Saigon a.k.a Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon aka Ho Chi Minh City is an all new place for me. I've heard so much about it and I was trying to make a mental picture of how it would look like ( well...some people would tell me to just browse the pictures in the internet but me being the hard head-ed and a little reluctancy I decline that idea) instead and try to figure it out by myself.

One thing that I heard most and the common one is that traffic there is waaaay crazier than KL. I was reading an article about this Mat Saleh (an English/caucasion people) saying that he has difficulty comprehanding the law on which to abide to when you are in Saigon and how to cross the road without actually ending up as a road kill or a statistic on the wall. Fascinating. And then when I was in Singapore the lecturer was telling us about how we set the safety standard in our head as per the surrounding so I guess when you are in Saigon, the limit tends to be on the low side since it will take a great skills and lithe to catch an opening and wiggle yourself thru the flow of motorcycles. Its a rush I tell ya! The thrill of wanting to get thru and avoiding yourself from getting hit by the bike is as real as you can get. Check out the photo below of what I meant.

By the way..there are no pictures of me whatsoever since there are nobody to take them for me...damnit. The troublesome of travelling alone without your partner bites you on the ass when it comes to this situation. Sheeshhh....

Be showing more pics of Saigon in the next feature....waitttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Dari Singapore ke Vietnam dan mungkin ke Singapore Semula

Waduh pak, bisa gamat dunia saya. Aik? Apahal tetiba masuk bahasa Indon nih? Salah ruang ka? Jangan betulkan komputer anda. Prelude tamat

For those people who do not understand what's it all about earlier on, lets just say that I kinda ramble on a bit before I proceed to get to the point. I'm practically on my high peak now. After finishing the meeting in Shangri - La KL, the same evening I was flown to Singapore for an audit course which runs for 5 consecutive days (bummer really coz the hotel is somewhat far from the usual amenities [ 7 Eleven does not count, ok]). Was looking for something of a more shopping mall kinda thing or anything with similar arrangement (pasar malam will do too but yeah, go figure if you can find a decent one in Singapore)

Hotel room itself is a pleasent experience, well having a see thru jacuzzi smack in the middle of the room was pleasent (long time ago) but I settle for a simple yet practical arrangement. The wash basin in way of the entrance was consider practical coz u can brush u teeth and straight away jump into bed. Plus you don't want to linger for far too long in the cold confinement of the shower area..burrrrrrr. Plus I got free internet (unlike an executive room in a hotel that I stayed recently which does not come with complimentry internet...bummer) this is once again, a relief.

It was a brain recking intercourse (yes, you read it right because it was held within our organisation, hence intercourse la, correct?) It's one of them course where you have to think more than you should, in other terms, make you a bit more paranoid and guessing bad things (can be good too depending on how they treat you onboard). But anyway, it has an examination afterwards, 4 hours which makes time flies when you are having fun an envy. I hope I do well since I can't proceed with being an auditor when you fail your exam now can I?

2 days at home without Boo is unbearable, I use to make fun at him when I was away for a voyage trip but now I fall flat on my face and feel the impact of it firsthand. Unbearable does not even come up close to describe the kinda empty feeling you have inside. Hm.....too much emo? But anyway, I suck it up like I use to do, do the usual routines, go out for a walk and not sulk. And a particular Saturday morning event just perk me up unexpectedly. Here I was after having breakfast at mamak. Was at the Bookshop and flicking thru some old magazine and I picked up a mag with Charlize Therone on the cover with just a sheet on her body. So the mamak kinda took it the wrong way and said he wanna show me something, Lo and behold..he has a couple of urm scantly glad ladies on the cover of the magazine and as if I'm intrested in buying any one ar all of them. Yeah, right. Like that gonna happen soon, so I decline, with a smile on my face being nice and all, not good to be grumpy after breakfast and early in the morning.

Only manage to catch Boo on Monday after work, he was laying down at the family area, like a big old urm...him. He offered me pizza though, which was kinda nice if I was hungry but I guess seeing him does make up for the fullness that my stomach feels. The rest and what we do after pizza is all together a big hush hush. No display of public affection here people, nothing to see, move on now.

It's a bit late now in Vietnam, will continue about journey to Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow, if possible. Got places to go and so little time.

Adios amigos.....nitey night!

Suka suka mak nenek saja

Soalan yang tak berapa lojik: Apasal orang cakap gelabah bewak, terkejut beruk? Bukannya terkejut bewak? Walhal kalau bewak terkejut, lintang pukang dia lari. Orang kalau gelabah bukannya lari, cuma duduk tak senang saja. Habis tu mana lojiknya pakai perumpamaan "gelabah bewak"
Nak tengok terkejuk berut cuba carik kat YouTube.....ada punya, so kira boleh diterima pakai la reaksinya.

Perhatian: Sila jangan guna perkataan di atas didalam peperiksa anda kalau tak nak kantoi dengan cikgu Bahasa Malaysia atau kelak anda hendak menggunakannya didalam peperiksaan anda.

