for sunny day etc etc..

Tanpa disedari juga, (after not checking my pay slip for quite some time) today I realized that my income tax telah pun dipotong dengan banyak sekali! Damn it tol. I would be very much pissed with this income tax issue. [hmm, malas la nak citer pjg..]

Anyways, I'm glad I am still able to have pay days.. Thinking about those who got laid off by their companies due to the economic slowdown, I'm thankful I am in this industry and still have a steady job to go to despite having to wake up at 530 every morning and leaving the house when most people are still in deep slumber.. siap bole tido balik lepas solat subuh.. and now subuh masuk 610.. (takpe takpe.. saya pergi mencari rezeki... early bird catches the worm.. heheh) I hope that our economy will recover soon.. merisaukan lah.. and don't get me started on politics.. yikes!

Ye, kepala saya bengong la semenjak dua menjak nih (that's why this post ada banyak bahasa Melayu.. coz it's better to write in BM when you're in that state.. or at least, that's me lah). I've been very much absent minded and sometimes just.. absent. I'm there but I'm just not there, get it? So many things in my head at this moment I need to put every detail into a proper folder and rename each file (macam dalam computer jugak). I have about 3- 4 notebooks (as in, buku nota kecil, bukan notebook laptop) that I jot everything or anything that comes into mind. I bring those everywhere I go. Unlike MSO, I am not much of a PDA person, I like writing and scribbling.. like the old school style.. In the book, sometimes you may see formulas scribbled at the sides, unsolved integration problems, sketches of funny faces when I'm bored, signatures and notes, receipt numbers, quotes, thoughts, reminders, numbers, car plate numbers.. weird stuff.. that's me for ya..

And dikala masa ini, tiba - tiba rasa teringin sangat nak pergi on a holiday. I'll be going to Kuantan in early April for Michelle's wedding. We're gonna stay at a fancy hotel by the beach and treat ourselves lavishly macam orang kaya (konon) macam dalam citer Gossip Girl, Laguna Beach, The OC or One Tree Hill and worry about our credit card bills later :p . Wait, One Tree Hill citer orang kaya ke? I'm gonna do some serious photography session there ditambah dengan model - model yang sangat rajin bergambar.. It's gonna be fun in the sun!

oh, the meeting on friday was cool (in shah alam, of course).
Prof SK whispered to me nicely, "makan guna tangan kanan.. itu sunnah.."
WPM and I looked at each other and I said, "saya kidal Prof"..
he replied "sunnah Nabi tu makan pakai tangan kanan"...
so I smiled weakly and said slowly to WPM when Prof SK was not looking "but I've been using left hand bila pakai sudu since at least 20 years ago"
WPM said "you pandai lukis tak ? lukis cantik2 ? slalunya orang kidal ni artistic"
for 2 seconds I thought for a while. I know the answer is a big NO but I didn't wanna sound like such a loser so I said this, "erm.. I can play Music..? does that counts?"
WPM comforted me , "haaa see!"

He He.

oh ye, when I was busy doing my final exam questions, House called me to the office and said this,
"I like the slide presentation you did... You pandai la buat.. Betul, I really like it"

Suddenly, just like an eclipse, those negative vibes about House hilang buat seketika...

Sigh, camne?

** MQA coming next week. Wish me luck, wish us all luck. We're gonna need loads of those **

Funny from Desperate Housewives episode yesterday

Edie's Husband : You need at least an engineering degree to do that..
Mrs. McKlumsky : Oh yeah ? you got one of those?

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my successful kek batik

>> Monday, February 09, 2009

Yeay... looks nice.. feels nice.. it is nice.. my successful kek batik.. nyummy!

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chitchat and news

>> Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The talk with my sis in law kakwar made me think for abit while driving back from her house.

Kakwar : Rasa tak mcm esok 2009 ?
Dora : hmm.. tak sgt
Kakwar : kan ? nape yer ? kak war rase mcm its just another day..
Dora : hmm maybe sbb last year kita buat barbeque kot.. this year tak buat.. so mcm tak rase..
Kakwar : tak jugak.. last year lagi 2 - 3 hari nak masuk 2008 rase mcm nak tukar tahun.. this year mcm.. ntah..
Dora : sama la.. dora pun actually tak rase sgt..

Newsflash.

NEWS 1
I joined AVON as a modest agent.. and today, I am already a member of their Golden Circle. (Jom ramai - ramai say it .... Wow!) ok, what on earth is a Golden Circle ? I have no idea. I guess more benefits kot ? heheh initially I joined AVON because I fell in love with their liquid eyeliner (serious kena try.. i haven't tried anything like it. lembut and almost perfect).


