Saturday, December 31, 2005

hApPy fReAkiN' nEw yEaR...

I just kept telling myself for the past few days… “I’ll blog something today… I will…” but something always gets in the way. There’s always someone on the phone, a colleague stopping by for office chit-chat, meetings that seem to last a lifetime, homework, and the list goes on… you’d think someone like me would be past homework. Yeah, I guess God has laid out paths for all of us and mine happened to involve homework at 24… or rather 25… I think I am going with 24… actually taking up some foreign languages was all my idea, I have after all been trying for the past four years, so now I am finally able to take the courses the least I could do is not complain right?! Hmm… although a little bitchin’ never hurt anybody I always say.
Let’s see… my last entry was on the 25th so that makes the week a whole void. Well, plenty happened, although the plenty that happened are non-juicy or afternoon soap worthy material, but rather the usual developments in my life, academic career, relationships, and schedule. Put like that it might sound nice but trust me, they are just the same old crap…
The storm that cut my blog-time last week lasted for quite a while. At least I think it did because I dozed off waiting for it to stop. Thinking I’d continue with my bitchin’ and all… but being the lazy asshole that I am I dozed off. Remember the shit load of work I had, and supposed to have completed on the Monday off… well, I ended up stapling my lid to the tv and wasting my time making my ass bigger doing other stuff. So I went to work the next day hoping to avoid Dr K because the poster I promised to finish for him was only half done, but in the end he ended up avoiding me as well because he had his share of catching up to as well. I guess that’s why academicians get cranky early in the semesters, they shouldn’t be caught up in administrations work, but then again some of these really aren’t administrative at all and the admin staff just cannot cope with the load; unless of course they hire chemical engineering graduates to fill in those positions. The syllabus, load, registrations and all those nonsense, the students will walk all over them… so I guess the system is as it should be.
Someone commented that I get too involved in my work and end up sounding very boring; but truth of the matter is, I am a boring person to begin with. I just like to talk about work, research and stuff like that; and I also like to talk about games and movies I watch on Hallmark *and yes I watch Hallmark!!!*… so that makes me a boring person to some. But I am happy and I’d like to stay that way. Even though I may bitch about it from time to time; and complain and whine, but I am happy and thus so I will remain.
Working with the poster and stuff was getting a bit of a hassle without a USB drive; mine was taken hostage by Anna and all, so I guess I’ll just have to ask for one from the Department. That was on the list of things to do that day. I went to see Professor Ali a little before lunch to ask about class so it’d look like I care. Apparently I got the time mixed up and missed the bloody thing. Good thing it was a lecture because the tutorial was on Mondays, and thus cancelled because of Christmas. A little chat and I was off. Picked up a 256MB USB drive from the office *I would have like the 1GB one but no stock apparently*. The rest of the day is pretty much a blur to me now.
Highlight of Wednesday was the fu*king hole I burn in my bloody pocket paying for my fees at IPS. It wasn’t that much but still my poor gold card was set back a good RM1500 or so. Oh well… oh and I finally got the letter of offer for my French, German and Spanish classes. After harassing Razak at the office about my offer letter from those as* li*king m*therf*ckers SKR I called them and said I’ll go pick the thing up myself. There were mistakes on the print and it was left on someone’s desk apparently. even though I was told “it’s been sent to you”
Thursday… I was at UPM the whole day attending a one day seminar on Technologies on Wastewater Treatment by Professor Bharat Gupta from France. A good lecture in whole I would say. From there I rushed back to UM just in time for my first Spanish class. The teacher was Chinese and apparently she recognized me from Second College days back in 2000. She was my PM… how’s that for a small world..?!
Chinese-Spanish accent may need some getting used to though!!!
Friday or rather yesterday was the day that I told myself I’d stay at the office and get all my work done; once and for all. Arrived at 10:07 for my 10:00 appointment with Professor Nik; she was chatting with Dr Che Ros in front of her office. I was cutoff by Awanis who needed to see her and couldn’t wait in line so I figured it must be important. I courteously excused myself to Xerox my Spanish notes to give way.
The meeting afterwards went on until after twelve. Went to my room and Ramang called to tell me they were leaving for Friday prayers and I needed the ride. This after a short hi-have-a-nice-trip with FMT who was leaving for Mecca…
I was off and at the mosque… lunch and all lasted till 3.
Back to the office. Dr Ngoh came for a chat. About 4 ish then
Ramang came later to take back his USB drive, I transferred Angels in America to the tablet PC so I can watch it over the weekend.
Mama called says Zul will pick me up a little later. I was fine with that. More time to do work.
Proceeded to check my email…
Ismail called about the Taman Negara trip he was planning for CNY just as I was reading the email… chatted with him about stuff and who’s doing what until a little after 6.
Finished off replying emails and stuff and Ramang had to leave for Maghrib.
Dragged the files into my briefcase *hoping to get some work done over the weekend… again…*. Prayed… 7:30 ish… time was up… Zul called. Packed up, locked my room and left.
So bloody much for getting work done.
Let’s see how this weekend goes.
Bless…

I need a break

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Sunday, December 25, 2005

mErRy cHriStMaS... bitchin' today...

Gee what do you know… Christmas is here again. The time of year where malls stock up with cool stuff and they try to get rid of em’ at amazing prices… to get anything, you’d have to kill someone swim the ocean of traffic and people… I mean the traffic is just impossible… and the crowd is just insane. So Christmas for me this year is staying home and getting some posters done and complete the Air Pollution course modules…
The gang (kamal, adib, faz, bond, actually all of em’ I think) is meeting at Hartamas Square or someplace that sounds like that tonight… I wanted to go but transport being the main problem and the fact that Mama told me to stay home also there’s work… hmmm… bottom-line, I am sitting this one out. Why do they have to pick such a place anyways?! Some people, I just don’t know what to say… but then again who cares if I am not going to show. It’s not like I am on their most popular list or somethin’. I wasn’t even invited at first, until I started to make a fuss about it… why am I getting all worked up about this?! Because I AM A BITCH!!!... and someone should just bitchslap me out of … things are different for me. I get treated differently there I go again… shut up BITCH!!! or so I think… I started realizing this when I saw Salam chatting with Sinul the other day. Their conversation a BITCH that eavesdrop… how’s that?!!! was so relaxed thrashy and of no use to mankind whatsoever and SO NOT like my conversations with the people I know. Except for Kamal that is, but he’s different… he’s been listening to my non-stop complaining and whining and bitchin’ about everything … rants for more than 6 years he knows how to talk to me… he’s just nice most of the time… but this is not about him… Salam and Sinul yeah… they were talking about who’s got new handphones, who’s buying new cars, who’s bitchin in his house… stuff like that. When any of them ever call me it’d be to ask about so and so’s phone number, or fax number, or address even, how to do this, how to apply for that, are the results out, are the lecturers screwing each other again? and stuff like that… it’s not that I mind being their one stop tele-info centre line, but a “how are you today?” or “… you bumpin’ anyone tonight?...” or even “… bump me tonight…” would be nice once in a while… I do get em’ from Kamal tho’ but he can only ask like so many times… it’s even hard to get replies sometimes… I guess maybe I’m just still dwelling in the past or I have SOBs and biatches for friends… and the fact that I am at the university doesn’t really help… but it sure beats hanging around people close to retiring age discussing about securing contracts, commissions and stuff like that… *shivers* those business days were something… Masters of Engineering Science is a sure good excuse to get way from work… and I think the substitute job of tutoring is going to be fun as well… at least it’ll be young dudes and pretty gals. Then there’s the occasional “yo!” on the good ole YIM… but then that’s about it… no follow up… so what was I to do, where was I to go, I was out on my fanny…. *6 episodes of the Nanny back to back can do that to you* you know what… screw this… I forgot what the hell my point was… and the bitchin’ it’s so not worth it. I got my PC, the internet and my PS2, tons of work… merry Christmas to me the pathetic bitch
Oh. I meant to write about those motherfu*kers idiots that installed my ac at the office. Well, they showed up a day later, without notice or apologies for standing me up the whole day the day before, while I was having my morning coffee at the café. I saw them arrive… I figured ‘I’ll just let them wait for me for a while’ so I took my time wih my coffee… the view from the Architecture Faculty (where the café is) is clear enough for me to see everything… the unloading of equipments, shit like that… a good five minutes and I am I figure ‘if they leave it’s gonna be my loss’, so I dragged my lil’ ass yeah right!!! back to my building to unlock my office. A few hours later my room is cooled with the new 1.5hp ac unit… finally, after like 3 months of wait, that’s finally over…
Ok… storm coming… dun want my modem to burn… will continue later…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

mY dAy.... bOriNgGgGgG...