Hotel Hooping

I weight myself just now and I'm 65kg. I see myself in the mirror and see that I'm not that urm...need to use the correct word here...big? Yeah it should do anyway. So where was I? Oh yeah, my reflection in the mirror, I guess this is the right time for me to get busy and start working out and develop the mass that I gained to muscle. Far fetched? Well its better than mopping about the way I look and don't do shit. Sides, I can work out with hubby and motivate each other.

Back to the title, I'm in a crazy hotel hooping this week. Stayed in Shangri-La KL during the weekend then I'm off to Singapore for a week and stayed in Furama Riverfront. After that the following week I'll be in Vietnam for the weekend and try to sample Indo China for the first time. Yeah, real nice if I have time to kill and hubby to tag along. Just need to see the place than I can hauled him if budjet permits.

Neway, been having sleeping disorder, slept at 3 or 4 am last night and then was up the whole Sunday for meeting amongst the SEA representative, my Sr from Singapore has been trying to get me to talk infront of the people for several occasion but I'm lucky hehehehe. I don't have a problem talking infront of people, a bunch of people is a different matter.

On the bad side of the planet, I'll be out of reach from my Boo for a week plus and yeah, we only got to see each other after I came back from Singapore and before I went to Vietnam, so that kinda suck but this is life....suck it up and face the world.....Yehawwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Tagged

THE SELF
[01] Name: Amri
[02] Nickname: Damage / Anton
[03] Married: Once upon a time...yes...seriously
[04] Zodiac Sign: Pisces / Tiger
[05] Gender: Male
[06] Age: almost mid-30s
[07] High School: Sains Perlis
[08] University: what university? just polytechnic only ma
[09] Height: 165cm
[10] Weight: 65kg
[11] Do you like yourself: Yes
[12] Piercings: Yes
[13] Right or left: Left
[14] Are you a freak: Depend on who's asking
[15] Hair: Black
[16] Skin: Sawo matang (I can't find the appropriate word for it)
[17] Allergic: Redundancy
[18] What are you doing now: Stuck in Labuan answering the "tagged"
[19] What will you do 1 hour later: Sleep or continue reading
[20] What will you do 10 years later: Same thing or sumthing less vigorous

THE FAMILY
[21] Live with mother/father/parents: No
[22] Siblings(included you): 4
[23] Eldest: Sister
[24] Youngest: Sister
[25] Love/hate your family: Take them as what they are

THE LOVE
[26] You found your another half: Yup
[27] If yes, who is he/she: Go figure
[28] If no, who you want he/she to be: do not go figure
[29] Time(s) you in relationship: hm...........doggy question
[30] Ever woo boy/girl(0-100000): i dun keep scores
[31] Anyone woo you before(0-100000): i dun keep scores
[32] Did anything wrong to your other half: Yes..to my ex
[33] What was/were the wrong you had done: make friends with people he don't like
[34] Ever argue with your other half: Yes
[35] You with your other half since: the swimming class
[36] Are you straight/Lesbo: Urm.....
[37] Reasons you love your other half: I don't need any reason...i take him as he is
[38] You and your other half in which stage: Finding the right balance between here and there and plotting where we would be in 2 years time. Then if we survive the 2 years, we keep on moving
[39] You woo-ed her/him or he/she woo you: Worked both way
[40] Ever think of marry he/she: Yup, definitely

THE FRIENDS
[41] Your first best friend: Ijone
[42] Your first enemy: Hm.......Mike
[43] The friends you love the most: Those who listen when you need and ear, who reasons when you need justification, who basically is there when things are good and bad.
[44] The enemy you hate the most(1only): The one who thinks he/she "macam bagus sangat"
[45] Your most beautiful girl friend: Liza, i thinked she's married now.
[46] Your most handsome guy friend: My boifren also la.......
[47] The kind of girl you hate the most: Bitch
[48] The kind of boy you hate the most: Read the above....
[49] You fall in love with your close friend before: Nope
[50] Your best friend is your ex-lover : Where got....
[51] If your friend backstab you: I'll kick their ass
[52] If your friend betray you: read above..
[53] If your friend woo your lover: read answer 51
[54] If your friend fall in love with you: Hm......say no in the best possible way
[55] If you fall in love with your best friend: I dun think so