NEWS 2
I will be teaching 20 credit hours next semester. Berat gak. But I am thankful and I was the one who requested it. financial reasons :)

NEWS 3
Esok new year.. so since Sheri and Cikyah and other fellow bloggers wrote down their resolution, I intend to write mine too.. Check it out at my next post ok ? :)

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Salam All (unedited)

>> Tuesday, December 30, 2008

I'm back from my 1 week trip. I will blog about my trip later..

Mission : Accomplished

Items : You're gonna have to wait next year :)

Photogs : Improved a lot. Lucky I had a lot of practise. The pictures turned out real nice (hehe for me lah)

Summary: SUPERB AND FANTASTIC AND FABULOUS. FANTABULOUSUPERB.

Opps sorry.. I had to do a private viewing thingy. YM me at lyricaldj alias yahoo dot com or email me at ikhwan dot dora alias gmail dot com if u wanna check out the pics..

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hari aku berborak dengan Melissa Saila

>> Saturday, December 20, 2008

"Tomorrow we have to get up early. You have to take pictures for 1000wajah "
Itulah kata - kata ayahku sambil aku sedang menonton berita selepas pulang dari kerja semalam. Dalam hatiku berkata Yes! Ada gig! Aku masih mempelajari selok belok fotografi dengan membeli majalah Digital Camera Magazine sekali sekala dan membaca tips tips di lama web DPS.

Seperti biasa sebelum tidur, selepas menepekkan Night Cream ANEW produk AVON, aku akan baring di atas katil samada menonton tv atau membaca novel - novel kegemaranku. Aku masih lagi membaca The Alchemist (Yes, I am a slow reader). Apabila mata hampir tertutup, aku mendapat panggilan jauh dari MSO hampir setiap malam. Kami akan berbual maximum 7 minit kerana khuatir bil telefon akan melonjak naik. Akulah orang pertama dia bercakap ketika dia bangun dan dialah orang terakhir aku akan bercakap sebelum aku tidur. Begitulah kami cope dengan PJJ (perhubungan jarak jauh) ini. Setelah berbual selama 7 minit dan 7 saat (terlebih sedikit kali ini kerana aku menceritakan pengalaman kepala aku terhantuk di tingkap bus ketika perjalanan pulang. cerita aku itu telah membuatkan dia ketawa dengan bersungguh - sungguh. aku turut gembira mendengar tawaannya itu. aku memang kelakar orangnya :p ), mataku sudah pun merasakan berat dan tanpa disedari aku sudah lena tertido. Namun ku rasakan sungguh singkat masa tidur itu. Tepat jam 530 pagi, aku sudah terjaga sebelum jam alarm aku menyanyikan lagu "In The Air" oleh rapper Flo-Rida dan Will-I-Am.

Selesai solat Subuh, aku dah ayahku keluar dari rumah jam 602 am menuju ke UEM Leadership Centre di Jalan Templer, Petaling Jaya. Ternyata Petaling Jaya sungguh berbeza keadaannya ketika penduduknya nyenyak dibuai tidur. Tetapi senario sememangnya meriah di UEM Leadership Centre dengan keadaan kereta staff ditampalkan dengan sticker Boogie Treasure Hunt. Sungguh meriah (teringat pula pengalaman ketika aku bekerja di salah sebuah institusi kewangan). Aku sudah tidak mengantuk apabila mendengar lagu Saturday Nite Fever nyanyian John Travolta. Aku dan ayah berjumpa dengan Official Photographer (OP) 1000wajah untuk event itu dan kami menunggu sesi senamrobik bermula. Itulah tugasanku yang unofficial, iaitu mengambil gambar senamrobik itu. Just for the fun of it and I can gain some experience while experimenting. Sedang kami duduk, tiba - tiba datangnya seorang wanita bertubuh kecil dan berambut pendek, lantas senyum pada kami dan memberikan sedikit briefing. Aku terpegun melihat wanita itu, Melissa Saila rupanya. Aku sangat kagum melihat lakonannya yang hidup di dalam Teater Musikal P.Ramlee. Wataknya sebagai isteri kedua Tan Sri P.Ramlee, Norizan terserlah. Bakat yang diwarisi oleh anak seniwati tersohor Mariani ini telah menerima standing ovation ketika babaknya stormed out meninggalkan P.Ramlee.

Dan disitu, aku hanya mampu dan melihatnya dari jauh. Ingin bergambar, malu pula.