I was just staring at my blog… just staring… like a bloody idiot… I don’t know why?! I guess it’s because I feel like my life is rather gray lately. It’s not that I am complaining *hey, what do you call that then?! Stupid!!!* and I don’t want to sound like a bitch ungrateful, but that’s just how I feel and there’s nothing I can do about it… I guess I could stop complaining… oh well, chances are I’ll forget about this and feel better tomorrow.
Those people finally showed up to fix my new ac unit this morning, although I wasn’t there and they have to come back tomorrow, at least I know it’ll be there tomorrow. It’s been like hell that office. I mean like sheesh… I took like 6 months I think for them to fix it… how’s that for ISO huh?!
The day was rather choppy, I arrived at the office about 11:20am (supposed to meet Prof. Nik at 11:00am) and I scan the parking lot for her car… not in sight… she’s later than I am…stopped by the main office at the department to check my pigeonhole and there was a piece of shit memo about a meeting with the Deputy Dean for the Annual Report Committee at 10:00am today (it was 11:30am then), took my payslip from Kak Yatie’s desk, said my usual ‘good morning’ to Kak Yatie… walked over to my building and saw Salam on the cute yellow scooter as I was walking up the stairs, went to my office, fix things up a little, called the Deputy Dean’s office to ask about the meeting only to find out it’s been postponed (for the 2nd time) to 2:15pm, check a bunch of rubbish email, then the cleaner lady came and I bashed her up with my keyboard made her wipe the dust off my PC… called Prof. Nik’s office and her PA told me she said she was coming but not sure what time that is (of course she is, she is supposed to see me…)… Dr. Barul came to discuss about some Laboratory arrangement stuff for this semester, gave him the file and he left… Salam had to see his friend about something so he told me to leave the room unlocked if I had to leave for the meeting before he came back… Prayed Zuhur… Salam came back about 2 pm… then Prof. Nik called and said I could see her then… rushed over to meet her in the tea room, talked about the IPPP Research Bulletin, my progress report, a poster I was supposed to help Dr. K with, the Air Pollution e-Learning Lecture slides, and the APPCHE conference, this took about 15 minutes and it was 2:30pm then… wished her a pleasant trip to India and bring me back something nice and ran down to the faculty building. Almost everyone was there but the meeting hasn’t started. The Deputy Dean was on his cell phone. This is okay then, I thought. The meeting went on and on about how to present the data on the report and stuff like that, bla bla bla… had a cup to tea with milk after that (there’s always food for UM meetings… :P) packed 4 karipap back to my room. There was fried noodles served but it looked yucky to I didn’t bother… returned Awanis’ call from the phone in the meeting room (she called during the meeting) and she wanted the Lab Manual CD… went back to my room, Salam was doing his usual website rounds… went to Dr. Ngoh’s room to get the CD from her… passed it to Awanis… chatted a while with her… Salam left around 5:00pm… I checked my bank account. My Credit Card was overdue!!!! What the F*CK I thought… grabbed my bag and checked my chequebook. I had written a cheque for the Credit Card on the 2nd of December… couldn’t have taken 2 weeks for the cheque to get there… Dammit… give a call to southern bank to ask what the fuck is wrong… “No we have not received your cheque sir…”
F*CK!!! “You may call your bank to stop that check and write us another one.” F*CK!!! I hate going to the bank… guess I have no choice and pay a visit to bank myself tomorrow to settle my bills with cash… it’s already 2 days overdue anyways, another cheque would take too long… bloody post… F*CK!!! I hope Salam comes tomorrow so I can get a ride from him to the bank… F*CK!!! Prayed Asar… They came to pick me up from work…
Quiet drive home. cursing the postal service and the bank...Didn’t doze off in the car.
Had dinner… typed some letters to be faxed… faxed em’ out… here I am now updating my blog… so I guess that was my day today… *sigh* choppy and boring… all this for peanuts… hehehe
Better stop now…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Saturday, December 17, 2005

woRk....

erkkk... company work catching up...
MEngSc progress report due soon... and what have I done?!
don't ask!!!

Friday, December 16, 2005

baGGGGsssss...

so much for updating my blog...
I need sleep... *drags eyebags over to bed*
Zzzzzzzzzz...

Thursday, December 15, 2005

uPdaTeS!!!!

I haven’t been posting for a while… I’ll make this a quick one…
Lately I have been pretty busy with work... Coming to the office everyday and all… it is the end of the year and with the semester starting and all, I guess it is rather expected…
Updates…
I think I am going to be tutoring Separations 2 and CPP 1 next semester… assisting Prof. Ali… I have a feeling I’m going to like it… as if that is not enough work; I’ve registered for French, Spanish and German… I dunno if they’ll accept me into the course though… I hope they do…
Hmm… let’s see… I’ve found some cool blogs to visit… maybe I’ll update my layout and get the links on… maybe tonight…
I better stop here for now… will be posting soon…
Bless…
~ShaZ

I noT woMaN...!!!

FYI of all Shazrin is a GUY's name... I am not a woman... :P
*I get this a lot*

Sunday, December 04, 2005

LaZy suNNy suNDaY...

It’s a Sunday… that translates to a long and lazy day in front of my PC listening to songs, reading blogs, updating my friendster, downloading more mp3s… and then feel guilty for not getting any work done…
Professor Nik’s e-learning course syllabus… still on my shoulders… I’ve done most of the structuring but getting to the typing and designing is the difficult part. Just blocked of inspiration lately… that or I am just getting lazier by the day. I hope it’s not the latter though. The course is not that extensive anyways, I am just preparing a few modules and I bet she’s expecting something good so I better not slack off too much… *note to self: must finish at least module 1 today* yeah right…
The day is really sunny and hot… which is a good thing I suppose, our laundry have not been drying properly lately, and jeans being my everyday attire doesn’t help too… those things takes like 2 days to dry out lately… it’s just too damp and cloudy, so a little sun is good… so my clothes are drying and Poe and Maroon 5 blaring on my speaker… who could ask for a better weekend?! Although it would’ve been better if Kamal agreed to accompany me to KLCC for the PC Fair… Today’s the last day and it looks like I am not going to make it… I am not going to bother with Mama and Abah driving me there because I can imagine the traffic… It’ll just get him pissed and stressed out, so I guess that’s not worth it… so I guess I’ll just have to wait for the next PC Fair… I do need a new mouse and I wouldn’t mind getting myself another hard disk *wink*. One can never have too much storage.
Those IT guys never did show up… bloody lying motherfuckers… UMMail is just useless without my Contacts on Outlook and that’s not allowing any emails out… something about SSL and password not accepted… stupid asses… I guess I’ll just keep using GMail and Streamyx as my primary official email…
I chatted with Rifqah the other day… she seemed so in control with her life and enjoying herself in Germany. I guess she’s really savoring her ‘free’ life while she still has it. It’ll all be over when she comes back after all (living with her parents and all)… I am slowly getting over her… it’ll all be over. Life must go on…
Kuhaz and Muiz have added me on their friendster… more people on my network… yaay… I figured since we almost never say a word to each other in person, it’s always just salam and everybody back to their business, we could interact online… they are family after all… I’d hate for our family to break off when our parents are gone… I mean my mom and dad are still in touch with their cousins, which cousins am I going to be in touch with later… gosh… that’s like way in the future… mengeratkan sillaturahim lah katakan… hehe
I better sop now… I am rambling…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Saturday, December 03, 2005

gRoUpeR...

I haven’t been posting again eh?! Muhahaha… it’s grouper I tell you… I can’t get away from it… addictive…

Monday, November 28, 2005

eaT eaT eaT...