THE EDUCATION
[56] Are you a good student: Nope
[57] You always do your homeworks/assignments: Yes
[58] The teacher/tutor you love the most: Cikgu Rahim, primary math teacher(very morbid facination with bloody gauze)
[59] Always late to school/college: Nope, am an early bird
[60] Your class: What class
[61] You love your seniors: They never torture me nor sexually abuse me, but no love.
[62] Senior who you love the most: Halim..he's cool, he lend me books. Additional comments..read above
[63] Your classmates good/bad: Mix
[64] Excellent result classmate: It's hard keeping track wen they go AWOL on you or vice versa
[65] Laziest classmate: ILI...but end up as the 2nd best student in geology UM..go figure
[66] Smart people: Hm.....none that i can think of
[67] Stupid people: People tend to do stupid stuff on give conditions
[68] Good looking people: Who does not look down on other people
[69] Ugly people: Vice versa of 68
[70] Funny people: Does not take life too seriuosly
[71] Cute people: Who carry themself well
[72] Bad people: take too long to answer this....so i'll skip it
[73] Honest people: take people as who they are
[74] Acting people: Depends on who you want to kiss ass
[75] You are what kind of people: Human being with flaws

THE PREFER
[76] Lip or eyes: Lip
[77] Hugs or kisses: Hugs
[78] Shorter or taller: Doesn't matter
[79] Hesitant or spontaneous: Spontananeous
[80] Nice stomach or nice arms: Stomach
[81] Listener or talker: both
[82] Romantic or rich: Depends on where your heart is...
[83] Good husband or Good Father: both, can aa?

THE FUTURE
[84] Age to get married: Go figure
[85] Numbers of kid(s): 2,3 @ 4. Not definite
[86] Career: That makes me happy and well rewarded
[87] Salary: A lot, lol
[88] Retirement age: I dun want to be too old to enjoy life
[89] Properties value: Sustainability
[90] Wishes: A plenty...just need to prioritise

Happy now?

I'm tagging leo, and sharm ...

Cut & Paste

I"'m a wee bit lazy this month...so instead of writting meaningless things, I decide to dig my friendster archives and put everything that has been written down in one single place....Tadaaaaa......... Enjoy and have a field day.


Udah lama jugak aku simpan cita-cita nak buat benda alah ni, tapi kata putus tu masih macam biasa aku tangguh dari hari ke hari, sampai la pagi ni. Berjaya jugak, tahniah buat diri sendiri!
Sebelum lembaran ni dibuka, banyak benda yang berlegar-legar kat dalam kepala otak tapi bila dah mula menulis, semua tu hilang. Ajaib betul. Sekarang ni pun otak tengah ligat berputar, apa nak tulis, boleh ke tulis macam ni, ok ke buat begini tapi jari masih kaku di atas papan kekunci. Banyak sangat idea pun susah jugak kan? Sekarang ni kira kamikaze saja, bila dah biasa sikit boleh la menaip banyak benda sikit.
Nak pakai Bahasa Malaysia atau Inggeris, tu pun ada kesan jugak pada blog dara nih, tapi rasanya boleh buat selang-selang kut, tak pun tengok mood ker, kalau best tulis BM, pakai BM. Kalau seronok tulis dalam BI, pakai jer BI tapi kamus Dewan kena siap sedia kat sebelah la, heheheh buat rujukan. Ejaan BI ni den tak berapa pandai sangat. Takat nak lepaskan tengkuk tu boleh la..heheheh.
Sebelum ni memang dah penah tulis dalam journal, masa sekolah menengah, cikgu suruh buat nak latih diri la kononnya. Tak lekat banyak, sikit pun dah memandai tapi journal tu dah kena bakar. Orang cakap apa tu, tinggalkan yg lama dan mulakan yang baru. Masa keja kat tengah laut pun ada jugak journalnya, jenuh kena sembunyi dari kenkawan yang jenis tak reti bahasa nak baca. Walhal banyak lagi la majalah tabloid yg berteraburan dalam bilik. Sifat manusia kut yang suka sibuk pasal hal orang lain, heheheh. Setelah 3 tahun hilang, ada kat stor akhirnya dapat balik dan sekarang ni ada dalam jagaan hubby. Banyak benda dia highlight kat dalam journal tu, sakit jugak la kepala nak ingat balik semua tu.
Digital diari pun ada jugak, masa tgh cuti lama tanam anggur lepas berhenti keja kapal tahun 2002. Tapi bukan selalu jugak la tulis, kekadang panjang, kekadang pendek dan ada jugak yg cuti sampai 2 - 3 bulan sunyi tanpa berita. Dan sekarang ni kira era it nih pakai la pulak Blog. Mula-mula saja rajin, lepas tu heheheh, malas pulak nak cerita. Kalau rasa-rasa dah ok, boleh la mula buat novel kut, itu pun bergantung kepada semangat jati diri dan semangat Malaysia Boleh! Yang tak tahannya nak pikir plot dan perkembangan watak-watak dalam cerita ni nanti, maklumlah nak bagi menarik. Mana ada org nak baca cerita yang tak best kan?
Walaubagaimanapun, sampai di sini dulu buat hari ni, titik tolak bagi kehidupan era globalisasi nih makin hari makin mencabar. Samada kita nak turut serta atau cuma jadi pemerhati saja, pokoknya kita gembira.
Sehingga ketemu lagi, peace out!

Friday, April 8th, 2005