Event sudah hampir bermula, mataku hanya melihat gelagat wanita kecil ini ke sana ke mari memberi arahan kepada crew- crewnya. Tiba - tiba dia menoleh ke arahku dan senyum. Lantas dia jalan ke arahku.. Aku makin berdebar..

"Nanti you ambil gambar dari... hujung sana... sampaaai hujung sana" menunjukkan ke arah hujung dewan. "Sebab diorang nak buat live shoot.. so takut ganggu.. ok?"

"Ooo.. ok ok.." Itu sahaja yang mampu aku katakan.

Inilah hari pertama yang aku berborak... oops.. bercakap dengan Melissa Saila.

* Gambar diatas ketika PRamlee The Musical.
** Gambar di UEM belum diedit.

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main kejar - kejar

>> Thursday, December 18, 2008

MQA (formally known as LAN as in Lembaga Akreditasi Negara bukan Local Area Network) will be coming for our accreditation visit, so we are preparing for all the files and documents for them to check in January 2009.

So kat office sekarang kitorang tengah main kejar - kejar.. Kejar - kejar files.. FUFT (follow up, follow through) with all the respective faculties and lecturers to give us certain documents..

Letters have been given, datelines have passed, namun, masih belum mendapat satu file pun..

I'll be going for a 1 week leave next week, hopefully I will manage to get at least 1 out of the 13 files that I have to collect.

In the mean time, I am having coffee at my office while preparing for next semester's class.

* Elementary Stats for Foundation in Science
* Elementary Stats for Diploma in Mobile Technology
* Business Stats for Bachelor in Marketing.

(I do not agree with the work elementary.. mcm skolah rendah)

Cuma semester ni, the previous prominent HOP (Head of Program) for Marketing has resigned. Our varsity lost yet another good staff.

check this out...

MSO : so kat office u buat apa?
DJ : preparing for MQA's visit.. u know wat's MQA ?
MSO : no.. wat ?
DJ : MQA.. formally known as LAN.. u know wat's LAN?
MSO : yup.. local area network.

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cuppacakes anyone? :)

>> Sunday, March 16, 2008

Siapa nak order?
Large size : 16 pieces RM 35
Medium size : 25 pieces RM 35
Mini size : 36 pieces RM 30
Mini size : 49 pieces RM 40

Contact Dora :)



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my wish of happiness

>> Sunday, March 02, 2008

If you had one wish, and that one wish can cover all wishes, i guess most people would wish for happiness. Why? Maybe because if you wished for something else, you won't be happy.

Everybody deserve to be happy. Everybody is entitled for one wish, that that one wish is wish of happiness... so, if u wanna buy AVON's new parfum, Wish of happiness (introductory price RM39.90 + dpt free bag) bole la contact saya ;)

has some sort of citrus smell that keeps you feel fresh and happy :)

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my mcdonald craving that never was..

>> Thursday, January 17, 2008

today's german word of the day "manchmal".. meaning "sometimes"

ok. so i was driving back home from work today. do you know that feeling when sometimes (manchmal) when ur driving back home from work, and u suddenly feel like eating an ice cream sundae cornetto at McDonalds? well, today i didnt feel that. i guess something else was in my mind. like what?

yeah, coz tomorrow is the Quality Assurance meeting in shah alam.. and suddenly, shah alam was just not my favourite place anymore..

so kena la study2 sket.. despite the one whole day that i was kelam kelabot and doing the report the whole day sampai terlupa makan (seriusly), i still feel like im not fully prepared.. all those who are in the committee are Prof, Associate Prof, Dr., Deans, head of program, head of all heads.. and suddenly.......... there's Miss Dora...

so tonite i gotta crank it up abit.. study like mase zaman2 blajar dulu.. only that takde exams.. coz exams u'll b graded.. but when it's work.. you'll be degraded..

perhaps.. one day i will be at par with those people... oh tak tak.. perhaps i will be at par with those people.. but with more empathy.. and down to earth.. and perhaps i hope i won't look down to other people JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A TITLE IN FRONT OF MY NAME...... (ok speaking in general ya).. let's not be those kind of people...

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my muffins

>> Sunday, January 13, 2008

I'm gonna try this perhaps this weekend.. or maybe one of the workdays to cover up for the previous week that I did not cook.. Jom try ni?
Sources : http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/
Chocolate-Chocolate-Chip-Nut-Muffins/
Detail.aspx

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/3 cup whole almonds
  • 4 tablespoons white sugar
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
  2. In medium bowl, Sift together flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl stir in milk, egg, oil and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients to large bowl; beat well. Add chocolate chips and walnuts, stir well.
  3. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Poke almonds into tops of unbaked muffins. Sprinkle muffins with sugar.
  4. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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