Hey Boo,
My email was bugging me today… for some stupid reason it’s not sending out my emails; on outlook that is… stupid mail… kept on asking me for the network password… stupid… the MobileUnit from IT Department is coming to see my PC tomorrow… hopefully they can sort this out… *amen*
Uncle Murad’s open house was quite something… I really saw the contrast between U Murad’s side and Aunty Munirah’s side… I could see the different ways that they interact with family members; on one side we have the polite and proper group speak English eloquently in with just the acceptable amounts of laughter and on the other the loud and… erm… I don’t know how to describe it… but the contrast is there. *sigh* I better not say more :P
The house was nice tho’… a large bungalow facing the ocean… the ideal home… it was really nice (I wish I had brought a camera).
Saw the Who’s Who of Malaysia book there… I was amazed to find a few uncles inside it… hehe.
Today’s Department get together was quite nice, almost everyone showed up… I guess it’s one of those perks of working in the government, we get to eat every chance we get… food was not bad too…
I’ll stop now… I want to print out some nice pictures to spice up my office… hehe everything seems so drab… time to spice em’ up…
Bless…

Sunday, November 27, 2005

LuXuRy... by mY standards

It’s been a while since my last real post… so to have just choked you up with worthless pieces of junk… I didn’t want you to get dusty… that’s all… *smiles*
So what’s up with me this past week…?! Let me just start by saying I have been slacking off just because I slaved away the week before, getting up at 7 am and all… sheesh… people always smile when I say “… I didn’t work my ass off through university just to wake up with those that sell vegetables in the market…” I guess they must be saying to themselves what a ‘lazy-spoilt-fatass’ kid I must be. I don’t mind… I just see things differently, I define luxury and success differently (I recently realized). I don’t hanker for money (not that much at least). I work because I want to… and my job now lets me keep my hours and I get to do my masters. That’s when I realized how lucky I am. I don’t slave away because I feel I have enough, sure I can’t afford my own private jet, but I don’t think I need a private jet… I am rambling, I know. But try and understand me… I get to wake up at 10 am everyday, noon if I want to, hangout with my family the whole day, I see Puteri growing up everyday, I get to go wherever I want, if I want to stay in my sarung the whole day I can, I go to the office just to make sure my work is done, maybe I’ll have to teach next semester, but that’s just a few hours a week… I can spend the whole day on my PSII if I want… I am 24 and I have a Chemical Engineering Degree, and soon a MEngSc and god willing a PhD (then I’ll be Raja Dr. Shazrin… muhahaha people mispronounce my name all the time and call me Raja Nazrin anyway… so I might as well go all out and be Raja Dr. Nazrin… like the crown prince…) and I get my way. When I see my friends working 9 to 5 Monday to Friday… I don’t know… I just feel blessed.
I guess from CEO to tutor has done me a bit of good… after all teaching IS a noble job, so my degree was not in vain. Like most of my friends that end up in sales or even worse engineers doing clerical stuff… yeesh…
Oh dear look at the time… I have to be in Port Dickson in a while (Raya open house tak habih2 lagi… *wink*) so we’ll get to last week when I get back okay.
Bless.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

wHicH gReeK gOd aRe yOu?!

I was just reading through some blogs and I saw this test. I though it was cute...
I got this...

Friday, November 18, 2005

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dAnG iT...

Hey boo,
I am behind schedule… nothing is as planned… well maybe not nothing… but plenty is not in order… perjuangan masih belum selesai!!! dang right...
I just hope I am up for it… this bitch is not ready to let go just yet… just concerned if I’d be able to pull through…
Let’s pray… Beloved Lord Almighty… Lord of the heavens and earth, and all else in between… give me the strength… Amen…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Thursday, November 17, 2005

oUT wiTh PeaSaNTS aGaiN...

Hey Boo,
Today was another ‘out-with-the-peasants’ day for me… getting up at 6:45 in the morning… making milk for Puteri and getting ready for work… work…!!! Can you believe it…?! otherwise we’d be stuck in the jam again like yesterday… it’s awful how the jam builds up… oh well… 8 am and I am already in my office… Zul can’t afford to be tardy… unlike myself.
Nothing much today… a bunch of yawns… and waiting for Professor Nik to show… called a few people in UM… Professor Nik finally showed a little before noon and we went through some of the more urgent things… my Masters project being one of em’
Tomorrow’s meeting with Devaraj will determine the course of my project… or at least I hope it would… I plan to get through a major part of the experimental part before the next semester starts… hopefully I can do that… godwilling.
The café was another irritation to me today… I was a little late, around 1:30ish and there’s nothing left there… no rice… it was stupid… I had to eat kuih from breakfast… stupid café… it’s time like this I need Premjit… let’s go lunch at McDs…
Tomorrow is another early day… I have to be at the Exam Hall by 8 am… invigilating CPP… hehe another two hours of staring at students write… yeesh…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

sLPeLniG...

Olny srmat poelpe can.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

bObObObO... peasants get up before 9...

Hey Boo,
I guess getting out before 9 am is becoming more and more common with me these days… Mama and Abah had a meeting in Johor and Melaka today so I had to leave with Zul who’s staying over because the doctor gave Anna a whole week leave. And that had to be done before 8 am or we’ll be stuck in traffic and he’d never make it to USJ on time… and unlike me, he has to be at the office before 9 am… anyways, here I am now in front of my PC in my empty office early in the morning… oh well..!
Shaun of the Dead is still on my mind… I had a good laugh the other night… looking forward for an encore from HBO, or was the one I saw the encore?! Oh well… I’ll just wait anyways… Ed was especially cute… answering his phone when they were pretending to be zombies… hahaha… a good one that one. *smiles*
Today I am replacing Dr Wan at the exam hall… it’s a good thing I can go with Dr K otherwise it’d sure be a long stroll in the sun…
I know I had something I wanted to blog about a moment ago but it’s just not coming back to me now… I’ll write about it when it comes to me then…
Bless for now.
~ShaZ

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Boo...!!!

Nope... I haven't abandoned you... I just don't feel like writing lately...

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

bORiNgGgGgGgGg...

Hey boo,
Guess what… I was actually out before 9 am today… something new for me lately… hehe… I must sound like some bum or something…
Nothing much happened, but then again what else could I expect from a meeting at the bank…
A couple of people called, Prof. Nik included while I was out. I left my cell-phone behind by accident. Oh well, it’s not like it’s that important anyway.
Nothing to blog about now actually; maybe after I’ve had a chat with Kamal or Nathan tonight.
Bless…
~ShaZ

sTuPiD wiFi....

Hey boo…
I recently found out that the whole of UM is WiFi enabled… for students and staff… so I went to signup. Today I called them a few times to get them to send me my username and SSID name… after calling a few time I got them to give it to me over the phone… then comes the bitchy part… after installing the damned certificate, following the 9 page manual I couldn’t get connected to the network… OMFG man… I was at it for hours… so I called them again… “… oh I think there is some problems in your block…” here’s an idea… Go damn fix the fu*king thing already… stupid…
So I’ve had to use the faithful Dell that they have put in my office… great machine that one… but I was thinking that I should have an alternative connection for my naughtier undertakings… hehe oh well… I guess that’d have to wait…
Salam dropped by my office today… he couldn’t stay long because Jun needed the bike or something like that…
Chatting with Kamal now… later kay..
Bless...
~ShaZ

Thursday, October 06, 2005

GAMESPOT

I am still getting used to blogging... or at least the gamespot blog... I guess it'd be alright to have some place that I could write about the games that I am playing now.
Basically, most of my free time now is spent on Sengoku Basara. I am just loving this game. Even though I don't speak a word of Japanese, I can still enjoy ploughing to hordes of soldiers before getting to a boss for a cool fight. I haven't completed the game just yet, but I am thinking it won't be long now... what with the time I am investing and all...
I just smoked Tadakatsu using Yukimura yesterday... well actually I ran pass by him to kill the boss... after countless deaths... it's hard to resist just abusing the square button, and if you get your back to Tadakatsu, your life bar is as good as half... he jumps back a lot... so finally, I just gave up and focused on killing the boss, avoiding him along the way... he keeps at me, jumping and appearing in front of me when I get too far... glad that's behind me now... on to next character then... maybe I'll try Nouhime this time... when I get some cooler items maybe I'll him another go...

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

uPdaTeS...!!!

Hey boo, it’s been a while eh?!
Just have enough time for updates… was at Baby’s clinic yesterday to get her to fill in my medical checkup form… it must be peak season or something because she had like 50 patients waiting for her… gosh. By the time I got to the office it was almost five. I managed to see Prof. Masitah and we had a chat while she had her head in the cabinet looking for strings or something like that. Anyways, the scale showed 84kg when I got on it… it didn’t help that the overly-helpful male nurse kept on smiling… and his remark “…my that’s quite a sum…” bastard…
Luqman replied my email… he seems content with UK… seemed a bit whiny but that’s just the way he is… it must be hard to be there all alone, and in the beginning of Ramadhan no less… oh well, it’s like he said “… not many get the chance…” so I guess it’s all worth it for him… what’s a little sacrifice anyways. Besides all the microwave food should help him shed some weight, although I don’t think he’s that fat at all… relatively at least.
I haven’t been to my office yet… the air-cond unit is broken and I’ll be damned if I had to stay in a room without ac during fasting month… filed in a complaint and something should be done soon… at least that’s what they said. In the meantime, it’s Sengoku Basara during the day for me…
Suddenly I’ve lost the will to write… maybe tomorrow.
Bless.
~ShaZ

mY fiRsT dAy...


29th September 2005 marks the first day of my life as a tutor at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Malaya. My pride and honor… God bless.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

USB kEyBoaRd... tHaNk yOu vErY mUcH

A trip to Low Yat sure solved the irritation I've had to face with the stylus on the tablet PC. For just RM18 I got a USB Keyboard... yeehaa...
Bless...
~ShaZ

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

cHooSiNg a bRiDe...

I got this from a good friend and thought it was cute... enjoy!
How to choose a bride, Malaysian style




A mother was very concerned that her middle-aged son has

not shown the slightest indication of getting married.



So one day she called him over to her house.



The son came home from work, grudgingly.



Upon arriving, he found that his mother had gathered a few

beautiful ladies at the house for him to choose as his future bride.



The first one was a well-endowed telephonist-cum-receptionist.



He immediately commented that: "Aiyaa... mother, they always

say.... PLEASE HOLD ON, HOLD ON....."



The second nominee was a leggy secretary. She was also

rejected.



Reason being: "Aiyaa... mother, this one aaa..., secretary always

fond of saying "PLEASE SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN...."



By this time, the mother is nearing frustration.

She called a sweet but plain-looking teacher.

The son suddenly agreed!!



The mother was surprised and asked: "Why this one? The

earlier two were a lot more better looking!"



He replied: "Teachers aaa.... teachers very good, very good, always

say: PLEASE REPEAT, DO IT AGAIN, I Want it done 10 times.... SOME MORE, SOME


MORE..!"



Now come the small naughty hero. Her youngest son (10 years old),

was listening quietly all this while at the other end of the room.



Suddenly, he shouted "Brother.... female mini bus conductor much

better laa.... they always say..."NAIK CEPAT, NAIK CEPAT...

MASUK, MASUK.... MASUK LAGI, DALAM LAGI...

DALAM LAGILAAAAH, MASUK BELAKANG.... BELAKANG LAGI,

BELAKANG BANYAK KOSONG!..........."



The mother fainted....

Friday, September 16, 2005

tHiS aNd tHaT...

Hey boo… it’s late and I have been working far too long on that stupid IPPP Bulletin thingy… I’ve been staring at the monitor… yeah I know… what else is new?! Oh well…
The meeting with her today was short because she had to ‘shoot-off’ for some class or something like that and the quorum was waiting for me at the car park. Went through the progress I’ve made on the bulletin and dropped by to see Ann… she was far too happy to inform me that I will be working with some guy called Suhaimi in the next issue… suddenly I am not sure if I am doing the next issue… anyways, Prof. Nik asked about the tutor position that I applied for. I told her I haven’t heard from the department. Mama appears to be right when she said I might be stuck there everyday and that my workload will be more than what they’re giving to Luqman now… that tends to happen to me… fuck it… oh well… I have made my commitments and I have prayed to God so that everything will work out for the best for everyone; and I honestly have faith it will… even though I might be stuck with menial stuff like scribing or preparing the minutes when I could be sitting in my own office and making loads of money, it’s all in the plan… so bring it on babe… I called Luqman because Prof. Nik said I should ask him what the job is going to be like even though he’s told me before that he’s free most of the time; and I asked about the pay, which turned out to be far less than I had expected… oh well… I am not in it for the money… but I can’t help but feel devalued somehow… I guess if I keep telling myself that Malay saying about the snake not losing it’s venom by creeping under through the roots, I might actually start to believe it…
I chatted with Rifqah yesterday… and a little just now. She’s her usual self I guess, although I couldn’t really tell for sure because I haven’t seen her for a while now… but then again, how much can one change.
Premjit came to see me at Lotus, just like she said earlier (which is a surprise really…!!!) and she looked so different… she’s gained some weight from what I can see but still attractive. She’s a Punjabi after all… she brought her notebook with her and insist that I take a look at it (although she’s not sure what’s wrong with it, I don’t think she’s even sure if the is anything wrong with it) so I took it back with me… she couldn’t stay because she had to go to a family outing at Hartz Chicken Buffet… hehe… so she’ll see me later to take her notebook back. Knowing her I might actually have to hold on to the thing until her next trip here… but we’ll see.
Uncle Husin called earlier about the Perlis project. Even though it’s not a big project; I am excited about it for some reason… I don’t know why. I’ll call FELDA tomorrow to find out if we get the job.
Nathan was still bitching about HP being slow to respond. I don’t understand why the transaction have to take so long anyways, it’s a purchase for gods sake… at this rate it’ll be some time before he gets his notebook.
Oh well… that’s all I have to say for now… like anyone cares anyways…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

tAbLeT pC...

Blogging on the tablet pc for the first time... it's a pain... the writing recognition software's a bit stupid for starters... the virtual keyboard is much needed to compensate for that. I suppose there're other problems like installing softwares and stuff that requires a cd rom drive...
Maybe that's why the notebook+tabletpc costs a bum...
Signing off...
~ShaZ

Sunday, September 11, 2005

mY LoVe...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA!!!!

LiViNg iN a sHoWrOOm....

More meetings coming up… there’s just so much that I sometimes forget what they’re about… at least I am not bored right. The Perlis meeting went well and it ended quickly with not much queries on both parties. It was a quick 30 minutes and the Plantation Manager gave stomped his rubber and signed the papers… it’s a done deal… god willing.
A quick shop and eat and we off… back to KL.
Anna’s move to her new apartment is well-timed I suppose. It’s been put off long enough; and the electricity is finally connected… damned connection or something like that caused the delay… now for the big question… how our apartment was going to adopt two more beds, another dining table (10 seater no less), a single bed, a queen bed, a cooker, 3 dressers and a bunch more stuff… gosh our place is going to look like some store… Mama says we need a lot of stuff for the penthouse and no use wasting away good furniture… so we’ll just bear with it for now… it’ll be like living in a furniture showroom…
Ayu and Uncle Izatdin is here to help with the moving at least… bringing along a good share of ‘stories’ for us… the ‘stories’ just don’t seem to dry up… and it always get worse and worse… who knew… I knew… or did I?! The end is always near… if only all of us could see that. *sigh*
I don’t think I can finish up the IPPP Bulletin stuff by Monday… I will try my best… we’ll see what Sunday brings…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Thursday, September 08, 2005

1,492 km in 20 hOuRs...

We left at 12:00 midnight from KL and 20 hours later we returned from Perlis having traveled 1,492 km in 20 hours. My back was sore from the car ride. One meeting… that’s all… I am glad it’s over…
Bless...
ShaZ

Saturday, September 03, 2005

rAmaNG... NiCe fAmiLy...

Hey Boo… I wanted to write about Ramang and his family coming over to my place on the 31st August… but I have been putting it off. Well, there’s nothing really special that happened but we’ve finally met his Mom… she’s a cute character. She is very nice and humble. A little the grandma-ish type… but I suppose she have it no other way. We took them to the clubhouse but they had to leave early because they are having guests over at their place for a birthday party. We didn’t have time to cook a proper meal for them so we had to order KFC. They didn’t seem to mind.
Work has been catching up again since then. Stress levels have increased, and consumption of ice-cream and sweets have dramatically elevated. *smiles* I suppose I’d have it no other way.
… signing off for now.
Bless
~ShaZ

Friday, September 02, 2005

bOrEd...?! cOmE rEaD aBouT mE...

Well... I am bored again... what else is new huh?! I saw this on Pat's blog and I thought I'd give it a try... here goes...

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:Raja Shazrin Shah
Birthday:1st August 1981
Birthplace:Kuala Terengganu
Current Location:KL...
Eye Color:black?! maybe dark brown... i dunno...
Hair Color:black...!!! i am sure
Height:erm... 5' 1" last i checked...
Right Handed or Left Handed:rightie...
Your Heritage:erm... my g-grandfather was sultan of perak... that makes me like g-grandprince or somethin' like that i guess...
The Shoes You Wore Today:the one i usually wear.. black leather Versace...
Your Weakness:errr... i am going to go for food... does that count?!
Your Fears:... that i'd wakeup someday in hell...
Your Perfect Pizza:lots of cheese... you can never have too much cheese...
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:1,000,000 by december
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:hehe... i don't know if that counts as a phrase...
Thoughts First Waking Up:... where's my coffee?!...
Your Best Physical Feature:errr... i hate everything about me; so my answer would be biassed...
Your Bedtime:depends... range from 7pm to 6am
Your Most Missed Memory:touring the Great Pyramids of Giza with my best friend...
Pepsi or Coke:coke for me...
MacDonalds or Burger King:McDonalds any day...
Single or Group Dates:n.a.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:Lipton Ice Tea... lots of ice please...
Chocolate or Vanilla:Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee:Cappuccino
Do you Smoke:never...
Do you Swear:err.... hell yeah...
Do you Sing:does A B C D E F G... count?!
Do you Shower Daily:yeah... what kind of a question is that?!
Have you Been in Love:*sigh* i have no idea
Do you want to go to College:gone through... still going through... i can almost feel the PhD.
Do you want to get Married:someday
Do you belive in yourself:errr... i try to most of the time :)
Do you get Motion Sickness:only in boats in bad waters...
Do you think you are Attractive:not at all... no no no...
Are you a Health Freak:i'll have to go for no...
Do you get along with your Parents:yes... very much... most of the time...
Do you like Thunderstorms:errmm... yes... when i am not in it...
Do you play an Instrument:err... i am not musical...
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:never...
In the past month have you Smoked:never...
In the past month have you been on Drugs:nope
In the past month have you gone on a Date:n.a.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:a couple of times...
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:nope... maybe a few oreos... i dunno... i can't remember.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:err... yes...
In the past month have you been on Stage:nope...
In the past month have you been Dumped:not this again... N.A.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:are you crazy?! Hell NO!!!
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:nope...
Ever been Drunk:nope... never...
Ever been called a Tease:errr... i'd be pathetic to say yes now... hehe
Ever been Beaten up:yeah... ages ago... not without a figh tho'
Ever Shoplifted:once i tasted candy when it said no tasting
How do you want to Die:old... with my family...
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:the Prime Minister.... duhhh.... hehe
What country would you most like to Visit:Italy.... shoess... *ahhhh*
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:brown
Favourite Hair Color:brown to black
Short or Long Hair:long... i like em' in a bun...
Height:5' 2"... i dunno.... whgatever i guess... i don't really care
Weight:carryable...
Best Clothing Style:easy to take off stayle... :P
Number of Drugs I have taken:who counts?!...
Number of CDs I own:err... a lot...
Number of Piercings:0
Number of Tattoos:0
Number of things in my Past I Regret:2

CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!


At least I am posting right?!

Bless all...
~ShaZ

Saturday, August 27, 2005

sTreSS... biTcH!!!


Have you ever felt stressed out for no apparent reason?! When everything just bugs you crazy… the bloody mutt downstairs; the stench of your neighbor cooking some bloody stinking food; the sound of children at the pool… I don’t know?! I must be going crazy!
The feeling starts in your gut… you feel smothered. Nothing gets done; I’ve been working the whole damn day and it seems like I have done nothing at all… what then have I been doing for the past twelve hours? Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! You know work just keeps coming and you give it your all… then you start to wonder… is this bloody worth it?! Is this worth my bloody time?! I don’t know. I don’t know anything. I know I get pissed that people look so good on TV; what the hell is with that?! How can everyone look good…?! I mean what are the damn odds for that actually happening?!
You know I keep my Instant Messengers on when I work… when someone bugs you when you have clearly stated ‘busy’ and you courteously entertain them, you’d expect them to at least return the favor… right?! I don’t know. Maybe I am too bloody demanding.
Damn it!
Damn it!
You know sometimes people expect too much from other people… maybe I do too.
Okay then… I am a bitch! That settles it… now back to work!

Friday, August 26, 2005

oUcH... i cAn'T TuRn mY hEaD...

Hey Boo,
I have this awful soreness in my neck… I can even look down… *ouch* I think it’s probably because I’ve been working on the computer too long… I’ve lowered my chair so I don’t have to look down to the monitor anymore. 25 degrees my ass *wink*
I better get started on work now… will write more a little later.
Bless.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

wOmAn = tRoUbLe...

I know I've been neglecting my blog for about a month now... there's no excuse really. I've just been blog-blocked I guess... much into the routine. I don't see anything interesting to write about; and the last thing I want is to infect my blog with the boring life that is mine...
Anyway, I got this from Rosaini, a friend of mine from UPDiT UM, and I thought it was cute. So enjoy!
Bless.
~Shaz~
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

biRThDaY wiShEs i gOt fRoM mY fReNs...

I've always been the one to keep sms-es in my phone... but I need to clean up my simcard... this way i get to keep them anyways...

Mek Da: Hepy birthday... Wish u hepy always. @ 1/8/2005 7:32 am
Amy: Dei! Happy Birthday!! Hope u have a wonderful day n a good year ahead! @ 1/8/2005 9:02 am
Kamal: Happy Birthday.. :) @ 1/8/2005 8:20 pm
Adib: Akum Raja. Sorry Im a little bit belated. Happy 24th birthday. R u going to the guy's conve on the 11th? @ 5/8/2005 9:16 pm
Premjit (via email):
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
A year older...and hopefully a lil' wiser... heheh Wishing u a great year ahead...may u be blessed with all the good things in life... ;) Hope ur kutta-ness LIVES on!!! :P

SO how are things otherwise?
Work...social activities...stuff??? common...fill me in....

**... private content left out ...**

haiyo the thing is I asked for cuti on friday and my supervisor has not actually approved my leave yet...but i've alredi bought my tickets and stuff... AIYO!!!! i hope she'll let me off... *fingers-crossed*

And I'll call u later at nite okie dearie and we'll chat more...running low on credit now (as usual)!!!
take care and have a splendid day!
pReM ;)

Via IM:
nixckmy
(8/1/2005 11:11:23 AM): hye...raja..ko aper kabar..just nak wish kat ko happy besday. semoga pjg umur n murah rezeki...
masii_888 (8/2/2005 8:09:13 PM): happy belatd bday

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

I'vE bEEn uNpLuGGeD.... *smiles*

Hey boo… I’ve been ignoring you again haven’t I?! It’s all for a good reason though. I have been rather preoccupied this week. With what I can’t really tell… it’s bit here and there really and it all adds up.
I made muffins for Yati on Sunday. I made two flavors; chocolate and raisins. We thought we’d give some samples for AirAsia’s in-flight services. She told me yesterday that they had some halal certification issues. I was really looking forward to the deal. All is not a loss yet though… or at least that’s how she sounded to me. I don’t really understand why I am so exited about this anyways, it’s not like it’s going to be some big business… I guess it’s the fact that I love to bake; muffins in particular. We all can remember how that bakery supply shop of mine turned out in Penang :P. I guess this is somewhat a continuation of that… I am always bitching about movies that didn’t have closure and not being conclusive… so this would put my mind at ease… being able to finish what I started. Mama wasn’t too keen on the idea. It’s not my place to be into such things; and she has a point. It’s something I like though; and I can always hire help. Enough about that… we’ll wait and see how it turns out.
I was at Sayed Hazmi’s last night. I had a good time on PS2 with Ajik. He got that Naruto game as per my recommendation :P. The controls were a bit hard though. I liked that Dragon Balls 3 game though. At one time; I was actually mastering some of the controls and countering some of his moves; he unplugged me… poor blur ole’ me though I was still on the game and struggling desperately with the control buttons only to see my player being bashed by his… he started to chuckle and I realized I had been unplugged… *laughs* being bullied by a nine year old on PS2 is kind of fun (or maybe ten year old… hmmm I’ll make it a point to find out next time I am there).
I’ll stop here for now… will post more in a bit…

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

pEniS... eWWWWwwww...

I got this from Premjit and I thought it was hillarious.

I , the penis, hereby request a raise in salary for the following reasons:

I do phyical labor
I work at great depths
I plunge head first into everything I do I do not get weekends off or public holidays I work in a damp environment I don't get paid overtime I work in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation I work in high temperatures My work exposes me to contagious diseases



Dear Penis:

After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have raised, the administration rejects your request for the following reasons:

You do not work 8 hours straight
You fall asleep on the job after brief work period You do not always follow the orders of the management team You do not stay in your allocated position, and often visit other areas You do not take initiative - you need to be stimulated in order to start working You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift You don't always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing the correct protective clothing You'll retire well before reaching 65 You're unable to work double shifts You sometimes leave your allocated position before you have completed the day's work And if that were not all, you have been seen constantly entering and leaving the workplace carrying 2 suspicious looking bags.

Sincerely,
The Management

nOw tHeRe'S a sOnCePt....

Problem Solving Philosophy... yeah right... I like the concept though. Life can be a bitch that way some time; but who am I to complain.

courtesy of Premjit Kaur

Saturday, July 16, 2005

dEpReSSeD...

Hey Boo… I haven’t posted anything since Tuesday… a lot has happened actually… I am just too depressed to write about them…
This week I am just feeling very down. I don’t really know why though. Everything feels out of place. I bitch about everything. I eat like a pig. But nothing helps still… maybe my stars are not aligned properly or something like that.
I haven’t gone for registration. I called on Friday and they told me the coursework students are still registering for their courses so I’d rather go next week so I don’t have to fight the crowd. I hate a crowd. I tried calling Professor Nik for a chat but she never answers her cell phone. It’s always that “… this is Nik Meriam…” message that I get. Oh well, maybe she’s busy.
Meetings are frequent as usual. I have to go see them contractors in Subang again on Monday. I’ll just go with Tan because Mama wants me to handle this deal. Enough about work…
I was looking at cell phones just now… Fairuz wants to get one. I am still using an old Nokia 2100 since like my undergraduate days… maybe I’ll get a new one… I thought the slim Nokia phone looked cute.
I chatted with Leonard earlier. I really wanted to go out for Pat’s dinner outings but timing is always against me… I thought Leonard would help cheer me up but he seemed preoccupied with something… maybe I’ll call Kamal. Haven’t talked to him in a while now.
Anyways, I’ll stop here for now.
Bless…
~ShaZ

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

meLaKa tRiP... pHoToS...

Hey Boo... It's been a while and I haven’t had much chance to post anything… Fairuz stayed the whole week and we took him back to Melaka… so basically, we had to play good host and all, not that I am complaining (we’ve established that I can be a real bitch at time; ermm okay okay… most of the time… hehe) but I’ve always noticed that we don’t get the full at home feeling when something is off… like having a houseguest, staying at a hotel (I should know; we stayed in a hotel suite for a few months…) or even visiting a relative at their house. It’s just not the same… beside the fact that I have to share my bed with him, and it get quite cramped with my 7 pillows and 2 bolsters… oh well, he seemed to have had an enjoyable stay with us and for that I am very pleased.
Tanti was very friendly with him, thankfully, I just can’t tune into his frequency I guess, I will either go “huh?!” or “wtf…?!” with him… Mama and Abah enjoyed his company as well; they played Monopoly and all… on Friday, Uncle Mie slept over so we could leave early for Melaka on Saturday… Anna and Zul showed up late though, so we left KL a little before lunchtime I think…

Melaka was okay; with good ole’ Aunt as sarcastic and cynical like she always is… highlight of the first day in Melaka was some bloody bad ass insect biting me on my arm… the downside of ‘kampung life’. It wasn’t really a big bug, but it sure hurt when it bit me and left two sting marks, like tiny vampire marks… It felt like someone had put out his cigarette on my arm… stupid bug… it was struggling on the floor when it I brushed it off… must’ve broken its fangs or something… anyways, this is a picture of the bite marks taken the next morning…

We had fresh durians the next day from the orchard… Fairus and Tanti went to pick up the durians that fell from the tree… Tanti was complaining about hearing the durians fall onto the ground when she was looking for those that have fallen to the ground… she said “… what if the y fall on my head?!...” I had more than usual… getting a taste for them these few months… a good advancement from not standing the smell a few months ago… next, maybe I’ll try rambutans… hahaha
We left after Asar… Tanti and I rode in uncle Mie’s car and Mama and Abah rode with Anna and Zul… Puteri went with them… Even though Uncle Mie drove slowly, we reached KL before them because they took the wrong exit and got lost in Nilai for more than an hour…


Ermmm… I told Uncle Mie I’d post his picture on the net and he thought I was kidding… so here are some of them. hehehe…

I’ll stop here for now… will write more tonight if I come online…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Saturday, July 09, 2005

oFF tO meLaKa...

Hey Boo... My computer crashed yesterday... damn it. One of the harddisk failed... I lost all my emails and some documents too... took me the whole day to reinstall windows and get some of the programs running... I think the CD-Burner has gone whack too. I cant even install my Office applications. Oh well, I guess it'd have to wait until Monday.
Bless...
~ShaZ

Friday, July 08, 2005

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

tOO mUcH fRee TiMe...


I got this from a 14 year old gal... and I actually did it :)

Answer me!

Please fill it out and send it back and send it to all ya otha mates so then
they can read bout u then fill it in bout themselves and send it bak to u!!!
Okay, you all know the routine... copy (not forward) this Email and paste it
onto a new email that you will send. Change all the Answers so that they
apply to you, then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING
the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of
little facts about your friends. SIMPLE QUESTIONS:

1.Full name: Raja Shazrin Shah bin Raja Ehsan Shah

2. Nicknames: Bique

4. Eyes: black

5. Hair: black

6. Siblings: 2 sisters

7. Do u like singing in the shower: erm no...

8. Do u like to sing on the toilet: definitely NOT

9. Birthday: 01/08/81

10. Star Sign: Leo

11. Address: Like I am going to put it here :P

12. Sex: male

13. Righty or lefty: righty

14. What do you want in a relationship: I want honesty, loyalty, passion, understanding and a happy ending...

15. Have you ever cheated: nope

17. Do you have a car: Yes

18. What kinda car do you want: Mercedes Benz S600L

20. Songs: She Will Be Loved, The Reason (Hoobastank), Sunday Morning

21. Band/singer: Maroon 5

22. T.V show: erm... Tru Calling

23. Actor: I dunno... Brad Pitt

24. Actress: erm... maybe Gabriela Spanic (a hottie on my Spanish Telenovela)

25. Food: definitely chocolates

28. Fave Disney character: I dunno... Ariel the little mermaid :P

29. Fave Color: Yellow

30. Do you plan on having children: yes

31. Do you want to get married: yes

32. How old do u wanna be when u have ur first child: 26

33. How old do you wanna be when you're married: 25

34. Would you have kids before marriage: NO!

35. Do u have a b/f or g/f (who): not at the moment

38. Music/TV: Music

40. Green/Blue: Blue

41. Pink/Purple: Purple

42. Summer/Winter: Winter

43. Night/Day: Night

44. Hangin Out/Chillin: Hangin Out

45. Dopey/Funny: Funny

46. You know I'm around when you hear: me talking non-stop

47. What school do u go to: SMK Sultan Abdul Samad... that's in Malaysia :P

48. Have you ever-tried drugs: NEVER!!!

49: What's a major turn on: I don’t think it's appropriate :P

50. FRIENDS: I am gonna cheat on this one... EVERYONE!!!

51. Most Blonde: Noone

Funniest: Premjit Kaur

Smartest: Edward Lim

Best Personality: Edward Lim, Kamalhafez, Premjit, Amy, Luqmanulhakim

Best all around people: Premjit, Kamalhafez, Edward Lim, Professor Nik Meriam (does that count? :P)

52. Which 5 people do you trust and are open with?: My parents...my two sisters... erm... that's about it

53. What do you think of your soul mates: I dunno... haven't met her...

54. Is it right to flirt if you have a bf/gf: NOPE!!!

55. What was the last thing you cried over or got teary about: ma grand-ma dying

56. What's something about guys/girls you don't get: why some girls make a big deal out of nothing...

57: How do you feel right now: vacant/free

58. Why: because I am actually doing this question thingy...

59. What's an object you can't live without: my credit card

62. Diamond or pearl: Diamond

63. Sunset or sunrise: Both

64. Have you ever gone skinny-dipping: NEVER!!!

65. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: NOPE... I have 7 pillows and 2 bolsters on my bed... no more space for stuffed animals...

66. Do you have any piercing: None...

67. What colour underwear are you wearing right now: Black

68. What type of underwear do you have on at the moment: tanga

70. What are the last four digits of your phone number: 6495

71. Where would you want to go on your honeymoon: I dunno...

72. Where is the furtherest away from home you've been: Istanbul.

73. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex: ermm... the boobs

74. Favourite sports: swimming

75. What makes you happy: money

76. What's the next c.d/s you're gonna get: I don't know.

77. Do u wear contacts or glasses: Glasses

78. What's the best advice given to you: "... people will not give you their money... they are after yours..."

79. Do you have a job (where): Yes. Malaysia

80. Are you having a birthday party: Nahhh...

81. Worst sickness u ever had: Fever last month... was out for 2 weeks

82. Do you like Funny or Scary movies better: Funny

83. On the phone or in person: in person

84. Hugs or kisses: Kisses

85. What song seems to reflect on you the most: Life is Like a Boat (Rie Fu)

86. If you died tomorrow who would you leave everything you own to: my
family

87. Do u have any enemies: Yes.

88. What is your greatest fear: Snakes

90. What time is it now: 9.33am

91. Have you ever been in love: once I think...

92. Have you met Santa: nope.

93. When was da last tym u talked 2 sum1 u liked: yesterday

94. Do u have any pets: nope... I am more of a plant person :)

95. What¡¦s your Email address: r_shazrin@hotmail.com

96. Last time you were depressed: last week

97. Are you an alcoholic: NO

98. Fave alcoholic drink: NONE!!!

99.Fave non alcoholic drink: water (cold)

100. Do u want your friends to write back: YEAH!!! please

Monday, July 04, 2005

mY hOuSe sMeLLs fUnKy...

Hey Boo… we barbequed fish yesterday and now the whole house smells like fish… arrggghhhh… damn it… I hope raising the AmbiPur level to 6 helps… I think my room smells funky too…
I think it’d be better if I don’t go for registration today… I can only imagine how crowded the university must be with freshies running about registering… we’ll see…
Will blog about it tonight…
Bless…
~ShaZ

Sunday, July 03, 2005

FuLL SaTuRdaY... MeDiCaL cHeCkuP!!!

Hi Boo… What am I going to write about?! Nothing much has happened this past few days… yesterday I called Premjit and chatted with her for a while. She told me a little about her work and her boring (as she put it) life in Bintulu. She is still active when it comes to socializing… after all, what else could we expect from dear ole’ Premjit Kutty… she is coming back for some sports event by Petronas… I couldn’t chat very long because I had to go for a medical checkup. Registration requirements… oh well…
The drive to baby’s (the Doctor) sure took long enough… traffic was really heavy… I guess everyone is enjoying their free Saturday out nowadays… it’s a good thing I think.
I arrived 30 minutes late for IEM G&S’s AGM. Stayed until 6 pm for the talk on ‘The Route to MIEM’. Back home by 9 pm… after grocery shopping at Giants. Sleep…
Oppps… Gotta go… Kitchen duty!
Bless…
~ShaZ

Friday, July 01, 2005

'eNgiNeeR bOyFriEnDs' aRe tHe BEST...!!!


A good friend of mine forwarded this to me and I thought it was nice... being an engineer myself and all... ahems...

1. Secure lifestyle : An engineer boyfriend can provide you with a secure lifestyle. At 27 years old, an engineer probably has a respectable, stable job that gives him high income to own a car, invest, have a comfortable life, and get married and buy a house too. Law graduates are still working as a lowly apprentice in law firm, most management graduates have just failed on their first business plan, the arts graduate is still looking for a job, and the medical school graduate is still living in a hospital.

2. Unmatchable industriousness : An engineer boyfriend will dedicate an unimaginable amount of his time and effort to understand you. Engineers strain really really hard to understand their work.
You can believe that they will try really really hard to understand women too, just like how they understand their work, once they believe that you are the one. So even if they don't understand you initially, they will keep on trying. Even if they still do not understand, they will figure out the correct method to keep you happy (e.g. buy diamond ring = 1 week's worth of happiness.) And once they find out the secret formula, they will just keep on repeating it so that the desired results appear.
Unlike the Lawyer who will argue with you, the Management graduate who will try to control your spending, the Arts graduate who will 'change major', and the medical school graduate who will operate on you. And you know what, it's really so easy to make engineers believe that you are the 'one'. Say that you like one of their projects and they will be hooked to you forever.

3. An engineer boyfriend will never betray your trust : Let me first tell you what is wrong with the rest of the others - the lawyers will lie about everything, management graduates will cheat your money, the arts graduate will flirt, and you probably just look like another cadaver to the medical school graduate. Your engineer boyfriend is either too busy to have an affair, and even if he does, he is too dumb to lie to you about that. Hence, an engineer is the most secure boyfriend that you will ever find - rich enough, will keep on trying to understand and please you, has no time for affairs, and too dumb to lie to you.

Thursday, June 30, 2005

nEwS fRoM biNtuLu...

Hey Boo… Just received an email from Premjit… she seems happy… she was telling me about her trip to Medan. Way cool…

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

tHe eNgLisH iS hOrRiBLe... dAmNeD biTcHeS!!!


Hey Boo… It may sound pathetic to you but highlight of the day was my meeting with the IPPP Bulletin technical committee at the Postgraduate Institute, University of Malaya. Professor Nik chaired the meeting for about fifteen minutes and left for some workshop that she had to attend… or something like that; so much for having a discussion about my research today. The other four members didn’t know the direction of the meeting. Actually I don’t see their function in the committee at all… all they do is relay messages and liase with the authors of the pre-decided articles. Even Ann could do that :P; at one point I had to listen to them condemn my English writing (I had to write one of the articles in the last issue… I got crap so I wrote crap… simple…) “… the English is horrible.” Well let’s see them check the articles one by one this time… actually I shouldn’t get so worked up about this; I mean the article could have been better. But I wasn’t in the mood that day; and the due date was so close… oh well… the heck with it.
Later, Mama Anne called and told me that a letter had arrived for me at her house… it’s actually the offer letter my admission at University of Malaya. I am so happy… finally I’ll be a registered student. Registration sure took long enough.
I heard on the news that some kid got beat up to death at Gurney Drive… such a horrible thing to happen. The thing is, I used to live there… gosh. It is such a good neighborhood and the problem makers are not from there at all… I remember how the biker gang used to create a ruckus in the wee hours of the night. Sometimes they would have fights. The residents there would complain and report them to the police, but they kept coming back. Damned hooligans…
Bless…
ShaZ

Monday, June 27, 2005

tHe wEEkeNd...

Hey Boo… It’s been some time since my last post so lets make a quick post now… I want to talk about the weekend… what a weekend it had been… we had Grandma, Auntie Fairus and family, and Uncle Izatdin and family over for the weekend. It was kinda fun having people around the house; usually everything is quiet around the house. The kitchen was producing food every few hours or so to make sure all our guests had enough to eat… the children however, requires some getting used to. I guess the house is not children proof… all my little cousins seemed to have enjoyed their stay. I am happy. I did hear some things about Grandma and Ayah Uda but I am not going near that; it’s just a depressing story that shouldn’t take up our time on earth *smiles*
We took them to the clubhouse and the children enjoyed their time at the pool. I did too.
I am going to stop here for now… will write again later… there’re some documents that need my attention urgently now…
Bless…

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

5 Questions

1. Rambutans. Whats up with that?

I hate Rambutans… they are hideous hairy-testical-like appearance doesn’t appeal to me at all… they attract ants… they’re not tasty and worse of all THEY GET STUCK IN BETWEEN YOUR TEETH *grins* Yucks!!! I don’t eat rambutans… even out of the can… I only take one at most (when I feel really obligated to; like when my aunt or grandma serves them).
Rambutans are seasonal fruit… bla bla bla

2. You're currently running your own business while also pursuing your masters - would you have any advice (based on your experiences, good and bad) for those of us out there who might also be thinking about setting up our own business one day?

Hmm… the first question was easier 
I would say yes. While it may sound glamorous to be a young business owner, running a business is not always smooth sailing. One has to get used to ‘square one’ as business deals, more often than not, will lead you all over the place and leave you standing back where you started before you even realize it. There’s always people just out to get your money and take advantage of you. While people who work for you try to squeeze as much from you by putting the least possible effort, people whom you work for will try to make you work as much as humanly possible for the least amount of payment. It’s always the case… of course the scenario worsens especially because you are young (and hence thought to be inexperienced…) and viewed as the spoilt-snot-nose-know-nothing-brat who is lucky enough to own the company and trying to beat seasoned players at their own game… so it’s always best to try and listen before you react. You’ll be more respected and if you have some advantage over them (e.g. being the son of a bloody rich oil tycoon, being royalty, a member of the Mafia or even being the son of the Prime Minister), don’t be shy to throw your weight around to get your way… hey, even if you don’t do it… everyone will automatically assume that you do, so you might as well gain something from it. Also there’re always risks involved when talking about business… unlike the working life, where you can expect a paycheck safely and nicely credited into your account at the end of every month (whether you are doing your work, or not … as long as you don’t get caught slacking off that is…. and whether the company is running at a loss or not … and whether there are problems that the company has to face…) being the owner of a business means you have to think about your company all the time and there are good times and of course bad times as well… basically you are your own motivation… if you don’t get things done, you don’t get paid… simple. Also, if you are not careful, you’ll end up being conned and getting law suit for ten million dollars… basically, you take care of you own ass!
Actually, being is business owner is not all bad… at the end of the day… when a project is done and accomplished; no matter how little you make; the accomplishment is all yours… the company is all yours… those people walking about outside your office all work for you, and that five digit Director’s allowance plus a Gold Credit Card for Entertainment Expense… all yours… *smiles*
As for studying… well, I graduated as a Chemical Engineer and I feel that even though I am a business owner I haven’t accomplished enough; career wise that is. Since I am my own motivation; I run my own time; pursuing my academics is purely motivated by that desire to accomplish something as an engineer. In my particular case, I want to be able to teach engineering one day… money isn’t everything after all… so… like this, I get the best of both worlds… or at least I am struggling to get the best of both worlds.
Ermm… what was the question again?! Oh okay… I am still within scope… *wink* so to sum it all up…
If you feel the calling to stop doing the things your boss tells you to do and have acquired enough ‘balls’ to start up your own business… DO SO!!! Just make sure you listen to the right people and always consider the consequences before you make a decision. You won’t regret it.

3. You love cooking! What is the best dish that you have EVER tasted (and if you know it – what’s the recipe?)

Ah… this question is more fun… let’s see…
I like to chomp down a lot of things… I don’t know if this qualifies as a dish… but I like to eat Banana Chocolate Muffins. The rich chocolaty taste… hehehe
And it so happens that I know the recipe by heart.
Here it goes:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
(Makes 12 large muffin)
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoon double action baking powder
3 eggs
1 ½ cup caster sugar
1 ½ cup corn oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ cup milk
2 banana (sliced)
1 cup Chocolate Chips
Pinch salt
Method:
Preheat oven to 240 degrees Celsius. Sieve together flour, cocoa power and baking powder in a bowl. In another bowl mix milk, sugar and corn oil and lightly mix. In another bowl lightly beat eggs. Fold in eggs into the milk-sugar batter and lightly stir. Add vanilla and salt. Pour in the flour mix and Chocolate Chips into the batter and lightly stir just until mixed (DO NOT OVER STIR!!!). The batter should be a little crumbly. You may add some nuts if you want but if you do, you may want to fill the cups to the top because you may have extra batter. Spoon batter (do not pour) into the muffin cups (large) in the muffin tray, half full; put a few slices of banana and top it up until almost full (it doesn’t rise much). If you want your muffins to spill out like Mrs. Field’s Muffins, fill to top. Place 2 – 3 slices of banana on the top of each muffin. Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until stick comes out clean when poked into the muffin. Cool on rack.
Muffins are generally good enough to take as it is with coffee or tea. But if you could spare the calories I have a few suggestions on how to make the dish even tastier. Serve muffin with vanilla ice cream and pour heavy cream or whipped cream. Add chocolate fudge if you really don’t mind the calories. Cherries can be added to.
Gosh I sound like some cookbook. Anyways, try this out okay. And if you have any question, just drop me a message or give me a call.
Ok next question.

4. Egypt and Jordan, amongst other places, are mentioned as places where you've lived before. How does life in each of the places you've been to compare to here in Malaysia?


Oh okay… this is a long one…
We’ll start with Egypt. When we moved to Egypt I was quite young (like 11 years old) thus quite open to the changes in lifestyle. Life there is different in every way so where do I start… Hmmm… well, when I move around, I find myself adapting to the local lifestyle. The first thing I picked up in Egypt is how to ask around. Life started as a tourist at first, not being able to speak Arabic and most people there are not able to speak English. So life is different in the way we communicate. We always become more visual when we live in a country with a foreign language, until you pick up the language at least.
Then there’s the family issue. Life in Egypt was life without family. No cousins and uncles. There weren’t that many Malaysians as well, so we had to adopt the diplomats and people who worked at the embassy as family and friends.
Hang on… this question is getting hard… Hmm…
School was different. We went at 8 and left at 3:30 in the afternoon. The teachers taught in English and most of our friends were Arabs, although my best friend was an English boy named Hasona… we started in school in autumn, so that like late September there, and go to school until late spring (late May). We are off in the summer. It’s too hot in the summer anyways. It never rains (it’s the Sahara. Duhhh) although we get sandstorms more frequently in winter. If it does rain (once every few months or so) it’ll be declared a public holiday. The roads will be too muddy and it’d be very dirty everywhere.
Food was different too… the food in Egypt is more Mediterranean… tomatoes in everything. Everything is so cheap. And everything can be bought. If you had money you are king. You can pay someone to do anything for you. Our apartment was nice. It’s not too big but we had a good view of the three Great Pyramids of Giza. We see them everyday.
This is beginning to sound like some old grandma story… *sigh* I don’t think it’s what Pat had in mind…
Jordan was a nice place… we had a nice villa with a very beautiful garden… we had peaches, roses, figs, grapes, iris and my very own vegetable garden. Jordan is a rich Arab country… basically everyone there is well off… well, mostly. It snowed it winter. Hot in summer.
I’ll try to sum it up…
Egypt is more money oriented. Everyone is conscious about where they stand in the society. Life there is hectic, crowed and dusty… people were everywhere… and everyone is a mr-know-it-all. It’s simple, bottom-line; you have money in Egypt, you are King.
In Jordan, everyone is rich so people don’t really care. They tend to ask about family background because coming from a good family would give someone a high level of credibility. It’s quiet in Jordan, basically everyone know everyone else.
In Istanbul, it’s very quick paced. Istanbul is a fusion of modern Europe and the old arab-like style people. I dunno… you don’t need a car in Istanbul because the public transport is so efficient. It gets really cold in winter but it doesn’t snow there. We lived in a duplex penthouse there with our own rooftop. We saw the sea from there. It’s really quite nice.
Back in Malaysia, I am all grown up. I have to go to the university, and I have to go to work. Life is all work work work… so you see that’s why I have a hard time comparing… *sobs* I want to go back to Jordan….

5. Assume that you could endow yourself with any superhero like ability - what would you take and why?

I guess I’d choose the power to control weather… like Storm in X-Men. Why? World peace…. I’d be able to stop wars with the power of the weather…nahh… actually, I’ve always imagined that it’d be really cool to be able to whip up your very own blizzard and summon ten tornadoes… it’s like all powerful or something like that… *some names of people whom I’d send the tornadoes to runs through my head* ~evil laughter in the background~


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